Shootout at Wadala

Shootout at Wadala
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sanjay Gupta
Screenplay by	Sanjay Gupta Sanjay Bhatia Abhijit Deshpande Milap Zaveri (dialogue)
Story by	Sanjay Gupta Hussain Zaidi
Based on	Dongri to Dubai by Hussain Zaidi
Produced by	Sanjay Gupta Anuradha Gupta Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Starring	Anil Kapoor John Abraham Manoj Bajpayee Tusshar Kapoor Kangana Ranaut Sonu Sood Ronit Roy Mahesh Manjrekar
Narrated by	John Abraham
Cinematography	Sameer Arya Sanjay F. Gupta
Edited by	Bunty Nagi
Music by	Songs: Anu Malik Mustafa Zahid Anand Raj Anand Meet Bros Anjaan Background score: Amar Mohile
Production companies	Balaji Motion Pictures White Feather Films
Distributed by	Balaji Motion Pictures White Feather Films
Release date	1 May 2013 (2013-05-01) (India)
Running time	150 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹65 crore[2]
Box office	₹82 crore[3][2]

Shootout at Wadala is a 2013 Indian action-crime film^[4][1] written and directed by Sanjay Gupta. The film stars Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Tusshar Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Sonu Sood. It is a prequel to the 2007 film Shootout at Lokhandwala.^[5] In the film, Manya, a diligent student, lands in prison for killing a gangster who attacked his brother, Bhargav, who eventually dies. Soon, Manya escapes jail and forms his own gang to seek revenge.

Based on the book Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia by Hussain Zaidi, the film dramatises the encounter by Bombay police in which gangster Manya Surve was shot dead. It took place at the junction adjacent to Dr. Ambedkar College, Wadala, Bombay on 11 January 1982.

Shootout at Wadala was released on 3 May 2013 and received mixed reviews from critics, It grossed over ₹82 crore (US$9.8 million) against a budget of ₹65 crore (US$7.8 million).

In a police van, Afaaque Baaghran listens to the story narrated by a gangster, Manya Surve, who is gravely injured by bullets.

Manya is a decent student at Kirti College, Dadar. He is in love with Vidya Joshi and takes her to his mother to discuss their marriage.

Manya has an older brother named Bhargav Surve, who is a mawali (rowdy). Bhargav is in conflict with an underworld don named Bhatkar and is currently on the run. Soon enough, Bhargav is attacked and beaten up by Bhatkar's goons. Manya steps in to save him. While Manya grabs one of the goons, Bhargav stabs the goon, who dies on the spot.

On the day of Manya's exam results, before he can learn his grades, Manya and his brother are arrested. Manya is publicly humiliated in the college by Inspector Ambolkar and ends up in Yerwada Central Jail. In prison, a convict named Munir saves Manya from being attacked by a goon named Potya during lunch time. During this assault, Bhargav is killed. Munir befriends Manya and another convict named Veera. Veera trains Manya to become stronger. Manya is eventually challenged by Potya. Potya attacks him from behind and beats Manya up, to which Manya responds by stabbing Potya to death.

Later on, both Manya and Munir escape from prison while they are working on a railway track and try to join hands with two brothers who rule Mumbai's deals. The elder brother, Zubair Imtiaz Haksar, is cool and is impressed by Manya. However, the younger brother, Dilawar, disapproves of Manya and dislikes him. After this, Manya forms his own gang, which consists of him, Munir, Veera, and Gyancho, a sharpshooter brought by Munir. Soon enough, Manya finishes off Bhatkar (the gangster who had him and his brother arrested). Jamal, Bhatkar's bodyguard, also joins them. Next, Manya brings Ambolkar to his knees by beating him brutally in public for his earlier humiliation. The story next shows the death of Sadiq, an unscrupulous news reporter, by the Mastan gang. This leads to a fight between the Haskar brothers and the Mastan gang. A truce is called by Haji Maqsood, which is short lived as the Mastan gang asks Manya to finish off Zubair. After Zubair's assassination, Dilawar kills Gyancho with the help of Jamal. He is about to kill Munir when Manya saves him. Later, Afaaque is asked to kill Manya by Dilawar. Even after his refusal, at first, he agrees when the police commissioner orders him to. The story comes to an end after the shootout and Manya's killing by police.

Special appearances

• Jackie Shroff as Police Commissioner (fictional) (uncredited)
• Sunny Leone as Laila in the item number "Laila"^[7][8] (role inspired from Zubair's girlfriend Chitra)^[9]
• Priyanka Chopra in the item number "Babli Badmaash" (uncredited)
• Sophie Choudry in the item number "Aala Re Aala"^[7][8]

Director Sanjay Gupta knew the consequences of using Dawood Ibrahim's real name while shooting the film, but he carried on with Sonu Sood being addressed as "Dilawar Imtiaz" in the film.^[10] On 27 January 2013, Balaji Motion Pictures uploaded a new version of the theatrical trailer, and trimmed nearly every dialogue from the film off. The character of Dawood Ibrahim is only seen for three seconds in the new trailer, to avoid any problems. Also, the character names have been changed as well, except for Abraham's character, whose name remains the same in the film.^[11]

The music of Shootout at Wadala is composed by Anu Malik, Anand Raaj Anand, Meet Bros Anjjan and Mustafa Zahid. Anu Malik was asked to compose for three songs for this film which were chartbusters.

The film received a mixed reception from critics.

The ratings for the film provided by the reviewers have been tabulated. Below the table lies a collection of excerpts from the reviews, which can be matched to the respective rating as given in the table by seeing the source.

Review scores
Source	Rating
Bollywood Hungama[12]
Times of India[13]
Zee News[14]
DNA India[15]
NDTV[16]
Yahoo![17]
IBN[18]
The Indian Express[19]
Rediff[20]

Shootout at Wadala had an opening of around 65% occupancy^[21] and went on to collect ₹101.9 million (US$1.2 million) on first day.^[22] The two-week domestic distributor share is ₹ 255.0 million approx.^[3][23] The final total came out to be ₹820 million (US$9.8 million).^[3][2]

Shootout at Wadala collected $900,000 over its first weekend.^[24] Its final overseas collection was US$1.625 million.^[25]

Shootout at Wadala was made with a budget of ₹50 crore (US$6.0 million)^[2] of production costs. The prints and marketing budget was ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million).

Director Sanjay Gupta has stated his plans to make the third installment to the franchise, Shootout at Byculla based on the JJ Hospital shootout in 1992 by Dawood Ibrahim's D Company against the Arun Gawli gang for the latter's killing of Ibrahim's brother-in-law Ismail Parkar (the husband of Haseena Parkar). He has also said that he will restart his movie Alibaug, starring Sunny Deol, Govinda Ahuja, Emraan Hashmi and turn it into the third sequel of the Shootout film series. Also, actors Abhishek Bachchan, Shabir Ahluwalia and John Abraham have been rumoured to star alongside each other. Abraham will portray a real encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar. The project is currently untitled, but it has been reported to be an "epic revenge saga".^[26][27]

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