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{{other uses|Gentleman (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|2017 film by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky
| image = A_Gentleman.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.|Raj & D.K.]]
| producer = [[Fox Star Studios]]
| writer = '''Story:''' [[Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.|Raj & D.K.]] Sita Menon '''Dialogues:''' Sumit Batheja
| screenplay = Raj & D.K.
| starring = [[Sidharth Malhotra]] [[Jacqueline Fernandez]] [[Darshan Kumaar]] [[Suniel Shetty]] [[Hussain Dalal]]
| music = [[Sachin-Jigar]]
| cinematography = Roman Jakobi
| editing = Aarif Sheikh
| studio = [[Fox Star Studios]]
| distributor = Fox Star Studios
| released = {{Film date|2017|08|25|df=y}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget = {{INR}}60 crores<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3589 |title=Magilche neruppu da – Movie – Box Office India |website=boxofficeindia.com |accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}38.3 crores<ref name="BH gross">{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-worldwide-collections-day-wise-breakup-gentleman/ |title=Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of A Gentleman |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |date=26 August 2017 |accessdate=29 September 2017}}</ref>
}}

'''''A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky''''' is a 2017 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Action film|action]] [[comedy film]], written and directed by [[Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.]]<ref name="bb2">{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sidharth-malhotra-jacqueline-fernandez-start-shooting-for-their-action-film-bang-bang-2-2790249/ |title=Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez start shooting for their action film |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> The film features [[Sidharth Malhotra]] in a dual role opposite [[Jacqueline Fernandez]], while [[Suniel Shetty]] plays the antagonist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-save-the-date-sidharth-malhotra-and-jacqueline-fernandez-starrer-reload-to-release-on-august-25-2017-2282867 |title=Save The Date! Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez starrer 'Reload' to release on August 25, 2017 on Ganesh Chaturthi weekend! {{pipe}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |website=Dnaindia.com |date=14 December 2016 |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref>

''A Gentleman'' was theatrically released in India on 25 August 2017. It received moderate reviews from critics, and failed to recoup its {{INRConvert|600|m}} investment, grossing {{INRConvert|383|m}}.<ref name="BH gross"/>

==Plot==
Gaurav Kapoor ([[Sidharth Malhotra]]), based in suburban [[Miami]], plans to marry his colleague Kavya ([[Jacqueline Fernandez]]), who happens to be the woman of his dreams, but she prefers a man who is more adventurous and risk-loving.

Running parallel to Gaurav's life, is the story of clandestine spy Rishi Purohit (also Malhotra), who is seen to have been trying to extract some crucial substance from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok. However, when a co-spy, Yakub ([[Darshan Kumaar]]), shoots down an innocent civilian, the dishonest move enrages Rishi. Nonetheless, he returns to Mumbai, where it is revealed that he works for Unit X, a spy organisation headed by Colonel Vijay Saxena ([[Suniel Shetty]]). Rishi explains to Vijay Saxena that he can't continue with such routines, and that he wants to start life afresh. Col. Vijay asks him to perform one last job for him, and this involves spying on a minister who Col. Vijay claims to be corrupt and wants to blackmail, and copying data from his cellphone into a hard drive which is wanted by Col. Vijay. Rishi does save contents into the hard drive, but Col. Vijay, having decided that Rishi is useless, instructs Yakub through a text message to kill him. Rishi senses the suspicion, and fights off Yakub and the other spies. Yakub manages to shoot Rishi, destroying the hard drive, but Rishi escapes.

Gaurav tries to hang out with Kavya on a date, and also meets her parents, who consider getting him married to Kavya. Meanwhile, he is ordered by his boss to visit Mumbai to close a business deal. Rewinding to Rishi's life, he is shown meeting a man named Gaurav Kapoor, who works in a cyber firm in Miami, and has important data about the minister's connections. When Gaurav is murdered by Yakub on account of being a liability, Rishi decides to adopt Gaurav's identity to successfully escape from Yakub after his last mission. This leads to his present-day life in 2017 as Gaurav in a Miami software company, thus implying that Gaurav is in fact Rishi himself, and that the events leading up to his new life took place five years earlier in 2012.

After being unintentionally recorded in a viral video and recognised by the members of Unit X, Gaurav is soon attacked by Koko, an associate of Unit X's local contact Jignesh. He is forced to abduct and hide Koko in his car, which is noticed by his friend Dixit ([[Hussain Dalal]]), who tries to help him and unintentionally kills Koko in the struggle. Yakub and other Unit X agents track Gaurav down, and confront him, where he finally confesses, as Rishi, that he needed a life. He is knocked down unconscious, and soon finds himself handcuffed with Kavya who had stopped by his house. Gaurav uses his skills to escape with Kavya from the trouble, and ends up confessing to her that he is a retired covert operations specialist. Kavya berates him, but takes pity on him when she notices his bloody stab wound. The two make love. Later that night, the two find themselves under fire after Unit X agents, headed by Yakub, raid the motel they are hiding in. Rishi hatches a quick scheme to retrieve the data, since the hard drive is damaged, and convinces Yakub to work with him on their final mission.

Rishi executes the heist with success, but security guards take notice and begin chasing Rishi. Yakub aborts the operation and abandons him. They meet at Rishi's house, where Rishi kills most of Yakub's henchmen with the help of Kavya. However, Rishi spares Yakub and two of his thugs and orders him to leave his house. Driving away in Rishi's car, Yakub realises that the hard drive Rishi gave is blank, and the car's trunk contains Koko's corpse. Dixit, working with Rishi, crashes into their car in a [[side collision]], and police arriving on the scene discover the body. Yakub and his thugs are killed by the cops as they open fire. Col. Vijay Saxena visits Rishi's house to confront him, but is killed in an explosion planned by Rishi. This neutralises Unit X, and Rishi and Kavya soon leave the city with new identities of Hemant and Pooja Khanna.

A mid-credits scene shows Dixit buying machine guns from a local gun store in Miami before putting on a [[hoodie]] and walking away.

==Cast==
* [[Sidharth Malhotra]] as Gaurav Kapoor and Rishi Purohit
* [[Jacqueline Fernandez]] as Kavya Chetwani, Gaurav's girlfriend
* [[Suniel Shetty]] as Colonel Vijay Saxena
* [[Darshan Kumaar]] as Yakub
* [[Hussain Dalal]] as Randeep Dixit, Gaurav's friend and colleague
* [[Rajit Kapur]] as Sameer Chetwani, Kavya's father
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Ramika Chetwani, Kavya's mother
* [[Amit Mistry]] as Jignesh Patel
* [[Sijoy Varghese]] as Ramachandra Rao
* [[Shaheed Woods]] as Koko
* [[Kushal Punjabi]] as Willy
* Zachary Coffin as CEO Jim
* Hemant Koumar as Robbie
* Nikita Sachdev as Nikki
* [[Sharad Malhotra]]

==Production==

===Development===

Siddharth Anand has stated that the movie was originally envisioned as a sequel to the 2014 film ''[[Bang Bang!]]'' However, it was later clarified in an interview that the movie would be a standalone.<ref name=sequel>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141012/entertainment-bollywood/article/bang-bang-sequel |title=Bang Bang sequel on? |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=12 October 2014 |accessdate=12 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/bang-bang%E2%80%99-a-sequel-in-the-pipeline_1481537.html |title='Bang Bang': A sequel in the pipeline? |website=Zeenews.india.com |date=8 October 2014 |accessdate=12 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-katrina-kaifs-bang-bang-have-sequel-soon-610704 |title=Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif's 'Bang Bang' to have a Sequel Soon? |website=Ibtimes.co.in |date=7 October 2014 |accessdate=12 October 2014}}</ref>

===Filming===
Filming began in mid-2016 under the working title ''Reloaded''.<ref name="bb2" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/sidharth-malhotra-gets-injured-on-reloaded-sets-4428364/ |title=Sidharth Malhotra gets injured on Reload sets |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=15 December 2016 |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> In September 2016, it was reported that the international shooting schedule of ''A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky'' had been canceled.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-international-shooting-schedule-of-bang-bang-reloaded-scrapped-2254978 |title=International shooting schedule of 'Bang Bang Reloaded' scrapped {{pipe}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |website=Dnaindia.com |date=14 September 2016 |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> Later it was revealed by a close source that "...there will be another long schedule in December but the location is yet to be finalised. It could be in Europe."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/sidharth-malhotra-and-jacqueline-fernandezs-reloaded-to-be-shot-in-thailand-now-15509.html |title=Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez's Reloaded to be shot in Thailand now |website=Filmfare.com |date=9 September 2016 |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/a-gentleman-first-look-sidharth-malhotra-jacqueline-fernandez-starrer-will-pique-your-interest/articleshow/59001956.cms |title=A Gentleman's first look out now. |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=5 June 2017 |accessdate=6 June 2017}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sachin–Jigar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 17 August 2017
| recorded = 2016–2017
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack|Feature film Soundtrack]]
| length = 16:15
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Bhoomi (2017 film)|Bhoomi]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = [[Hindi Medium]]
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|U_OAyJNQ3-A|Official Audio Jukebox}}
}}
{{Singles
| name = A Gentleman
| type = Soundtrack
| single1 = Disco Disco
| single1date = 20 July 2017
| single2 = Baat Ban Jaye
| single2date = 27 July 2017
| single3 = Chandalekha
| single3date = 4 August 2017
| single4 = Bandook Meri Laila
| single4date = 16 August 2017
}}
}}
The music of the film is composed by [[Sachin–Jigar]] while the lyrics have been penned by Vayu and [[Priya Saraiya]]. Its first song, "Disco Disco", sung by [[Benny Dayal]] and [[Shirley Setia]], was released on 17 July 2017. The second song released, "Bandook Meri Laila", sung by [[Ash King]] and [[Jigar Saraiya]] and rapped by [[Raftaar (rapper)|Raftaar]] and [[Sidharth Malhotra]], was released on 24 July 2017. The song marks Malhotra's singing debut and was the most popular song on the album. The third song, "Baat Ban Jaye", sung by [[Siddharth Basrur]] and [[Priya Saraiya]], was released on 5 August 2017. The fourth song was a romantic one, "Laagi Na Choote", and was another chartbuster. It was released on 13 August 2017. The last song, "Chandralekha", sung by [[Vishal Dadlani]] and [[Jonita Gandhi]], was released on 24 August 2017. The soundtrack of five songs was released on 24 August 2017 by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].

{{tracklist
| headline =Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length=16:15
| title1 = Disco Disco
| extra1 = [[Benny Dayal]], [[Shirley Setia]]
| lyrics1 = Vayu
| all_music = [[Sachin–Jigar]]
| length1 = 2:47
| title2 = Baat Ban Jaye
| extra2 = [[Siddharth Basrur]], [[Priya Saraiya]]
| lyrics2 = [[Priya Saraiya]]
| length2 = 3:12
| title3 = Chandralekha
| extra3 = [[Vishal Dadlani]], [[Jonita Gandhi]]
| lyrics3 = Vayu
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = Laagi Na Choote
| lyrics4 = Priya Saraiya
| extra4 = [[Arijit Singh]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = Bandook Meri Laila
| length5 = 3:34
| extra5 = [[Ash King]], [[Jigar Saraiya]] Rap: [[Raftaar (rapper)|Raftaar]], [[Sidharth Malhotra]]
| lyrics5 = Vayu
}}

== Critical reception ==

===Domestic===
''[[Times of India]]'' rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and concluded, "The film would have been a perfect entertainer had it held its cards closer to its chest. However, it still has plenty bang for your buck."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/a-gentleman/movie-review/60219419.cms |title=A Gentleman Movie Review |accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref>

''[[Hindustan Times]]'' gave the film 3 out of 5, saying, "A Gentleman is not a flawless film... but Raj and DK have managed to narrate the plain and full-of-cliches story in their own quirky style and their dialogues and the screenplay make it fun to watch."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/a-gentleman-movie-review-sidharth-malhotra-jacqueline-film-is-sundar-but-is-it-susheel/story-kQSSECk7BfVEUtzHw7xWFL.html |title=A Gentleman movie review: Sidharth Malhotra takes you on a risky ride, but it's worth it |accessdate=25 August 2017}}</ref>

===UAE===
The movie released on 24 August in Dubai, UAE. Dollz in Dubai gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars calling it a masala entertainer and wrote "It's a big step for Siddharth Malhotra who manages to carry the film and commands the screen with his presence. Yes, he's good looking but he pulls off the action sequences really well."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dollzindubai.com/2017/08/25/movie-review-a-gentleman-sundar-susheel-risky/ |title=Movie Review: A Gentleman – Sundar, Susheel, Risky |last=+Ekta |date=24 August 2017 |website=Dollz in Dubai|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|5613834}}
* {{Facebook|AGentlemanTheMovie|''A Gentleman''}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|a-gentleman}}

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