Rocky Handsome is a 2016 Indian action thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat. It features John Abraham and child artist Diya Chalwad in the lead roles while Shruti Haasan, Nishikant Kamat and Sharad Kelkar appear in crucial supporting roles. It is an official adaptation of the 2010 Korean film The Man from Nowhere. Co-produced by Abraham under his home banner John Abraham Entertainment in association with Sunir Khetrapal’s Azure Entertainment, the film’s story revolves around a man who sets out to take vengeance against drug mafia after they take away an eight-year-old girl, with whom he shares a special bond. The theatrical trailer was released on 4 March 2016, and the film released on 25 March 2016.

Movie Casting

John Abraham as Kabir Ahlawat/Rocky/Handsome, A former RAW agent and Special Forces soldier

Shruti Haasan as Rukshida (Special Appearance)

Nathalia Kaur as Anna, Naomi's mother

Diya Chalwad as Naomi

Nishikant Kamat as Kevin Pereira[4]

Sharad Kelkar as Dilip Sangodkar, A cop from Anti-Narcotics Bureau

Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as A.C.P Rebello

Suhasini Mulay as Carla Aunty, a child trafficker

Teddy Maurya as Luke Ferriera, Kevin's brother.

Kazu Patrick Tang as Atilla, Kevin's henchman

Nora Fatehi (special appearance) in the song " Rock the party "

Plot:

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The movie is set in the middle of a city in Goa, where Kabir "Rocky" Ahlawat (John Abraham) lives a quiet life running a pawn shop. His next door neighbour is Anna (Nathalia Kaur) who is a drug addict and a bar dancer. She lives with her little daughter, Naomi (Diya Chalwad), who steals to fund her habit. Naomi develops a caring relationship with Rocky and calls him "Handsome" affectionately. Rocky gets attached to her too and she frequently eats dinner with Rocky despite her mother's disapproval. Meanwhile, ACP Dilip from the Anti Narcotics department of the police force wants to clear the drug businesses out of Goa and finds out that the main drug kingpin is Mantoo, who runs the entire Heroine business in Goa. He is supported by two powerful brothers, Kevin and Luke, who not only deal drugs but also control a mass racquet in organ harvesting and who have a professional assassin called Attila who carries out the brothers' commands. One night Anna and her accomplice plan to steal drugs from a consignment which is to be handled by Mantoo's henchmen Bigshow, and his local peddler. They succeed in doing so and Anna hides the drugs in a camera, which she pawns to Rocky. The loss of the consignment enrages Mantoo and he summons Kevin to his place and humiliates him, giving him three days to recover the sample consignment. A humiliated Kevin walk backs and calls his brother Luke to find out about the stolen drugs. Luke and Attila discover the truth and reach Anna's place where Luke tortures Anna and finds out that she has pawned the camera to Rocky. Luke sends Attila to recover the camera where he finds Bigshow and the peddler already fighting with Rocky for the possession of the camera. Rocky injures Bigshow but is obliged to hand over the camera to Luke when he tells him that both Naomi and her mother are his captives. Before leaving, Attila shoots Bigshow dead to frame Rocky guilty and leaves a cell-phone, indicating that Rocky will receive a call shortly from his bosses. Rocky gets a call from Kevin to make a delivery to Mantoo, and promises that in return he will set Anna and Naomi free. Rocky goes to deliver the drugs to Mantoo where he finds that police had already raided Mantoo's haven with a tip-off from Kevin. Kevin calls Mantoo and tells him that he is doomed and Kevin is the new drug lord of Goa. Mantoo runs away from his hideout and Rocky chases him, but he is arrested by police and they were shocked to find Anna's body with all her organs harvested in Rocky's car. Meanwhile, Kevin finds Mantoo and brutally murders him, taking all his organs.

Rocky finds and frees several child slaves in a drug manufacturing plant, and in the process, kills the younger of the brothers, Luke, with a gas cylinder blast. He tracks down the elder brother, Kevin, at the gang's condo, where a dozen gang members and Attila are also waiting. Kevin says that he has had Naomi killed and shows a container that has what he says are her eyes. He demands to know what happened to his younger brother, and, in a rage, Rocky kills the gang members brutally, including Attila. Kevin run away in his bullet-proof car but Rocky stops it and smashes the windscreen by firing multiple bullets. In the process Kevin is also shot and a bullet hits the leaking oil from the bullet-proof car. As Rocky prepares to commit suicide out of grief, Naomi emerges from the darkness. She had been saved by Attila, who took pity on her because she had been kind to him. It is then revealed that the eyes in the container belonged to the gangsters' surgeon, who had been killed off-camera by Attila. The police allow Rocky and Naomi to ride together after they arrest him, and, while she sleeps, Rocky asks if they can be dropped off at a small convenience store. Rocky buys a backpack along with other school supplies. He asks her if she could live alone for sometime till he returns. She nods. Before he goes, he asks her for a hug and breaks down in tears as they embrace.

Critical reception

Subhash K. Jha rated the film 4/5, writing " It would have to be a toss-up between ShoojitSircar's excellent political thriller Madras Café and now Nishikant Kamat's Rocky Handsome."[15] Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3.5/5, writing "On the whole, ROCKY HANDSOME is for people who like action films. Despite the film having a simple plot, it has been garnished with engrossing drama and action stunningly. One can find the right mix of tension, action, emotion under one roof. A well-made action thriller."

Azhar is a 2016 Indian sports drama film directed by Tony D'Souza. The story is written by Rajat Arora and is inspired from the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The film is produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Sony Pictures Networks, and features Emraan Hashmi in the titular role. Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai and Lara Dutta play crucial supporting roles. The sports action was done by Rob Miller of ReelSports. The film released worldwide on 13 May 2016.

Movie Casting:

Emraan Hashmi as Mohammad Azharuddin

Nargis Fakhri as Sangeeta Bijlani, the second wife of Azharuddin

Prachi Desai as Naureen, the first wife of Azharuddin

Lara Dutta as Meera

Kunaal Roy Kapur as Reddy

Gautam Gulati as Ravi

Manjot Singh as Navjot

Karanvir Sharma as Manoj

Rajesh Sharma as M. K. Sharma

Hemant Choudhary as Samar (Ad Film Director)

Varun Badola as Kapil

Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Azhar's Nanu

Jameel Khan as Jay Shweta Kawatra as Magazine Writer

Plot

The movie begins with Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin (Emraan Hashmi) scoring a century in his 99th test match, but he soon faces allegations of match-fixing; his name has been linked with a London based bookie. The India cricket board issues a him a life-ban. Azhar decides to challenge the ban in court with the help of his lawyer friend Reddy (Kunaal Roy Kapoor).

The story shifts to 1963, when Azhar was born to a middle-class family in Hyderabad. His grandfather dreamed of Azhar playing 100 tests for Team India, and motivates a soft-spoken Azhar to answer his rivals with his batting skills. Young Azhar goes for an Indian team selection match to Mumbai, where on match day he receives news of his grandfather's death. Nonetheless, he participates in the match, in accordance with his grandfather's last wish. Azhar impresses the selectors, sealing his place in Team India, and he soon becomes national hero by scoring 3 consecutive centuries in his first 3 test innings. Azhar soon marries Naureen (Prachi Desai) and they both begin a happy married life. After a loss against Pakistan in 1991, the president of cricket broad calls Azhar for a one-on-one meeting. Azhar initially fears getting dropped from the team, but is surprised when he is offered the position of team captain. Some senior players,like Manoj, Ravi and Navjot, resent Azhar's appointment, not wishing to take orders from a younger player. But Kapil (Varun Badola) supports and encourages him to focus on his duty. While playing in an India–Pakistan match, Javed taunts Azhar, telling Azhar his Muslim heritage would be a better fit for the Pakistan team. Azhar leads his team to victory, and soon becomes a successful captain. At peak of his career, Azhar's personal life takes a twist when he meets a former Miss India, Bollywood actress Sangeeta (Nargis Fakhri) during an ad film shoot and falls in love with her. They both begin dating but keep their relationship hidden, until it is exposed by a gossip magazine. Azhar then publicly announces his affair with Sangeeta. Heartbroken, Naureen asks him for a divorce, and soon Azhar leaves her to marry Sangeeta. During a cricket match against the West Indies, Azhar gets in a spat with Manoj for a slow run rate in order to complete his century, letting the team lose. Manoj is dropped from the next match and Azhar leads the team to victory. Manoj is humiliated and vows to take revenge. In later years of his career, Azhar famous for his expensive lifestyle, comes into contact with match-fixers. He is soon been approached by a London-based bookie disguised as a diamond merchant, who later offers him 1 crore rupees to under play in a match against Sri Lanka, which Azhar hesitantly accepts. In a parallel story, after the match-fixing scandal, Azhar is now facing nationwide criticism and a London-based prosecutor, Meera (Lara Dutta), is building up a strong case against him on the basis of sting operations done by Manoj on Ravi, Navjot and several other cricketers.

She also uses the report of the inquiry commission set up by the cricket board and secretly meets bookie M. K. Sherma to gather more evidence. Meera also approaches Naureen, asking her to serve as a witness, but she refuses. Meanwhile, Azhar and his lawyer Reddy are struggling to find any proof of innocence as none of his fellow cricketers are ready to help him out. Azhar attends a gym-opening ceremony to gain back his old fame in public, but is left insulted by the owner himself. After a long, eight-year legal fight, Reddy finally makes a breakthrough by proving in court that the inquiry commission report is biased, as they were been paid by cricket board itself. Reddy even challenges the authenticity of sting operation tapes as none of the witness was under oath and can not be treated as truth. Later, Azhar also revels that he took 1 crore rupees from the bookie to keep him away from other team members but later scored a match winning innings and returned all the money.

On the final day of judgment both Naureen and Sangeeta attend the court hearing, showing their support for Azhar. Kapil also states in a television interview that he believes Azhar is innocent. In its final verdict, the court declares Azhar innocent and free from all match-fixing allegations due to lack of evidence. Azhar once again proudly walks out of the court with his head high and name cleared from all scandals.

Controversy

The film has generated controversy prior to its release over a storyline that absolves the protagonist Mohammad Azharuddin from charges of fixing matches in return of money. M A Ganapathy the former Superintendent of Police in CBI who was the chief investigating officer in the match-fixing case has refuted the movie's clean chit to Azharuddin claiming that his confession is on tape with the CBI. Azharuddin's involvement in match fixing was also accepted by Rakesh Maria, the former head of the Crime Branch and Commissioner of Mumbai Police. In a conversation recorded by the news magazine Tehelka, Maria claims that Azhar had "a criminal bent of mind".

 Baaghi (English: Rebel) is an Indian action drama film directed by Sabbir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under his banner of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. It features Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles, with Sudheer Babu in a supporting role. Journalists noted similarities between the film and the 2011 Indonesian film The Raid: Redemption and the 2004 Telugu-language Indian film Varsham.

Baaghi movie Casting:

Tiger Shroff as Ronny

Shraddha Kapoor as Sia

Sudheer Babu as Raghav

Sunil Grover as P. P. Khurrana (Sia's father)

Shifuji Shaurya Bharadwaj as Guruswamy/Aachan (Raghav's father)

Sanjay Mishra as Harry 

Movie Plot:

The movie starts with Martial arts champion Raghav (Sudheer Babu) kidnapping Sia (Shraddha Kapoor) from her film's set, eventually taking her to Bangkok. Sia's father P. P. Khurana (Sunil Grover) along with producer of the movie goes to each possible government offices for seeking help regarding the matter but no one is ready to help them, since Raghav is a powerful man. Khuraana knows that only man can now save Sia from Raghav, Ronny (Tiger Shroff). The movie then goes into flashback, where it is seen Ronny & Sia travelling in a train. Raghav is also travelling in the same train. Raghav eyes Sia & and ask his men to get her details. In the meanwhile, Ronny misses his train due to a misunderstanding created by Sia, causing her guilty. Ronny visits the school of Guruswamy (Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bharadwaj) in Kerala. According to a letter given by his father, Ronny's father believes him to be a Baaghi (one who never obeys anyone's order). Thus, asking Guruswamy to make him a good human being. Ronny there meets Sia. Sometimes later, they fall in love. Sia gives him a precious ring (given by her father) & asks him to always keep it with him. Meanwhile, Raghav asks for Sia's hand from Khuraana, who under a certain sum of money is ready to marry her daughter with Raghav. Later Khurana sees Sia's ring in Ronny's hand, & tells it to Raghav. Who believes to even kill Ronny if he didn't broke his relationship with Sia. Guruswamy hears it, and refuses Raghav to do it any cost until he's alive. Raghav later poison's & kills Guruswamy. Khuraana, along with Raghav arrests Ronny to police & knowingly bails him out so that Sia does not believes over Ronny who tells her the real drama planned by her father. Khuraana even injures himself & shows Sia, a duplicate of ring which she gave to Ronny. So that she may hate him.

Back in the present, Ronny reaches Bangkok. Along with the help of Harry (Sanjay Mishra), he visits a local fight club, & wins over the famous fighter Lord so as to get some attention. Next day, Some local goons chases him, and in an action-packed fighting sequence he wins over them to get the address of Viju (special man of Raghav). He breaks open into Viju's house & sets his wife at Point-blank range asking him the location of Sia. Ronny then visits the hospital where Sia is admitted by Raghav, & in the disguise of a doctor manages to get into the ward. Sia swoons a nurse, & in her disguise they both try to escape the hospital. They are caught by Raghav. But somehow they are successful in escaping the hospital. On there way back to India, Sia sees her ring still in Ronny's hand. Ronny then unfolds the real drama planned by her father & Raghav. They again fall in love. However, Raghav again caught them both, & Viju fires onto Ronny who falls into a lake.

However, sometimes later it is seen that Ronny is alive & returns, since no bullet was fired by Viju (as Viju believed Ronny to be correct in his place). Raghav kills Viju. Ronny is successful to get to Raghav. However, Raghav overpowers him. But when Ronny hears it was only Raghav who killed Guruswamy, he uses the tactics of Guruswamy, & in a jawdropping action sequence, he kills Raghav. Later, Ronny along with Sia visits Guruswamy's school where now stands a statue of Guruswamy in place of his seat.