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Jai Ho film
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Directed by Sohail Khan
Written by Dileep Shukla
Produced by Sohail Khan
Kishore Lulla
Starring Salman Khan
Tabu
Daisy Shah
Danny Denzongpa
Aditya Pancholi
Cinematography Santosh Thundiyil
Edited by Ashish Amrute
Music by Songs:
Sajid–Wajid
Amaal Mallik
Devi Sri Prasad
Score:
Sandeep Shirodkar





Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹50 crore


Jai Ho (Template:Translation) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language political action drama film directed by Sohail Khan, who also produced the film under the banner Sohail Khan Productions and co-produced by Sunil Lulla under Eros International, which distributed the film. It is an official remake of the Telugu film Stalin, which is also inspired by the American-drama film Pay It Forward.[1] The film stars Salman Khan, Tabu, Daisy Shah, Danny Denzongpa, Sana Khan and Aditya Pancholi, while Suniel Shetty and Genelia D'Souza make cameo appearances.

Jai Ho was released on 24 January 2014, during the Republic Day weekend, and received mixed reviews from critics. It became a commercial success grossing Template:INRConvert at the box office, becoming the sixth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2014.[2][3]

Plot

Jai Agnihotri, a short-tempered INA Major, gets suspended after he ignores orders from his superiors by rescuing a group of children from terrorists. After this incident, Jai moves in with his mother and sister, Geeta. One day, Jai is unable to help Suman, a physically disabled girl, take an examination, while her brother is stuck in a traffic jam. A depressed Suman commits suicide. Jai gets disturbed by the incident, decided where he creates a help-three-people concept, which would encourage citizens to help each other and would foster kindness and a sense of community among the citizens. Each day, citizens are to help three people and these three people will in turn help three more people and soon on honour.

On one occasion for one of his daily good deeds, Jai loses his temper and beats a rich man as he had injured a child beggar. In an act of revenge, the rich man calls some henchmen to kidnap Geeta and her friend Rinky. Jai saves Geeta and Rinky, but injures one of the captors in the process, who happens to be the henchman of MLA Patil, the son-in-law of Home Minister Dashrath Singh, who gets enraged about Jai injuring Patil's henchmen who is actually Manik. Dashrath tells Patil to avenge this injury by kidnapping Jai's nephew Kabir, but Jai kills Patil in the process. Meanwhile, CM Ashok Pradhan learns about Jai's help-three-people concept after his own life is saved by a schoolgirl. Ashok intervenes in the dispute between Dashrath and Jai in order to end their fight, but Dashrath does not appreciate it and attempts to kill Ashok.

However, Jai manages to save Ashok and admits him to the hospital. Dashrath, a journalist, spreads rumours that Jai attempted to assassinate Ashok. Meanwhile, Dashrath's son, Vijayant Singh, along with his henchmen, attacks Jai. In the ensuing confrontation, Jai kills Vijayant, along with the corrupt police officers Inspectors Dilip Kadam and Imran Siddiqui, with the assistance of SI Abhay Rajput. After event, Jai suffers severe injuries after being stabbed by Patil's widow, Kavita. Tragically, Kavita is also stabbed and dies animal's at the hands of Vijayant. A rickshaw driver, Babban, and Jai's former colleague, Arjun Kaul, team up to help Jai reach the hospital. While Jai is there, Ashok recovers and reveals Dashrath's involvement in the attempted murder. An enraged crowd beats Dashrath nearly to death upon hearing the truth. Jai eventually recovers and emerges from the hospital, where he finds thousands of people awaiting him. Jai thanks them all for embracing his vision of help event heaven.

Cast

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Production

Development

In late 2012, Sohail Khan announced had planned to remake the Telugu film Stalin starring Chiranjeevi Konidela and Trisha Krishnan.[4][5] Khan originally titled the film Mental, but by the time the it was released, it had been re-titled as Jai Ho.[6][7]

Filming

Shooting for the film was set to begin 27 February 2013 but was postponed until late March. There were rumors that the film would be released in 3D, but Sohail Khan was cited stating, "First, let me complete my film in the normal format. Then I'll take a call".[8]

Marketing

Salman Khan unveiled the first look poster of Jai Ho on 6 December 2013. The poster consisted of images of thousands of fans digitally merged to create one portrait of Khan. Khan's fans designed this poster.[9][10][11][12] The makers unveiled the film's official teaser on 13 December 2013.[13] The official trailer of the film was released on 3 January 2014.[14]

Music

Template:Infobox album Sajid–Wajid, Amaal Mallik and Devi Sri Prasad composed the nine-song soundtrack album for Jai Ho, in which Malik had contributed three tracks and Prasad had contributed one track, while the former composed 5 tracks. Sajid, Irfan Kamal, Danish Sabri, Sameer Anjaan, Kausar Munir, Shabbir Ahmed, Armaan Malik, and Devi Sri Prasad wrote the lyrics for all the songs in the album. The full soundtrack album was released on 24 December 2013.[15]Template:Track listing

Reception

Critical response

India Today gave Jai Ho a 3 out of 5 and commented that it was a rip off of Ek Tha Tiger with mindless action.[16] Anupama Chopra gave the movie a 2.5 out of 5, stating, Jai Ho was more of a cartoon than a film.[17]

Raja Sen of Rediff gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said, Khan, Bollywood's real-life answer to Derek Zoolander, does his thing like only he can. And the crowd responds. Sitting in a single-screen theatre, the air was filled with shrill, thrilled whistles as soon as the censor certificate hit the screen. The first glimpse of Khan – via braceleted wrist – had the crowd in paroxysms."[18] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 2 stars out of 5, commenting "To be honest, very little stays with you when you leave the cinema, aside from the unpleasant aftertaste that comes from being shamelessly manipulated."[19]

Taran Adarsh gave it 4.5 stars out of 5 and called it a "noble, well-intentioned message narrated in an entertaining format".[20]

Box office

Jai Ho was released on around 3900 screens in India and 650 screens in overseas.[21] The domestic and overseas theatrical rights were sold for ₹1.1 billion ($16 million).[22] Jai Ho spent around ₹40 crore ($5.9 million) on the production of the film.[23] The film cost around ₹650 million ($9.6 million) total with the cost of marketing and prints added, but this number still does not include Khan's remuneration.[24][25] The satellite rights were sold for Template:INR50 crore ($7.4 million), and music rights were also sold for Template:INR12 crore ($1.8 million).

Jai Ho suffered losses from piracy. A Dubai-based user uploaded a pirated version of the film to YouTube on 28 January 2014. The video had 108,151 views by the time it was removed on 1 February 2014. Another version of the film was uploaded on 2 February 2014.[26] DNA Films reported that Khan had requested that ticket prices be kept at the minimum so that people could afford to see the movie because of its message.[27]

India

The website Boxofficeindia.com said that Jai Ho opened well at single screens like Jodhpur, Lucknow, Indore, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and CI, with an occupancy of 80–100%, 25–30% better than Dhoom 3 and Chennai Express, and moderately well (50%) at multiplexes of Delhi, Punjab, Bangalore and Kolkata.[28][29][30] It had an opening-day collection of around Template:INRConvert nett.[31][32] The second day collections were about Template:INRConvert, taking the total to Template:INRConvert.[33] On Sunday, the film collected Template:INRConvert to take its weekend total to Template:INRConvert.[34] Jai Ho had a noticeable drop on Tuesday as it grossed around Template:INR7.75 crore nett taking the five-day total to a little over Template:INR74 crore nett.[35] Jai Ho emerged as the fifth highest weekend of all time in terms of worldwide gross by managing to gross Template:INR200 crore worldwide in three days.[36] Jai Ho dropped further on first Wednesday with collections around Template:INR5.25–5.50 crore nett to take 6-day total to Template:INRConvert.[37] Jai Ho had the ninth highest first week of all time as it grossed Template:INRConvert nett in its first week.[38][39] The film nett. grossed Template:INR3 crore nett on its second Friday.[40] The film has collected Template:INR90 crores nett in 9 days.[41] Jai Ho collected Template:INR13.50 crore nett in its second weekend taking its domestic total Template:INR95 crore nett in 10 days.[42] Jai Hai has been made tax-free in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.[43][44][45][46] Jai Ho two-week business was around Template:INR101.50 crore nett as it crossed around Template:INR21.29 crore nett in its second week.[47][48] Jai ho on its third Friday had collections set to be around Template:INR50 lakhs nett, with tax exemption in Gujarat also.[49] Jai Ho grossed around Template:INR2.25–2.50 crore nett in its third weekend taking the business to Template:INR105.50 crore nett after seventeen days.[50] The two-week distributor share of film is Template:INR56 crore.[51] Jai Ho took its total to Template:INR107 crore nett in after three weeks as it added around Template:INR4 crore nett in third week.[52][53] Bollywoodhungama declared the total net gross of Jai Ho Template:INR116 crore, and ranked it the seventh highest-grossing movie of 2014 and Salman Khan's seventh 100 crore movie in a row, an all-time record in the history of Indian cinema.[54]

Overseas

The website, Bollywoodhungama.com estimated Jai Ho grossed $3.55 million overseas in its first weekend. Box Office India estimated it grossed slightly less at $3.45 million and called it "decent business".[55][56] The final overseas gross for Jai Ho was $6 million making it one of the highest overseas grossing Bollywood films of 2014.[57][58][59]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' storms the box office on opening day(18 July 2015). Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Classifications. Box Office India(1 August 2014). Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Jai Ho: I never said I won't do remakes, says Salman Khan. IBN Live. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Film review: Salman Khan's 'Jai Ho' is little more than a damp squib. The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Salman’s 'Mental' to undergo title change again?. Times of India. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Salman Khan's father prefers 'Jai Ho' over 'Mental'. Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Mental to come out in 3D?. Zee News(24 June 2013). Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  9. ↑ First look: Fans design Salman Khan's Jai Ho poster. Hindustan Times(6 December 2013). Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Salman Khan paints first poster of 'Jai Ho'. The Times of India(7 December 2013). Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  11. ↑ Salman Khan launches new digital poster of 'Jai Ho'. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  12. ↑ Salman Khan asks fans to make Jai Ho poster, creates buzz on Twitter. India Today(6 December 2013). Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  13. ↑ Salman Khan's 'Jai Ho' teaser: The Aam Aadmi Party effect?. News18(13 December 2013). Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  14. ↑ Watch trailer: Salman Khan's action-packed avatar in 'Jai Ho' – Indian Express. archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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  17. ↑ Movie review by Anupama Chopra: is Jai Ho even a film. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  18. ↑ Raja Sen reviews Salman Khan's Jai Ho, Sen, Raja. Rediff(24 January 2014). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  19. ↑ 'Jai Ho' review: The film is of a man who lets his fists do the talking(24 January 2014). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  20. ↑ Jai Ho Review by Taran Adarsh. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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  22. ↑ Salman Khan s Jai Ho Rights Sold For 110 Crore Highest Ever. Rediff.com(19 January 2014). Retrieved 21 January 2014.
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