A Gentleman

2017 film by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K.

For other uses, see Gentleman (disambiguation).

A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Raj & D.K.
Screenplay by| Raj & D.K.
Dialogues by| Sumit Batheja
Story by| Raj & DK
Sita Menon
Produced by| Fox Star Studios
Starring| Sidharth Malhotra
Jacqueline Fernandez
Darshan Kumaar
Suniel Shetty
Hussain Dalal
Cinematography| Roman Jakobi
Edited by| Aarif Sheikh
Music by| Sachin–Jigar

Production
company

Fox Star Studios

Distributed by| Fox Star Studios

Release date

* 25 August 2017 (2017-08-25)

Running time

| 130 minutes
Country| India
Language| Hindi
Budget| ₹70 crores[1]
Box office| ₹38.3 crores[2]

A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Raj & DK.[3] Produced by Fox Star Studios, the film stars Sidharth Malhotra in a dual role with Jacqueline Fernandez, Suniel Shetty and Darshan Kumar.[4]

A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky received mixed reviews and became a commercial disappointment.[2]

## Plot[edit]

2017: Gaurav Kapoor works at a software firm, based in suburban Miami, who plans to marry his partner Kavya, but she prefers a man who is more adventurous and risk-loving. Gaurav tries to ask Kavya on a date and also meets her parents, who consider Gaurav as a potential groom for Kavya. Meanwhile, Gaurav is ordered by his boss to visit Mumbai to close a business deal. However, it appears that he may have something to do with a missing spy Rishi Purohit, who looks exactly like Gaurav. It is finally revealed that Gaurav is in fact Rishi.

2012: Rishi is a clandestine spy, working for a spy organization named Unit X headed by his superior Colonel Vijay Saxena. Rishi and his team attempt to extract intelligence from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok. While escaping, Yakub, a teammate, shoots down an innocent civilian, which enrages Rishi. Rishi returns to Mumbai, where he talks to Vijay about retiring from the world of espionage. Vijay asks him to perform one last job for him, and this involves spying on a minister whom Vijay Saxena claims to be a ruthless and fraudulent man.

Vijay wants to copy data from his cellphone into a hard drive. Rishi manages to save information to the hard drive and later meets a systems data analyst Gaurav Kapoor, who works in a cyber firm in Miami and has important data about the minister's connections. Gaurav is then shot to immediate death by Yakub in order to eliminate evidence. Vijay, having decided that he cannot let Rishi loose, instructs Yakub through a text message to kill him. Rishi senses the suspicion and fights off Yakub and the other spies. Yakub manages to shoot Rishi, unaware that Yakub has instead destroyed the hard drive in the process. However, Rishi manages to escape and eventually decides to adopt Gaurav's identity and goes to Miami for a peaceful life.

2017: After being unintentionally recorded in a viral video and recognised by the members of Unit X, Rishi is soon attacked by Koko, an associate of Unit X's local contact Jignesh. He is forced to abduct and hide Koko in his car, which is noticed by his friend Dixit, who tries to help him and unintentionally kills Koko in the struggle. Yakub and other Unit X agents track Rishi down and confront him, where Rishi finally confesses that he needed a peaceful life. Rishi is knocked down unconscious and soon finds himself handcuffed with Kavya, who had stopped by his house. Rishi uses his skills to escape with Kavya from the trouble and ends up confessing to her about his past profession. Kavya berates Rishi, but later forgives him.

Later that night, the two find themselves under fire after Unit X agents, headed by Yakub, raid the motel they are hiding in. Rishi hatches a quick scheme to retrieve the data since the hard drive is damaged, and convinces Yakub to work with him on their final mission. Rishi executes the heist with success, but security guards notices and begin chasing Rishi. Yakub aborts the operation and abandons him. They meet at Rishi's house, where Rishi kills most of Yakub's henchmen with the help of Kavya. However, Rishi spares Yakub and two of his thugs and orders him to leave his house.

Driving away in Rishi's car, Yakub realises that the hard drive Rishi gave is blank and the car's trunk contains Koko's corpse. Working with Rishi, Dixit crashes into their car in a side collision, and police arriving on the scene discover the body. Yakub and his thugs are killed by the cops. Vijay visits Rishi's house to confront him, but dies in an bomb blast planned by Rishi. This neutralises Unit X, and Rishi and Kavya soon leave the city with new identities of Hemant and Pooja Khanna.

In the mid-credits scene, Dixit buys machine guns from a local gun store in Miami before putting on a hoodie and walking away.

## Cast[edit]

* Sidharth Malhotra as Gaurav Kapoor/Rishi Purohit
* Jacqueline Fernandez as Kavya Chetwani, Gaurav's partner
* Suniel Shetty as Colonel Vijay Saxena
* Darshan Kumaar as Yakub
* Hussain Dalal as Samarth Dixit, Gaurav's friend and colleague
* Rajit Kapur as Sameer Chetwani, Kavya's father
* Supriya Pilgaonkar as Ramika Chetwani, Kavya's mother
* Amit Mistry as Jignesh Patel
* Sijoy Varghese as Ramachandra Rao
* Shaheed Woods as Koko
* Kushal Punjabi as Willy
* Zachary Coffin as CEO Jim
* Hemant Koumar as Robbie
* Nikita Sachdev as Nikki

## Production[edit]

### Development[edit]

Siddharth Anand initially stated that the film was originally developed and envisioned to be a sequel to the 2014 film Bang Bang! However, it was later redeveloped to be a standalone, which was also confirmed in a later interview, and would be directed by Raj & DK.[5][6][7]

### Filming[edit]

Filming began in mid-2016 under the working title Reloaded.[3][8] In September 2016, it was reported that the international shooting schedule of A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky had been canceled.[9] Later it was revealed by a close source that "...there will be another long schedule in December but the location is yet to be finalised. It could be in Europe."[10] [11]

## Soundtrack[edit]

A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky

Soundtrack album by

Sachin–Jigar

Released| 17 August 2017
Recorded| 2016–2017
Genre| Feature film Soundtrack
Length| 16:15
Language| Hindi
Label| T-Series
Sachin–Jigar chronology
| Bhoomi
(2017)  | A Gentleman: Sundar, Susheel, Risky
(2017)  | Hindi Medium
(2017)

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| External audio

Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Singles from  A Gentleman

1. "Disco Disco"
Released: 20 July 2017
2. "Baat Ban Jaye"
Released: 27 July 2017
3. "Chandalekha"
Released: 4 August 2017
4. "Bandook Meri Laila"
Released: 16 August 2017

The music of the film is composed by Sachin–Jigar while the lyrics have been penned by Vayu and Priya Saraiya. Its first song, "Disco Disco", sung by Benny Dayal and Shirley Setia, was released on 17 July 2017. The second song released, "Bandook Meri Laila", sung by Ash King and Jigar Saraiya and rapped by Raftaar and Sidharth Malhotra, was released on 24 July 2017. The song marks Malhotra's singing debut and was the most popular song on the album. The third song, "Baat Ban Jaye", sung by Siddharth Basrur and Priya Saraiya, was released on 5 August 2017. The fourth song was a romantic one, "Laagi Na Choote", and was another chartbuster. It was released on 13 August 2017. The last song, "Chandralekha", sung by Vishal Dadlani and Jonita Gandhi, was released on 24 August 2017. The soundtrack of five songs was released on 24 August 2017 by T-Series.

All music is composed by Sachin–Jigar

Track listingNo.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Disco Disco"| Vayu| Benny Dayal, Shirley Setia| 2:47
2.| "Baat Ban Jaye"| Priya Saraiya| Siddharth Basrur, Priya Saraiya| 3:12
3.| "Chandralekha"| Vayu| Vishal Dadlani, Jonita Gandhi| 3:12
4.| "Laagi Na Choote"| Priya Saraiya| Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal| 3:30
5.| "Bandook Meri Laila"| Vayu| Ash King, Jigar Saraiya Rap: Raftaar, Sidharth Malhotra| 3:34
Total length:| 16:15

## Release[edit]

A Gentleman was released on 25 August 2017. The film was released a day before in UAE.

## Reception[edit]

### Domestic[edit]

Nihit Bhave of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and concluded "The film would have been a perfect entertainer had it held its cards closer to its chest. However, it still has plenty bang for your buck."[12] Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and concluded "A Gentleman is not a flawless film... but Raj and DK have managed to narrate the plain and full-of-cliches story in their own quirky style and their dialogues and the screenplay make it fun to watch."[13]

### UAE[edit]

Dollz in Dubai gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars calling it a masala entertainer and wrote "It's a big step for Siddharth Malhotra who manages to carry the film and commands the screen with his presence. Yes, he's good looking but he pulls off the action sequences really well."[14]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Magilche neruppu da – Movie – Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
2. ^ a b "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of A Gentleman". Bollywood Hungama. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
3. ^ a b "Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez start shooting for their action film". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
4. ^ "Save The Date! Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez starrer 'Reload' to release on August 25, 2017 on Ganesh Chaturthi weekend! | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Dnaindia.com. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
5. ^ "Bang Bang sequel on?". Deccan Chronicle. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
6. ^ "'Bang Bang': A sequel in the pipeline?". Zeenews.india.com. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
7. ^ "Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif's 'Bang Bang' to have a Sequel Soon?". Ibtimes.co.in. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
8. ^ "Sidharth Malhotra gets injured on Reload sets". The Indian Express. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
9. ^ "International shooting schedule of 'Bang Bang Reloaded' scrapped | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Dnaindia.com. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
10. ^ "Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez's Reloaded to be shot in Thailand now". Filmfare.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
11. ^ "A Gentleman's first look out now". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
12. ^ "A Gentleman Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
13. ^ "A Gentleman movie review: Sidharth Malhotra takes you on a risky ride, but it's worth it". 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
14. ^ +Ekta (24 August 2017). "Movie Review: A Gentleman – Sundar, Susheel, Risky". Dollz in Dubai. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

## External links[edit]

* A Gentleman at IMDb
* A Gentleman on Facebook
* A Gentleman at Bollywood Hungama

* India portal
* Film portal
* Bollywood portal

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