Action Jackson (2014 film)

Action Jackson
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Prabhu Deva
Produced by	Gordhan Tanwani Sunil Lulla
Screenplay by	Prabhu Deva A. C. Mugil Shiraz Ahmed
Story by	A. C. Mugil
Starring	Akshit Purohit Sonakshi Sinha Komal Aahir Kunaal Roy Kapur Manasvi Mamgai Anandaraj
Music by	Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Background score: Sandeep Chowta
Cinematography	Vijay Kumar Arora
Edited by	Bunty Nagi
Production company	Baba Films
Distributed by	Eros International
Release dates	5 December 2014 (2014-12-05)
Running time	144 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹930 million[1]
Box office	₹888.7 million[1]

Action Jackson is a 2014 Indian action comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Gordhan Tanwani and Sunil Lulla. It features Ajay Devgn in dual roles, alongside Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam and Manasvi Mamgai as the female leads. Kunaal Roy Kapur appears in a supporting role with Anandaraj portraying the main antagonist. Prabhu Deva and Ajay Devgn have paired for the first time with this film. Action Jackson released on 5 December 2014.

Plot

Vishi (Ajay Devgn) is a small-time crook who would do anything for money. He falls in love with Khushi (Sonakshi Sinha), a simple HR executive, who then begins a relationship with him. One day, Vishi, who frequently gets involved in fights, publicly beats up a street gangster, who later seeks a revenge attack with his gang. The gangster and his gang brutally beat up Vishi, and easily escape the scene. It is then revealed that the person they had beaten is actually Vishi's lookalike, Jai. The goons escape when they hear the siren, and Vishi is found alive on bike, then the same goons gets beaten brutally by Vishi. Khushi tries to explain to Vishi that she loves him, he understands and they both start falling in love. On another occasion, a police inspector arrests Jai and hands him over to a group of gangsters led by Pedro (Ketan Karande). Jai single-handedly kills them all and is revealed to be a professional assassin and previous right-hand man of underworld criminal Xavier Fonseca (Anandaraj), nicknamed AJ. After AJ single-handedly rescued Xavier's sister Marina (Manasvi Mamgai) from a bunch of kidnappers, Marina falls for Jai but he rejects her as he is been married to Anusha (Yami Gautam).

Angered, Xavier tries to kill Anusha twice to get AJ married to Marina, which leaves her brutally injured. Jai then escaped to India and is in the process of getting her treated. When Vishi spots Jai, he reveals his identity and story to Vishi. Jai then requests Vishi to go to Bangkok disguised as AJ to fool Xavier and his sister; meanwhile AJ makes time to get his wife operated on, as she is expecting a baby. Vishi agrees to help and goes to Bangkok along with his friend Musa (Kunaal Roy Kapur). Meanwhile, Insp. Shirke finds AJ's lookalike and tries to inform Xavier but ended up murdered. The style of murder triggers suspicion to Xavier. Marina tortures Musa to know the truth. He reveals that Vishi is the one who masqueraded as AJ. Xavier hatches a plan to bring AJ to Bangkok by kidnapping his wife, baby and lookalike and threatens to kill all three of them. It is revealed up that Vishi is actually in Mumbai and AJ and himself switched their places in the airport at time after the job is done. AJ reaches the spot and kills all Xavier's henchmen, Xavier, Marina and unfortunately the baby dies in the blast while AJ and Anusha escape. Later it was revealed to be safe who was rescued by one of a man (Razzak Khan) of Xavier. The film ends with AJ and Vishi meeting at airport and Anusha requests Vishi to marry Khushi soon. It even shows that Musa's hand is broken and they are seen together as AJ with Anusha and Vishi with Khushi and Musa. While credit rolls it shows Prabhudeva and Ajay Devgan dancing together in the theme song of AJ.

Cast

Director Prabhu Deva and actors Sonakshi Sinha and Ajay Devgan

• Ajay Devgan as Vishal / Jai (AJ) (dual role)
• Sonakshi Sinha as Khushi
• Yami Gautam as Anusha
• Kunaal Roy Kapur as Musa
• Manasvi Mamgai as Marina
• Anandaraj as Xavier
• Shahid Kapoor special appearance in the song "Punjabi Mast"
• Prabhu Deva special appearance in the song "AJ"
• Ketan Karande as Pedro
• Razzak Khan
• Arti Puri as Khushi's Friend
• Prabhas special appearance in the song "Punjabi Mast"
• Natasa Stankovic as Natasha
• Ankita Bhargava as Khushi's Friend
• Puru Raajkumar as Inspector Shirke
• Sulabha Arya as Vishi's neighbour
• Shawar Ali as Nawab (cameo)
• Rocky Verma as Riya's father in New Zealand

Critical reception

Prarthna Sarkar from International Business Times gave Action Jackson 1 star out of 5, stating it is a "bad dream" for viewers.^[2] Gayatri Sarkar from Zee News gave 1 star out of 5, stating that the film failed to entertain the audience.^[3] Deepanjana Paul from Firstpost criticised the film for its poor direction, editing and story.^[4] Film critic Rajeev Masand rated the film 1 out of 5, feeling that the film has excessive violence.^[5] Under a headline calling the film a feminist milestone, Raja Sen for Rediff rated it 3/5 saying that while the film is filled with "relentless absurdity", the women propel the narrative in a refreshing way.^[6] Rachit Gupta from Filmfare gave a similar rating of 3/5, stating that the genre mixing of unscripted comedy and stylized action is " too inconsistent to garner any appreciation".^[7] Mumbai Mirror similarly rated it 3/5 and responded positively.^[8]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Himesh Reshammiya, while the lyrics were written by Shabbir Ahmed and Sameer.

Track listing

References

External links

• Action Jackson at the Internet Movie Database