''Kaamyaab'' (, English title: ''Round Figure'') is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed and written by

Hardik Mehta Hardik Mehta is a writer-director who works in both fiction as well as non fiction formats. He won the National Award, in addition to several other awards and honors across international film festivals, for his documentary short Amdavad Ma ...

, and produced by

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and Drishyam Films. The film stars Sanjay Mishra and

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with

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, Nasirr Khan and Sarika Singh appearing in supporting roles. It is the story of a washed up “side-actor” of Hindi movies, who wants to make a comeback with a memorable role so that he can complete a record figure of acting in 500 films.

Plot

Kaamyaab is the journey of Sudheer, a washed up side actor from the heyday of Bollywood. Years after his retirement, he realises that he ‘retired’ on the verge of accomplishing a unique record. He decides to come out of his retirement to complete the round figure of 500 and get that one substantial role for which he will be remembered forever.

Cast

* Sanjay Mishra as Babulal Chandola / Sudheer *

as Gulati *

as Isha * Nasirr Khan as Director Barot * Sarika Singh as Bhavna, Babu's daughter *

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as Himself *

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as Himself * Manmauji as Himself *

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as Herself * Anil Nagrath as Himself * Birbal as Himself * Lilliput as Himself * Devas Dixit as Casting Assistant * Akashdeep Arora as Shibu Sunder Das * Devika Vatsa as Casting Assistant * Kaurwakee Vasistha as Anu *

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as Himself *

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as Rahul Chopra

Marketing and release

The official announcement for Har Kisse Ke Hisse... Kaamyaab was made by Red Chillies Entertainment on 31 January 2020. Presented by Red Chillies Entertainment, a Drishyam Films production, the film is produced by

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, Manish Mundra and Gaurav Verma, and directed by Hardik Mehta. The film had its world premiere at the

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on 5 October 2018. It was released theatrically in India on 6 March 2020.

Soundtrack

The film's songs are composed by Rachita Arora, with lyrics written by

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Reception

Critical response

Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of ''

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'' gave 4.5/5 rating and termed it as an 'ode to Bollywood'. She found the tonality of the narrative light, subtle, funny and emotional. Praising writer-director

for his writing, and the ensemble cast for their performance she concluded that the film was about ability to fulfill dreams, even when the things are not going your way.

Box office

Although, the film was appreciated by critics and audiences alike, the movie was not able to earn at the box office due to clash with a commercial entertainer Baaghi 3 and shutting down of theaters because of the

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Awards and nominations

Home media

The film was made available for streaming on

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on 3 May 2020.

References

External links

* * {{Red Chillies Entertainment 2018 films 2010s Hindi-language films Indian drama films Films about Bollywood Films about actors 2018 drama films Hindi-language drama films