Movie Review: Rangoon
Starring Saif Ali Khan
Shahid Kapoor
Kangana Ranaut
Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Produced by Raj Shah
Vishal Bhardwaj
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Written by Matthew Robbins
Vishal Bhardwaj
Sabrina Dhawan
Music by Vishal Bhardwaj
Cinematography Pankaj Kumar
Edited by Aalaap Majgavkar
Production
company
Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
VB Pictures
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Distributed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date
24 February 2017
Running time
167 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Rangoon is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. The project is a period film set during World War II (1939-1945) and supposedly portrays the life and times of Mary Ann Evans aka Fearless Nadia, Bollywood’s first original stunt-woman still remembered for her fiery role in the movie Hunterwali. It stars Saif Ali Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut in lead roles. The film was released on 24 February 2017 on the Mahashivratri weekend.
Vishal Bhardwaj was supposed to shoot the film after Omkara (2006).[11] However, the film was stalled for unknown reasons. It was previously titled with Julia.[12][13] The screenplay was written by Matthew Robbins, who previously collaborated for 7 Khoon Maaf (2011).
The film’s shooting began on 18 November 2015 in Arunachal Pradesh.[16] Many junior artists from Manipur, Arunachal joined the crew for the first shift. In mid January, the film’s shooting was halted due to an injury to Shahid Kapoor and a Japanese actor.[17] Kangana Ranaut will be traveling to New York City to research her role,[18] and will head to an island in Mexico to learn solo living
The film was released on 24 February 2017
The music for the film is composed by Vishal Bhardwaj, while the lyrics have been penned by Gulzar. The first song titled ‘Bloody Hell'[20] from the movie was released on 11 January 2017, along with the music video.[21] The full movie soundtrack[22] was unveiled on January 18 and it consists 12 songs in total, including the movie theme song. The music rights are bought by T-Series.[23]
All music composed by Vishal Bhardwaj.
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