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The film released in France in May 2014 with Business Of Cinema stating that it had a "brilliant script and amazing performance." <ref name="BoC">{{cite news|url=http://businessofcinema.com/news/anurag-kashyaps-ugly-black-diamond-go-unnoticed/149038|title=Anurag Kashyap's Ugly: A Black Diamond That Should Not Go Unnoticed|last=Business of Cinema staff|date=May 29, 2014|work=Business of Cinema|accessdate=30 June 2014}}</ref> |
The film released in France in May 2014 with Business Of Cinema stating that it had a "brilliant script and amazing performance." <ref name="BoC">{{cite news|url=http://businessofcinema.com/news/anurag-kashyaps-ugly-black-diamond-go-unnoticed/149038|title=Anurag Kashyap's Ugly: A Black Diamond That Should Not Go Unnoticed|last=Business of Cinema staff|date=May 29, 2014|work=Business of Cinema|accessdate=30 June 2014}}</ref> |
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On December 23, 2014 a special screening was held in Mumbai. [[First Post]] said, "Ironically, Ugly looks beautiful. It’s all dark, dank and disgusting, and yet impossible to look away from." <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/ugly-review-anurag-kashyap-back-best-film-since-black-friday-2013015.html|title=Ugly review: Anurag Kashyap is back, with his best film since Black Friday|date=December 24, 2014|publisher=[[First Post]] |
On December 23, 2014 a special screening was held in Mumbai. [[First Post]] said, "Ironically, Ugly looks beautiful. It’s all dark, dank and disgusting, and yet impossible to look away from." <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/ugly-review-anurag-kashyap-back-best-film-since-black-friday-2013015.html|title=Ugly review: Anurag Kashyap is back, with his best film since Black Friday|date=December 24, 2014|publisher=[[First Post]]|accessdate=December 25, 2014}}</ref> |
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| Directed by | Anurag Kashyap |
| Produced by | DAR Motion Pictures Phantom Films |
| Starring | Rahul Bhat Ronit Roy Girish Kulkarni Siddhanth Kapoor Tejaswini Kolhapure Vineet Kumar Singh Vipin Sharma Surveen Chawla |
| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar Brian McOmber (2 songs & Background Score) |
Release date |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹4.5 crore (US$540,000)[1] |
Ugly is a Hindi emotional drama thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap.[2] The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It also opened the 2014 New York Indian Film Festival. The film stars Girish Kulkarni, Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar Singh, Surveen Chawla and Vipin Sharma in pivotal roles. The film will also feature model turned TV actor Rahul Bhat in an important role. The film is produced by DAR Motion Pictures and Phantom Films. The digital poster of the film was released on May 8,2013 and the film is scheduled for release on 26th December, 2014.
Cast
- Rahul Bhat[4] as Rahul Kapoor/Varshney
- Ronit Roy as Shoumik Bose
- Tejaswini Kolhapure as Shalini Bose
- Vineet Kumar Singh as Chaitanya Mishra
- Surveen Chawla as Rakhi Malhotra
- Siddhanth Kapoor as Siddhant
- Girish Kulkarni as Inspector Jadhav
- Abir Goswami as ACP Gupta
- Madhavi Singh as ACP Upadhyay
- Anshika Shrivastava as Kali Varshney
Plot
Shalini (Tejaswini Kolhapure) is a middle-class housewife forced to stay at home by her second husband, police-chief Bose Shoumik (Ronit Roy). She considers suicide, and is about to shoot herself in the head with her husband’s gun when she is interrupted by her daughter, Kali (Anishika Shrivastava). Unaware of her mother’s activities moments earlier, Kali asks her mother to call her estranged father, Shalini’s ex-husband, Rahul (Rahul Bhatt). It’s a Saturday, and Kali’s day with her father as decided in the custody agreement from the divorce. Rahul, an aspiring actor struggling to make it big, comes to take her for a drive but ignores her in favor of phone calls made to try to further his career. Finally, Rahul leaves Kali alone in the car to go to an audition and to check in with his agent, Chaitanya (Vineet Kumar Singh). When he returns to the car, Kali is missing.
Rahul first searches for Kali through the police, Chaitanya in tow. The local police-captain, Jadhav (Girish Kulkarni), does not take Rahul seriously until he realizes that Kali is the stepdaughter of the police-chief. Bose, out of hatred for Rahul, orders Jadhav to accuse Rahul of the kidnapping and to torture both Rahul and Chaitanya to interrogate and punish them. A game of one-upmanship follows as Rahul and Bose search for Kali while simultaneously attempting to upstage the other.
Delayed release over depiction of smoking
Anurag Kashyap had initially intended for Ugly to release in mid to late 2013. The Indian Censor Board required a "Smoking is Injurious to Health" sign to be posted in the lower right corner of the frame whenever a character in the film is shown smoking. Kashyap fought this regulation stating " it's the Health Ministry that should take the responsibility of curbing use of tobacco and work towards measures to control it and films should not be a medium to advertise non-smoking."[5] For a while Kashyap stated that he was not going to release the film until the Board decided to get rid of the rule, but after several months of negotiations, Kashyap decided that he would release the movie with the "Smoking is Injurious to Health" sign while continuing to challenge the rule.[6] It is now scheduled for release on 26th December, 2014.
Soundtrack
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The film's soundtrack is composed by G.V Prakash Kumar & Brian McOmber, with the latter composing 2 songs and the background score.
All lyrics are written by Gaurav Solanki
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Suraj Hai Kahan" | G.V Prakash Kumar | |
| 2. | "Papa" | Shilpa Rao | |
| 3. | "Ni Chod De" | Barkha Swaroop Saxena | |
| 4. | "Money" | Christopher Stanley |
Reception
The film was premiered at the Cannes film festival and received what Filmfare called a "great response".[7] The film released in France in May 2014 with Business Of Cinema stating that it had a "brilliant script and amazing performance." [8]
On December 23, 2014 a special screening was held in Mumbai. First Post said, "Ironically, Ugly looks beautiful. It’s all dark, dank and disgusting, and yet impossible to look away from." [9]
See also
References
- ^ "Ugly is a commercial film: Anurag Kashyap". Business Standard. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Anurag Kashyap: 'Ugly' is a strong yet emotional thriller". IBN Live. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "List of films in Cannes Directors' Fortnight". Cannes. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Rahul Bhatt's looks the surprise element of Anurag Kashyap's Ugly". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Anurag Kashyap's Files Petition". Times of India. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Anurag Kashyap's Ugly Will Release with Smoking Ads". Times of India. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Ugly receives a standing ovation at Cannes". Film Fare. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ Business of Cinema staff (May 29, 2014). "Anurag Kashyap's Ugly: A Black Diamond That Should Not Go Unnoticed". Business of Cinema. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Ugly review: Anurag Kashyap is back, with his best film since Black Friday". First Post. December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.