Badmaash Company

Badmaash Company
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Parmeet Sethi
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Screenplay by	Parmeet Sethi
Story by	Parmeet Sethi
Starring	Shahid Kapoor Anushka Sharma Meiyang Chаng Vir Das
Music by	Songs: Pritam Background Score: Julius Packiam
Cinematography	Sanjay Kapoor
Edited by	Ritesh Soni
Production company	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release dates	21 May 2010 (2010-05-21)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹350 million (US$5.2 million)
Box office	₹130 million (US$1.9 million)[1]

Badmaash Company is a 2010 Indian crime-comedy film directed by actor-turned-director Parmeet Sethi, produced by Aditya Chopra and starring Anushka Sharma, Meiyang Chаng and Vir Das in the lead roles. The film was released on 7 May 2010 under the banner of Yash Raj Films. The movie was not a commercial success at the box office.

Plot

In 1994 middle-class Bombay, three ordinary youngsters, Karan (Shahid Kapoor), Zing (Meiyang Chаng) and Chandu (Vir Das), graduate from college and goes for a bangkok trip, where they meet Bulbul (Anushka Sharma)start a business together. Karan eventually fall in love with her. Karan told her that he always wanted to start his own business but his father Anupam Kher wants him to study MBA. On the other hand, Bulbul confessed that she wants to be a super model, and advised Karan that he do not need big amount of money to start a business, but a big "idea".Back to India, Karan's father got a heart attack. Karan's mother had to pawn her jewellry in order to arrange some amount of money for better facilities and AC room at hospital as the company had insurance them for only Non-AC room. This left Karan heart-broken, and he immediately decided to get rich by any means at any cost, and decided to start his own venture along with his friends. He came up with an idea for smuggling branded reebok shoes in India without any custom charges. For this, they had to separate the consignment int two halves, one with only left shoe at Calcutta and other with only right shoe at Madras. At both places, the buyer will refuse to receive the consignment,hence the entire consignment will be confiscated. The confiscated consignment will then be auctioned in which the Chandu (in Calcutta) and Karan (in Madras) will buy the entire consignment,pretending they are scrap dealers.Once the right shoe pairs up with left shoe, the zero valued product comes into full value which can be sold at any profit without any custom charges.They name their venture "Friends and Company" and proceed to make a large fortune by. When Karan is caught by his father putting away the black money, he explains the situation, including the fact that he is doing business with a smuggler. As a result, he is forced to leave the house and starts living with Bulbul and uses her to get contracts. After the government in India decides to reduce the import duty on foreign goods (including shoes), the friends decide to go to America. They took help from Karan's Uncle Jazz (Pavan Malhotra.) They did the same business in USA as they did in India, only this time they imported Leather Gloves.Not in much time, the 4 people become excessively rich and started to live like riches .The police started to suspect Karan and his team, due to which they had to change their business.Instead, one of the remaining 4 rented a house for one lac dollars and took a loan from the bank. Then the house will be sold to another friend and again that friend will take loan from the same bank, hence repeating the cycle.Since the property of the person who cannot return the loan is used to be seized by the bank, on of them will declare himself bankrupt and the bank will seize the house, whose actual worth is still one lac dollar, but the company had already gained two lac dollar' profit .However, Karan becomes too greedy and the group begins to fall apart. Karan and Zing get into an argument about Zing's excessive drinking; Zing leaves and opens his own bar. Bulbul leaves when she finds out that Karan has married another step woman for a green card; Chandu gets married and quits the company to start a video store.

Alone and heartbroken, Karan visits India and secretly attends a function where his father is being honored for his years of service to his company. Upon seeing this, he realizes his grave mistake. On his return to America, he is arrested and put in jail for 6 months. He is bailed out after Bulbul comes and gives up Zing's, Chandu's and her share from what they earned in the company. Karan starts working with his uncle. One day, he meets Bulbul, who is revealed to be pregnant with his child and the lovers reconcile.At Uncle Jazz's office, Karan finds out that his uncle's entire consignment of imported shirts from Madras has been rejected as the color bleeds after washing. The news reached to stock market due to which Jazz company's share fall down to 30% . Karan sees and opportunity and thought of another brilliant idea and Karan patches up with Zing, Chandu, and his family to start another new venture.This time, he made jazz's buyers believe that his company offers a new kind of shirt in market, which changes it's color every time it is washed, hence a common man gets a new shirt every time he wash it. The buyers ordered a trial order of 2000 pieces and the public went crazy over this new shirt, due to which Karan gets another order, this time for much bigger amount of shirts. The shares of Jazz's company sky rocketed as the public really appreciated and buys the shirts at an overwhelming high rate, hence recovering Jazz Mamu's loss. Karan,Zing,Chandu and Bulbul are now partners with Jazz mamu in "Friends and Company" ,but is turned into a public limited company. With his wife, son, friends, and having made his father proud, Karan is finally content with his life.

Cast

• Shahid Kapoor as Karan
• Anushka Sharma as Bulbul Singh Yadav
• Vir Das as Chandu
• Meiyang Chаng as Tenzing aka Zing
• Pavan Malhotra as Jazz Mamu (Karan's uncle)
• Anupam Kher as Sajjan Kapoor (Karan's Father)
• Kiran Juneja as Maya Kapoor (Karan's Mother)
• Jameel Khan as Archie Bhai
• Shalini Chandran as Anu Kapoor (Karan's Sister)
• Alexandra Vino as Linda
• Shahid Katttarr as Karan
• John Marenjo as Charlie
• Obaid Kadwani as the Lawyer

Production

Parmeet Sethi wrote the script for the film with dialogues in only six days. The four main characters are all based on real-life people. Parmeet reveals that he got tired of television and was keen on pursuing film direction.^[2] Filming locations for the film included New York, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Bangkok, Mumbai, and Hyderabad.

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it a rating of 3 out of 5, saying; "On the whole, the movie is a watchable experience for various reasons, the prime reason being it offers solid entertainment, but doesn't insult your intelligence."^[3] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 and claimed it to be outrageously silly.^[4] Gaurav Malani of Indiatimes gave the film 3.5 out of 5 saying "Badmaash Company is a good entertainer. Worth a watch!" and praising Shahid Kapoor.^[5] Komal Nahta gave the film 2.5 out of 5 praising the performance of Shahid Kapoor and calling Badmaash Company an entertainer.^[6] Sukanya Verma of rediff gave the film 2 out of 5 stars saying Sethi's directorial debut starts out with cocksure confidence and zing.^[7]

Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and said, "Indeed, Badmaash Company does have a bunch of riveting scenes, although the story does follow a very predictable line of crime and punishment/repentance."^[8] Daily News and Analysis (DNA) gave the film 2.5 out of 5 saying, "This company is worth keeping."^[9] Anupama Chopra of NDTV called it a "staggeringly tedious film" while Raja Sen of Rediff said, "There's not a single scene in the film that actually works". Mayank Shekhar of the Hindustan Times criticized the film as half-written; he only liked the film until the interval and gave it 2 out of 5.^[10] The film received an aggragate rating of 4/10 at ReviewGang.^[11]

Box office

The film had a decent opening on its first weekend despite competition from Housefull. The film made a drop in overseas collections, but it have much effect on its domestic collections. By the end of its first week, the film grossed Rs. 7.5 million. The film collected Rs. 129.30 million^[1] at the end of its theatrical run and became a commercial failure at the box office.^[12]

Awards and nominations

2011 Zee Cine Awards

Nominated^[13]

• Best Male Debut – Meiyang Chang and Vir Das
• Best Debutante Director – Parmeet Sethi

Winner:

• Stardust Award for Best Male Debut – Meiyang Chang

Soundtrack

The songs featured in the film are composed by Pritam with the lyrics penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, while the film score was composed by Julius Packiam.^[14]

References

External links

• Official website
• Badmaash Company at the Internet Movie Database
• Badmaash Company at Bollywood Hungama