Poster Boys (2017 film)
| Poster Boys | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Shreyas Talpade |
| Written by | Shreyas Talpade Bunty Rathore Paritosh Painter |
| Story by | Adapted: Shreyas Talpade Original: Sameer Patil |
| Based on | Poshter Boyz by Sameer Patil |
| Produced by | Sunny Sounds Pvt. Ltd Shreyas Talpade Deepti Talpade Sony Pictures Networks Productions |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Bobby Deol Shreyas Talpade Sonali Kulkarni Samikssha Batnagar Tripti Dimri |
| Cinematography | Nigam Bomzan |
| Edited by | Devendra Murdeshwar |
| Music by | Songs: Tanishk Bagchi Rishi Rich Sunai Marathe Shreyas Iyengar Sonny Ravan Score: Amar Mohile |
Production companies | Sony Pictures Networks Productions Sunny Sounds Pvt. Ltd. Affluence Movie Pvt. Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Release date |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹15 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹30 crore[2] |
Poster Boys is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Shreyas Talpade in his directorial debut. The film features Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Talpade along with Sonali Kulkarni, Samikssha Batnagar and Tripti Dimri. The film is an official remake of the Marathi film Poshter Boyz which Talpade himself had produced and acted in. It is inspired by a real-life incident about three porters who found their pictures on a vasectomy poster. Produced by Sony Pictures Networks Productions, Sunny Sounds Pvt. Ltd. and Affluence Movie Pvt. Ltd., Poster Boys is released on 8 September 2017.[3][4]
Plot
Three men meet their bad luck for an unknown reason. Arjun Singh proposes to his girlfriend Riya is rejected by her father for "he can't get his daughter married to such a person", leaving Arjun frustrated and upset. Jaagavar Chaudhary is married to Sunita. He is preparing his younger sister Anjali's engagement ceremony when he's told that the fiancé and his family have changed their mind of engaging with Anjali for "they cannot accept an alliance with such a shameful family". Vinay Kumar Sharma is a primary teacher whose wife Suraj Mukhi suddenly leaves him and asks for divorce for she cannot forgive his "irresponsible deeds".
The three confused and upset men one day coincidentally meet somewhere on a bridge when they come across a bus that has a poster of their photos, promoting vasectomy, at the back. They come to know that this poster is the reason they are defamed as none of them had that operation and their photos were used without their permission. They decide to find out who is behind it and solve it.
They later find that two government employees from the Health Department, the organizers of that promotion, are responsible for the incident. They find the two employees and ask them to remove all the posters in the city with their unauthorized photos and make a public apology and demand compensation. The two agree but request time to do that.
During the given days, the two don't try to fulfill their promise, but instead ask their senior to help, and their senior, the Health Minister does not try to solve it but to cover it up. At the deadline date, the three can't find the two government employees to fulfill their promise so they turn to their superior for help, who refuses to meet them. The three desperate men then decide to sue the Health Department.
They fail the case because the Health Department use a lot of fake evidence including faked documents showing that they willingly finished the operation and asked to post their photos. But the incident goes viral with help of a local reporter and they are gaining people's support.
During a press conference suggested by the same reporter, angered Arjun announces that they will protest naked if the authority don't give them justice, drawing attention of greater public to this incident.
They start their naked protest at the promised day with only underpants, and people supporting them also uploaded videos of them naked supporting the three's request. The incident finally reaches the Chief Minister, who rushes to the scene to control the situation. The Chief Minister, knowing all the truth behind it, announces that the three are innocent and the Health Department is responsible for the incident and the government will give them compensation.
Riya's father, convinced of Arjun's innocence and moved by his courage, agrees his proposal. Anjali's fiancé agrees to marry her. Vinay's wife returns to him too.
Cast
- Sunny Deol as Jaagavar Chaudhary
- Bobby Deol as Vinay Kumar Sharma
- Shreyas Talpade as Arjun Singh
- Sonali Kulkarni as Sunita Chaudhary, Jaagavar's wife
- Samikssha Batnagar as Suraj Mukhi Sharma, Vinay's wife
- Tripti Dimri as Riya, Arjun's girlfriend
- Lovely Singh as Anjali Chaudhary, Jaagavar's sister
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Lady Doctor
- Ajeet Singh as Murari, Arjun's Friend
- Purnima Varma as Aashtha, the school teacher
- Farhana Fatema as Rekha Madam, the technical director
- Randheer Rai as Anuj Chaudhary
- Dharmendra as Amol Chaudhary Sharma (cameo appearance)
- Raashul Tandon as Reporter
- Dilip Prabhavalkar as old man
- Bharti Achrekar as Amma
- Sachin Khedekar as Chief Minister Jagdev Ahlawat
- Murali Sharma as Health Minister
- Jitendra Joshi as photographer
- Elli Avram in an item song "Kudiya Shehar Di"
- Ajay Devgan as himself (special appearance)
- Arshad Warsi as himself (special appearance)
- Tusshar Kapoor as himself (special appearance)
- Kunal Khemu as himself (special appearance)
- Parineeti Chopra as herself (special appearance)
- Rohit Shetty as himself (special appearance)
Soundtrack
| Poster Boys | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 19 August 2017 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 14:07 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | T-Series |
| Producer | Bhushan Kumar |
The music of the film is composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Daler Mehndi, Rishi Rich, Sunai Marathe, Shreyas Iyengar and Sonny Ravan while the lyrics have been penned by Shabbir Ahmed, Javed Akhtar, Kumaar, Saurabh M Pandey and Sonny Ravan. Daler Mehndi's hit track "Kudiyan Shehar Diyan" from the 1999 film Arjun Pandit was recreated for this film with Elli AvrRam appearing in this song.[5] It was released on 11 August 2017. The second song "Kendhi Menoo" which is sung by Yash Narvekar, Sukriti Kakar and Ikka Singh was released on 18 August 2017. The soundtrack was released on 19 August 2017 by T-Series which consists of only four songs.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kudiya Shehar Diyan" | Shabbir Ahmed, Javed Akhtar | Tanishk Bagchi, Daler Mehndi | Daler Mehndi, Neha Kakkar | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Kendhi Menoo" | Kumaar | Rishi Rich | Yash Narvekar, Sukriti Kakar, Ikka Singh | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Noor E Khuda" | Saurabh M Pandey | Sunai Marathe, Shreyas Iyengar | Kailash Kher | 3:27 |
| 4. | "The Poster Boys Anthem" | Sonny Ravan | Sonny Ravan & Shree D | Shree D | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 14:07 | ||||
References
- ^ "Poster Boys - Movie - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Box Office: Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Poster Boys". Bollywood Hungama. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "Poster Boys to Release on 8 September 2017". BoxOfficeCollection.in. 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Poster Boys: Bobby Deol's comeback also stars Sunny Deol, Shreyas Talpade. Will it be as good as its original Poshter Boyz?". The Indian Express. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "'Poster Boys' new song: Sunny Deol-Elli AvrRam bring back Daler Mehndi's hit track 'Kudiya shehar di' to life". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
