Himmatwala
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sajid Khan
Written by	Story and Screenplay: Sajid Khan Dialogues: Sajid-Farhad
Based on	Himmatwala by K. Raghavendra Rao
Produced by	Vashu Bhagnani Ronnie Screwvala
Starring	Ajay Devgn Tamannaah Bhatia Paresh Rawal Mahesh Manjrekar Leena Jumani Adhyayan Suman Zarina Wahab Anil Dhawan
Cinematography	Manoj Soni
Edited by	Nitin Madhukar Rokade
Music by	Original Compositions: Bappi Lahiri Recreated Compositions and Original Songs: Sajid–Wajid Guest Composers: Sachin–Jigar Background Score: Sandeep Shirodkar
Production companies	UTV Motion Pictures Pooja Entertainment
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	29 March 2013 (2013-03-29)
Running time	150 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹68 crore[2]
Box office	₹65.7 crore[2]

Himmatwala (transl. The brave one) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan and jointly produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Vashu Bhagnani. The film features Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles. Set in 1983, it is an official remake of the 1983 film of the same name by K. Raghavendra Rao, which was, in turn, a remake of the 1981 Telugu film Ooruki Monagadu. The film was released on 29 March 2013.^[3][4] The film marks Tamannaah's comeback to Bollywood after she debuted in the 2005 film Chand Sa Roshan Chehra.

Plot

Set in 1983, the story begins with Ravi winning a fighting competition at a club. He is known as Himmatwala (courageous man). He then goes to Ramnagar village, where he meets his mother, Savitri, and his younger sister, Padma, who are living miserable life.

Ravi's mother Savitri, tells Ravi that Ravi's father Dharamurthy was an honest and respected man, and he was the priest of the temple. His father was framed by Sher Singh, the tyrant zamindar (landlord), for robbing the temple since the latter saw him commit a murder. Disgusted, Ravi's father committed suicide. In revenge, young Ravi tried to kill Sher Singh but failed. When Ravi's house is burnt, Savitri tells him to run away as Sher Singh will kill him.

With revenge in his mind, Ravi beats up Narayan Das, Sher Singh's manager and brother-in-law, as well as threatens Sher Singh. The next day, he publicly humiliates Sher Singh's daughter, Rekha, because she was beating up her innocent driver. In response, Rekha unleashes a tiger in the village in front of Ravi. Her plan was unsuccessful, however, as it backfired. Rekha falls down from the terrace and is about to be attacked by the animal when Ravi jumps and saves her life. Rekha falls in love with Ravi, and afterward, saves Ravi's life against her father Sher Singh's plans.

On the other hand, Ravi learns that Padma is in love with Shakti, Narayan Das's son. He has his objections, and so has Narayan. However, Sher Singh tells Narayan Das that marrying Shakti with Padma would give them an upper hand over Ravi as they can ill-treat Padma and keep Ravi in control. Meanwhile, Padma now knows that Ravi, who is living with her, is not the real Ravi, and Ravi died in a road accident. Before dying, the real Ravi asked him to take care of his family. Padma is initially upset but then reconciles after Ravi saves her life.

Shortly after Padma and Shakti get married, both the father and son start ill-treating Padma. In revenge, Ravi uses Rekha against her own father, just like she advises him. After Rekha tells her father, Sher Singh, that she is pregnant with Ravi's child, Sher Singh begs Ravi to marry Rekha. Eventually, Ravi punished Narayan Das and Shakti by doing all the household chores. He also wins the Sarpanch election, and Sher Singh finally gives all the property documents back to the villagers, which Sher Singh had illegally taken from them before.

However, Shakti overhears Rekha and Ravi's conversation about the fake pregnancy and that he is not the real Ravi. Angered, Sher Singh tries to kill him by bringing 20 fighters from the city but failed. While they are beating Ravi, the tiger (which Ravi had fought with) comes and saves his life. Ravi then brutally beats Shakti and is about to kill Sher Singh when his mother stops him.

In the end, Sher Singh, Narayan Das, and Shakti ask for forgiveness from Ravi, Savitri, Padma, and the rest of the villagers.

Cast

Ajay Devgan with co-star Tamannaah Bhatia during the trailer launch of their film Himmatwala

Music

The soundtrack includes remakes of the songs from the original version of the film, "Taki O Taki" and "Nainon Mein Sapna". The song promo of "Naino Mein Sapna" was released on 8 February 2013. The background score was composed by Sandeep Shirodkar, while the songs are composed by Sajid–Wajid and Sachin–Jigar. Lyricist Indeevar wrote for "Taki O Taki" and "Nainon Mein Sapna", alongside Sameer, who wrote for all the songs except a disco-based song, for which lyricist Mayur Puri wrote.

Release

The first look poster of Himmatwala film was released on 23 March 2013, whilst the trailer was released on 24 January 2013.^[5] The film was theatrically released on 29 March 2013.

References

External links

• Himmatwala at IMDb