Players (2012 film)
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Players is a 2012 Indian heist action thriller film[4] directed by the duo Abbas–Mustan and jointly produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Burmawala Partners. The film features an ensemble cast of Vinod Khanna, Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sikandar Kher, and Omi Vaidya while Aftab Shivdasani appears in a cameo.[5] The theatrical trailer premiered on 3 November 2011, and the film was released on 6 January 2012.[6] It is an official remake of The Italian Job,[7][8] and is the second remake of the 1969 British film after the 2003 American remake of the same name.[9] Players employs the same plot as the 2003 version, while making the characters and incidents completely different.[10][11]
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Directed by | Abbas–Mustan |
Written by | Screenplay: Rohit Jugraj Sudip Sharma Dialogues: Sudip Sharma |
Story by | Original Story: Troy Kennedy Martin Adapted Story: Nikhat Bhatty Bhaskar Hazarika |
Based on | The Italian Job by Peter Collinson |
Produced by | Abbas–Mustan |
Starring | Vinod Khanna Abhishek Bachchan Bobby Deol Sonam Kapoor Bipasha Basu Neil Nitin Mukesh Sikandar Kher Omi Vaidya |
Cinematography | Ravi Yadav |
Edited by | Hussain A. Burmawala |
Music by | Songs: Pritam Score: Sandeep Shirodkar |
Production companies | Viacom18 Motion Pictures Burmawala Bros. |
Distributed by | Wave Cinemas[1] |
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Running time | 163 minutes |
Country | India |
Languages | Hindi English |
Budget | ₹700 million (US$8.8 million)[2] |
Box office | ₹750 million (US$9.4 million)[3] |
The story follows a team of players, consisting of a don, a con-man, a lady thief, a seductress, a magician, an explosives expert, an expert hacker and a prosthetic makeup artist, who plan to steal gold worth ₹100 billion (US$1.3 billion) from a moving train. During the robbery they are double crossed by members of their own team.[12]
Players was named one of the most anticipated Bollywood films of 2012,[13] as it received hype ever since it was announced to be a remake of The Italian Job, was made on a huge budget,[2] had a multistar cast, was filmed in foreign locations as New Zealand, Russia and even the North Pole—which was a first for a Bollywood film—[14][15] and was heavily promoted.[16] Upon release the film received mixed reviews from critics.[17] It opened to a poor response at the box office, despite having a wide release.[18] The shocking failure of the film led to many trade industry analysts reinstating the belief of a jinx in Bollywood that the first-released film of the year always fails at the box office, which happened to the films Halla Bol and My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (2008), Chandni Chowk to China (2009), Dulha Mil Gaya and Pyaar Impossible! (2010).