| Bade Miyan Chote Miyan | |
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| Directed by | Ali Abbas Zafar |
| Written by | Suraj Gianani Ali Abbas Zafar (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Ali Abbas Zafar Aditya Basu |
| Story by | Ali Abbas Zafar |
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| Narrated by | Ali Abbas Zafar |
| Cinematography | Marcin Laskawiec |
| Edited by | Steven H. Bernard |
| Music by | Score: Julius Packiam Songs: Vishal Mishra[1] |
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Running time | 164 minutes[3] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹350 crore[4][5] |
| Box office | est.₹102.16 crore[6] |
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (transl. Big Mister and Little Mister) is a 2024IndianHindi-languagescience fictionaction film directed byAli Abbas Zafar and produced byPooja Entertainment and AAZ Films. Sharing its name with the1998 film also produced byPooja Entertainment, the film starsAkshay Kumar,Tiger Shroff andPrithviraj Sukumaran in the lead roles alongsideManushi Chhillar,Alaya F,Sonakshi Sinha andRonit Roy. The story follows two former soldiers in a race against time to save India from an imminent attack by a vengeful scientist.
The film was announced in February 2022.Principal photography began in January 2023 and ended by February 2024 with filming held inMumbai,Scotland,London,Luton,Abu Dhabi, andJordan. The soundtrack and musical score were respectively composed byVishal Mishra andJulius Packiam, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Marcin Laskawiec and Steven H. Bernard. With a budget of₹350 crore (US$41 million), it is one of themost expensive Indian films ever made.[7]
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan was theatrically released on 11 April 2024, coinciding withEid al-Fitr. The film received generally negative reviews, with praise forPrithviraj Sukumaran's performance, from critics, and emerged as abox-office bomb.
A masked perpetrator attacks an Indianconvoy, containing a weapon, and tells theIndian Army that they will have to race-against-time to prevent the destruction of India. Captain Misha faces off against a masked attacker inShanghai, where she impales him, but the attacker's wounds inexplicably heal instantly and he escapes. Misha reports the incident toCol. Azad, who instructs her to enlistcourt-martialed soldiers Firoz "Freddy" and Rakesh "Rocky" for the mission. Only Rocky agrees to help.
Misha and Rocky arrive in London and meet ParminderPam, anIT specialist assigned to assist them. In London, Azad gets shot by the masked perpetrator. The team infiltrates theLondon tube to retrieve the stolen package. Freddy arrives to help them fight the masked men. Pam unlocks the vault, revealing that the package is actually Captain Priya Dixit, Freddy's ex-girlfriend. Since the hard drives were at risk of being hacked, the codes toKaran Kavach, a highly advanced defence system, were encrypted inside Priya's brain. The masked perpetrator and his army take Priya hostage and the perpetrator reveals himself as Kabir, a scientist and Freddy and Rocky's former friend.
In the past, Kabir intends to help the Indian Army with his latest invention: acloning program where clones based on Freddy and Rocky'sDNA could be programmed with orders and win wars without being killed. When Kabir reveals his intentions to conquer the world using this invention, Azad orders him to shut it down since it would be unethical. Kabir switches sides and sells the invention to India's enemies. Priya reveals this information to Azad, where Freddy and Rocky are given orders to capture Kabir alive, but they end up killing Kabir and are court-martialed for not following orders, after which Freddy breaks up with Priya without giving her any reason.
In the present, Kabir reveals that he survived because the person who died at the hands of Rocky and Freddy, was actually his clone Eklavya. Eklavya's death left him vengeful as he loved the clone like a son. The masked men were actually Freddy and Rocky's clones. Kabir reveals that he has also cloned Azad and killed the real one.
Kabir kidnaps Priya and leaves Freddy and Rocky to die, but they kill Kabir's henchmen and reveal to the team that Kabir plans to turnPakistan andChina against India by deactivating theKaran Kavach and launchingairstrikes against the two countries, which would cause India's reputation to be globally tarnished.
Freddy, Rocky, Misha and Pam infiltrate Kabir's base, where Kabir decrypts the password from Priya's brain. Freddy and Rocky eventually face off against their own clones, who keep rejuvenating due to an internal power source. The duo kills the clones by luring them into apower grid, causing them to explode. Kabir launches the airstrikes before Freddy and Rocky kill him. Angered, Priya reveals thatEklavya is the password. TheKaran Kavach is reactivated, averting the airstrike and a potential war.
In a post-credits scene, the team leaves the base, while Kabir survives, hinting at asequel.
In December 2021,Akshay Kumar andTiger Shroff were signed forAli Abbas Zafar's nextaction film underPooja Entertainment, which also backed the1998 film of the same name.[8] Eventually, the film was announced on 8 February 2022.[9] Zafar, apart from being the writer and director, also co-produced it under his own banner, AAZ Films.
Manushi Chhillar was signed to play an action-packed role, reuniting with Kumar afterSamrat Prithviraj (2022).[10][11] In December 2022,Prithviraj Sukumaran was roped in to play the main antagonist named Kabir.[12]Sonakshi Sinha was cast in March 2023.[13][14] Prior to that,Alaya F andRonit Roy joined the film in January 2023.[15]
Principal photography began on 17 January 2023 atYash Raj Studios inMumbai.[16] The first schedule included an action scene shot in a set ofBunker before it moved toFilm City where other action scenes were shot. On 19 February 2023, Zafar confirmed the first schedule wrap.[17]
On 28 February 2023, the second schedule took place in theUnited Kingdom in which a major chunk of the film was shot inScotland,London andLuton before it ended on 12 April 2023. Some high-octane action sequences were filmed featuring cars, bikes, helicopters and tanks.[18] An action scene was shot at night inPaisley where a street was recreated asShanghai.[19] Kumar also got injured while shooting a bike chase sequence.[20]
On 16 April 2023, last schedule began inAbu Dhabi with the shooting of few portions of the title track atEmirates Palace.[21] Action scenes featuring Cars, Bikes, Tanks, Horses,Dune Buggies, Plane, andChinook helicopter were shot.[22] A set of Indian Army Airstrip was recreated atLiwa Dessert. Filming wrapped on 9 May 2023 except patchwork.[23]
On 21 January 2024, the filming for four final songs choreographed byBosco-Caesar kicked off inJordan with Kumar, and Shroff which took place for 12 days. Firstly the title track was shot atRoman Theatre and other locations ofJerash. Filming then moved to theDead Sea where a romantic track with Kumar, Shroff, Sinha, Chhillar and Alaya F and a party track which also includes Prithviraj and Roy were shot. Last song shoot took place atWadi Rum where an Arabic style song was shot.[24][25][26] On 1 February 2024, Kumar confirmed the schedule wrap.[27]
TheVFX work of the film is done byDNEG.[28]
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| Released | 28 March 2024[29] | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 15:35 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Zee Music Company | |||
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| Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – Full Album onYouTube | ||||
The music of the film is composed byVishal Mishra and lyrics are written byIrshad Kamil while the background score is composed byJulius Packiam. The first single titled "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (Title Track)" was released on 19 February 2024.[30] The second single titled "Mast Malang Jhoom" was released on 28 February 2024.[31] The third single titled "Wallah Habibi" was released on 13 March 2024. The title track to the1998 original, sung byUdit Narayan andSudesh Bhosale, was recreated and used during a scene in the film.[32]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – Title Track" | Anirudh Ravichander Vishal Mishra | 2:39 |
| 2. | "Mast Malang Jhoom" | Arijit Singh Nikhita Gandhi Vishal Mishra | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Wallah Habibi" | Vishal Dadlani Vishal Mishra Dipakshi Kalita | 2:42 |
| 4. | "Rang Ishq Ka" | Vishal Mishra | 3:19 |
| 5. | "Rang Ishq Ka" (Redux) | Neha Bhasin | 3:35 |
| Total length: | 15:35 | ||
On 26 February 2024, a promotional event for the film was held inLucknow, where Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff performed live stunts and interacted with the crowd.[33] The film was promoted atIndia Today Conclave 2024 inDelhi.[34] On 22 March 2024, Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff performed live at the2024 Indian Premier League opening ceremony.[35] Thetrailer of the film was launched at an event inMumbai on 26 March 2024.[36]
In February 2022, the release date of the film was announced as 22 December 2023 (in the week ofChristmas).[37] However, in May 2023, a new release date ofEid 2024 was announced by Pooja Entertainment.[38][39]
The film was released on 11 April in standard formats,3D, andIMAX inHindi alongside dubbed versions inTamil,Telugu,Malayalam andKannada languages.[40][41][42][43][44]
PVR Inox Pictures acquired the theatrical rights for India andYash Raj Films for overseas.[45]
The digitalstreaming rights were acquired byNetflix.[46] The film began streaming on Netflix from 6 June 2024.[47]
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan received generally negative reviews from critics.[48] On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 17% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.3/10.[49]
Ronsk Kotecha ofThe Times of India gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan goes out all guns blazing to make for an entertaining potboiler with heart-pounding action, cheeky humour and barely a dull moment."[50] Titas Chowdhury ofNews18 gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff's fun banters are pure gold. Prithviraj Sukumaran's evil act keeps you on the edge."[51]
Bollywood Hungama gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "BMCM suffers due to a weak script and poor dialogues, however, it is a decent watch for the fans of Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, and those who patronize action movies."[52] Pratikshya Mishra ofThe Quint gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan doesn't, however, rely on portraying its heroes with the same ol’ hypermasculinity – these heroes like to have fun instead.[53]
Zinia Bandyopadhyay ofIndia Today gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Ali Abbas Zafar is an OG director when it comes to action. However, here it turns out to be a disappointment."[54]Saibal Chatterjee ofNDTV gave 1/5 stars and wrote "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan offers not a single shred that could considered a saving grace. The story is astonishingly hollow."[55]
Anuj Kumar ofThe Hindu wrote "Writer-director Ali Abbas Zafar's attempt to give the soul of Bollywood tropes an AI finish appeals in parts."[56] Monika Rawal Kukreja ofHindustan Times wrote "For those with a penchant for action films, good, bad or ugly, BMCM will definitely make for a one-time watch."[57]
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Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film has garnered a mixed bag of reviews from both critics and audiences.