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{{Infobox film
| name = Himmatwala
| image = Himmatwala(2013).jpeg
| image_size =
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]]
| producer = [[Vashu Bhagnani]] [[Ronnie Screwvala]]
| writer = '''Story and Screenplay:''' [[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]] '''Dialogues:''' [[Sajid-Farhad]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Himmatwala (1983 film)|Himmatwala]]''|[[K. Raghavendra Rao]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]] [[Tamannaah]] [[Paresh Rawal]] [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] [[Leena Jumani]] [[Adhyayan Suman]] [[Zarina Wahab]] [[Anil Dhawan]] 
| music = '''Original Compositions:''' [[Bappi Lahiri]] '''Recreated Compositions and Original Songs:''' [[Sajid–Wajid]] '''Guest Composers:''' [[Sachin-Jigar]] '''Background Score:''' [[Sandeep Shirodkar]]
| cinematography = Manoj Soni
| editing = Nitin Madhukar Rokade
| studio = [[UTV Motion Pictures]] [[Pooja Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[UTV Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|03|29}}
| runtime = 150 minutes<ref name=runtime>{{cite web|title=''HIMMATWALA'' (12A)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/himmatwala-2013-2|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=4 April 2013}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|680|m}}<ref name="boxoffice"/>
| gross = {{INRConvert|657|m}}<ref name="boxoffice"/>
}}
'''''Himmatwala''''' ({{translation|The brave one}}) is a 2013 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action comedy film]] written and directed by [[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]] and jointly produced by [[UTV Motion Pictures]] and [[Vashu Bhagnani]]. The film features [[Ajay Devgn]] and [[Tamannaah]] in the lead roles. Set in 1983, it is an official remake of [[Himmatwala (1983 film)|1983 film of the same name]] by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]], which was, in turn, a remake of the 1981 Telugu film ''[[Ooruki Monagadu]]''. The film was released on 29 March 2013.<ref name="movies.ndtv.com">http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/movie-review-himmatwala-798</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130401012827/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/himmatwala-review-its-deathly-dull-with-puerile-humour/381952-47-84.html]</ref> The film marks Tamannaah's comeback to Bollywood after she debuted in the 2005 film ''[[Chand Sa Roshan Chehra]]''. On release, it was universally panned by critics and audiences alike for its story, dialogues, humor, direction, logic, screenplay, and acting, and has even been cited as one of the worst Bollywood movies ever.

==Plot==
Set in 1983, the story begins with Ravi ([[Ajay Devgn]]) winning a fighting competition at a club. He is known as Himmatwala (''courageous man''). He then goes to Ramnagar village, where he meets his mother, Savitri ([[Zarina Wahab]]), and his younger sister, Padma ([[Leena Jumani]]), who are living a miserable life.

Ravi's mother Savitri, tells Ravi that Ravi's father ([[Anil Dhawan]]) was an honest and respected man, and he was the priest of the temple. His father was framed by Sher Singh ([[Mahesh Manjrekar]]), the tyrant zamindar (landlord), for robbing the temple since the latter saw him commit a murder. Disgusted, Ravi's father committed suicide. In revenge, young Ravi tried to kill Sher Singh, but failed. When Ravi's house is burnt, Savitri tells him to run away as Sher Singh will kill him.

With revenge in his mind, Ravi beats up Narayan Das ([[Paresh Rawal]]), Sher Singh's manager and brother-in-law, as well as threatening Sher Singh. The next day, he publicly humiliates Sher Singh's daughter, Rekha ([[Tamannaah]]), because she was beating up her innocent driver. In response, Rekha unleashes a tiger on the village in front of Ravi. Her plan was unsuccessful, however, as it backfired. Rekha falls down from the terrace and is about to be attacked by the animal, when Ravi jumps and saves her life. Rekha falls in love with Ravi, and afterwards, saves Ravi's life against her father Sher Singh's plans.

On the other hand, Ravi comes to know that Padma is in love with Shakti ([[Adhyayan Suman]]), Narayan Das's son. He has his objections, and so has Narayan. However, Sher Singh tells Narayan Das that marrying Shakti with Padma would give them an upper hand over Ravi as they can ill-treat Padma and keep Ravi in control. Meanwhile, Padma now knows that Ravi, who is living with her, is not the '''real Ravi''' ([[Riteish Deshmukh]]), and Ravi died in a road accident. Before dying, the real Ravi asked him to take care of his family. Padma is initially upset, but then reconciles after Ravi saves her life.

Shortly after Padma and Shakti get married, both the father and son start ill-treating Padma. In revenge, Ravi uses Rekha against her own father, just like what she advises him. After Rekha tells her father, Sher Singh, that she is pregnant with Ravi's child, Sher Singh begs Ravi to marry Rekha. Eventually, Ravi punished Narayan Das and Shakti by doing all the household chores. He also wins the Sarpanch election, and Sher Singh finally gives all the property documents back to the villagers, which Sher Singh had illegally taken from them before.

However, Shakti overhears Rekha and Ravi's conversation about the fake pregnancy and that he is not the real Ravi wants. Angered, Sher Singh tries to kill him by bringing 20 fighters from the city, but failed. While they are beating Ravi, the tiger (which Ravi had fought with) comes and saves his life. Ravi then brutally beats Shakti, and is about to kill Sher Singh when his mother stops him.

In the end, Sher Singh, Narayan Das, and Shakti ask for the forgiveness from Ravi, Savitri, Padma, and the rest of the villagers.

==Cast==
[[File:Ajay Devgan and Tamannaah.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Ajay Devgan]] with co-star [[Tamannaah]] during the trailer launch of their film ''Himmatwala'']]
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* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Ravi (II) "Himmatwala" Ravi , Ravi's friend
* [[Tamannaah]] as Rekha Singh Bandookwala, Ravi (II)'s love interest
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Narayan Das, Sher Singh's brother-in-law, Shakti's father, and Rekha's uncle
* [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] as Sher Singh Bandookwala, Rekha's father
* [[Adhyayan Suman]] as Shakti Das, Narayan's son, Rekha's cousin, Padma's husband, and Ravi's brother-in-law
* [[Zarina Wahab]] as Savitri Kishan Verma, Kishan's widow, Ravi and Padma's mother, and Shakti's mother-in-law
* [[Leena Jumani]] as Padma Verma/Padma Shakti Das, Savitri and Kishan's daughter, Ravi's younger sister, and Shakti's wife<ref>{{cite web|author=Yahoo! India Movies |url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/photos/jeetendra-s-himmatwala-revisted-slideshow/ |title=Jeetendra's Himmatwala revisted Photos | Pictures – Yahoo! Movies India |publisher=In.movies.yahoo.com |date=23 August 2012 |access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref>
* [[Anil Dhawan]] as Kishan Verma, Savitri's dead husband, Ravi and Padma's father, and Shakti's father-in-law

===Special appearances===
* [[Riteish Deshmukh]] as Ravi Verma, Savitri and Kishan's dead son, Padma's older brother, and Ravi (II)'s friend
* [[Chunky Pandey]] as Michael Jaikishan
* [[Surveen Chawla]] in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
* [[Amruta Khanvilkar]] in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
* [[Sayantani Ghosh]] in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
* [[Rinku Ghosh]] in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
* [[Mona Thiba]] in song "Dhoka Dhoka"
* [[Sonakshi Sinha]] in the song "Thank God It's Friday"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=312757&subcatg=&keyword=bollywood&nid=312757 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216123242/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=312757&subcatg=&keyword=bollywood&nid=312757 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2013 |title=Sonakshi Sinha to do an item number in Himmatwala remake | NDTV Movies.com |publisher=Movies.ndtv.com |date=3 January 2013 |access-date=25 February 2013 }}</ref>
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==Promotion==
The first look poster of ''Himmatwala'' film was released on 8 August 2012, whilst the trailer was released on 24 January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1633402/Himmatwala-promo-with-Race-2 |title=Himmatwala promo with Race 2 | Bollywood News | Hindi Movies News | News |publisher=BollywoodHungama.com |date=20 December 2012 |access-date=25 February 2013}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Himmatwala
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Sajid–Wajid
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|13 February 2013}}
| recorded = 2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 19:10
| label = [[Saregama]], [[UTV Motion Pictures|UTV]]
| producer = Sajid–Wajid
| prev_title = [[Dabangg 2]]
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = [[Chashme Baddoor (2013 film)|Chashme Baddoor]]
| next_year = 2013
}}

The soundtrack includes remakes of the songs from the original version of the film, "Taki O Taki" and "Nainon Mein Sapna". The song promo of "Naino Mein Sapna" was released on 8 February 2013. The background score was composed by [[Sandeep Shirodkar]], while the songs are composed by [[Sajid–Wajid]] and [[Sachin - Jigar]]. Lyricist [[Indeevar]] wrote for "Taki O Taki" and "Nainon Mein Sapna", alongside [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]], who wrote for all the songs except a disco-based song, for which lyricist Mayur Puri wrote.

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| heading = Songs
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 19:05
| title1 = Nainon Mein Sapna
| lyrics1 = [[Indeevar]]
| music1 = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
| extra1 = [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length1 = 4:20
| title2 = Taki O Taki
| lyrics2 = Indeevar
| music2 = Bappi Lahiri
| extra2 = [[Mika Singh]], Shreya Ghoshal
| length2 = 4:00
| title3 = Dhoka Dhoka
| lyrics3 = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| music3 = [[Sajid–Wajid]]
| extra3 = [[Bappi Lahiri]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], [[Mamta Sharma]]
| length3 = 4:53
| title4 = Bum Pe Laat
| lyrics4 = Sameer
| music4 = Sajid–Wajid
| extra4 = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Soham Chakraborty (singer)|Soham Chakraborty]] & Shubh Mukherjee
| length4 = 2:47
| title5 = Thank God It's Friday
| lyrics5 = [[Mayur Puri]]
| music5 = [[Sachin - Jigar]]
| extra5 = Sunidhi Chauhan
| length5 = 3:12
}}

==Box office==

According to [[Box Office India]], ''Himmatwala'' was a flop.<ref name="boxoffice">{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=829 |title=Himmatwala |date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2344678|Himmatwala}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sajid–Wajid]]
[[Category:Indian film remakes]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:UTV Motion Pictures films]]
[[Category:Indian action comedy films]]
[[Category:2013 action comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian historical action films]]
[[Category:Masala films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sajid Khan (director)]]
[[Category:2013 comedy films]]

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