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{{Infobox film
| name = Baabaarrr
| image = Baabarr1.jpg
| alt = 
| caption =
| director = [[Ashu Trikha]]
| producer = Sunil Saini Mukesh Shah
| writer = Ikram Akhtar
| starring = [[Sohum_Shah_(actor)|Sohum Shah]] [[Mithun Chakraborty]] [[Urvashi Sharma]] [[Mukesh Tiwari]] [[Govind Namdeo]] [[Om Puri]]
| music = [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| cinematography = Suhass Gujarathi
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = Ridhi Sidhi Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2009|9|11}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|11|m}}<ref>{{cite web|title=''Baabarr''|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1508950/|accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|15.1|m}}<ref>{{cite web|title=''Baabarr nett gross - Box Office India''|url=http://www.bollywoodtrade.com/box-office/baabarr/week-wise-comparison/gross/1194/|accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref> (India nett)
}}
'''''Baabarr''''' ({{lang-hi|बाबर}}) is a 2009 gangster [[Hindi]] film directed by [[Ashu Trikha]]. The film stars [[Sohum_Shah_(actor)|Sohum Shah]] , [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Urvashi Sharma]].<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/13978/index.html "Baabarr"]. Bollywood Hungama.</ref> <ref>{{Citation|title=Baabarr (2009) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1508950/|language=en-US|access-date=2021-08-01}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Sohum_Shah_(actor)|Sohum Shah]] as Baabarr Qureshi
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as SP Dwivedi
*[[Urvashi Sharma]] as Ziya
*[[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Nawaz
*[[Govind Namdeo]] as Bhaiyaa Jee
*[[Om Puri]] as Daroga Chaturvedi
*[[Tinu Anand]] as Mamu
*[[Sushant Singh]] as Tabrez
*Kashish as Aafreen
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] as Sarfaraaz
*[[Rakesh Deewana]] as Nanha
*[[Mahesh Chandra Deva]] as tabrez gang

==Music==
#"O Maula" - [[Anand Raj Anand]]
#""Maula Ye Bataa (unplugged) - [[Anand Raj Anand]]
#Pagal Manwa" - Raka Mukherjee
#"Baabarr" - [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
#"Baaje Raat Ke Bara" - [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]

==Legal issues==
A [[Public Interest Litigation|PIL]] was filed in the [[Bombay High Court]] seeking a ban on ''Baabarr'' for alleged negative portrayal of Muslims. The petitioner also charged that characters in the film were based on [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] and [[Mayawati]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121004103044/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pil-against-baabarr-communal-overtones-alleged/101456-8.html "PIL against Baabarr, communal overtones alleged"]. 15 September 2009. IBN.</ref>

==Critical reception==
''Baabarr'' is not much liked by the critics. [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave 3.5 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bollywood Hungama Reviews|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/502790|author=Taran Adarsh|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref> [[The Times of India]] gave 2.5 out of 5 stars & stated that "The film is not much impressive as expected, ''director [[Ashu Trikha]]'' & ''writer Ikram Akhtar'' did a well job but the thing making it unimpressive is that the ''director'' gets only the mood right, not the scenes, though the reviewer praised the performance of [[Om Puri]] by saying that it is [[Om Puri]] as the oily, wily and crooked cop, who steals the show".<ref>{{cite web|title=Baabarr movie reviews|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-01/news-interviews/28075608_1_film-gang-similarities|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809141033/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-01/news-interviews/28075608_1_film-gang-similarities|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref> Martin D'Souza of Bollywood Trade News Network gave it 1 out of 5 stars & said by calling the film a repetition that "the film is of old story with new cast & crew, Martin specially criticises the decision of making film with lead role of ''Soham Shah''"<ref>{{cite web|title=Baabarr: Professional Reviews|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/10-baabarr-movie-review-090908.asp|work=Glamshum Editorial|author=Martin D'Souza|publisher=Glamsham|accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref>

==Box office==
The film was not good at the box office as it hardly netted an amount of {{INRConvert|10|m}} at the end of its first week after release & getting through the cinemas across India ''Baabarr'' at last managed to gross {{INRConvert|15.1|m}} & determined a ''Flop''.<ref>{{cite web|title=All India 2009 (Figures in INR Crore) |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=290 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121013810/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=290 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-21 |publisher=Boxofficeindia |accessdate=19 December 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wanted Gets Good Start Dil Bole Hadippa Has Average Opening |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1137&nCat=box_office_report |publisher=Boxofficeindia |accessdate=19 December 2012 |date=19 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922215622/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1137&nCat=box_office_report |archivedate=22 September 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

''Baabarr'' grossed [[Pound sign|£]]2,748 on 18 Sep 2009 & [[Pound sign|£]]1,439 on 11 Sep 2009 according to [[Bollywood hungama]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Baabarr 2009 box office earning|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/502790|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|accessdate=19 December 2012}}</ref>

==Awards==
Recently the cast and crew of the film visited [[Asian Academy of Film & Television]] and they have been honoured with the life membership of International Film And Television Club.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1508950}}

[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anand Raj Anand]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ashu Trikha]]
[[Category:Indian gangster films]]

Baabarr - Revision history

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