''Shootout at Wadala'' is a 2013 Indian

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written and directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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. It is a

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to the 2007 film ''

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''. In the film, Manya, a diligent student, lands in prison for killing a gangster who attacked his brother, Bhargav, who eventually dies. Soon, Manya escapes jail and forms his own gang to seek revenge. Based on the book '' Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia'' by

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, the film dramatises the encounter by Bombay police in which gangster

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was shot dead. It took place at the junction adjacent to Dr. Ambedkar College,

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on 11 January 1982. ''Shootout at Wadala'' was released on 3 May 2013 and received mixed reviews from critics, It grossed over against a budget of .

Plot

In a police van, Afaaque Baaghran listens to the story narrated by a gangster,

, who is gravely injured by bullets. Manya is a decent student at Kirti College,

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. He is in love with Vidya Joshi and takes her to his mother to discuss their marriage. Manya has an older brother named Bhargav Surve, who is a mawali (rowdy). Bhargav is in conflict with an underworld don named Bhatkar and is currently on the run. Soon enough, Bhargav is attacked and beaten up by Bhatkar's goons. Manya steps in to save him. While Manya grabs one of the goons, Bhargav stabs the goon, who dies on the spot. On the day of Manya's exam results, before he can learn his grades, Manya and his brother are arrested. Manya is publicly humiliated in the college by Inspector Ambolkar and ends up in

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. In prison, a convict named Munir saves Manya from being attacked by a goon named Potya during lunch time. During this assault, Bhargav is killed. Munir befriends Manya and another convict named Veera. Veera trains Manya to become stronger. Manya is eventually challenged by Potya. Potya attacks him from behind and beats Manya up, to which Manya responds by stabbing Potya to death. Later on, both Manya and Munir escape from prison while they are working on a railway track and try to join hands with two brothers who rule Mumbai's deals. The elder brother, Zubair Imtiaz Haksar, is cool and is impressed by Manya. However, the younger brother, Dilawar, disapproves of Manya and dislikes him. After this, Manya forms his own gang, which consists of him, Munir, Veera, and Gyancho, a sharpshooter brought by Munir. Soon enough, Manya finishes off Bhatkar (the gangster who had him and his brother arrested). Jamal, Bhatkar's bodyguard, also joins them. Next, Manya brings Ambolkar to his knees by beating him brutally in public for his earlier humiliation. The story next shows the death of Sadiq, an unscrupulous news reporter, by the Mastan gang. This leads to a fight between the Haskar brothers and the Mastan gang. A truce is called by Haji Maqsood, which is short lived as the Mastan gang asks Manya to finish off Zubair. After Zubair's assassination, Dilawar kills Gyancho with the help of Jamal. He is about to kill Munir when Manya saves him. Later, Afaaque is asked to kill Manya by Dilawar. Even after his refusal so many times, and also showed Dilawar that one day he will be killed the scences cut off, Afaaque told whole story and degrade Police for not fully granted access to encounters and killed criminals. This click Commissioner and he grant 2 choices to Afaaque whether to directly encounter Manya or Dilaawar but they have easy option to encounter Manya. So, Afaaque vows to kill Manya. Afaaque manipulates Vidya to told about Manya so that he can save Manya by removing all his guilties. Vidya do as Afaaque says but in the end they encounter Manya by their full planning and misleading with Vidya. In the end shot when the ambulance arrived Manya's found death which give immense shock to Vidya and she shocking sees Afaaque face and Afaaque goes staright telling constable that Manya's has been killed.

Cast

as ACP Afaaque Baaghran (the character based on ''ACP Isaque Bagwan'') *

as Zubair Imtiaz Haksar (the character based on ''

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'') *

as Sheikh Muhammad Yunus Munir *

as Vidya Joshi *

as Dilawar Imtiaz Haksar (the character based on ''

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'') *

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as Inspector Raja Ambat (the character based on ''Inspector Raja Tambat'') *

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as Inspector Yashwanth Bhinde (the character based on '' Inspector Madhukar Shinde'') *

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as Yakub Lala (the character based on ''Ayub Lala'') *

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as Sadiq (news reporter) (character based on ''Iqbal Naatiq'') * Pankaj Kalra as Saeed Batla *

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as Jamal (Bhatkar's bodyguard) (fictional) * Vineet Sharma as Bhargav Surve *

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as Inspector Ambolkar (the character based on ''Inspector E. S. Dabholkar'') * Akbar Khan as Haji Maqsood (character based on ''

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'') (cameo) *

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as Gyancho (the character based on ''Vishnu Patil'') *

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as Bhatkar Dada *

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as Potya (the character based on ''Suhas Bhatkar'') * Sanjeev Chadda as Veera (the character based on ''Uday Shetty'') * Shaji Chaudhary as Aurangzeb Mastan Special appearances *

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as Police Commissioner (fictional) (uncredited) *

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as Laila in the

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"Laila" (role inspired from Zubair's girlfriend Chitra) *

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in the item number "Babli Badmaash" (uncredited) *

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in the item number "Aala Re Aala"

Controversy

Director

knew the consequences of using

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's real name while shooting the film, but he carried on with

being addressed as "Dilawar Imtiaz" in the film. On 27 January 2013,

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uploaded a new version of the theatrical trailer, and trimmed nearly every dialogue from the film off. The character of Dawood Ibrahim is only seen for three seconds in the new trailer, to avoid any problems. Also, the character names have been changed as well, except for Abraham's character, whose name remains the same in the film.

Soundtrack

The music of ''Shootout at Wadala'' is composed by

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, Meet Bros Anjjan and Mustafa Zahid. Anu Malik was asked to compose for three songs for this film which were chartbusters.

Track listing

Critical reception

The film received a mixed reception from critics. ::''The ratings for the film provided by the reviewers have been tabulated. Below the table lies a collection of excerpts from the reviews, which can be matched to the respective rating as given in the table by seeing the source.''

Box office

India

''Shootout at Wadala'' had an opening of around 65% occupancy and went on to collect on first day. The two-week domestic distributor share is 255.0 million approx. The final total came out to be .

Overseas

''Shootout at Wadala'' collected $900,000 over its first weekend. Its final overseas collection was US$1.625 million.

Budget and marketing

''Shootout at Wadala'' was made with a budget of of production costs. The prints and marketing budget was .

Future

Director

has stated his plans to make the third installment to the franchise, '' Shootout at Byculla'' based on the

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shootout in 1992 by

's D Company against the Arun Gawli gang for the latter's killing of Ibrahim's brother-in-law Ismail Parkar (the husband of

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). He has also said that he will restart his movie ''Alibaug'', starring

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Govinda Ahuja Govinda Arun Ahuja (born 21 December 1963), known mononymously as Govinda is an Indian actor- turned-politician, who has appeared in more than 165 Hindi-language films. A leading actor throughout 1990s, he is known for his slapstick performa ...

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and turn it into the third sequel of the ''Shootout film series''. Also, actors

Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan (; born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. From 2012 to 2016, Bachchan appeared in ...

Shabir Ahluwalia Shabir Ahluwalia (born 10 August 1979) is an Indian actor and host who works in Hindi television and films. He is best known for portraying Abhishek Prem Mehra in Zee TV's romantic drama series '' Kumkum Bhagya''. He won the third season of '' ...

and

have been rumoured to star alongside each other. Abraham will portray a real encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar. The project is currently untitled, but it has been reported to be an "epic revenge saga".

References

External links

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