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Force
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNishikant Kamat
Written byRitesh Shah
Story byGautham Vasudev Menon
Based onKaakha Kaakha (Tamil)
Produced byVipul Amrutlal Shah
Starring
CinematographyAyananka Bose
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music bySongs:
Harris Jayaraj
Lalit Pandit
Background Score:
Sameer Phaterpekar
Production
company
Sunshine Pictures
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹28 crore[1]
Box office₹40 crore[1]

Force is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Nishikant Kamat. The film stars John Abraham, Genelia D'Souza and Vidyut Jammwal (in his acting debut). It is a remake of Gautham Vasudev Menon's 2003 Tamil film, Kaakha Kaakha.

Force is released on 30 September 2011, and received positive reviews from critics and audience.[2][3] A sequel titled Force 2 has been released in 2016, making it the first installment of the Force film series.

Plot

ACP Yashvardhan "Yash" Singh is a sincere and stone-hearted police officer in the NCB. He has no family and loved ones in his life, but his life changes when he meets Maya, an independent woman. Though the two get off to a rocky start, Maya warms up to him after she realises about his profession, and apologises for the misunderstandings. When Maya suffers from an accident, Yash rushes her to the hospital. With that, the two bond and start to meet regularly. Maya confesses her love to Yash, but Yash refuses, telling her that he does not want her to become his weakness in his professional life. However, Swati, the wife of Yash's friend Inspector Atul Kalsekar, convinces Yash that he is in love with Maya as well, and Yash decides to accept her love.

In the largest drug bust which the unit is investigating, Yash, DSP Mahesh Pandey (who is transferred on special duty from the New Delhi ITD) and Inspector Kamlesh Sawant, kills Reddy, a drug baron. Yash, Mahesh, Kamlesh and Atul are suspended for killing Reddy, instead of arresting him. Reddy's ruthless and aggressive brother Vishnu vows to avenge Reddy's death by killing all the officers. Yash and the other officers prepare themselves for Vishnu, but Vishnu and his henchmen successfully break into Mahesh's home and brutally murders him and his wife Rachana. The event shakens Yash and the other officers, but Yash and Maya's marriage takes place. Meanwhile, Vishnu decides to attack each of the officers's weaknesses. He kidnaps Swati and Atul is forced to tell him where Yash will be that night. Yash and Maya spend time with each other, but Vishnu attacks them and Yash is shot to death.

Yash miraculously survives, while Maya gets kidnapped. Vishnu tells Atul that he will release Swati if Atul kills Yash. However, Atul cannot bring himself to kill him and instead joins forces with Yash to execute a plan against Vishnu and save Swati and Maya. They learn that Vishnu has been keeping Maya and Swati hostage and find, in horror, that Swati has been murdered. Heartbroken, Atul kills himself, while Yash and Kamlesh arrive together and face Vishnu in a final confrontation. Kamlesh is shot, but survives. Vishnu shoots Maya in front of Yash and she dies in Yash's arms, but not before letting Yash know that her dream of closing her eyes and dying in Yash's arms has come true. Enraged, Yash brutally finishes off Vishnu, exacting his vengeance. At the end, Yash is living alone again, having returned to his professional life, while remembering his moments with Maya.

Cast

Production

Development

In July 2004, Gautham Vasudev Menon agreed terms to direct a version of Kaakha Kaakha in Hindi with Sunny Deol in the lead role and revealed that the script was written five years ago with Deol in mind, but the film eventually failed to take off.[4] Producer Vipul Shah approached him to direct the Hindi version of the film in 2010 as Force with John Abraham and Katrina Kaif, and Menon initially agreed before pulling out again.[5] He cited that he felt the eight years gap between the releases of it with the original was too long; subsequently Nishikant Kamat of Evano Oruvan and Mumbai Meri Jaan fame was roped in by the producers to direct the remake.[6] Initially, Asin was signed up to reprise her role that she played in the Telugu remake of the film – Gharshana, but as the film became delayed, dates clashed with her other film Ready. Hence, she was forced to withdraw from the film and was consequently replaced by Genelia D'Souza.[7][8] The villain was chosen as Vidyut Jamwal, a model turned actor who had reportedly won the role from 500 other people who were originally considered. He had to undergo strenuous training to build a body that could be comparable to the hero of the film.[9]

Filming

The shooting of the film ended in February 2011, after sixty five days of the shoot.[10] During the filming, John Abraham stated that "With Nishikant I have discovered the magic of raw action, but what is even more beautiful is the romance in 'Force'. This I believe will be my first pan India film after a long gap."[11] The film involved tough stunts choreographed by Allan Amin, who worked with John Abraham earlier in Dhoom.[12]

Soundtrack

Force
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released24 August 2011
Recorded2010–2011
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length26:00
LanguageHindi
LabelT-Series
ProducerHarris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Ko
(2011) 		Force
(2011) 		7aam Arivu
(2011)

The soundtrack is composed by Harris Jayaraj, which is his second album in Hindi after his successful album Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001).[13][14] "Khwabon Khwabon" was reused from the song "Uyirin Uyire" in the original film Kaakha Kaakha,[15] and "Main Chali" was reused from the song "Manasa" in Munna and “Mudhal Mazhai” from Bheemaa, half of each. The lyrics were penned by Javed Akhtar.[16] The track "Dum Hai Toh Aaja" was composed by Lalit Pandit. Sameer Phaterpekar composed the film's background Score. The soundtrack album featuring five tracks was released by T-Series on 24 August 2011.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Javed Akhtar

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Khwabon Khwabon"KK, Suchitra Kumar, Jaspreet Jasz5:21
2."Chahoon Bhi"Karthik, Bombay Jayashri, Neeraj Sridhar4:54
3."Dum Hai Toh Aaja" (Composed by Lalit Pandit)Mahua Kamat5:05
4."Main Chali"Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal, Suzanne D'Mello5:11
5."Dil Ki Hai Tamanna"Vijay Prakash, Shalini Singh, Neha Bhasin5:32
Total length:26:00

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Bollywood Hungama[17]
Planet Bollywood[18]
Filmfare[19]

Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama gave 3/5 stars and said, "Force delivers as promised and turns out to be an impressive soundtrack. While 'Khwabon Khwabon' was anyway expected to be the USP of the soundtrack, 'Main Chali' turns out to be another number that works quite well for the soundtrack. Overall, an album that has a potential to turn much bigger if the film too turns out to be a good success."[17] Tanuj Manchanda of Planet Bollywood gave 7/10 and quoted in his review that "After hearing all songs, one can say that this is undoubtedly one of the best albums of the year both in terms of lyrics and compositions. Harris Jayaraj has proved his mettle time and again and this time also he succeeds with flying colours. Javed akhtar as usual is dedicated towards giving his best. And the best part of the album is that all songs except 'Dum Hai To Aaja' are soulful and a treat for all music lovers and does not have any remixes to rob off the impact. Force is definitely recommended!"[18] Devesh Sharma at Filmfare awarded it 3/5 stars and quoted "Overall, Jayraj has arrived on the Hindi music scene and one looks forward to hearing more of his original tunes (and not reprises) in future."[19] Komal Nahta of Koimoi stated that, "the songs have not become as popular as they are nice. Javed Akhtar's lyrics are appropriate."[20]

Release

Force was released on 30 September 2011 and became John Abraham's biggest opening for a release upto date.[21]

Critical response

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 4/5 stars and wrote "Force is an engrossing story of vendetta and the execution of the material makes it stand out in the crowd. The film has the requisite amount of zing and force, so essential for action movies that talk of heroism. If you are looking for a sensible masala film with substance, Force should most definitely figure on your agenda."[22] The Times of India gave 3.5/5 stars and concluded, "Force is a heady cocktail of high powered action and breezy romance that ensure there's never a dull moment".[23] DNA India rated the movie 3/5 stars, stating that "The best part of the film are its action sequences which are well thought out. However, it has a fairly predictable story line."[24] Hamara Bollywood gave the film 3/5 stars saying "in the category of action movies, Force just might be the best one of the year".[25] Deccan Chronicle gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote, "Force doesn't live up to its title...at all".[26] Komal Nahta of Koimoi also rated 2.5/5 stars and further stated that "On the whole, Force will be liked by the youngsters, especially guys. In the final tally, it will prove to be an above-average fare, thanks to the impressive start all over".[20] Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times gave 2/5 stars concluding that, "Force is hardly a force to reckon with".[27]

Box office

Upon release, Force opened to decent start at the domestic box office and packed cinema halls, "witnessing 100% occupancy across shows", according to Box Office India.[28] The film grossed ₹48.4 million (US$580,000) in India on the first day.[29] Force has fared well, despite number of screens and shows being limited. It collected approx ₹245.2 millionnett in Week 1. Force is John's biggest opener in solo lead. The film dropped on Monday, but then held steady collections through the weekdays, but the collections were low.[30] Force fell heavily in its second weekend taking an 85% fall from its first, it collected ₹20 million nett which took its ten-day business to ₹235.0 million nett.[31] Moreover, Force had a poor opening of around $500,000 in Overseas. The opening figures from United Kingdom were £65,000, North America $100,000, UAE $160,000 and Australia $60,000.[32] The film collected ₹347.2 million in India and was declared as "Above Average".[33]

Sequel

Vipul Amrutlal Shah planned a sequel to the film titled Force 2 with John Abraham reprising his role and Abhinay Deo as the director. The film was released on November 2016.[34][35][36]

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