Commando: A One Man Army

Commando: A One Man Armyis a 2013 IndianHindi-languageaction thriller filmdirected byDilip Ghoshand produced byVipul Amrutlal ShahandReliance Entertainment. It is the first installment ofCommando film series. The film featuresVidyut Jammwal,Pooja ChopraandJaideep Ahlawat. Jammwal, who is trained inKalaripayattu, performs martial arts in the film's action sequences.
Commando: A One Man Armywas released on 12 April 2013. It was followed by two sequels titledCommando 2(2017) andCommando 3(2019).
Karan Singh Dogra, aPara SFCaptaininIndian Army, is captured by Chinese officials when his helicopter crashes on the Chinese border during a routinetraining exercise. Karan and his seniors are unable to convince the Chinese of the former's innocence. The Chinese decide to brand Karan as a spy to defameIndiainternationally. Feeling the Chinese won't comply, theGovernment of Indiaorders to erase Karan's record and identity and deny his existence. Karan is tortured for a year by theChinese Army, but he later escapes while being taken to the Chinesemilitary court. Karan runs into a woman, Simrit, who is running away from the gang of Amrit Knawel "AK-74" Singh, a notorious gangster.
Karan rescues her by fighting off goons headed by AK-74's brother, where he decides to escort Simrit out of the town for her safety, but finds himself surrounded by AK-74 and his goons at a bridge. Outnumbered and outgunned, Karan jumps into the river along with Simrit, who later explains that AK-74 wants to marry her for political gains. Simrit reveals that AK-74 has total control over her hometown, where he rules her hometown through fear. Karan decides to help Simit. AK-74 uses his resources to pursue the duo into the jungle, where Karan uses his expertise inguerilla warfareto fight AK-74's men.
After a long chase, Karan is caught by AK-74, who shoots Karan and throws him off a cliff. Later, AK-74 kills Simrit's parents as a warning. Karan, having survived the fall, goes after AK-74. After combating his henchmen and also anassassinThebe sent by the Chinese, Karan defeats AK-74 and rescues Simrit. Karan takes the captured AK-74 to the town square, where he is almost thwarted by the cops who work for AK-74, but Karan is saved in time by his ex-superior officerCol.Akhilesh Sinha. Karan proceeds to hang and kill AK-74, where he asks the people to be fearless and not be afraid of people like AK-74. Karan surrenders himself to Col. Sinha, where he tells his name to Simrit and promises to be back.
The music was composed by Mannan Shaah, with lyrics penned byMayur Puri, while the background score has been scored by Prasad Sasthe. The soundtrack album was released on 28 March 2013 as a digital download onITunesandAmazon.
Commando: A One Man Armywas released on 12 April 2013.
Commando: A One Man Armyreceived mixed to positive reviews from critics with praise for Vidyut Jammwal's performance and action choreography.
Taran AdarshofBollywood Hungamagave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Commando: A One Man Armyis vintage good versus evil saga in a strikingly new avatar. A high-voltage action fare that's racy, pulsating and packed with some adrenaline-pumping stunts."Meena Iyer ofThe Times of Indiagave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "If you are an action junkie and if you have peaked onSylvester Stallone’sRambo-series, then our desi Commando, is what you will term paisa-vasool entertainment."
Koimoigave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Commando is an out and out Vidyut Jamwal film that provides him with the platform to showcase his martial arts genius with immense aplomb and in full volumes."Hindustan Timesgave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "If you’re an action fan, Commando – A One Man Army gives you enough bang for the buck."
Alisha Coelho ofIn.comgave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Commando – A One Man Armyis a one man show where Vidyut carries the entire weight on his shoulders."Saibal Chatterjee ofNDTVgave 2/5 stars and wrote "Despite all the bravura technical effort that has clearly been put into Commando, the end result simply isn't compelling enough."
Commando: A One Man Armyearned around₹35.0 million(US$400,000) on its opening day.The film raked₹113 million(US$1.3 million) over its first weekend.At its first week, it netted around₹173 million(US$2.0 million) having decent business in single screens.The film's collection grossed around₹200 million(US$2.3 million) inIndia.
The film's German distributor called Nameless Media released four limited edition media books in August 2019 that contained aFull Action Versionapart from the original uncut version. In this alternate cut, the songs and interval card have been removed.
After the film's success, the film received two sequels titledCommando 2andCommando 3.