Chakradhaar

Chakradhaar is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Dharam Prakash, starring Abhishek Anand, Urvashi Sharma, Zakir Hussain, Darshan Jariwala and Yashpal Sharma in the lead roles. The film has been produced by Bharat Anand. The music has been provided by Anand Raj Anand and Jatin Pandit, while the lyrics have been penned by Sameer. The song choreography has been done by Saroj Khan and Jeet Singh, while Abbas Ali Moghul handled the action choreography. The film is set in Banaras in the time of politics and corruption. This is the debut film of Abhishek Anand, and features him as a student who becomes a vigilante after facing corruption and violence in Varanasi.

Chakradhaar
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDharam Prakash
Shakur Sir
Produced byBharat Anand
Written byArsh
Screenplay byArsh
Story byArsh
StarringAbhishek Anand
Urvashi Sharma
Vidya Malvade
Darshan Jariwala
Zakir Hussain
Music bySongs
Anand Raj Anand
Background Score:
Sanjoy Chowdhury
Edited byDeepak Raju Gowda
Production
company
Sir JVM Films Pvt.ltd
Release date
  • 15 June 2012 (2012-06-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The film released on 15 June 2012 to negative reviews from critics, with most critics panning Abhishek Anand's performance and eventually, the film ended up as a commercial failure.[1][2]

Plot

The story begins with a reporter Avantika (Vidya Malvade) coming to take the interview of Shravan/Pandit (Abhishek Anand), who tells him how he, the gentle man, ended up becoming a killer.

The past : Shravan joins Banaras University on his father's insistence, where he falls in love with Mandira (Urvashi Sharma), along with winning her father, Principal Shrivastav (Darshan Jariwala)'s belief. Soon, he realizes that he is caught in the fight against corruption and politics, running on the evil ideas of MLA Dharamraj (Akhilendra Mishra) and Yogiraj Choudhary (Yashpal Sharma) and his evil family members, who are responsible for all the crime taking place in Banaras.

In the meanwhile, Shravan gets into many brawls with Dharamraj's son, Dev. Dev impregnates a girl and asks his father for marriage. But later on, he kills the girl in the college and the blame comes on Principal Shrivastav, who is later killed and the blame now comes on Shravan. He is arrested, but his life is saved by an honest Muslim police officer, after which he decides to change his ways. Even Mandira loses trust on him, and he tells her never to meet him again. He turns into Pandit, a killer with the aim of wiping out entire corruption and crime. Professor Ahuja also joins him. Together, they kill Dev and Dharamraj. After that, Sikandar (Zakir Hussain), a student of Professor Ahuja and Principal Shrivastav asks Shravan to go to jail for some time, which he agrees.

The story now comes to present. Professor Ahuja, who thought Sikandar was supporting them, gets killed by Sikandar. Now, Shravan releases out of jail and finds that Avantika has got Mandira's mind changed and she is ready to accept him. But Shravan goes to meet Sikandar, and promises to come back. Upon reaching the location, his friend Bhanu gets killed. A lot of goons arrive to kill Shravan, who takes on every goon and finishes them off. This fight is soon joined by Yogiraj, who too does not escape from Shravan's torment. He burns the mouth and to guess of Yogiraj, the way he had done to him when he fought against Dev. He hangs and kills him, after which Sikandar arrives with the police officers, and to Shravan's shock, tells that he had killed Principal Shrivastav, after which he and the police officers shoot Shravan, who now falls and is about to die.

Shravan's mind then gets filled with the past memories and suddenly he gains consciousness. He then finds his own "Best Student of the Year" medal lying on a sack. This was the medal he had sold to buy a gun. He then gets up, and in the presence of everyone, strangles Sikandar with the medal, saying "Your turn's over. Now it's my turn". Everyone watches as Sikandar and Shravan both fall to death, and the medal itself falls into Shravan's neck, showing him once again as the "Best Student of the Year."

The film ends as Mandira and Avantika cry, holding the medal.

Cast

Production

The film has been produced by Bharat Anand under the banner Sir JVM films pvt.ltd. The movie was shot in 58 days in Mumbai and Banaras. The story of the film has been written by Arsh Rana and action department has been handled by Abbas Ali Moghul. The music has been provided by Anand Raj Anand and Jatin Pandit, along with the lyrics being provided by Sameer. The songs are choreographed by Jeet Singh and Saroj Khan.[3]

Soundtrack
Chakradhaar
Soundtrack album by
Anand Raj Anand
Released11 June 2012 (2012-06-11)
Recorded2012
GenreFeature film soundtrack, Soundtrack
Length14:20
LanguageHindi
LabelT-Series
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Har Mod Pe"SameerShaan04:38
2."Bin Tere"Sameer, Anand Raj AnandAnand Raj Anand04:10
3."Billori"Sameer, Anand Raj AnandMamta Sharma, Anand Raj Anand04:32
4."Chakradhaar (Theme)"Sameer, Anand Raj AnandSukhwinder Singh01:40
Total length:14:20

Music review

The soundtrack of the film was released by T-Series. The music of the film received negative reviews. Joginder Tuteja from Bollywood Hungama rated the soundtrack 1.5/5, writing that "If not for fairly decent tracks like 'Bin Tere' and 'Har Mod Pe', Chakradhaar would have been a total downer." [4]

Release

Chakradhaar released on 15 June 2012. The film was passed with a U/A certificate by the Indian Censor Board with 2 cuts.[5]

Reception

The film received mostly negative reviews. The Times of India rated it 2.5/5.[6] Fullyhyd rated it 1.5/5, writing "A fresh angle to the same story could have worked better, but unfortunately, the makers got it all wrong, and there goes another attempt at independent movie-making down the drain."[7] Desimartini rated an average user rating of 1.8/5 for the film.[8] Bollywood MDB rated it 1.5/5 and wrote "Not a bad film but not a watchable film too. A boring film! Better skip it and go for FERRARI KI SAWAARI!"[9] Mid Day rated the film 1/5, writing "Filmed in Benares, the makers may have had the hinterland in mind as their audience. There is also an item number thrown in. But if only the Pandit had taken a good look at himself before embarking on saving other people’s lives. He needed help first. And the only way the audience can do it is by steering clear of this nonsense."[10] Indiancinemareviews rated the film 3/5, calling it an "entertaining action film".[11] In.com rated the film 1.4/10.[12] Movietalkies rated the film 1.5/5, writing "Chakradhaar' Stuns, Shocks And Disappoints!".[13] Fakir Hassen rated the film 2/5, writing "CHAKRADHAAR can be safely missed".[14] Mouthshut.com rated the film 2/5.[15]

Box office

Due to big releases like Rowdy Rathore and Shanghai, the film was unable to get the attention of audiences. The film failed badly, as it made on Rs. 27 lakhs in its first week, and only 49 lakhs rupees in its total run at the box office of India.[16]

Home Media

The satellite rights of the film were secured by Star Gold.[17] The film was released on DVD, VCD and Blu-ray by T-Series.[18]

References
  1. "Chakradhaar". Bollywood Hungama.
  2. "Chakradhaar". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  3. Chakradhaar Movie Preview : Glamsham
  4. Chakradhaar Music Review : Bollywood Hungama
  5. "Chakradhaar : Central Board of Film Certification". Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. Chakradhaar Review : The Times of India
  7. Chakradhaar Review : Fullhyd
  8. Chakradhaar Review : Desimartini
  9. Chakradhaar Review : BollywoodMDB
  10. Chakradhaar Review by Mid Day
  11. Chakradhaar Review: Entertaining Action Film
  12. Chakradhaar : In.com
  13. Chakradhaar Review : Movietalkies
  14. Chakradhaar DVD Review : Fakir Hassen
  15. Chakradhaar : Mouthshut.com
  16. Chakradhaar Box Office Collection : Bollywood Hungama
  17. Chakradhaar on Star Gold : In.com
  18. DVD Description of Chakradhaar : NJMTV
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