Bholaa

Template:Pp

2023 film directed by Ajay DevgnTemplate:SHORTDESC:2023 film directed by Ajay Devgn
Template:Use dmy dates
Template:Use Indian English

### **Written by**

* Aamil Keeyan Khan
* Ankush Singh
* Sandeep Kewlani
* Shridhar Dubey

### **Based on**

*Kaithi (2019)*
by Lokesh Kanagaraj

### **Produced by**

* Ajay Devgn
* Bhushan Kumar
* Krishan Kumar
* S. R. Prakashbabu
* S. R. Prabhu
* Reliance Entertainment

### **Starring**

* Ajay Devgan
* Tabu
* Sanjay Mishra
* Deepak Dobriyal
* Gajraj Rao
* Vineet Kumar

### **Production company**

* T-Series Films
* Ajay Devgn FFilms
* Reliance Entertainment
* Dream Warrior Pictures

### **Distributed by**

Panorama Studios
PVR Pictures (Worldwide)

### **Box office**

Template:Estimation Template:INR crore

*****Bholaa***** is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ajay Devgn and jointly produced by Ajay Devgn FFilms, Reliance Entertainment, T-Series Films and Dream Warrior Pictures. It is a remake of the 2019 Tamil film *Kaithi* and stars Devgn in the titular role alongside Tabu, Deepak Dobriyal, Sanjay Mishra, Gajraj Rao and Vineet Kumar while Amala Paul, Abhishek Bachchan and Raai Laxmi make special appearances. The film follows an ex-convict who battles criminals while transporting a truck full of poisoned cops to the hospital in exchange for meeting his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.

Principal photography took place from January 2022 to January 2023 in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Varanasi. The film score and soundtrack album are composed by Ravi Basrur, with cinematography by Aseem Bajaj and editing by Dharmendra Sharma. It was released on 30 March 2023 and opened to mixed reviews. It has grossed Template:INRConvert worldwide as of 23 April 2023, becoming the tenth-highest-grossing Indian film of 2023.

## Plot

SP Diana Joseph captures members of the Sikka Gang and confiscates a haul of cocaine worth 1,000 crores. An undercover officer Abbas Ali known as Raunak, has joined Ashwathama (known as Ashu) who is co-leader of the Sikka Gang. Raunak gives information about Ashu to Diana while Ashu seeks help from corrupt NCB officer Devraj Subramaniam who instructs another corrupt officer Deep Singh to add rohypnol to drinks made for police officers at the farewell party of IG Jayant Malik. Diana does not partake but everyone else falls unconscious.

A prisoner named Bholaa has been released from prison and Joseph tries to convince him to drive a truck taking the sedated officers to the hospital then on to Laalganj police station . Although he is reluctant at first, he agrees. Meanwhile, Ashu hires a bounty hunter on Joseph and the rest of her police force. As Joseph, Bholaa and sidekick Kadchi drive they are attacked by various gangs. The mole Deep Singh, who has hidden with the sedated officers, provides them with the location updates. Bholaa reveals his fighting powers and kills all the goons. Ashu also sends his gang to attack the police station and to free his brother Nithari, who was caught with the cocaine. A new inspector, Angad Yadav, who was recently transferred to Laalganj, gets assigned by Joseph to defend the police station.

When Ashu arrives with his gang, they try to breach the police station which is barricaded by Yadav and some students. Joseph is nearly tricked into ordering the release of the prisoners but she realizes that it was a trap set by Nithari. Ashu manages to get inside the but Yadav and the students manage to arrest him. The student Chetan gets strangled to death by Ashu's gang with a lasso through a window and Yadav, fuming with rage, kills Ashu. Joseph contacts medics to provide an emergency ambulance at a temple of Lord Shiva. As they wait, Bholaa narrates his past to Kadchi: he was a notorious gangster in Uttar Pradesh and fell in love with a doctor named Swara, who reciprocated his love after he saved her from being sexually assaulted. Before their marriage, Bholaa gave up his gangster life, but Swara was killed by a ruthless gang leader known as Chomu. Before dying, Swara gave birth to their daughter, Jyoti but Bholaa got separated from her after receiving a long term prison sentence. Joseph shares her story about how she lost her unborn child when she was pregnant. An ambulance finally arrives and takes the sedated officers to hospital, then Ashu's big henchman Bhoora also turns up. Before Bholaa is able to fight, Deep Singh stabs him and he is brutally injured. While Jospeh and Kadchi are taken away, Abbas is killed when he is discovered as the mole. Bholaa later regains consciousness and single-handedly kills the whole gang, including Deep Singh, using the Trident of Lord Shiva. After this he chases after Bhoraa, rescuing Joseph.

After driving all night, Bholaa, Kadchi and Diana arrive in Laalganj police station using a secret passage and help the students along with Yadav to escape safely. Joseph burns the cocaine and after Ashu's reinforced gang finally breaches station, Bholaa destroys them all using a M134 Minigun. Shortly after, Nithari dies of shock after learning about Bholaa, and Devraj Subramaniam shoots himself after knowing that Bholaa was behind everything. Bholaa is reunited with his daughter Jyoti and they drive off happily in theb truck with Kadchi and a puppy. In a mid-credits scene, Chomu Singh learns about Bholaa's release and decides to destroy him.

## Cast

* Ajay Devgn as Bholaa
* Tabu as SP Diana Joseph
* Sanjay Mishra as Constable Angad Yadav
* Deepak Dobriyal as Ashwathama 'Ashu', Nithari's younger brother
* Gajraj Rao as Devraj Subramaniam
* Vineet Kumar as Nithari, Ashu's elder brother
* Kiran Kumar as IG Jayant Malik
* Makarand Deshpande as a prisoner
* Arpit Ranka as Bhoora
* Amir Khan as Kadchi
* Khan Jahangir Khan as Sarangi
* Lokesh Mittal as Deep Singh, police officer
* Hirva Trivedi as Jyoti, Bholaa's daughter
* Arzoo Soni as Rachna
* Tarun Gahlot as Abbas Ali aka Raunak
* Deepali Gautam as Naina
* Mukund Ramesh Pal as Baingan
* Chetan Sharma as Chetan aka Chashmish
* Priyank Tiwary as Shekhar
* Bachchan Pachera as Orphanage guard
* Jyoti Gauba as Dr. Surbhi
* Akhilesh Mishra as Arpit Mishra
* Sima Pari as Orphanage teacher
* Yuri Suri as a harasser
* Raai Laxmi as a bar dancer (cameo appearance in the item song "Paan Dukaniya")
* Amala Paul as Dr. Swara, Bholaa's wife and Jyothi's mother (cameo appearance)
* Abhishek Bachchan as Chomu Singh, Bholaa's rival (cameo appearance)

## Production

Principal photography for the film commenced on 13 January 2022. Filming took place in Hyderabad, Madh Island, Kharghar, Mumbai and Varanasi. The entire filming for *Bholaa* was wrapped up on 6 January 2023.

## Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by Ravi Basrur while lyrics are written by Irshad Kamil. The first single titled "Nazar Lag Jayegi" was released on 20 February 2023. The second single titled "Aadha Main Aadhi Vo" was released on 15 March 2023. The third single titled "Paan Dukaniya" was released on 20 March 2023. The fourth single titled "Dil Hai Bholaa" was released on 24 March 2023. The fifth single titled "Aaraaro Aararo" was released on 6 April 2023.

## Release

### Theatrical

*Bholaa* was released theatrically on 30 March 2023 in 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D, 4DX and ICE 3D formats worldwide.

### Home media

The digital streaming rights of *Bholaa* were acquired by Amazon Prime Video in Template:INR30–40 crores.

### Distribution

It was distributed worldwide by Panorama Studios and PVR Pictures.

## Reception

### Critical response

*Bollywood Hungama* rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and termed the film as "mass-appealing" with scale, grandeur, breathtaking action, and Ajay Devgn and Tabu's mind-blowing performances as its USP.
Harshada Rege of *The Times of India* rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote "*Bholaa* packs in quite a punch with his strength, grit and charisma". Sowmyabrata Gupta of *Times Now* rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and termed the film as an "engaging watch" and wrote "some fight sequences are excellent but the plot is slapdash". Roktim Rajpal of *India Today* rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and stated that the film is a "treat for Ajay Devgn's fans" and wrote "It has everything, right from action scenes to punch dialogues, that one would expect from a big-screen spectacle meant for the mass audience". Shubhra Gupta of *The Indian Express* rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ajay Devgn-Tabu's all-out action film is not for the faint-hearted but it is bang for your buck". Monika Rawal Kukreja of the *Hindustan Times* praised the action sequences and criticised the plot. Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint wrote in her review that "the film has a chaotic screenplay with video game like action sequences." She criticised the quality of 3D in the film by saying that "the 3D adds little to the experience, besides further darkening the visuals.

### Box office

The film grossed Template:INR crore on its first day. On the second day the film collected only Template:INR crore. While Day 3 and Day 4 collections were Template:INR crore and Template:INR crore respectively. The film grossed Template:INR in its first week of release. As of 23 April 2023 it has grossed Template:INR crore worldwide.

## References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

1. ↑ [TBA Bholaa gets 'UA' certificate from CBFC; Ajay Devgn and Tabu starrer to have a run time of 2 hours 24 minutes]. *Bollywood Hungama* (26 March 2023).
2. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>[TBA "Bholaa: OTT streaming rights of Ajay Devgn's movie sold to Amazon Prime video for staggering amount, claim reports"] Check `|url=` value (help). *The Economic Times*. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023. Check `|archive-url=` value (help)
3. ↑ [TBA Bholaa Box Office collection].
4. ↑ [TBA Bholaa (2023)].
5. ↑ [TBA Bholaa Box Office Collection Day 2: Ajay Devgn's Actioner Earns Rs 7.40 Crore On Friday]. “‘Bholaa’, the action-adventure film starring Ajay Devgn and Tabu, is making a respectable sum at the box office.”
6. ↑ [TBA Here's How Bholaa Has Fared Against Pathaan, Shehzada, Selfiee And TJMM On Day 1 At Box Office]. “Ajay Devgn starrer action adventure Bholaa has opened to Rs 11.20 crore at the box office.”
7. ↑ Hungama, Bollywood. [TBA Bholaa Box Office Collection | India | Day Wise | Box Office - Bollywood Hungama] (en).
8. ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (13 January 2022). [TBA Ajay Devgn starrer Kaithi remake titled Bholaa, goes on floors today : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama] (en).
9. ↑ [TBA Ajay Devgn's Bholaa teaser out. All you need to know about Kaithi remake, story and cast] (en).
10. ↑ [TBA It's a wrap for Ajay Devgn's 'Bholaa', to release on March 30] (5 January 2023).
11. ↑ [TBA Ajay Devgn and Amala Paul starrer Bholaa's first romantic track 'Nazar Lag Jayegi' out now!] (20 February 2023).
12. ↑ [TBA B Praak's Heartrending Song 'Aadha Main Aadhi Vo' Is The Essence Of 'Bholaa'].
13. ↑ [TBA Ajay Devgn unveils audio version of peppy track 'Paan Dukaniya' from 'Bholaa'] (20 March 2023).
14. ↑ [TBA Dil Hai Bholaa: Ajay Devgn's much-awaited Bholaa anthem will give you goosebumps | WATCH] (24 March 2023).
15. ↑ [TBA Ajay Devgn dons director's hat for Bholaa, film to premiere on March 30, 2023] (en) (4 July 2022).
16. ↑ [TBA Bholaa Teaser Launch: Ajay Devgn opens up on why he is releasing the film in IMAX: The film will provide an IMAX experience] (24 January 2023).
17. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>[TBA "Bholaa OTT Rights Sold To THIS Digital Platform For A Jaw-Dropping Amount: Reports"] Check `|url=` value (help). *Jagran Prakashan*. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023. Check `|archive-url=` value (help)
18. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>[TBA "Bholaa movie OTT platform: जानें कब और कहां देखने को मिलेगी अजय देवगन और तब्बू की फिल्म 'भोला'"] Check `|url=` value (help). *Zee News*. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
19. ↑ [TBA Bholaa Movie Review].
20. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>[TBA "Bholaa Movie Review: Bholaa serves great action in this fast-paced thriller"] Check `|url=` value (help). *The Times of India*. Retrieved 30 March 2023. Check `|archive-url=` value (help)
21. ↑ [TBA Bholaa Movie Review: Ajay Devgn, Tabu Excel In Action Extravaganza Despite Weak Script] (30 March 2023).
22. ↑ [TBA Bholaa Review: Ajay Devgn shines bright in gripping remake of Kaithi].
23. ↑ [TBA Bholaa movie review: Ajay Devgn delivers no-holds-barred, high-octane actioner] (30 March 2023).
24. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Kukreja, Monika Rawal (30 March 2023). [TBA "Bholaa review: Ajay Devgn brings some slick but mindless action in this 'dark' thriller"] Check `|url=` value (help). *Hindustan Times*. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
25. ↑ [TBA Bholaa review: A chaotic screenplay with video game-like action scenes].
26. ↑ [TBA Bholaa box office collection Day 1: Ajay Devgn's film opens with a bang, earns Rs 11 crore].
27. ↑ [TBA Bholaa box office collection Day 2: Ajay Devgn starrer performs worse than Shivaay, collections stand at Rs 18.60 crore].
28. ↑ [TBA Bholaa box office collection Day 3: Ajay Devgn's film sees a spike on Saturday, earns more than Rs 30 crore].
29. ↑ [TBA Bholaa box office collection Day 4: Ajay Devgn-Tabu film does well on weekend, earns over Rs 44 crore].
30. ↑ [TBA Bholaa box office collection: Heres how much Ajay Devgn starrer has earned so far].
31. ↑ [TBA Bholaa box office collection].

## External links

* Template:IMDb
* Template:Bollywood Hungama movie

Template:T-Series
Template:Ajay Devgn