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Jackpot (2013 film)

2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jackpot (2013 film)
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Jackpot is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film directed by Kaizad Gustad starring Sunny Leone, Naseeruddin Shah, Sachiin J Joshi, and Bharath in the lead roles.[1][2][3] This is the Bollywood debut of Tamil actor Bharath. The film was released on 13 December 2013 to highly negative reviews.[4][5][6] It had total earnings of 50 million (US$590,000), according to Box Office India.

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Premise

A group of swindlers in Goa devise a plan to con the rich at a card game in a casino and risk everything just to get caught in a web of their own making.

Cast

  • Naseeruddin Shah as Boss
    • He is a veteran raver whose clothes are as colorful as his principles and punchlines. Slow in speech but quick to draw a six-shooter, he owns the Jackpot casino.
  • Sunny Leone as Maya
  • Sachiin J Joshi as Francis
    • He packs in the muscle and has a can of beer always close at hand. He is also street-smart enough to impress Maya, the oomphy voice of reason in the movie.
  • Bharath as Anthony D’Souza
  • Makrand Deshpande
  • Manish Wadhwa
  • Sumit Kumar
  • Daniel Weber (cameo)
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Filming

The majority of the shooting for the film was completed in Goa. Kaizad Gustad shot the film in 27 days.[7]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack has 9 tracks. Sharib & Toshi, Mika, Remo Fernandes, Gods Robots (Shridevi Keshavan & Janaka Atugoda), Rishi Rich, Juno Reactor, Rahul Bhatt, Jaaved Jaaferi and Itek Bhutani composed one song each. The song "Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse" became popular.

Track listing

Song Title – Performed by – Music by – Lyrics by

  1. Kabhi Jo Baadal BarseArijit SinghSharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
  2. Full Jhol – Mika Singh, Akasa SinghMika Singh – Raj Hans
  3. Bol Bugger Bol – Remo Fernandes – Remo Fernandes – Abhijeet Deshpande
  4. Jackpot Jeetna – Sunidhi Chauhan – Gods Robots – Kaizad Gustad
  5. Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Remix) – Arijit Singh feat. Rishi Rich – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
  6. Jackpot – Hamsika IyerJuno Reactor – Kaizad Gustad
  7. Eggjactly – Jaaved JaaferiRahul BhattJaaved Jaaferi
  8. Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
  9. Now You See, Now You Don't – Ramya Iyer – Itek Bhutani – Kaizad Gustad & Ramya Iyer
  10. Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Remix) – Arijit Singh feat. Maxi Priest – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
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Marketing

Censor Board axed the rap song 'Eggjactly' from the film as it was a bit vulgar, though the video of the song was released online.[8] The premiere of Jackpot was held at PVR Cinemas in Juhu, Mumbai, on 12 December 2013 to which Shahrukh Khan, Urvashi Sharma and other celebrities came.[9][10][11] Sunny Leone promoted the film in various cities like Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Bangalore (Inorbit Mall).[12] Sunny Leone and Sachin also promoted the film on the shows Bigg Boss 7 and Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali.[13][14][15]

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Box office

Jackpot grossed 10 million (US$120,000) on day one.[4][16] It grossed 34.5 million (US$410,000) on domestic box office in its first weekend. The film had a poor first week collection of 45 million (US$530,000).[17]

Critical reception

Reagan Gavin Rasquinha of Times of India gave Jackpot 2 stars out of 5.[18] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film a 1/2 star only.[19] Avad M of Bollywood3 rated the film 1.5/5.[20]

References

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