Plot
Jai Agnihotri, a short-tempered INA Major, gets suspended after he ignores orders from his superiors by rescuing a group of children from terrorists. After this incident, Jai moves in with his mother and sister, Geeta. One day, Jai is unable to help Suman, a physically disabled girl, take an examination, while her brother is stuck in a traffic jam. A depressed Suman commits suicide. Jai gets disturbed by the incident, where he creates a help-three-people concept, which would encourage citizens to help each other and would foster kindness and a sense of community among the citizens. Each day, citizens are to help three people and these three people will in turn help three more people and so on. On one occasion for one of his daily good deeds, Jai loses his temper and beats a rich man as he had injured a child beggar. In an act of revenge, the rich man calls some henchmen to kidnap Geeta and her friend Rinky. Jai saves Geeta and Rinky, but injures one of the captors in the process, who happens to be the henchman of MLA Patil, the son-in-law of Home Minister Dashrath Singh, who gets enraged about Jai injuring Patil's henchmen who is actually Manik. Dashrath tells Patil to avenge this injury by kidnapping Jai's nephew Kabir, but Jai kills Patil in the process. Meanwhile, CM Ashok Pradhan learns about Jai's help-three-people concept after his own life is saved by a schoolgirl. Ashok intervenes in the dispute between Dashrath and Jai in order to end their fight, but Dashrath does not appreciate it and attempts to kill Ashok. However, Jai is able to save Ashok and admits him to the hospital. Dashrath spreads rumours that Jai attempted to assassinate Ashok. Meanwhile, Dashrath's son Vijayant Singh and his henchmen attack Jai, who later kills Dashrath's son Vijayant, but Jai gets severely injured after getting stabbed by Patil's widow Kavita. Kavita gets stabbed and dies because of Vijayant. A rickshaw driver Babban and Jai's former colleague Arjun Kaul together help Jai get to the hospital. While Jai is at the hospital, Ashok recovers and reveals Dashrath's involvement in the attempted murder. An enraged crowd beats Dashrath to near death after hearing the truth. Jai recovers and emerges from the hospital, where he finds thousands of people waiting for him. Jai thanks them all for implementing his helping concept.Cast
Production
Development
In late 2012, Sohail Khan announced he planned to remake the Telugu film ''Stalin'' starring Chiranjeevi Konidela and Trisha Krishna. Khan originally titled the remake ''Mental'', but by the time the film was released, it had been re-titled ''Jai Ho''.Filming
Shooting for the film was set to begin 27 February 2013 but was postponed until late March. There were rumors that the film would be released in 3D, but Sohail Khan was cited stating, "First, let me complete my film in the normal format. Then I'll take a call".Marketing
Salman Khan unveiled the first look poster of ''Jai Ho'' on 6 December 2013. The poster consisted of images of thousands of fans digitally merged to create one portrait of Khan. Khan's fans designed this poster. The makers unveiled the film's official teaser on 13 December 2013. The official trailer of the film was released on 3 January 2014.Music
Sajid–Wajid, Amaal Mallik and Devi Sri Prasad composed the nine-song soundtrack album for ''Jai Ho'', in which Malik had contributed three tracks and Prasad had contributed one track, while the former composed 5 tracks. Sajid, Irfan Kamal, Danish Sabri, Sameer Anjaan, Kausar Munir, Shabbir Ahmed, Armaan Malik, and Devi Sri Prasad wrote the lyrics for all the songs in the album. The full soundtrack album was released on 24 December 2013.Reception
Critical response
''India Today'' gave ''Jai Ho'' a 3 out of 5 and commented that it was a rip off of ''Ek Tha Tiger'' with mindless action. Anupama Chopra gave the movie a 2.5 out of 5, stating, ''Jai Ho'' was more of a cartoon than a film. Raja Sen ofBox office
''Jai Ho'' was released on around 3900 screens in India and 650 screens in overseas. The domestic and overseas theatrical rights were sold for ₹1.1 billion ($16 million). ''Jai Ho'' spent around ₹40 crore ($5.9 million) on the production of the film. The film cost around ₹650 million ($9.6 million) total with the cost of marketing and prints added, but this number still does not include Khan's remuneration. The satellite rights were sold for 50 crore ($7.4 million), and music rights were also sold for 12 crore ($1.8 million). ''Jai Ho'' suffered losses from piracy. A Dubai-based user uploaded a pirated version of the film to YouTube on 28 January 2014. The video had 108,151 views by the time it was removed on 1 February 2014. Another version of the film was uploaded on 2 February 2014. DNA Films reported that Khan had requested that ticket prices be kept at the minimum so that people could afford to see the movie because of its message.India
The website Boxofficeindia.com said that ''Jai Ho'' opened well at single screens like Jodhpur,Overseas
The website, Bollywoodhungama.com estimated ''Jai Ho'' grossed $3.55 million overseas in its first weekend. Box Office India estimated it grossed slightly less at $3.45 million and called it "decent business". The final overseas gross for Jai Ho was $6 million making it one of the highest overseas grossing Bollywood films of 2014.See also
* Bollywood films of 2014References
External links
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