Badla (2019 film)

Badla (English: Revenge) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language thriller film[2] directed by Sujoy Ghosh and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu and Amrita Singh. The film is produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Azure Entertainment and is a remake of the 2016 Spanish film The Invisible Guest.[6][7] The story follows an interview between a lawyer and a businesswoman, in which the latter insists that she is being wrongfully framed for the murder of her lover.

Badla
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySujoy Ghosh
Produced by
Written by
  • Sujoy Ghosh
  • Raj Vasant
    (dialogue)
Based onThe Invisible Guest
by Oriol Paulo
Starring
Music byClinton Cerejo
CinematographyAvik Mukhopadhyay
Edited byNamrata Rao
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 8 March 2019 (2019-03-08)[1]
Running time
118 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹10 crore[3]
Box officeest. ₹138.49 crore[4][5]

The film was released on 8 March 2019,[8][9] It has grossed over ₹138.49 crore (US$19 million) worldwide against a production budget of ₹10 crore (US$1.4 million) to emerge as a commercial success.[3][5][10]

Plot

Naina Sethi is a young and shrewd successful businesswoman in London with a perfect family. Her world turns upside down when she gets arrested for the murder of her secret lover, Arjun. Her lawyer Jimmy Punjabi hires prestigious defence attorney Badal Gupta to defend her, and over the course of one late evening, they work together to find out what actually happened. Badal reveals that there is a witness whose testimony will incriminate her in the crime. Naina explains that she and Arjun were blackmailed by someone for their extramarital affair. They were called to a hotel where Naina was attacked; only to wake and find Arjun dead with the money meant for the blackmailer. She was arrested but is out on bail. The police find no trace of anyone else being present in the room or breaking in.

Badal tells Naina that she is not being honest with him. He questions her about the disappearance of a young man near the hotel. Naina reveals that she and Arjun were living in a cabin in the woods few months ago. On the way back, she accidentally ran into an oncoming car. The crash kills the driver of the other car, a young boy named Sunny. Arjun convinces Naina not to inform the police, and they decide to remove any trace of the crime. They put Sunny's body in the trunk of his car, and Naina dumps the car in a swamp. While Arjun is waiting for her, Rani and Nirmal, a local couple, meet him and invite him to their home, where he discovers that they are Sunny's parents. When Rani calls Sunny, Sunny's phone rings in Arjun's pocket as he had forgotten to dispose of it. He passes it off as accidentally sitting on it, but Rani is unconvinced. Arjun and Naina get away but become worried that they will be discovered. Soon Naina watches the news which told that Sunny had embezzled money from the bank where he was working and eventually learns from Arjun that he had taken Sunny's wallet while they were trying to cover up everything. Rani identifies Naina's vehicle, making her a suspect, but Naina has her lawyer falsify an alibi.The police buy it but Rani confronts Naina and reveals that she knows the truth. She implores Naina to tell her Sunny's location but Naina keeps up her act of innocence. A few months later, Arjun and Naina are contacted by the blackmailer, leading to the present events.

Badal decides that Rani must have killed Arjun and could have easily done so since Sunny's father, Nirmal, works at the hotel.Soon Naina tells Badal that she saw Rani in the room but lied in order to check whether Badal is a good lawyer or not to which Badal reveals there was no witness and he was lying to get the truth from Naina.However Naina who now trusts Badal, reveals a secret: Sunny was alive in the trunk before she disposed of the car. However, she let him drown, deciding not to save him to protect herself. Surprised by her murderous and selfish actions, Badal proposes an alternate sequence of events in which Naina was the one who actually pressured Arjun into hiding the crime and Also she was the one who framed Sunny and had taken his wallet before killing him.In this version, Arjun grows so guilty that he travels to the hotel to reveal the truth to Rani and Nirmal, prompting Naina to kill him. With the police knocking, she decides to injure herself and frame Rani for the crime. Naina denies this and claims that what Badal proposed earlier is the truth.

Badal refuses to fight Naina's case. When she implores him for help, he agrees only if she honestly tells him if she killed Arjun. Naina confesses to Arjun's murder, and Badal says he will fight her case. Badal excuses himself for a moment and goes out to get some fresh air while Naina receives a call from Jimmy. She realises that Badal's pen is interfering with the call. Soon she realises that the person who came to her as Badal Gupta was an imposter when she saw the real Badal Gupta at the doorstep. Naina, shocked, takes apart Badal's pen to reveal a voice recorder inside that recorded every word of their meeting, including her confessions of both murders. As she glances outside her window, Naina makes eye contact with the imposter and Rani in the apartment building across from hers and realises, as Badal takes off his disguise, that Badal is actually Nirmal. Rani calls the police for Naina's arrest.

Cast
  • Amitabh Bachchan as Advocate Badal Gupta (both real and disguised) / Nirmal "Nimbi" Singh Toor in the last scene
  • Taapsee Pannu as Naina Sethi
  • Amrita Singh[11] as Rani Kaur Toor, Nimbi's wife and Sunny Singh Toor's mother
  • Tony Luke as Arjun Joseph, Naina's secret lover [12][13]
  • Manav Kaul as Jimmy Punjabi (Naina's lawyer and college friend)[12]
  • Tanveer Ghani as Nirmal "Nimbi" Singh Toor, Rani Kaur's husband and Sunny Singh Toor's father [14]
  • Denzil Smith as Detective Sodhi[15][16]
  • Antonio Aakeel as Sunny Singh Toor, Rani and Nimbi's son
  • Shome Makhija as Sunil Sethi, Naina's husband
  • Elena Fernandes as Glen Mohr Hotel receptionist

Filming

The principal photography of the film began on 14 June 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland.[17][18]

Marketing and release

On 11 February 2019, Shah Rukh Khan, whose production house Red Chillies Entertainment is producing the film, tweeted two first look posters of the film, one with Bachchan's character and another with Pannu's.[19][20][21] The film was released on International Women's Day, 8 March 2019 and is available online on Netflix.[22] The film was certified by British Board of Film Classification with runtime of 118 minutes.[23]

Promotional videos

Three unplugged innovative promotional videos which involved a conversation between Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan were launched on 3 March 2019, 6 March 2019 and 9 March 2019 respectively, which also featured Taapsee Pannu, to promote the film.[24][25]

Dialogue promos

Main Sach Hi Toh Bol Rahi Hoon was published on 25 February 2019, Homework on 28 February 2019, Sab Ka Sach Alag Alag Hota Hai on 1 March 2019 & Mere Paas Teen Sawaal Hain was published on 7 March 2019 on YouTube, featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu respectively.[26]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has scored 60% based on 15 reviews with an average rating of 5.94/10.[27] Gaurang Chauhan reviewing for Times Now rates the film with 3.5 stars out of 5 and opines that Sujoy Ghosh has delivered yet another interesting, enticing and an edge-of-the-seat mystery thriller.[14] Rachit Gupta of The Times of India also rates the film with 3.5 stars out of 5 and finds that the film is a slick-but-predictable thriller with solid performances. He said, "Sujoy Ghosh’s Badla delivers solid thrills and some genuine twists with great effect." He feels that this whodunit film, keeps the viewer engaging and constantly guessing about the big reveal. Cinema200 too gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 and praised the climax along with Sujoy Ghosh's direction.[12] Anupama Chopra of Film Companion gives 2.5 stars out of 5 with remarks, "Nothing is what it seems and there are many turns, but the film isn’t as clever as it thinks it is." and concludes the review as "Badla remains watchable until the end but it doesn’t become essential viewing."[28] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV giving it 3 stars out of 5, finds Amitabh Bachchan classy and Taapsee Pannu right on button in edgy thriller.[29] Taran Adarsh gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and found the film and its star-cast, captivating and brilliant.[30]

Badla also marked the Hindi film debut of Malayalam actor Tony Luke. According to Anna M.M. Vetticad, " The model-turned Malayalam film actor Tony Luke makes his Hindi debut with Badla and delivers one of the most impressive performances apart from the lead trio. He brilliantly lends subtlety even to the most dramatic transformations of his character." [31]

Box office

In its opening weekend, Badla collected ₹27.38 crore from domestic market.[32] The film had a worldwide gross collection of ₹138.49 crore consisting of domestic gross of ₹103.88 crore and overseas gross of ₹34.61 crore.[4][5]

Awards and nominations
Award Date of the ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result
Filmfare Awards 15 February 2020 Best Supporting Actress Amrita Singh Nominated
Best Background Score Clinton Cerejo Nominated
Best Editing Monisha R Baldawa Nominated
Best Sound Design Anirban Sengupta Nominated
IIFA Awards TBA Best Director Sujoy Ghosh Pending
Best Actress Taapsee Pannu Pending
Best Supporting Actress Amrita Singh Pending
Screen Awards 8 December 2019 Best Actress (Critics) Taapsee Pannu Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Amrita Singh Nominated
Zee Cine Awards 28 March 2020 Best Actress (Critics) Taapsee Pannu Won

Soundtrack
Badla
Soundtrack album by
Amaal Mallik, Anupam Roy and Clinton Cerejo
Released1 March 2019 [33]
Recorded2018
GenreFeature Film Soundtrack
Length18:05
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music Company
External audio
Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Amaal Mallik chronology
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety
(2018)		 Badla
(2019)		 De De Pyaar De
(2019)
Anupam Roy chronology
October
(2018)		 Badla
(2019)		 Malang
(2020)
Clinton Cerejo chronology
Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh
(2016)		 Badla
(2019)

The music of the film is composed by Amaal Mallik, Anupam Roy and Clinton Cerejo while the lyrics are penned by Kumaar, A. M. Turaz, Siddhant Kaushal, Manoj Yadav, Anupam Roy and Jizzy. Amitabh Bachchan, inspired by Ranveer Singh's Gully Boy, rapped the song "Aukaat".[34]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Kyun Rabba"KumaarAmaal MallikArmaan Malik4:52
2."Aukaat"Siddhant Kaushal, JizzyClinton CerejoAmitabh Bachchan, Amit Mishra, Clinton Cerejo
Rap: Jizzy		2:32
3."Tum Na Aaye"A. M. TurazAmaal MallikK. K.2:59
4."Badla"Manoj Yadav, Anupam RoyAnupam RoyAnupam Roy4:08
5."Kyun Rabba" (Acoustic)KumaarAmaal MallikArmaan Malik3:34
Total length:18:05

See also

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