| Commando 3 | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Aditya Datt |
| Written by | Darius Yarmil Junaid Wasi |
| Produced by | Vipul Shah Anil Ambani Motion Picture Capital |
| Starring | Vidyut Jammwal Adah Sharma Angira Dhar Gulshan Devaiah |
| Cinematography | Mark Hamilton |
| Edited by | Sandeep Kurup |
| Music by | Songs: Mannan Shaah Vikram Montrose Score: Saurabh Bhalerao |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Reliance Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹30 crore |
| Box office | ₹40.15 crore[2] |
Commando 3 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[3] directed by Aditya Datt and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and Reliance Entertainment. The film is the third installment of the Commando franchise and stars Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar and Gulshan Devaiah.[4][5][6]
Filming commenced in September 2018 in Bradford and York City in England.
Commando 3 was earlier planned to release in September 2019, but was finally released on 29 November 2019. [7][8][9] The film is the highest grossing film in the Commando film series, but became an average venture due to its budget.[10]
Plot
The Mumbai Police force arrest three young terrorist suspects and interrogates them, but doesn't receive any information. Karanveer "Karan" Singh Dogra is called to help the cops, but one of the suspects kills himself. Upon further investigation, Karan learns the suspects received money and VHS tapes containing a terrorist's message. Also, one of the suspects talks repeatedly about 9/11, which is decoded as an attack on India on the day of Deepavali. Karan also learns that the recordings were actually shot by a camera in London, and decides to go undercover along with Bhavana Reddy, who assisted him on his previous mission. Posing as a married couple, they arrive in London where Mallika Sood, an MI6 officer, takes them to their work station where another agent named Armaan Akhtar assists them.
On the other hand, the British terrorist Buraq Ansari forces his son Abeer to watch him kill a man. Abeer's mother and Buraq's ex-wife Zahira wants to contact the cops, but is threatened by Buraq. After learning that two Indian agents have arrived in London to capture him, Buraq enlists his agents's help to track them while Karan and his team go through the same process to follow Buraq's agents. While pursuing a suspect, Karan meets Zahira and Abeer and soon gets involved in a bike chase with the suspect, resulting in the latter's accidental death. Karan retrieves his phone and answers Buraq's call, further telling him he would soon visit the dead suspect's house. Karan and the team arrive at the home, but outside is stopped by Buraq's goons. A fight breaks out, resulting in Karan getting thrown out of the house by an explosion. The video goes viral, and so does Bhavana's tweet supporting Karan.
It is revealed to be a part of Karan's plan when he releases a video challenging Buraq without disclosing his identity. When Buraq's DNA matches a murder suspect, Karan and his team rush to Buraq's restaurant but learns that he already left. Realizing that he would have gone to pick up Abeer from school, Karan arrives and challenges him before the latter disappears. Back in Mumbai, the two suspects are reformed by an Imam. Buraq is unwilling to leave Abeer and soon finds himself exposed when Karan holds a press conference with Abeer and Zahira. When Abeer and Zahira are being escorted safely to the airport, Buraq's henchmen attack the vehicles, where Bhavana is knocked out in the crash while Karan and Mallika fights off the henchmen. However, Zahira and Abeer are kidnapped, and Mallika is informed about Buraq's surrender.
Karan tries to interrogate him but ends up using brute force, due to which he and Bhavana are ordered to leave London within 24 hours or face deportation Buraq is freed due to making a deal with the MI6 and provides the evidence of the previous attack in exchange for his freedom. On his way to a safe house, Buraq asks the officers to stop at a mosque, where he switches places with one of his henchmen and kills Zahira. Realizing the attack would be not on Deepavali but on Dussehra, Karan decides to continue alone, but is joined by his team. Through Abeer's tablet, the safe house is located and attacked by Bhavana and Mallika while Karan leaves to capture Buraq. Following the fight that leaves all the henchmen dead, Karan injects Buraq and takes him away.
Bhavana and Mallika rescue Abeer, while Karan is safely picked up by his agency's helicopter and escorted to India's cargo ship. With minimal time remaining for the attacks, Karan and the cops try to find the targeted cities. Decoding spoken repeatedly by Buraq, Karan finds the targeted towns and releases a video requesting India's Muslims to understand the value of religious unity. The Muslims gear up to face the terrorists where they are joined by the cops and the terrorists are arrested. Karan kills Buraq and hands over Abeer to the dead suspect's father.
Cast
- Vidyut Jammwal as Commando Karanveer 'Karan' Singh Dogra
- Adah Sharma as Senior Inspector Bhavana Reddy, Anti-Terrorism Squad
- Angira Dhar as British Intelligence Agent Mallika Sood
- Gulshan Devaiah as Buraq Ansari, Zahira's ex-husband and Abeer's father
- Sumeet Thakur as British Intelligence Agent Armaan Akhtar
- Rajesh Tailang as Roy, Karan's boss
- Virendra Saxena as Ahmed
- Saahil Krishnani as Saahil
- Vibhawari Deshpande as Rajani
- Feryna Wazheir as Zahira, Buraq's ex-wife and Abeer's mother
- Abrar Zahoor as Tabish, Buraq's henchman
- Suresh Vishwakarma as Inspector Tukaram Tambe
- Abhilash Chaudhary as Taimur Khan
- Manuj Sharma as Subhan
- Raghav Dheer as Umar/Rakesh
- Prashant Jha as Usman/Amit
- Mark Bennington as Alvin, Mallika's boss
- Atharva Vishwakarma as Abeer, Buraq and Zahira's son
- R.Bhakti Klein as British Intelligence Agent
- Gracy Goswami as School student[11]
Production
Development
The success of first two Commando series made the producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah to go for third franchise. On 6 September 2018 it was announced to start Commando 3 with Vidyut Jammwal.[12]
Filming
Later in September filming began in London, England.[13] The filming wrapped up in mid June 2019.[14]
Soundtrack
| Commando 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Mannan Shaah and Vikram Montrose | |||||
| Released | 5 November 2019[15] | ||||
| Recorded | 2018–19 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 15:28 | ||||
| Language | Hindi | ||||
| Label | Zee Music Company | ||||
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This music of the film is composed by Mannan Shaah and Vikram Montrose with lyrics written by Sahil Sultanpuri, Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay, Azeem Shirazi, Farhad Bhiwandiwala and Vikram Montrose.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tera Baap Aaya" | Farhad Bhiwandiwala, Vikram Montrose | Vikram Montrose | Farhad Bhiwandiwala | 2:44 |
| 2. | "Akhiyaan Milavanga" | Sahil Sultanpuri | Mannan Shaah | Arijit Singh, Sruthy Sasidharan | 5:02 |
| 3. | "Iraade Kar Buland" | Vikram Montrose, Azeem Shirazi | Vikram Montrose | Sukhwinder Singh, Vikram Montrose | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Main Woh Raat Hoon" | Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay | Mannan Shaah | Ankit Tiwari | 3:54 |
| Total length: | 15:28 | ||||
Release
Theatrical
The film was released on 29 November 2019.[9]
Home media
It was made available as VOD on streaming platform ZEE5 starting on 20 February 2020.
Reception
Commando 3 received mixed reviews from critics.
Critical response
Shilajit Mitra of Cinema Express gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Vidyut Jammwal's film is rescued by some nifty action design and a brilliant Gulshan Devaiah."[16] Bollywood Hungama gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Commando 3 is a decent action entertainer that works because of the action sequences, social message and some paisa-vasool scenes."[17]
Harshada Rege of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Patriotic fervour captures almost every key scene in the film, but what manages to hold your interest is the tension and tact Vidyut Jammwal adds to every scene with his power-packed action moves."[18] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Though Vidyut Jammwal does the heroic things, like thumping thugs and rescuing fair maidens, it is Gulshan Devaiah who steals the show in this patchily plotted, predictable actioner."[19]
Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times wrote "Vidyut Jammwal’s latest action film is a winner when it comes to slick and sleek action but loses bad due to its shoddy script."[20] Rahul Desai of Film Companion termed the plot as "predictably silly" and wrote "Commando 3 is an astonishingly tone-deaf film and a communal action film nobody asked for."[21]
Box office
Commando 3's opening day domestic collection was ₹4.74 crore. On the second day, the film collected ₹5.64 crore. On the third day, the film collected ₹7.95 crore, taking the total opening weekend collection to ₹18.33 crore.[22]
The film has a gross collection of ₹38.65 crore in India and ₹1.50 crore overseas, making a worldwide gross collection of ₹40.15 crores.[22]
Awards and nominations
The Andy Long stunt team, Amin, and Varma were nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Action.[23]
References
- ↑ "Commando 3 (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ↑ "Commando 3 Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ "Much more action in Commando 3". Asian Age. 26 February 2019.
- ↑ "Vidyut Jammwal promises thrice the action, drama and thrill in Commando 3, watch teaser here". India TV News. 4 March 2019.
- ↑ "Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar in Commando 3; Check Out The First Teaser Here!". Filmibeat. 4 March 2019.
- ↑ "Vidyut Jammwal's 'Commando 3' to release on 20 September". Times of India.
- ↑ "Commando 3, featuring Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, Gulshan Devaiah, to release on 20 September". First Post. 4 March 2019.
- ↑ "Vidyut Jammwal starrer Commando 3 release shifted to September 6, 2019". Bollywood Hungama. 3 June 2019.
- 1 2 "Commando 3 first look poster reveals Vidyut Jammwal's action entertainer to now release on 29 November". Firstpost. 1 October 2019.
- ↑ "Commando 3 box office collection Day 6: Vidyut Jammwal's movie earns Rs 27 crore; top grosser among other franchise films". Business Today. 5 December 2019.
- ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (29 November 2019). "Commando 3 Cast List | Commando 3 Movie Star Cast | Release Date | Movie Trailer | Review- Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ↑ "Commando 3': Vidyut Jammwal preps up for the upcoming sequel". Times of India. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "Commando 3 BTS! Vidyut Jammwal films romantic sequence with Adah Sharma". Free Press Journal. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ↑ "Vidyut Jammwal wraps the shooting of Commando 3". Bollywood Hungama. 19 June 2019.
- ↑ "Commando 3 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jio Saavn. 5 November 2019.
- ↑ "Commando 3 Movie Review: A smart turnaround for a jaded franchise". Cinema Express.
- ↑ "Commando 3 Movie Review:". Bollywood Hungama.
- ↑ "Commando 3 Movie Review: Story Falters, But The Action Kicks In To Save The Day!". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Commando 3 movie review: A predictable actioner". The Indian Express.
- ↑ "Commando 3 movie review: Vidyut Jammwal-starrer is full on action, but low on script". Hindustan Times.
- ↑ "Commando 3 Movie Review: The Communal Action Movie Nobody Asked For". Film Companion.
- 1 2 "Commando 3 Box Office Collection | India | Day Wise | Box Office - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 29 November 2019.
- ↑ "Technical Nominations for the 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020". filmfare.com.
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