The Hero: Love Story of a Spy Bollywood Film :
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy film is a 2003 Bollywood Hindi spy thriller film directer is Anil Sharma while Producer are Dhirajlal Shah,Hasmukh Shah,Pravin Shah under banner of Time movies and writer is Shaktimaan.
The film story revolving around undercover Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent who must gather intelligence about cross-border terrorism and stop the terrorist responsible for it and his separation from his fiance.
The film leading stars cast are Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra, It's Priyanka's First Bollywood film, The most expensive Hindi film to date (2003), costing around 55 crore Rupees (550 million Rs.), This is the first Indian film that is also distributed in digital format in Indian cinemas. Sunny Deol jumped from a height of 11000 ft himself without using any body double in an action sequence in this film .
In 2001 film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha film, which became the highest-grossing Indian film of all time after its release. Following the record-breaking success of that film, Anil Sharma decided to make The Hero: Love Story of a Spy on Big Budget.
The Shah Brothers were contact to produce the film, which was encourage to have a huge budget and scale, unlike previous Bollywood films. As per high production values, a nearly 55 crore INR was spent on the film. Several large sets were created to give the film a feeling of grandeur and international stunt experts were hired to co-ordinate action sequences seen first time in Bollywood.
Film shooting done was done at mainly in Indian locations, including Kullu and Manali, and in locations in Canada and Switzerland. Film music composer is Uttam Singh while lyricist are Anand Bakshi and Javed Akhtar.
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy film is releasing on 11th April, 2003 with mix to positive critics reviews, with the highest-ever collections First week in the Mumbai territory but eventually it was a below average grosser due to high costs. However, it still became the third highest-grossing movie of the year. Priyanka Chopra won the Stardust Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film.
- Directer : Anil Sharma
- Producer : Dhirajlal Shah,Hasmukh Shah,Pravin Shah
- Screenplay : Shaktimaan Talwar
- Story : Shaktimaan Talwar
- Starring : Sunny Deol,Preity Zinta,Priyanka Chopra
- Narrated : Sunny Deol
- Music : Uttam Singh
- Cinematography : Kabir Lal
- Edited : Suresh Urs
- Production Company : Time movies
- Distributed : Time Magnetics India Pvt. Ltd.
- Genres : Action, Adventure,Spy-Thriller-Drama
- Release date : 11 April 2003
- Running time : 182 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
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- Sunny Deol as a Major Arun Khanna / Batra / Wahid
- Preity Zinta as a Reshma / Ruksar
- Priyanka Chopra as a Shaheen Zakaria
- Amrish Puri as a I.S.I Chief Ishak Khan
- Kabir Bedi as a Mr. Zakaria
- Parvin Dabas as a Salman
- Rajpal Yadav as a Major's sidekick
- Yvonne Maverick as a Government Agent
- Rajat Bedi as a Militant
- Eva Crawford as a Child Wedding Dancer
- Deep Dhillon as a Colonel Hidayatullah
- Mike Iorio as a Security Guard
- Madhumalti Kapoor
- Shahbaaz Khan as a Suleman
- Khalid Mohamed as a Militant
- Pradeep Singh Rawat as a Police Officer
- Gene Snisky as a Russian Terrorist
- Shri Vallabh Vyas as a Reshma's Guardian
- Arif Zakaria as a Karimuddin
- Ryan Malcolm as a Waiter
- Derek Sypniewski as a American Gangster
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy film Songs / Music:
The film music composer is Uttam Singh while lyricist are Anand Bakshi and Javed Akhtar.
Initially Anand Bakshi was the sole lyricist on the music songs, but during production he fell ill. He wrote the lyrics for a few songs after his recovery, but after his death Javed Akhtar was brought in to write the lyrics for the rest of the songs.
The film music album have six original songs which is playback by Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sardool Sikander and Hariharan. Music album released under banner of Times Music released on 20th February 2003.
Bollywood Hungama said the music album did not have "anything great or extraordinary to offer" and that the music is below expectations considering the budget and scale of the film.
Planet Bollywood gave the album 6 star from 10, and stated that "simply passable, nothing spectacular" and saying the music is not what was expected from such a big film. The critics said that"Dil Main Hai Pyar" is the best song on the album, noting "its enjoyable characteristics" and saying it had "the potential to become very popular".
- "Dil Main Hai Pyar"......Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula
- "Tere Shehar Ka Kya Hai Naam".......Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
- "In Mast Nigahon Se".............Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan
- "Mari Koyal Ne Aisi Cook"..........Sardool Sikander, Jaspinder Narula
- "Tum Bhi Na Mano"......................Alka Yagnik, Hariharan
- "Dil Main Hai Pyar 2"....................Alka Yagnik
"Dil Main Hai Pyar" full video song:
- Singer : Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula
- Music Director : Uttam Singh
- Lyricist : Anand Bakshi
- Music Banner : Times Music
"Mari Koyal Ne Aisi Cook" full video song:
- Singer : Sardool Sikander, Jaspinder Narula
- Music Director : Uttam Singh
- Lyricist : Anand Bakshi
- Music Banner : Times Music
"Tum Bhi Na Mano" full video song:
- Singer : Alka Yagnik, Hariharan
- Music Director : Uttam Singh
- Lyricist : Javed Akhtar
- Music Banner : Times Music
Review of the film:
The film reviews from critics mostly mix to positive.
Critics reviews:
- Anupama Chopra of India Today said the narrative has flair, noting the love story, including the courtship and consequent separation that has "emotional vigour" works to some extent but the spying part is a problem. She wrote: "The leads try hard—Sunny Deol appears suavely sincere and Preity Zinta vulnerable—but Shaktiman's script doesn't hold. The incendiary dialogue got whistles but the comic-book discussions on nuclear bombs were a sleeping pill."
- Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama criticised the "superficial" writing but praised the technical aspects of the film, such as the "terrific" visuals and "awe-inspiring" action sequences, and said it "lacks the soul to make you cry and make your heart go out for the on-screen characters, the film has gloss and hype as its trumpcards, but the film lacks in emotions, music and a taut screenplay".
- Deepa Gumaste from Rediff.com appreciated the film, by writing that "comicbook spy movie", comparing it to Die Another Day and Mission: Impossible, and writing, "At last an original desi spy who combines the guile and charm of James Bond and the raw appeal of Rambo!" She said the cinematography is a "treat for the eyes with exquisite footage of the picturesque landscapes" and wrote, "For once in a Hindi film, foreign locations have actually been put to good use."
- Lawrence Van Gelder of New York Times was appreciative of the film, noting its "multiple pleasures" and writing, "Stretching from the snow-capped peaks of Kashmir to the ski slopes of Canada, mingling gunplay, spectacular explosions and chases with songs, dances and romance, this colorful Indian spy adventure constitutes the cinematic equivalent of the delightful and inconsequential escapism of a 700-page summer beach novel."
- Sify gave The film 3 star from 5 star, stated that, "The central theme gets more spice with a love story giving much role to play for Preity and Priyanka. The action sequences are well shot and Sunny essays his role with skill as usual."
- Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called the film "straightforward escapist fare" with the sensibility of an "old-fashioned comic-book", and said it "may be corny" and "unintentionally amusing at times" but it is also "a lot of fun" and has "all the classic elements of a Bollywood blockbuster taken to a spectacular level".
- The BBC's Manish Gajjar called the film "great escapist" cinema and praised the performances, writing that, "the role of Ravi Khanna was tailor-made for Sunny Deol. He got a chance to exhibit the various looks of a secret agent ... Preity Zinta is radiantly refreshing throughout the film whilst ex-Miss World, Priyanka Chopra appears natural considering that this is her debut film."
- Derek Elley of Variety said That the film is "wildly over-the-top" but "undeniably entertaining". appreciated the performances, Elley wrote, "Sunny makes a solid, rather than exciting hero, better in military duds than his increasingly outre disguises, and Amrish Puri overacts wildly as the villain. Femme leads are much more engaging, with Preity Zinta typically sparky and likable, and mega-looker Priyanka Chopra making a solid screen debut as a modern urban miss."
Awards:
- Winner : Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award – Priyanka Chopra
- Nomination : Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut – Priyanka Chopra
Box office collection:
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy film is released over 500 screens in India with Very Good opening First Friday collected nearly 2 crore inr, with highest first day collection records in Mumbai territory, 2nd day also nearly 2 crore collected and sunday 2.17 crore collection, All India Collection reach nearly 40 crore Inr with overseas collected nearly 3.65 crore and Worldwide collection is 44 crore , with Film Budget 33 crore, Box office India declared Average Grosser.
- Release in Screens : 500
- Day 1-Friday………..….2.03 Cr INR
- Day 2-Saturday……..1.98 Cr
- Day 3-Sunday………..2.17 Cr
- Day 4-Monday……….1.58 Cr
- Day 5-Tuesday…….1.10 Cr
- Day 6-Wednesday…….0.96 Cr
- Day 7-Thursday…………..0.79 Cr
- Week 1 Collection………10.61 Cr
- Week 2 Collection………6.20 Cr
- Week 3 Collection……..4.37 Cr
- Week 4 Collection……..2.65 Cr
- Week 5 Collection………1.55 Cr
- Week 6 Collection……..0.57 Cr
- Week 7 Collection……..0.10 Cr
- Total Net Collection…...26.05 Cr
- India Gross Collection………….40.43 Cr
- Overseas Collection……………….3.65 Cr
- Worldwide Collection Gross……..44.08 Cr
- The Hero Movie Budget :……….33.00 Cr
- The Hero Movie Verdict : AVERAGE
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