Players Full Movie (2012)

Players is a 2012 Indian action thriller heist film^[3][4] directed by duo Abbas-Mustan and jointly produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Burmawala Partners. The film has an all-star ensemble cast, featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh,Bipasha Basu, Bobby Deol, Sikander Kher and Omi Vaidya in the lead roles, while Aftab Shivdasani appears in a cameo.^[5] The theatrical trailer premiered on 3 November 2011, and the film was released on 6 January 2012.^[6] It is an official remake of the 2003Hollywood blockbuster, The Italian Job,^[7][8] which itself is a remake of the 1969 Britishcaper film, of the same name.^[9] Players employs the same plot as the 2003 version, while making the characters and incidents completely different.^[10][11]

Players was filmed in foreign locations as New Zealand, Russia and even the North Pole, thus becoming the first film from Bollywood to be shot there.^[12][13] The story follows a team of players, consisting of a con-man, an automobile expert who doubles up as aseductress, an illusionist, an explosives expert, an expert hacker and an actor turnedprosthetic makeup artist, who plan to steal gold worth 1000 crores (over 100 million) from a moving train. During the process they are double crossed by some members of their own team.^[14]

Players was one of the most anticipated Bollywood films of 2012^[15] but upon release received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism drawn towards its length, pace and plot. Players also opened to a poor response at the box office despite the multistar cast, having a wide release and being heavily promoted.^[16][17] The shocking failure of the film led to many trade industry analysts reinstating the belief of a jinx in Bollywood that the first-released film of the year always fails at the box office, which happened to the filmsHalla Bol (2008), Chandni Chowk To China (2009), Pyaar Impossible! and Dulha Mil Gaya (2010).^[18][19]

Cast

• Abhishek Bachchan as Charlie Mascarenhas, the film's main protagonist and the leader of the heist. Charlie is a chartered accountant by day and a thief by the night. He has sharp intelligence and is an expert in conning people. He likes to call himself a crime artist rather than a thief.^[20]
• Sonam Kapoor as Naina Braganza. Naina is an expert in ethical hacking and has a masters degree in computer security. She wants her father Victor to give up the life of crime, as he spent most of her childhood days in jail. She joins the heist for personal reasons only.^[21]
• Bipasha Basu as Riya, Charlie's accomplice and long time criminal partner. Riya is an automobile professional and a femme fatale, who uses her charm and beauty to lure wealthy and famous men, before taking everything from their wallets and safes.^[22]
• Neil Nitin Mukesh as Spider, a computer expert and one of the world's best hackers. He has robbed banks worldwide and even hacked the websites of NASA.^[23]
• Bobby Deol as Ronnie, who has no experience in conning people, but is a master of illusions. He was a popular illusionist who abandoned magic after being involved in a tragic incident.^[24]
• Sikander Kher as Bilal Bashir, an explosives expert, who has been making bombs since childhood, which led to a disastrous accident that left him permanently deaf in one ear. He is fluent in many languages and has useful contacts all over the world.^[25]
• Omi Vaidya as Sunny Mehra, who once aspired to become a Bollywood star. He was rejected by all the producers and became aprosthetic makeup artist.^[26]
• Vinod Khanna as Victor Braganza aka Victor Dada, a former Don who is also Naina's father. He raised Charlie and Raj when they were young orphans. He teaches them and Riya everything about thieving. Victor Dada brings the team together for one last robbery because he wants complete his dream of building an orphanage.
• Johnny Lever as Mangal Chopra / Budh Chopra. Mangal Chopra is a car mechanic, who can provide every type of car needed and lives with his unusual gori wife, who speaks Hindi.
• Aftab Shivdasani as Raj (Cameo appearance).^[27] Raj is Charlie's best friend and they were raised together by Victor Dada. Raj is killed by the Russian Mafia and leaves the heist plan in a CD.
• Shweta Bhardwaj as Shayla, the widow of Raj.

Mastermind Charlie Mascarenhas (Abhishek Bachchan) and his accomplice Riya (Bipasha Basu) are one of the greatest pair of thieves in India. A friend of Charlie, Raj (Aftab Shivdasani) is killed by the Russian mafia. At Raj's funeral, his wife hands Charlie a CD containing information about the transfer of gold by train from Russia to Romania. Charlie decides to rob the train with the help of imprisoned Don and con-artist Victor Braganza (Vinod Khanna). They hire a team of criminals to join them in the robbery. The group includes Spider (Neil Nitin Mukesh), who is a world-class hacker, an explosives expert Bilal Bashir (Sikander Kher), a prosthetic makeup artist Sunny (Omi Vaidya), and an illusionist Ronnie (Bobby Deol).

Charlie is also having an affair with Victor's daughter, Naina (Sonam Kapoor), who knows nothing about her father and Charlie's criminal activities. The group devise a plan to rob the Russian train in the sliest way possible. Spider hacks into a Russian satellite system and Ronnie uses his illusion to trick the soldiers guarding the gold while the rest of the team transfer the gold from the train. The robbery is executed successfully, however while celebrating Spider double crosses the gang and tries to flee with all of the gold. Spider is stopped by Ronnie, who is then shot multiple times by Spider's assassins. The group are chased by the assassins and Ronnie and Riya are killed. Charlie, Bilal and Sunny manage to escape after Spider blows up the location and flees with the gold. Charlie calls Victor to tell him about the betrayal, but Naina overhears the conversation. At the same time Spider's assassins breaks into the house and murder Victor. Naina decides to cut all contact with Charlie. Over the course of a year, Charlie contacts various gold dealers to find which one has the stolen gold that Spider escaped with.

In New Zealand, the gang locate a dealer who is in contact with Spider. Charlie explains to Naina that the gang only wanted to steal the gold so they could help achieve Victor's dream of building a big orphanage. Naina understands and teams up with Charlie to exact revenge on Spider. In New Zealand they discover that Riya is still alive and living there. She explains that she also wanted revenge on Spider and provides the gang with the information about Spider's residence. Unaware of her plans, Spider flirts with Naina and takes her to his villa. Spider finds a hidden camera in Naina's hair and realises that she is working with Charlie, who runs in to rescue her and tells Spider that he will steal all of the gold within 48 hours. Spider tries to move the gold to another country, but the gang, using three large trucks and by hacking into the traffic system, take the gold and hide it inside three Mini Coopers. Just as they are about to leave New Zealand, they are caught by Spider and discover that Riya was working with Spider all along.

Spider tries to force the gang to hand over the gold, but the trunks of the Mini Coopers are empty. Spider betrays Riya and threatens to kill her. Before Charlie can reveal the real location of the gold, Riya shoots herself and Spider stabs Charlie. Spider tries to escape, but Sunny and Bilal stop him and beat him up badly. Naina, who wants revenge for the death of Victor, shoots Spider thrice. It is then revealed that the real Mini Coopers containing the gold are elsewhere. As the four leave the scene, Spider makes a final call to the Russian mafia and tells them that Charlie has stolen Russian gold. The gang take the real Mini Coopers and leave for India, but the Mafia stop them to check the cars and once again they are found to be empty. It is then revealed that the Mini Coopers were made out of the actual gold itself. In the end, Bilal opens a car dealership business, Sunny becomes a theater actor, Charlie and Naina open Victor's dream orphanage and Charlie raises Ronnie's daughter as his own.

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Don 2 Full Movie (2011)

Don 2 is a 2011 Indian action crime film directed by Farhan Akhtar and co-written by him along with Ameet Mehta and Amrish Shah. The film is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani,Shahrukh Khan and Farhan Akhtar. It is a sequel to the 2006 film, Don: The Chase Begins Again and stars Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, Om Puri, Boman Irani andKunal Kapoor while Hrithik Roshan appears in a cameo appearance. The plot of the film continues from the end of the first one, starting in Malaysia and moving to Europe where Don, now the king of the Asian underworld, aims to take over the European drug cartel. The film marks Farhan Akhtar's return to direction after a gap of nearly three years. It was filmed in India, Thailand, Germany, Malaysia and Switzerland.

Prior to its release, Don 2 faced controversies regarding copyright concerns. The release of the film was carried out on 23 December 2011 by Reliance Entertainment, in both 2D and3D formats, which included the dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu. Upon release, Don 2received positive to mixed critical reception in India and a generally mixed reception overseas. Don 2 has been widely appreciated for its action, direction and cinematography with Shahrukh Khan receiving accolades for his performance, though criticism has been generated regarding its pace and music.^[3] It was showcased at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.

The film fetched several awards at popular award ceremonies including two Filmfare Awards for Best Sound Design and Best Action.

Cast

• Shahrukh Khan as Don

A drug lord and the narrator of the film. He has established his dominion over Asia and sets his sights on conquering the mafia community of Europe. Khan reprised his role from the 2006 film Don: The Chase Begin Again. Contrary to the first film, he doesn't feature in a double role. The film marked his return to playing villainous characters since his earlier films like Darr and Baazigar.^[4] Additionally, the film is the first sequel in Khan's two-decade long career.^[5] For the film, he experimented with a variety of looks, including long unkempt hair andstubble. He also bulked up for the film by developing a six pack and decided to perform all of his stunts, including a dangerous 300-feet jump for a scene filmed in Berlin.

Khan as Don in a fight with Vardhaan inside the Malaysian prison.

• Priyanka Chopra as Roma

Now an Interpol officer, Roma continues her mission to pursuit Don in order to avenge her brother Ramesh and his fiance Kamini's death which happened in the previous film. Since the film had been announced, there has been a great deal of speculations regarding the actress who would essay the leading role. However, in an interview with Rediff, Chopra confirmed her presence in the film. Chopra learned martial arts and prepared her body for more than two months and requested the action choreographer to let her perform her own stunts.^[6]

• Lara Dutta as Ayesha

Don's trusted companion, she helps him in his plans to rob the German Central Bank. Dutta was cast after Koppikar – who essayed the role in the first instalment – dropped out of the film. She was recommended to Akhtar by Khan, since she has been part of his earlier production, Billu (2009). In an interview with The Hindustan Times she said that it was a exciting for her to play an new character since there would be no predecessor to match up to.^[7]

• Kunal Kapoor as Sameer:

An expert computer hacker hired by Don to execute his bank robbery. It was originally reported that Kapoor was cast as a replacement for Arjun Rampal (who played the character of Jasjeet in the original), however both the producers and Kapoor himself denied the reports.^[8]

• Boman Irani as Vardhaan:

The main antagonist. Vardhaan was a notorious underground criminal who pretended to be a police officer named D'Silva. He is framed by Don and arrested afterwards in the first film. Now he is working with Don on the robbery but has secret motives for revenge. Irani decided to lose 12 kg for his role and also grew a beard because it made the character look "cold, cunning and deceitful". Irani felt that playing a villain was "a big stretch" for him as an actor.^[9]

• Om Puri as Vishal Malik, the head of the Malaysian Interpol.

• Alyy Khan as J.K. Diwan, the vice president of the DZB (Deutsche Zentral Bank = German Central Bank)

• Nawab Shah as Abdul Jabbar, an assassin hired by Diwan to kill Don. He is however forced to work with the latter, but teams up with Vardhaan to kill Don soon.

• Sahil Shroff as Arjun. He is Roma's friend, ever since she joined the Interpol.

• Florian Lukas as Jens Berkel

• Rajesh Khattar as Singhania. Don's boss who was killed by Vardhaan in the previous film, but appears in flashbacks for this film.

• Hrithik Roshan as Don in disguise (Special Appearance)

The bosses of the European drug cartel meet in the French Riviera to discuss a new threat emerging from Asia. Don (Shahrukh Khan) is jeopardising their business because he is able to sell drugs at a much lower price to their customers. The bosses send word out that Don must die. Don has been living in Thailand for the past five years and goes to a remote settlement to pick up a shipment of cocaine. Instead of normal transaction, Don has to fight his way out because the European drug dealers want him dead. He then inexplicably goes back to Malaysia where he surrenders to Roma (Priyanka Chopra) and Inspector Malik (Om Puri). Don is sentenced to death and sent to a Malaysian prison where he meets his old rival Vardhaan (Boman Irani). Don offers Vardhan his friendship, Vardhan agrees - they escape the prison by poisoning all the inmates and go to Zurich, Switzerland, where Don meets his trusted companion, Ayesha (Lara Dutta).

In Zurich, they retrieve the contents of a locker only Vardhaan could access. The locker holds a tape that shows J.K Diwan (Alyy Khan), the vice president of a Euro printing bank called DZB (Deutsche Zentral Bank = German Central Bank), sent by Fabian Cole to bribe Singhania (Rajesh Khattar) to kill a competitor. Don blackmails Diwan into giving him the blueprints to the currency center so that he can steal the printing plates. Diwan gives him fake information and hires an assassin Jabbar (Nawab Shah) instead. Don manages to escape and forces Jabbar to work for him. Diwan, left with no choice, hands over the real information.

Don and his new team plan a bank robbery and carry out their plan by using hostages. After stealing the printing plates, Don is betrayed by Vardhaan and Jabbar but manages to escape. However, one of the members, Sameer (Kunal Kapoor) calls the police and Don is captured. Don threatens Sameer for informing the police. Unable to enter the bank and free the hostages, the police are forced to work with Don to get back into the bank in exchange for immunity in Germany.

Don and Roma manage to reach Vardhaan and Jabbar but Roma is shot because she refuses to kill Don when told to do so. This gives an idea that Roma still has feelings for Don, even though he killed her brother five years ago. Vardhaan and his thugs fight and Don manages to defeat them, Jabbar gets killed in the process. He then gets his immunity papers and surrenders the disc (containing the information about his associates) and the plates. He takes Roma to an ambulance. Don and Roma exchange one glance at each other before the ambulance doors close. He later detonates a bomb he planted earlier in Diwan’s car. It is revealed that Don actually still has one of the money plates, which the police believe is destroyed in the explosion. It is also revealed that Sameer was loyal to Don and giving his information to police was just a part of Don's plan. The police cannot do anything as Don has immunity and do not know that Don has a plate. Don also gives the police a disc of all his associates but it is really a disc with the names of the European drug cartel. All the members of the cartel are arrested and Don already being the king of the Asian underworld also becomes the king of the European underworld.

Sources : Wikipedia and YouTube

Bodyguard Full Movie (2011)

Bodyguard is a 2011 Indian romantic action film directed by Siddique. It is the third remake of the director's own 2010 Malayalam film of the same name, the second being the 2011 Tamil film Kaavalan. The film was produced by Atul Agnihotri and featuresSalman Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles.^[4] It also stars Raj Babbar, Mahesh Manjrekar and Hazel Keech in supporting roles.^[5] The film's first look and theatrical trailer was unveiled on 21 July 2011. Bodyguard was released on tiwar 31 August 2011 across 2,250 screens in 70 Indian cities and with 482 prints across the overseas territory.

The film broke many records upon its release. Within the first day of its release, it went on to become the highest opening day grosser as well as the biggest grosser ever for a single day up until then.^[6] The film set another box office record, netting 100.10 crore (US$18.12 million) in its first week, thus becoming the highest opening week grossing Bollywood film. It is the highest grossing Bollywood film of 2011 in India and second highest grossing film when considering worldwide as it was defeated by another Bollywood film Ra.One. The film became a major commercial success with a worldwide gross of 230 crore (US$41.63 million) and was declared an all-time blockbuster by BoxOffice India.^[3]Bodyguard is the second highest grossing films of all time in Bollywood,as of 11 may 2012.^[3]

Cast

• Salman Khan as Lovely Singh
• Kareena Kapoor as Divya
• Raj Babbar as Sartaj Rana
• Rajat Rawail as Surindar Narindar Milka Singh(Tsunami)
• Hazel Keech as Maya
• Asrani as Shekhar
• Mahesh Manjrekar as Ranjan Mahatre
• Sharat Saxena as Bindra
• Vidya Sinha
• Aditya Pancholi as Vikrant
• Karisma Kapoor as Chhaya (Voice-over)
• Katrina Kaif as herself (Special appearance in song "Aaya Re Aaya Bodyguard")^[7]

Balwanth Singh is the bodyguard of Sartaj Rana (Raj Babbar) with high competencies. During one night, Balwanth, along with his pregnant wife, meet with an accident proving fatal for Balwanth while his wife is rescued by Sartaj, and she later gives birth to a child named Lovely. Lovely Singh (Salman Khan), now grown up, works in a security agency. On Sartaj’s order, Lovely busts a human trafficking racket operated by Ranjan Mahatre (Mahesh Manjrekar) and his brothers. Fearing revenge from his enemies, Sartaj calls upon Lovely and appoints him as the Bodyguard of his daughter Divya (Kareena Kapoor).

Lovely Singh is very devoted to his duties but eventually irritates Divya all the time by following her everywhere from her college campus to her classroom. Consequently, Divya and her friend Maya (Hazel Keech) call Lovely from a private mobile number and start a prank love affair, hoping to keep him away from them. Initially hesitant, Lovely gradually starts loving the mystery girl Chhaya but doesn't realize that it is actually Divya calling her as Chhaya. Meanwhile, Lovely protects Divya on many occasions from the attacks of Ranjan Mahatre and his goons. This results in Divya too falling in love with Lovely but is scared to reveal her identity due to Lovely’s immense devotions towards his duties and her father. Further some circumstances lead Sartaj to begin suspecting that Lovely and Divya are in love and they might elope. He sends his men to kill Lovely in case his lover turns out to be Divya. Divya convinces her father that they are not running away and instead Lovely’s love is someone else and is waiting for him at the railway station. Sensing that Lovely might be heartbroken if he does not meet his lover at the station, Divya sends her friend Maya to tell Lovely her true identity. Lovely, after waiting for long at the station platform, finally sees Maya and is happy to hug her before Maya could reveal Divya’s secret. But Maya while hugging Lovely admits that she is Chhaya, the mysterious girl and his lover. Divya calls her twice, but Maya throws the cellphone out of the train, erasing Divya out of their love life completely. They both get married but soon Maya dies after giving birth to a child. She writes notes to their son in a diary about the fraud she committed with her best friend Divya and asks him to unite Lovely and Divya.

Several years later, Sartaj invites Lovely and his son to his house, and apologizes for his behavior. Lovely believed that Divya is married and happily settled in London but is shocked to see her there in the house and had still not married,while her look was like married woman. His son grows closer to Divya and even apologizes on his mother’s behalf. On their last day of visit, while leaving, he asks Divya to accompany him as his mother. Infuriated Lovely asks his son to apologize to Divya but he refuses and walks away. Sartaj tells Lovely that he too feels the same and requests him to take Divya with him to which Lovely gets obliged to accept. At the railway station, Lovely and his son are accompanied by Divya. His son secretly throws away Maya's diary into trash but is eventually recovered by Lovely. On reading it, he discovers that Divya was his actual lover Chhaya. He calls Divya on her cellphone and addresses her as Chhaya. Divya is overwhelmed with joy and happiness realizing that Lovely has come to know of the truth and her identity. She runs toward Lovely and they both hug each other while his son is happily watching them.

Sources : Wikipedia and YouTube

Ready Full Movie (2011)

Ready is a 2011 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee,^[5] starringSalman Khan and Asin in the lead roles.^[6][7][8] It also features Paresh Rawal, Arya Babbarand Mahesh Manjrekar in supporting roles,^[9] while Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan Kangna Ranaut, Zarine Khan and Arbaaz Khan make cameo appearances. The film is a remake of the 2008 Telugu film, Ready directed by Sreenu Vaitla starring Ram and Genelia.^[10] The music is given by Pritam. The first look of the film was unveiled on 5 April 2011, while the theatrical trailer was released on 15 April 2011.^[11] The film was released on 3 June 2011.^[2] Upon release, Ready became the second highest opening day grosser, as well as the second highest weekend grossing Bollywood film, after Dabangg, another Salman Khan-starrer.^[12] It also held records for being the second highest grossing Bollywood film of 2011 and the third highest grossing Bollywood film ever domestically.^[13][14] As of 2012, the film is the eight highest grossing Bollywood film ever worldwide.^[15]

Cast

• Salman Khan as Prem Kapoor^[16]
• Asin as Sanjana Singh^[16]
• Paresh Rawal as Balidaan Bhardwaj (Chartered Accountant)
• Mahesh Manjrekar as Ram Kapoor (Prem's father)
• Sharat Saxena as Suraj Chaudhary (Sanjana's uncle)
• Akhilendra Mishra as Amar Chaudhary (Sanjana's uncle)
• Puneet Issar as the father of Amar and Suraj
• Manoj Joshi as Bharat Kapoor (Prem's uncle)
• Manoj Pahwa as Laxman Kapoor (Prem's uncle)
• Nikitin Dheer as Aryan (Suraj Chaudhary's son)
• Arya Babbar as Veer (Suraj Chaudhary's brother -in-law)
• Anuradha Patel as Mrs. Ram Kapoor (Prem's mother)
• Sudesh Lehri as Mr. Lehri
• Hemant Pandey as Chhotey Guruji
• Arbaaz Khan as Gaurav (Special Appearance)
• Zarine Khan as Khushi (Special Appearance, including the song "Character dheela)
• Ajay Devgn as Raju (Special Appearance)
• Sanjay Dutt as Marriage registrar / Divorce Lawyer (Special Appearance)
• Kangna Ranaut as Kiran (Special Appearance)
• Chunky Pandey as Sanjana's ex-lover (Special Appearance)

The film starts with ready-witted Prem (Salman Khan) helping his childhood friend Khushi (Zarine Khan) to elope with Raju (Ajay Devgn). Khushi's intended bridegroom Gaurav (Arbaaz Khan) reveals that he also has a girlfriend, Kiran (Kangna Ranaut), whom he wants to marry. The elopement angers Khushi's father, Mr. Pathak (Mithilesh Chaturvedi) and Prem's family, the Kapoors. Prem manages to pacify his family members.

The Kapoors decide to get Prem engaged to Pooja. Prem is sent to receive Pooja at the airport; however, he deliberately goes to he wrong terminal to avoid meeting her. A girl named Sanjana (Asin), who has just run away from her own wedding, overhears Prem telling his uncle about ditching Pooja. Since nobody from Prem's family has ever seen Pooja, Sanjana herself pretends to be Prem's intended fiancee. Sanjana, posing as Pooja, goes to stay with the Kapoors and wins the hearts of the entire family, except Prem, who gets irritated with her.

Meanwhile, Sanjana's maternal uncles, Amar Choudhary (Akhilendra Mishra), and Suraj Choudhary (Sharat Saxena), who are rivals, try to search for her. Each uncle wants Sanjana to marry his respective brother-in-law in order to inherit her wealth. Sanjana and Prem escape from Suraj Chaudhary's goons by taking a lift in the car of Mr. Lehri (Sudesh Lehri). Prem outwits the goons and sends Suraj's son Aryan into a coma while escaping. Suraj Choudhary takes the help of Mr. Lehri to get to know who ran away with Sanjana.

But by then, Prem finds out Sanjana's true identity, and she tells him about her uncles trying to get her married. Prem and Sanjana fall in love and decide to get married. However, her uncle Suraj Chaudhary takes her away. Then the Kapoors come to know about her true identity; however, they still want her as Prem's wife. Prem assures Sanjana that she should stay with her uncle, and he will find a way to marry her as well as reunite her whole family.

Prem pretends to be the nephew of Balidaan Bhardwaaj a.k.a. Bali (Paresh Rawal), a Chartered Accountant who serves both of Sanjana's uncles. Prem convinces Suraj and Amar Chaudhary not to get either of their brothers-in-law married to Sanjana. Instead, he suggests the daughters of America's billionaires K.K Modi and B.K Modi as suitable brides for the two brothers-in-law. What the Choudharies do not know is that K.K and B.K Modi are actually Prem's dad and uncle in disguise. Prem also gets the rest of his family to play various characters, in order to trick Sanjana's family into letting her marry him. He also manages to change the Chaudhary family's negative attitudes.

But on the wedding day, Aryan recovers from his coma, and reveals the truth about Prem. A physical fight follows, in which Prem gets the upper hand of Sanjana's uncles and their men. He then explains to Amar and Suraj Chaudhary how Sanjana's late mother wanted them to unite and get their niece married. The Chaudharies then realize their mistake and are deeply apologetic for their behaviour. In the end, Prem and Sanjana get married and their wedding picture is taken with the Kapoors and Chaudharies, a.k.a. the 'Chapoors'.

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