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{{short description|2018 Indian Hindi-language film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
| image          = Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = Vasan Bala
| producer       = [[Ronnie Screwvala]]
| screenplay     = Vasan Bala
| starring       = [[Abhimanyu Dassani]]<br/>[[Radhika Madan]]<br/>[[Gulshan Devaiah]]<br/>[[Mahesh Manjrekar]]<br/>[[Jimit Trivedi]]
| music          = Karan Kulkarni <br/> Dipanjan Guha
| cinematography = [[Santosh Sivan]]
| editing        = [[Aarti Bajaj]] {{!}} [[Umesh kaushik]]
| studio         = [[RSVP Movies]]
| distributor    = RSVP Movies
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2018|09|10|[[2018 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2019|3|21|[[India]]}}
| runtime        = 138 minutes
| country        = India
| language       = Hindi
| budget         = {{INR}}12 crore<ref name="mirani" />
| gross          = {{INR}}2.03 crore (India)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota/box-office//|title=Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Box Office|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref><br />$22,094 (other)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt8055888/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>
}}

'''''Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota''''' ({{IPA-hi|məɾd̪ koː d̪əɾd̪ nəɦiː ɦoːt̪aː}}), released internationally as '''''The Man Who Feels No Pain'''''<!--This is the official English title, please don't change to the literal title -->, is a 2018 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action comedy film]] written and directed by Vasan Bala and produced by [[Ronnie Screwvala]] under his banner [[RSVP Movies]]. The film stars debutant [[Abhimanyu Dassani]], [[Radhika Madan]], [[Gulshan Devaiah]], [[Mahesh Manjrekar]], [[Jimit Trivedi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/889924/vasan-balas-mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-to-be-premiered-at-toronto-film-festival|title=Vasan Bala's 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' to be premiered at Toronto film festival|publisher=Scroll.in|date=10 August 2018|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> and [[Prateek|Prateek Parmar]].

The film premiered in the Midnight Madness section of the [[2018 Toronto International Film Festival]], where it won the [[Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness|People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/vasan-bala-s-mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-to-premiere-at-tiff-118081000339_1.html|title=Vasan Bala's 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' to premiere at TIFF|work=Business Standard|date=10 August 2018|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-wins-audience-award-at-tiff-1341857-2018-09-17|title=Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota wins audience award at TIFF|last=Singh|first=Suhani|work=India Today|date=17 September 2018|access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref> The film was also screened at the 2018 [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image#Film Festival|MAMI Film Festival]] where it received standing ovation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/a-full-house-mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-gets-standing-ovation-at-mami-mumbai-film-festival/articleshow/66387494.cms|title=A full house: 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' gets standing ovation at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival|work=The Economic Times|date=27 October 2018|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> The film's story follows a young man who has a rare condition called [[Congenital insensitivity to pain]] and strikes out on a quest to vanquish his foes. [[Bhagyashree]]'s son [[Abhimanyu Dassani]] made his acting debut with the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/bhagyashrees-son-abhimanyu-dasani-cant-feel-any-pain-in-mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-trailer-1847339.html|title=Bhagyashree's Son Abhimanyu Dasani Can't Feel Any Pain in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Trailer|publisher=CNN-News18|date=17 August 2018|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> The film was released in theatres on 21 March 2019 and received positive reviews from critics.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mard_ko_dard_nahi_hota|title=Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota|access-date=23 March 2019|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>

==Plot==
Surya is born with a strange condition under tragic circumstances. He is diagnosed with a rare medical disorder called [[Congenital insensitivity to pain]] and is tended to by the odd-couple combination of his father and his mischievous grandfather Ajoba. School life is difficult for a boy who doesn't get hurt and is picked on by bullies and, yet, Surya finds an unlikely ally in his neighbour, Supri. At home, Surya learns to tend to his own wounds and binges on a whole host of [[martial arts film]]s on VHS tapes thanks to his grandfather's unique tutelage. The one tape that mesmerises young Surya is 100-man karate [[kumite]] fought by a mysterious one-legged man called Karate Mani. His first foray into vigilantism is to come to the aid of Supri against her abusive father, but that event leads to the family being evicted from the building they lived in, and Surya and Supri are estranged as children. They go their separate ways, each one finding purpose and mentorship in unusual circumstances.
Ajoba encourages Surya to pursue his passion secretly & Surya trains himself by watching VHS videos. Meanwhile, Supri is trained by Karate Mani, whom she meets when she accidentally bumps into his scooter.

As an adult, Surya remains as dorky as he was as a child because his father will never let him leave the house. When his father finally agrees to let him outside, Surya finds a poster advertising his childhood idol Karate Mani. This poster leads him to the very building where he and Supri had been separated years ago, and it is Supri who is pasting the posters. Both of them don't recognise each other, but he is bedazzled when she fights off thugs to rescue a lady. Later, Surya visits the address mentioned on the poster to meet Karate Mani. He finds him knocked out by his evil twin Jimmy, and his assistant calls Supri to help him. They take him to a hospital, where only Supri and Surya are left when the rest of them leave. Later Supri is forcefully taken away from the hospital by her boyfriend Atul, and Surya fails to understand why she didn't fight back. Mani recovers consciousness, and he escapes from the hospital, feeling that the hospital will bill him a bomb for trivial treatment. Surya chases him and fights off the hospital staff who had come to capture him, and Mani is impressed with his skill and reveals his story.

Mani and Jimmy were trained by his father, a Karate trainer, since they were kids. Mani showed that talent for martial arts and easily won the heart of his father, which made Jimmy jealous. One fine day Mani saves Jimmy from a speeding truck, sacrificing his leg in the process. This further elevates Mani in the eyes of his father, and Jimmy is further estranged. After the 100-man kumite, his father gifts him his locket, whereas Jimmy takes up the path of crime. Once jailed for one of his crimes, Mani gets cozy with Jimmy's girlfriend, and Jimmy catches them red-handed in bed when he returns. This incident creates a permanent rift between the two, putting Mani in a guilt trap. Later Jimmy starts a security agency and bullies Mani with men and guns from his security agency, taking something from him each time he visits him, while Mani relents out of guilt.

Supri later reveals that Atul won over her parents by taking care of their medical expenses, which sort of forced her to stay with him so that her mother would get adequate medical care. Atul is taking her family to Canada to treat her mother. Supri is falling into the same trap of family burden as her mother bore all her life with an abusive husband, so much so that she doesn't have time to think for herself and no clue of what she would do in life or what career she would pursue.

On his previous visit, Jimmy snatches the locket that was given by their father to Mani, and Surya vows to get it back for him. His grandfather tries to dissuade him as it is too dangerous but eventually gives in when he realises that he should not kill this very motivating factor. When Surya meets Mani, he refuses to take him to Jimmy, but when Surya stops at nothing, he accompanies him to Jimmy's office. Meanwhile, at the airport just before boarding their flight to Canada, Supri's mother insists that she run away from Atul so that she doesn't go through the same fate of an overbearing husband. She hatches a plan wherein she covers up for the absence of Supri inside the plane and falls unconscious with a heavy dose of insulin once the plane lands in Canada, and once unconscious at the airport, she has to be admitted to hospital to be treated. Supri leaves after some pushing from her mother and goes straight to Jimmy's office, knowing Surya would create some ruckus there. At Jimmy's office, a fight ensues between his staff and the two. Surya easily thrashes most of them, and they are surprised to find that Surya doesn't experience the pain, which makes him more lethal. In the ensuing fight, fire is triggered, and the staff lock them in a room and escape from the building. Supri enters in a nick of time and rescues them. They later take refuge at their old residential complex, where they had spent their childhood, which is deserted for reconstruction, and Ajoba gets them all the essentials like blankets and food. Supri and Surya have sex on the roof of the deserted residential complex.

Early in the morning, they are all captured by Jimmy, and he arranges a cruel game, where each one of them has to fight his staff members one-on-one. The first up is Mani, followed by Supri, Surya, and Ajoba. Supri and Mani knock down a quite a few men before going down. All of them attack Surya barring one, and Surya knocks them all out. Jimmy then sends his last remaining fighter: his best one. Just to quickly end the contest, he changes the rules: a 10-point match where a point is scored with every hit. Surya is injured when his foot is fractured by his opponent. Mani throws his crutch for help. Surya decides that it is time to break the rule and hits his opponent close to the eye with the crutch, temporarily blinding him and finishes off the match. Jimmy is enraged at this, and he shoots and stabs him. Supri intervenes, snatches the gun and shoots Jimmy dead.

Later, Surya wakes up at his home, turned hospital. Supri and Ajoba are next to him. Mani is revealed to be in jail, who owns up to the murder of Jimmy. Surya goes on to fulfill his father's aspiration to become an accountant. Supri's mother gets treated in Canada. Now liberated from the burden of her mother's treatment, she finally starts thinking of her own self and starts focusing on her career.

==Cast==
* [[Abhimanyu Dassani]] as Suryaanshu "Surya" Sampat
* [[Radhika Madan]] as Supriya "Supri" Bhatnagar
* [[Gulshan Devaiah]] as Karate Mani and Jimmy
* [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] as Aajoba (grandpa)
* [[Jimit Trivedi]] as Jatin Sampat
* [[Shweta Basu Prasad]] as Aai (mother)
* [[Elena Kazan]] as Nandini/Bridget Von Hammersmark
* Sartaaj Kakkar as junior Abhimanyu Dassani

==Production==
Director Vasan Bala said that in early 2016, a friend of his told him about a dentist whose patient did not ask for anaesthesia. This triggered the idea of the film to him.<ref name=mint>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/pICJlvOQvqHazWv6kPRA0H/Midnight-superhero.html|title=Midnight superhero|last=Khan|first=Faizal|work=Mint|date=19 October 2018|access-date=3 November 2018}}</ref> He then saw several documentaries and blended it with his childhood stories about martial arts. He said: "The story is about all the films that I grew up on, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan [..] all the karate classes I had to take."<ref name=mint/> Bala said that the film is a tribute to "all the films that we have seen."<ref name=mint/>
For the preparation of the role, Dassani trained for martial arts for three months before the audition. He also practised swimming, gymnastics, yoga, freehand training, stick fighting and studied human anatomy, injuries, and first aid.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/abhimanyu-dassani-trained-in-martial-arts-for-debut-film/articleshow/65076775.cms|title=Abhimanyu Dassani trained in martial arts for debut film|work=The Times of India|date=21 July 2018|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> Action director and martial arts consultant Prateek Parmar made his acting debut with the film, he also served as the martial arts consultant.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/action-director-prateek-kumar-talks-about-his-acting-debut-in-mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota/articleshow/65998544.cms|title=Action director Prateek Kumar talks about his acting debut in 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota'|last=Purkayastha|first=Pallai Dey|work=The Times of India|date=28 September 2018|access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref> Dassani went through one-and-a-half month of auditions with other people. Devaiah learned karate while Madan and Abhimanyu learned mixed martial arts.<ref name=mint/> All of them went through almost eight months of training.<ref name=mint/>

Madan mentioned that she was auditioning for ''[[Laila Majnu (2018 film)|Laila Majnu]]'' (2018) when she got to know about ''Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota'' and chose the latter film because of its "uniqueness".<ref name=now>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/radhika-madan-reveals-why-she-chose-mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-over-laila-majnu/305488|title=Radhika Madan reveals why she chose Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota over Laila Majnu|publisher=Times Now|date=27 October 2018|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> She performed all the stunts herself and watched several classic action films for days to familiarise herself with the genre. She was also injured and bruised during the physical training; she also followed a strict diet and a daily routine of exercises.<ref name=now/>

==Marketing and release==
The official theatrical poster of the film was unveiled on 11 February 2019.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=taran_adarsh| author=Taran Adarsh|date=11 February 2019|number = 1094972673787076609 |title=All set for 21 March 2019 release... First look poster of #MardKoDardNahiHota... Stars Abhimanyu Dassani... Directed by Vasan Bala... Produced by Ronnie Screwvala. https://t.co/X2jGXfIFJX}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=ZeeMusicCompany|author=Zee Music Company|date=11 February 2019|number=1095013716163289089|title=Yeh mard ka ek hi formula hai - paani toh peete hi rehna chahiye! Aa raha hai 21st March ko cinemas mein. #MardKoDardNahiHota}}</ref> The film was released in theatres on 21 March 2019 by [[RSVP Movies]] in India, New&nbsp;Zealand, and Australia, and was also released later in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.<ref name="frater">{{cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |title=FilMart: India's 'No Pain' Secures Accelerated China Release With iQIYI (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/asia/india-man-who-feels-no-pain-china-release-iqiyi-1203165336/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=18 March 2019 |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>

The film only played on 375 screens in India due to a dispute with [[Multiplex (movie theater)|multiplex]] cinema companies.<ref name="lookhar" /> Producer Ronnie Screwvala claimed that four multiplex chains were imposing unnecessary fees to Hindi films, and he filed a grievance with the [[Competition Commission of India]]; in retaliation, [[INOX Leisure Limited]] would not play ''Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota'' on any of its screens. These "Virtual Print Fees" originated in 2010 to help cinemas transition from film prints to digital, but have continued longer than they were supposed to.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dubey |first=Rachana |title=Multiplex boycotts Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota over legal wrangle with Ronnie Screwvala |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/multiplex-boycotts-mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-over-legal-wrangle-with-ronnie-screwvala/articleshow/68571939.cms |website=Times of India |date=26 March 2019 |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> During its first week, the film made only {{INR}}2.4 crore.<ref name="mirani">{{cite web |last=Mirani |first=Vinod |title=Multiplexes: Biting the hand that feeds you |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2019/mar/31/multiplexes-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-you-1958342.html |website=New Indian Express |date=31 March 2019 |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film became available as [[Video on demand|VOD]] on China's [[iQIYI]] on 4 April 2019,<ref name="lookhar">{{cite web |last=Lookhar |first=Mayur |title=Vasan Bala's cult film Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota goes to China  |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2019/apr/4/19901 |website=Cinestaan |date=4 April 2019 |access-date=6 April 2020}}</ref> and on [[Netflix]] on 22 May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/streaming-now-get-nostalgic-with-shah-rukh-khans-fauji-on-amazon-prime-2144995.html|title=Streaming Now: Get Nostalgic with Shah Rukh Khan's Fauji on Amazon Prime|date=18 May 2019|website=News18}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = Karan Kulkarni and Dipanjan Guha
| cover      = 
| alt        =
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| recorded   = 2017-18
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length     = 24:57
| language   = [[Hindi]]
| label      = [[Zee Music Company]]
| producer   =
| misc = {{External media
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{{Extra chronology
| artist = Karan Kulkarni
| type = Soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Aligarh (film)|Aligarh]]
| prev_year = 2015
| title = Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
| year = 2019
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}}}

The music of the film is composed by Karan Kulkarni and Dipanjan Guha while the lyrics are penned by Garima Obrah, Karan Kulkarni, Shantanu Ghatak and [[Hussain Haidry]].

{{Tracklist
| headline=Track listing
| total_length=24:57
| extra_column=Singer(s)
| title1= Rappan Rappi Rap
| extra1= [[Benny Dayal]]
| lyrics1= Garima Obrah
| length1= 3:54
| title2= Kitthon Da Tu Superstar
| extra2= Sanj V, Karan Kulkarni
| lyrics2= Garima Obrah, Karan Kulkarni
| length2= 2:44
| title3 = Tere Liye
| extra3 = Kamakshi Rai, [[Vishal Mishra (composer)|Vishal Mishra]], Karan Kulkarni
| lyrics3= Shantanu Ghatak
| length3 = 3:49
| title4 = Nakhrewaali
| extra4 = Karan Kulkarni, [[Saba Azad]]
| lyrics4= Garima Obrah, [[Hussain Haidry]]
| length4 = 3:37
| title5 = Life Mein Fair Chance Kiska
| extra5 = Suresh Triveni, Surya Ragunaathan, Veera Fauzia Saxena
| lyrics5= Garima Obrah
| length5 = 3:25
| title6 = Dreamtime
| extra6 = Kamakshi Rai
| lyrics6= Garima Obrah
| length6 = 2:24
| title7 = Shaolin Sky
| extra7 = Karan Kulkarni
| lyrics7= Karan Kulkarni
| length7 = 2:35
| title8 = Kitthon Da Tu Superstar
| note8 = music by Karan Kulkarni and 
Dipanjan Guha
| extra8 = Sanj V
| lyrics8= Garima Obrah
| length8 = 2:29
}}

==Reception==

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has scored 94% based on 17 reviews with an average rating of 6.5/10.<ref name="auto"/> Rafael Motamayor of [[Bloody Disgusting]] called the film "India's highly entertaining answer to ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]''".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3522131/tiff-review-man-feels-no-pain-indias-highly-entertaining-answer-deadpool/|title=[TIFF Review] 'The Man Who Feels No Pain' is India's Highly Entertaining Answer to 'Deadpool'|last=Motamayor|first=Rafael|publisher=Bloody Disgusting|date=17 September 2018|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref> J Hurtado of [[Screen Anarchy]] wrote: "In this boisterous action comedy, Bala's passions and obsessions are writ large across the screen with a genuine affection that is hard to deny."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2018/09/toronto-2018-review-the-man-who-feels-no-pain-a-big-screen-love-letter-to-all-things-action.html|title=Toronto 2018 Review: THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN, A Big Screen Love Letter To All Things Action|last=Hurtado|first=J|publisher=Screen Anarchy|date=18 September 2018|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref> He later included it in his list of 14 Favorite Indian Films of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2019/01/j-hurtados-13-favorite-indian-films-of-2018-gallery.html|title=J Hurtado's 14 Favorite Indian Films of 2018|last=Hurtado|first=J|publisher=Screen Anarchy|date=3 January 2018|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> Joe Leydon of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "Writer-director Vasan Bala’s wild and wacky yet also warm and fuzzy fable about a resourceful young man who transcends ostensible physical limitations to become a two-fisted, swift-kicking hero likely will prove to be an irresistible crowd-pleaser on the global fest circuit, and in an international release on various platforms."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/the-man-who-feels-no-pain-review-1202943884/|title=Vasan Bala's action-adventure fantasy pivots on the efforts of a young man eager to transcend his limitations to become a martial-arts hero|last=Leydon|first=Joe|work=Variety|date=17 September 2018|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref> For [[Scroll.in]], Nandini Ramnath writes, "Vasan Bala’s action comedy, which he has also written, plays out at the intersection of cinephilia, nostalgia and mischief."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/917255/mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-movie-review-lots-of-feeling-in-a-comedy-about-a-pain-immune-hero|title='Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' movie review: Lots of feeling in a comedy about a pain-immune hero|first=Nandini|last=Ramnath|website=Scroll.in}}</ref> Shikhar Verma of High On Films writes, "Vasan Bala’s film has endearing characters who all call for a big celebratory leap forward for conventional Hindi films; but the entire arc that comes along with the self-awareness lacks real oomph or glow."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.highonfilms.com/mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-netflix-2019-review/|title=Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Netflix [2019] Review - A Stylish yet inertly dull action spectacle|first=Shikhar|last=Verma|date=22 May 2019|publisher=}}</ref>

Stephen Dalton of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' called it a "fun ride, unashamedly zany and eager to please, even if the humor is very broad and the sprawling plot too baggy for an action-driven piece."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/man-who-feels-no-pain-review-1145994|title='The Man Who Feels No Pain' ('Mard ko dard nahi hota'): Film Review: TIFF 2018|last=Dalton|first=Stephen|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=21 September 2018|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> Rahul Desai of [[Film Companion]] called it "a Whimsically joyful ode to a life of movies."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-movie-review-rahul-desai|title=Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota Movie Review: A Whimsically Joyful Ode To A Life Of Movies|last=Desai|first=Rahul|publisher=Film Companion|date=27 October 2018|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> Pradeep Menon of ''[[Firstpost]]'' wrote that the film "remains watchable throughout, despite all its shaky foundation, precisely because it gives us an experience we rarely see in Indian cinema."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-movie-review-a-cocktail-of-gorgeous-action-sequences-absurd-laugh-out-loud-moments-5456261.html|title=Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota movie review: A cocktail of gorgeous action sequences, absurd laugh-out-loud moments|last=Menon|first=Pradeep|publisher=Firstpost|date=17 October 2018|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> Devesh Sharma of [[Filmfare]] giving three stars out of five says, "All-all-all, the film’s gags don’t travel well outside the context. It’s one of those -- ‘you’ve to be there’—kind of films. But within those two hours, you'll surely laugh your head off."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-32969.html|website=Filmfare|title= Movie Review: Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota|date=20 March 2019|access-date=20 March 2019|first=Devesh|last=Sharma}}</ref> [[Raja Sen]] of [[Hindustan Times]] giving four stars out of five feels that the film is most entertaining action movie in decades.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota-movie-review-the-most-entertaining-action-movie-in-decades-4-stars/story-EUwSgKpuWmkwULhCpqjQ8J.html|title=Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota movie review: The most entertaining action movie in decades. 4 stars|access-date=21 March 2019|website=Hindustan Times|last=Sen|first=Raja}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|- 
! Award
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
! class="unsortable"| {{nowrap|{{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}}}
|-
|[[2018 Toronto International Film Festival]]
|[[Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness|People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness]]
|Vasan Bala
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/green-book-boosts-awards-season-prospects-with-tiff-audience-award-win/5132687.article|title='Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win|first=Jeremy|last=Kay|date=17 September 2018|website=Screen}}</ref>
|-
|[[26th Screen Awards]]
|[[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|[[Gulshan Devaiah]]
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/winners-star-screen-awards-2019/|title=Winners of Star Screen Awards 2019|website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[65th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut|Best Male Debut]]
|[[Abhimanyu Dassani]] 
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/filmfare-awards-2020-full-list-of-winners-1646860-2020-02-16|title=Filmfare Awards 2020: Full list of winners|first1=India Today Web Desk New|last1=DelhiFebruary 16|first2=2020UPDATED|last2=February 17|first3=2020 07:56|last3=Ist|website=India Today}}</ref>
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|[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Critics Award for Best Film]]
|rowspan="2"|Vasan Bala
|rowspan="8" {{nominated}}
|rowspan="4"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/nominations-for-the-65th-filmfare-awards-are-out/articleshow/73881320.cms|title=Nominations for the 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 are out! - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
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|[[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]]
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|[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Critics Award for Best Actress]]
|Radhika Madan 
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|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|Gulshan Devaiah
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Background Score|Best Background Score]]
|Karan Kulkarni
|rowspan="4"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/technical-nominations-for-the-65th-filmfare-awards-2020_-38868.html|title=Technical Nominations for the 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020|website=filmfare.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/65th-amazon-filmfare-awards-technical-and-short-film-award-winners-38901.html|title=65th Amazon Filmfare Award 2020 Technical and Short Film award winners|website=filmfare.com}}</ref>
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|[[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|Jay Patel
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|[[Filmfare Award for Best Action|Best Action]]
|Eric Jacobus<br/>Anand Shetty
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|[[Filmfare Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
|Lavan Prakashan<br/>Kushan Prakashan
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|8055888}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|mard-ko-dard-nahi-hota}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/mard_ko_dard_nahi_hota}}

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