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{{short description|2015 Hindi film directed by Krish}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Gabbar Is Back
| image = Gabbar is back first look.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Krish (director)|Krish]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
* [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]]}}
| writer = [[Rajat Arora]]
| story = [[A. R. Murugadoss]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Ramanaa (film)|Ramanaa]]''|[[A. R. Murugadoss]]}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Akshay Kumar]]
* [[Shruti Haasan]]
* [[Suman Talwar]]
* [[Sunil Grover]]
* [[Jaideep Ahlawat]]}}
| music = {{Plainlist|
* '''Songs''':
* [[Chirantan Bhatt]]
* [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]
* [[Manj Musik]]
* '''Background Score''':
* [[Amar Mohile]]}}
| cinematography = [[Nirav Shah]]
| editing = Rajesh G. Pandey
| studio = [[Bhansali Productions]]
| distributor = [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|05|01}}
| runtime = 121 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}} 70–75 [[crore approximately]]<ref>[http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/gabbar-is-back-8th-weekend-box-office-collections/ Gabbar Is Back : 8th Weekend Box Office Collections]. Koimoi.com . Retrieved on 28 October 2016.</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}105.48 crore<ref>{{cite web |author=Bollywood Hungama |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/475 |title=Special Features: Box Office: Worldwide Collections of Gabbar Is Back – Box Office, Bollywood Hungama |publisher=Bollywoodhungama.com |access-date=23 December 2015}}</ref>
}}

'''''Gabbar Is Back''''', also known as '''''Gabbar''''' is a 2015 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Vigilante film|vigilante]] [[action film]] directed by [[Krish (director)|Krish]] and produced by [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]] and [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/big-plans-for-akshay-kumars-gabbar-is-back/ |title=Big plans for Akshay Kumar's 'Gabbar Is Back' |date=11 March 2015 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref> Featuring [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Shruti Haasan]] in the lead roles, the film is a remake of the 2002 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Ramanaa (film)|Ramanaa]]'', directed by [[A. R. Murugadoss]], which was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as [[Tagore (film)|Tagore]] in 2003 and in [[Kannada]] as [[Vishnu Sena]] in 2005. [[Suman Talwar]], [[Sunil Grover]] and [[Jaideep Ahlawat]] appear in supporting roles with [[Kareena Kapoor]] in a cameo. The film was a box office success and [[Akshay Kumar]]'s performance was critically acclaimed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-17/news-interviews/38587127_1_gabbar-ram-leela-ramana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419060608/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-17/news-interviews/38587127_1_gabbar-ram-leela-ramana |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |title=After rowdy, Bhansali turns Akshay into Gabbar |date=17 April 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=16 December 2013 }}</ref>

==Plot==
The police get information that 10 [[tehsildar]]s across [[Maharashtra]] have been mysteriously kidnapped. However, no sooner are they mysteriously returned – except the most corrupt officer, who is [[hanging|hanged]]. The police get a [[compact disc|CD]] from mystery man 'Gabbar', who says his mission is to target corrupt officers. Police driver Sadhuram is convinced he can crack the mystery of who is Gabbar, even though his superior officers humiliate and insult him in front of the other officers.

National College professor Aditya Singh Rajput thrashes some goons who try to vandalize college property while he demonstrates his Physics lecture to the students. On his way home one night, he encounters a young lawyer, Shruti, who is in a hurry to take a pregnant woman to the hospital, but the woman's water breaks, and Shruti, claiming to be aware of the delivery process, sends Aditya out. With the delivery being successful, they drive to the hospital, but before Shruti can thank Aditya, she finds him gone. Some days later, she bumps into Aditya again during a fight, and they begin dating. Sadhuram in the meantime finds out there's one honest officer in each department across the state, and is convinced that each of these honest officers has a link to Gabbar.

One fateful day, Aditya and Shruti are checking out of a roadside café when Shruti is hurt in a minor accident, and Aditya takes her to the Patil Hospital where a female doctor insists on taking a number of expensive tests despite minimal injury. Aditya happens to overhear a doctor try to suggest the rather expensive [[Caesarean section]] delivery and is soon convinced of the hospital staff's dirty tricks when he notices a father-daughter duo being informed of the mother's death only after an expensive bill was paid. He deliberately checks in a poor woman's dead husband as a patient; unaware of his trap, the hospital tries to swindle money out of Aditya by pretending to treat the already dead man, making him pay heavily for tests and medicines. However, Aditya shows them the death certificate as a proof of their knowingly admitting a dead man. The young owner of the hospital, Vikas Patil, is furious when Aditya releases the video of the hospital's corruption to the media despite having struck a deal with him. Vikas is murdered by the enraged public, and his father Digvijay Patil sees Aditya in the hospital [[CCTV]] footage, only to realize this is the same man he had supposedly killed five years ago.

A flashback soon reveals that Aditya's pregnant wife Sunaina died when the buildings in their colony collapsed and killed hundreds of other people too. Aditya collected proof of the faulty buildings against builder Digvijay, who bribed everyone and tried to bribe Aditya too by offering Rs. 10 million to spare the matter, but Aditya spurned the offer by fighting everyone in the room and nearly killing Digvijay. Aditya spared him when the latter asked for forgiveness, but Digvijay brutally retaliated by hitting him with an axe and left him for dead. However, a bus full of medical students found the unconscious Aditya on a highway and saved his life. He then decided to use the power of idealistic, young, honest youths and trained students at National College to join his cause. Meanwhile, Sadhuram finds that all the honest officers attended National College for graduation. Shruti discovers that Aditya is the real Gabbar and is shocked but when he tells her the truth, she supports his cause.

[[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] officer Kuldeep Pahwa takes charge of the case and is mystified by the facts. He listens to Sadhuram's findings, and they arrest the National College students listed by Sadhuram, but upon being beaten, the students do not divulge anything about Gabbar, which enrages him further. Shruti tells Kuldeep that because the law doesn't work, a vigilante like Gabbar has become a hero for ordinary citizens. Sadhuram changes his view of Gabbar. Digvijay kills an honest officer to terrorize others into passing his faulty building plans. Gabbar targets Digvijay for his act. Digvijay throws a birthday party for himself, and as he cuts the cake, he spots Aditya. Aditya and his gang kidnap him. As police search the city for Digvijay in vain, Aditya kills Digvijay in a fight that ensues between the two, following which he surrenders himself to the police and is eventually given a [[death penalty]], sparking huge public protests and enraged students block his jail van. Kuldeep requests him to speak to the students and he does, telling them to channel their anger against corruption and be the change society needs. Finally, while being prepared to be hanged, Aditya remarks that he will die but the movement will live on.

== Cast ==
[[File:Shruti Haasan and Akshay Kumar.jpg|thumb|[[Shruti Haasan]] and [[Akshay Kumar]] during the film's trailer launch.]]
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Akshay Kumar]] as Professor Aditya Singh Rajput a.k.a. Gabbar
* [[Shruti Haasan]] as Advocate Shruti
* [[Kareena Kapoor]] as Sunaina Singh Rajput, Aditya's late wife (cameo appearance)
* [[Suman Talwar]] as Digvijay Patil
**[[Mayur Vyas]] as the voice of Digvijay Patil
* [[Sunil Grover]] as Constable Sadhuram
* [[Jaideep Ahlawat]] as [[Central Bureau of Investigation|C.B.I]] Officer Kuldeep Pahwa
* [[Ishita Vyas]] as Veena
* [[Raj Singh Arora]] as Govind Gawde
* [[Shruti Bapna]] as Lakshmi
* [[Ravi Prakash (Telugu actor)|Ravi Prakash]] as Ravi
* [[Manoj Chandila]] as Vikas Patil, Digvijay's son
* [[Vikas Shrivastav]] as Inspector Vikas
* [[Saanvi Talwar]] as Reporter
* [[Fareed Ahmed]] as Parvesh
* Anuradha Chandan as Govind's mother
*Jehangir R Karkaria as Comic Doctor of Patil Hospital
* Narendra Jetly as Senior Doctor
* Afreen as Isha Dutta
* Sai Ballal as Chandrakant Gawde
* Jagdish Rajpurohit as Sub Inspector Yadav
* Shivraj Walwekar as Police Commissioner Ashok Pant
* Rajeev Kacho as Vishwas Sawant
* Anandeshwar Dwivedi as Newsreader
* Uttam Haldar as Ward boy
* Krishna Raaz as Shanti Nagpal
* Prateek Srivastava as Hari
* [[Boloram Das]] as peon
* Chandraprakash Thakur as Thakur
* Pradeep Shukla as Home Minister
* Kumud Shaw as Dr Kumud
* Jitendra Trehan as Dr Manoj Verma
* Deepak Dhadwal as Principal, National College
* [[Ruby Parihar]] as Varsha
* [[Chitrangada Singh]] in a [[item number|special appearance]] in an item song "Aao Raja"
{{div col end|2}}

==Soundtrack==
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| type = Soundtrack
| artist = {{unbulleted list|[[Chirantan Bhatt]]|[[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]}}
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| length = {{Duration|m=16|s=02}}
| label = [[Zee Music Company]]
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The songs of ''Gabbar Is Back'' were composed by [[Chirantan Bhatt]], [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] and [[Manj Musik]], while the lyrics were written by Manoj Yadav, [[Kumaar]], Sahil Kaushal, [[Manj Musik]], [[Raftaar (singer)|Raftaar]] and Big Dhillon.
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singers
| total_length = {{Duration|m=16|s=02}}
| title1 = Teri Meri Kahaani
| extra1 = [[Arijit Singh]], [[Palak Muchhal]]
| length1 = 5:31
| title2 = Coffee Peetey Peetey
| extra2 = [[Dev Negi]], Paroma Das Gupta
| length2 = 3:38
| title3 = Aao Raja
| extra3 = [[Neha Kakkar]], [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]], Teflon
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = Warna Gabbar Aa Jayega
| extra4 = [[Manj Musik]], [[Raftaar (singer)|Raftaar]]
| length4=2:52
| lyrics1 = Manoj Yadav
|lyrics2 = [[Kumaar]]
|lyrics3 = Sahil Kaushal
|lyrics4 = Manj Musik, Raftaar, Big Dhillon
|music1 = [[Chirantan Bhatt]]
|music2 = Chirantan Bhatt
|music3 = Yo Yo Honey Singh
|music4 = Manj Musik
}}

==Critical response==
''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' rated the film 3 stars out of 5, writing that "On the whole, ''Gabbar Is Back'' is an average entertainer which will draw huge footfalls over the weekend due to catchy massy title, action drama and the fact that it is releasing on a holiday."<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/598538 Gabbar Is Back Review]. Bollywoodhungama.com (1 May 2015). Retrieved on 28 October 2016.</ref> Similarly, ''[[Koimoi]]'' rated it 3 stars out of 5, along with writing "If you enjoy films which have the good vs evil story with full on action and 'Dhamakedaar' dialogues, this is your film."<ref>Redkar, Surabhi (1 May 2015) [http://m.koimoi.com/reviews/gabbar-is-back-review KoiMoi – Gabbar Is Back]. M.koimoi.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.</ref> ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' rated it 3 stars out of 5, stating that "''Gabbar Is Back'' is a full on ‘masala’ film with a lot of applause worthy scenes. The buck stops at Akshay Kumar."<ref>Vats, Rohit (3 May 2015) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150502140348/http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/gabbar-is-back-review-the-buck-stops-at-akshay-kumar/article1-1342758.aspx Gabbar Is Back review]. Hindustan Times. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, writing that "Now, ''Gabbar Is Back'' – and you'll feel his return rocks."<ref>Das, Srijana Mitra (1 May 2015) [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-review/Gabbar-Is-Back/movie-review/47117684.cms Gabbar Is Back Movie Review]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.</ref> ''[[Zee News]]'' also rated it 3.5 stars out of 5, writing that "After watching this we surely need a real 'Gabbar' to blow some courage in all of us—and wipe out corruption from the root. 'Pachaas Pachaas Kos Dur Jabh Koi Rishwat Leta Hai, Toh Sabh Kehte Hain Mat Le Varna, Gabbar Aa Jaaega."<ref>Handoo, Ritika. (5 January 2015) [http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/gabbar-is-back-movie-review-akshay-kumars-power-punch-to-corruption-in-style_1588224.html Gabbar Is Back movie review]. Zeenews.india.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.</ref> Subhash K. Jha of [[Bollywood Hungama]] wrote that "Akshay Gives The Super-Hero A New Definition."<ref>{{cite web |author=Bollywood Hungama |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/8291 |title=Subhash K Jha speaks about Gabbar Is Back | Latest Movie Features |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |date=30 April 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015}}</ref> [[Hindustan Times]] audio news praised the screen presence of Akshay Kumar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabbar Is Back review: Akshay Kumar steals the thunder in this action-packed masala film |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/audio-news-video/av-entertainment/gabbar-is-back-review-akshay-kumar-steals-the-thunder-in-this-action-packed-masala-film/article2-1342855.aspx |website=www.hindustantimes.com/ |publisher=Hindustan times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503185142/http://www.hindustantimes.com/audio-news-video/av-entertainment/gabbar-is-back-review-akshay-kumar-steals-the-thunder-in-this-action-packed-masala-film/article2-1342855.aspx |archive-date=3 May 2015 }}</ref> [[Deccan Chronicle]] described the movie as "cliched but enjoyable in bits".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150430/entertainment-bollywood/article/movie-review-gabbar-back-terrible-screenplay-mars-otherwise |title=Movie review 'Gabbar Is Back': Too cliched but enjoyable in bits |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |date=1 May 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015}}</ref> [[Business Standard]] posted the ratings of IANS which gave 4 stars to the movie.<ref>{{cite web |title='Gabbar Is Back' – Akshay redefines superhero |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/gabbar-is-back-akshay-redefines-superhero-ians-movie-review-rating-115043000225_1.html |publisher=Business Standard}}</ref>

== Box office ==
Gabbar is Back grossed {{INRConvert|1.05|b|year=2015}} world-wide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/gabbar-is-back/ |title=Gabbar is Back – Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc |website=BOTY |language=en-US|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Facebook|TheGabbarIsBack}}
* {{IMDb movie}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}
* {{Mojo movie}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|gabbar-is-back}}

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