''Rocket Gang'' is a 2022 Indian

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directed by Bosco Martis. Produced by

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, it stars

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and Nikita Dutta.

Plot

A group of young-adult friends arrives at Wonder-villa, a new resort, at night. Playing with a spirit board, they unwittingly summon the spirits of five children they had encountered earlier that day (not knowing that they were dead). The children, along with their dance coach, perished in a traffic accident caused by a car driven by Amarbir, one of the group members. Overwhelmed by guilt, the friends decide to allow the children to go to ''

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'' (''DID'') and dance as they had wanted. The children want to perform one last dance for their mothers and agree to participate in the ''DID'' finals. However, the method they use to broadcast their performance to the world stops working. Heartbroken, the children fervently pray for one last opportunity to dance for their mothers. God answers their prayers, and with the support of their friends, they deliver a final performance. As the dance concludes, the children transform into golden butterflies and ascend to heaven, finding peace at last.

Cast

as Amarbir * Nikita Dutta as Tania * Jason Tham as Bunnu *

Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor (; born 28 September 1982) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language films. He is one of the highest-paid actors of Hindi cinema and has featured in ''Forbes India'' Celebrity 100 list since 2012. Kapoor is the re ...

as an angel (in the song "Har Bachcha Hai Rocket") * Mokshda Jailkhani as Pia * Sahaj Singh as Sahib * Tejas Varma as JeJe * Aadvik Mongia as Montu * Jayshree Gogoi as Saher * Dipali Borkar as Kiara * Siddhant Sharma as Ganesh * Sheersha Tiwari as Tanya's sister

Production

Casting

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Bosco Martis was confirmed as director in May 2019 in his directorial debut. In September of that year,

was confirmed in the lead role. Nikita Dutta joined the cast as the female lead in August 2020.

Development

The film was announced by

during the first week of August 2020, directed by Bosco Martis and starring

and Nikita Dutta.

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was scheduled to begin in March 2020, but was postponed until December of that year due to the

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. Most scenes were shot in

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and the

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, and filming wrapped up in September 2021.

Marketing

On 9 August 2020, a motion poster of the film's logo was released. Originally scheduled for release in 2021, ''Rocket Gang'' release was postponed until the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was released on 11 November 2022.

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by

Amit Trivedi Amit Trivedi (born 8 April 1979) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, musician who works primarily for Indian cinema. After working as a theatre and jingle composer and composing for non-film albums, he debuted as ...

, with lyrics by

Kshitij Patwardhan Kshitij Patwardhan (born 11 January 1985) is an Indian screenwriter, theatre director, playwright, and lyricist. He received Filmfare award for best screenplay in 2018, Filmfare award for best lyrics in 2020, along with the prestigious Tarun Tej ...

Raftaar Dilin Nair (born 16 November 1988), better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, music producer, composer, dancer, actor and TV personality associated with Hindi, Punjabi and Haryanvi music. He is among the first rap ...

and Talha Siddiqui.

References

External links

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