Kaabil

Rohan Bhatnagar is a kind young man who has been blind since birth and works as an animation voice actor for a living. Through his friends, he meets Supriya, a working woman who is also blind, but proudly independent. The two fall in love and get married. One night, on their way back home after dining out, they are interrupted by Amit Shellar, a local goon and younger brother of Madhavrao Shellar, a well-known politician. He and his friend, Wasim, drunkenly misbehave with the couple, enraging Rohan. The next morning while Rohan is at work, Amit and Wasim sneak into the house and assault Supriya. A horrified Rohan immediately calls the police; officer Chaubey advises him to get his wife medically examined in 24 hours to prove the assault. While Rohan and Supriya are on their way to the clinic, they are kidnapped by Shellar's men and held captive for 36 hours.

After being set free, Rohan and Supriya are criticized by police for the delay in getting Supriya clinically examined, and are accused of being liars. Heartbroken, they return home. Supriya attempts to live normally but Rohan becomes silent and introspective, which hurts her. One morning, Rohan returns early from work to apologize to Supriya for not being as supportive as he should have, only to find her corpse, hanging from the ceiling fan. Madhavrao visits Rohan and reveals that his brother Amit assaulted Supriya not once but twice. Rohan finds Supriya's suicide note, which ascertains that Amit had assaulted her a second time; this second assault led to her suicide. Shattered, Rohan implies to officer Chaubey that he will avenge his wife's death, mocking Chaubey that he will know who did it but will be able to do nothing about it, just like he did nothing about Supriya's case.

Rohan uses his voice-modulating skills to lure the culprits to places that Rohan knows well. First, he tricks Wasim and hangs him, leaving Amit's handkerchief behind to frame Amit. He then lures Amit to the warehouse where he and Supriya were held captive for 36 hours. He finds Amit by scent, tying him down to be burned alive in an explosion. Chaubey suspects Rohan of Amit and Wasim's murders and puts him under house arrest. Rohan gets past the police with the help of his friend and calls Madhavrao to a building under construction that was to be Rohan and Supriya's new home. There, Rohan kills him and makes it look like a suicide. Rohan later relates the story to Chaubey: he made it look as if Amit killed Wasim, then Madhavrao committed suicide due to the pain of Amit's death. With no evidence against Rohan, a blind man, Chaubey stands helpless. After this, Rohan scatters Supriya's ashes in the sea.

• Hrithik Roshan as Rohan Bhatnagar
• Yami Gautam as Su/Supriya Sharma/Supriya Bhatnagar
• Ronit Roy as Madhavrao Shellar
• Rohit Roy as Amit Shellar
• Narendra Jha as Inspector Amol Chaube
• Suresh Menon as Zafar (Rohan's Friend)
• Sahidur Rahman as Wasim
• Akhilendra Mishra as Wasim's father
• Girish Kulkarni as Sub-Inspector Pravin Nalavde{{cite web |title=Girish Kulkarni in Hrithik-Yami starrer Kaabil |last=Bhanage |first=Mihir |work=The Times of India |date=14 May 2016 |access-date=12 August 2016 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/Girish-Kulkarni-shoots-for-Kaabil/articleshow/52256001.cms}}
• Urvashi Rautela (special appearance in song "Haseeno Ka Deewana")[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/141016/after-priyanka-chopra-hrithik-roshan-turns-to-urvashi-rautela.html "After Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan turns to Urvashi Rautela"]
• Shaji Chaudhary as Anna{{Citation |title=Kaabil (2017) – IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5460276/fullcredits|access-date=21 February 2020}}

Sanjay Gupta announced the film officially in January 2016 with Hrithik Roshan portraying the lead role, Rakesh Roshan producing the project and Rajesh Roshan composing the film score. Yami Gautam was confirmed to play the lead heroine while brothers Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy have played negative roles in the film.{{cite web |title=Rohit Roy and Ronit Roy to play villains in Sanjay Gupta's Kaabil |work=Bollywood Hungama |date=29 February 2016 |access-date=12 August 2016 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/17526925/Rohit-Roy-and-Ronit-Roy-to-play-villains-in-Sanjay-Guptas-Kaabil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307110102/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/17526925/Rohit-Roy-and-Ronit-Roy-to-play-villains-in-Sanjay-Guptas-Kaabil|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/after-akshay-kumars-boss-ronit-roy-play-negative-role-hrithik-roshans-kaabil-667528 |title=Ronit Roy to play negative role in Hrithik Roshan's 'Kaabil' |work=IBTimes }}{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/010316/hrithik-roshan-to-fight-baddies-ronit-and-rohit-roy-in-kaabil.html |title=Hrithik Roshan to fight 'baddies' Ronit and Rohit Roy in Kaabil |work=Deccan Chronicle }}

The film is produced by Rakesh Roshan under his production house under FilmKraft Productions Pvt. Ltd. Rajesh Roshan composed the music and Salim–Sulaiman provided the background music for the film and Resul Pookutty for the film's sound design. The film's cinematography was performed by Sudeep Chatterjee and Ayananka Bose.

Principal photography commenced in Mumbai in March 2016. Filming took place over 77 days and concluded in July 2016.{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshans-yami-gautam-kaabil-to-go-on-floors-march-end/ |title=Hrithik Roshan's 'Kaabil' to go on floors March end |work=The Indian Express }}{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-wraps-first-schedule-of-kaabil/story-yXxQwl3w9XpSELNrh9YAVP.html |title=Hrithik Roshan wraps first schedule of Kaabil |work=Hindustan Times |date=20 June 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kaabil-complete-ahead-of-schedule-2265060 |title=Hrithik Roshan's 'Kaabil' complete ahead of schedule }}

The film was released on 25 January 2017 worldwide along with Rahul Dholakia's Raees starring Shah Rukh Khan. Kaabil opened in 2700 screens whereas Raees opened in 3500 screens.[http://english.jagran.com/lifestyle-entertainment-raees-vs-kaabil-srk-gets-bumper-opening-hrithik-loses-box-office-race-176079 Raees Vs Kaabil: SRK Gets Bumper Opening, Hrithik Loses Box Office Race]. English.jagran.com. Retrieved on 28 January 2017. On 2 February 2017, Kaabil was released across Pakistan, becoming the first Indian film to be screened in Pakistan, post lifting of ban on Indian films after the 2016 Uri terror attack and its aftermath.{{cite news |title=Review: In 'Kaabil', Hrithik Roshan is much too capable as the blind hero |url=http://images.dawn.com/news/1177035/ |date=2 February 2017 |access-date=2 February 2017 |publisher=DAWN Images |author=Nandini Ramnath |website=Scroll.in}} It was released in Hindi along with its Tamil dubbed version titled Balam.{{cite news|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-details/balam/movieshow/61309515.cms |title=Balam|website=Times of India|access-date=28 October 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Mind-your-language/article17074029.ece|title=Mind your language|website=The Hindu|date=21 January 2017 |last1=Pillai |first1=Sreedhar }}

Following the good performance of the film at the box-office, Kaabil was released on around 200 more screens in India, on 2 February 2017.{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-kaabil-4504226/ |title=Hrithik Roshan's Kaabil gets 200 more screens |date=2 February 2017 |access-date=6 February 2017 |work=The Indian Express |publisher=A. Kameshwari}} Kaabil was released in China on 5 June 2019 but performed weakly upon its release.{{cite news |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-hrithik-roshan-makes-his-debut-in-china-with-kaabil-release-2747788 |title=Hrithik Roshan makes his debut in China with 'Kaabil' release |work=DNA |date=10 May 2019 |access-date=14 May 2019}}

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the movie 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "On the whole, Kaabil is gripping, gut-wrenching and is likely to stay with you for a long time."{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/kaabil/critic-review/kaabil-movie-review/ |title=Kaabil movie review |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=30 January 2017}}

The Indian Express gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 and said, "Hrithik does all the heavy lifting and remains the only bright spot in this dispirited mess of a movie. He still has the moves. What he needs is a plot."{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/kaabil-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-yami-gautam-rakesh-roshan-star-rating-4489671/ |title=Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan has all the moves, only if he had a plot |website=The Indian Express |date=24 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017}}

Meena Iyer of Times of India gave the film a rating of 4/5 stars, noting that the movie seemed to be inspired by the 1989 movie Blind Fury and the 2014 Korean movie Broken.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/kaabil/movie-review/56749675.cms |title=Kaabil Movie Review |website=Times of India |access-date=27 January 2017}} Iyer praised Roshan's performance as his "all-time best", and felt that the character Rohan was "vulnerable as a lover and menacing as a killing-machine".

Sarita A. Tanwar of Daily News and Analysis gave the rating of 4/5 stars stating "Kaabil is old-school, emotional and forceful. And an absolute must for all Hrithik Roshan fans. And if you aren't his fan, you might feel differently after this film".{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-kaabil-review-kaabil-is-old-school-emotional-and-forceful-an-absolute-must-for-all-hrithik-roshan-fans-2295737 |title='Kaabil' Review: Kaabil is old-school, emotional and forceful, an ABSOLUTE MUST for all Hrithik Roshan fans! |website=DNAIndia.com |access-date=24 January 2017}}

Writing for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi gave the film 2 out of 5 and called it a "predictable revenge and retribution saga that offers nothing new other than the visually impaired protagonists."{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Kaabil-leaching-boredom/article17092860.ece1 |title=Kaabil: leaching boredom |website=The Hindu |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017|last1=Joshi |first1=Namrata }}{{cite web |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/2017/01/25/critics-verdict-film-reviews-of-kaabil-hrithik-roshan-yami-gautam-rakesh-roshan-sanjay-gupta-movie-review |title=Critics' Verdict: 'Kaabil' Is Barely Rescued By Hrithik's Act |website=The Quint |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=25 January 2017}}

Rachit Gupta from Filmfare wrote "Hrithik carries this film on his capable shoulders. His perfectly nuanced performance is the reason you’ll enjoy the thrills of Kaabil." and gave the movie 3 stars out of 5.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmfare.com/news/review-kaabil-18386.html |title=Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan elevates this old school revenge saga |website=Filmfare |access-date=25 January 2017}}

Bollywood Bubble gave the movie a rating of 4 out of 5 and said, "‘Kaabil’ will present you a far bitter truth. It'll draw a very uncomfortable, shrewd reality wherein the ones in greater need of support are the ones often thrown on the edge, laughed at. It'll show you a world in desperate need of more compassion, more kindness."{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodbubble.com/movies/reviews/kaabil-movie-review-intense-romantic-thriller-heart-right-place/ |title='Kaabil' movie review: This intense romantic thriller has its heart at the right place |website=Bollywood Bubble |date=24 January 2017 |access-date=24 January 2017}}

Joginder Tuteja of Movie Talkies gave the rating of 4/5 stars and said, "Rakesh Roshan has ensured that Kaabil turns out to be a commercial film for the audiences that has all the right ingredients in place and that too in the right proportions. It must have been quite a challenge to have three creative brains (Sanjay, Hrithik and himself) to blend seamlessly and deliver a product which is in just the right synch. That happens with Kaabil and that is the right reason why the final outcome keeps you glued on the screen right till the end."{{cite web |url=http://www.movietalkies.com/movies/reviews/22289/kaabil |title=Kaabil Review : This Is Hrithik Roshan's Vendetta Story Served Hot |website=MovieTalkies.com |access-date=24 January 2017 |archive-date=24 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124191907/http://www.movietalkies.com/movies/reviews/22289/kaabil |url-status=dead }}

Business Standard criticized the movie's plot and direction: "I’m not sure what’s more infuriating about this film – whether it’s regressive or stupid. Or whether it’s regressive and stupid and joyless and monotonous and silly and pointless. In fact, let’s call Kaabil for what it is: a B-movie with well-known actors. Worse, it’s exacerbated by shoddy CG, fake earnestness and a needless item number."{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/movie-review-kaabil-is-stupid-regressive-and-joyless-117012700235_1.html |title=Movie review: Kaabil is stupid, regressive and joyless |website=Business Standard |date=27 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/2017/01/25/movie-review-kaabil-not-tareef-ke-kaabil-hrithik-roshan-cry-act-dance |title=Movie Review: Kaabil Not 'Tareef Ke Kaabil' |website=The Quint |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=26 January 2017}}

Udita Jhunjhunwala from First Post gave the rating of 3/5 and wrote, "If you are able to look past many of these niggles it's thank to Hrithik Roshan's committed performance which keeps you rooting for his Rohan all the way."{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/kaabil-movie-review-nothing-to-celebrate-beyond-hrithiks-commendable-performance-3219844.html |title=Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan elevates this old school revenge saga |website=First Post |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=25 January 2017}}

Sukanya Varma from Rediff.com gave the film 2.5 on 5, and felt that "Kaabil serves nothing beyond an unabashed platform to vaunt a seething Hrithik, sentimental Hrithik, snarky Hrithik, sly Hrithik or spry Hrithik...".{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kaabil-review-its-all-about-hrithik/20170125.htm |title=Kaabil Movie Review |website=Filmfare.com |access-date=25 January 2017}} Saibal Chaterjee from NDTV gave the movie 2.5 out of 5, calling the film "...paisa vasool ({{translation}} worth the money) fare, if not more."{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/kaabil-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-is-convincing-in-a-paisa-vasool-film-3005 |title=Kaabil Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan Is Convincing In A Paisa Vasool Film |website=NDTV |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126121438/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/kaabil-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-is-convincing-in-a-paisa-vasool-film-3005 |url-status=dead }}

Mike McCahill from The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5, and remarked that "Sanjay Gupta's tale of a blind dubbing artist avenging the ghost of his wife is the sort of nonsense the Indian film industry stopped churning out 20 years ago."{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/25/kaabil-review-hrithik-roshan-sanjay-gupta-preposterous-melodrama |title=Kaabil review – preposterous Hrithik Roshan melodrama stuck in Bollywood's past |website=The Guardian |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017}}

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Complete soundtrack album was released on 21 December 2016 by T-Series.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4K_6sk0Yjs |date=21 December 2016 |access-date=1 February 2017 |via=YouTube |title=Kaabil Song (Full Album) | Hrithik Roshan, Yami Gautam | Audio Jukebox | T-Series |publisher=T-Series}}{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/kaabil-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1188255403 |title=Kaabil (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP |publisher=Rajesh Roshan |date=22 December 2016 |access-date=1 February 2017 |via=iTunes}}

The soundtrack for Kaabil is composed by Rajesh Roshan. The song "Haseeno Ka Deewana" is a cover version of "Sara Zamana" from Roshan's original soundtrack to the film Yaarana (1981). The original Yaarana version was sung by Kishore Kumar, and featured Amitabh Bachchan and Neetu Singh in the music video. The Kaabil cover version is sung by Payal Dev with rapper Raftaar, while the music video is an item number featuring Urvashi Rautela.{{cite news |title=Haseeno Ka Deewana teaser: Urvashi Rautela features in this reprise of Yaarana song, in Kaabil |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/haseeno-ka-deewana-teaser-urvashi-rautela-features-in-this-reprise-of-yaarana-song-in-kaabil-3155474.html |access-date=14 May 2019 |work=Firstpost |date=14 December 2016 |language=en}}

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