Rowdy Rathore Full Movie (2012)

Rowdy Rathore Full Movie (2012)

Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Indian action film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Rajat Rawail, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala. Its a remake of original Telugu movie Vikramarkudu directed by S.S. Rajamouli and which had been dubbed into Malayalam as Vikramathithya, Bhojpuri as Vikram Singh Rathod IPS, Bengali as "Bikram Singha" and Hindi as Pratighat. It features Akshay Kumar in double roles opposite Sonakshi Sinha and Paresh Ganatra, Yashpal Sharma, Gurdeep Kohli in supporting role with Tamil actor Nassar as antagonist.[5] The music was composed by Sajid-Wajid and lyrics are penned by Faaiz Anwar and Sameer Anjaan. It marks the return of Akshay Kumar in the action genre after seven years.

Rowdy Rathore revolves around a thief Shiva who falls in love with a young woman named Paro and later found a responsibility to take care for his deceased lookalike ACP Vikram Rathore's daughter while seeking revenge from the main antagonist Baapji. It was shot primarily in Mumbai at SLB production house and then in the state of Karnataka at locations of UNESCO World Heritage sites including Hampi.[7][8] Made on a budget of INR450 million (US$7.1 million), Rowdy Rathore released on 1 June 2012 on 2700 screens worldwide.[3] It received mixed response from critics, whilst opening to strong box office collections and became a major commercial success with a worldwide gross of INR2.01 billion (US$32 million).[4] The film was declared a "Blockbuster" in India and "average" in Overseas by Box Office India.[9] Rowdy Rathore has since emerged as one of the highest grossing films of all time in Bollywood.