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Directed by | Parmeet Sethi |
Produced by | Aditya Chopra |
Screenplay by | Parmeet Sethi |
Story by | Parmeet Sethi |
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Shahid Kapoor Anushka Sharma Meiyang Chаng Vir Das |
Music by |
Songs: Pritam Background Score: Julius Packiam |
Cinematography | Sanjay Kapoor |
Edited by | Ritesh Soni |
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Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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Running time
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130 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹350 million (US$5.2 million) |
Box office | ₹130 million (US$1.9 million) |
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Soundtrack album by Pritam | ||||
Released | 9 April 2010 | |||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Length | 30:43 | |||
Label | YRF Music | |||
Pritam chronology | ||||
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Badmaash Company was 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 a commercial success at the box office.
In 1994 middle-class Bombay, three ordinary youngsters, Karan (Shahid Kapoor), Zing (Meiyang Chаng) and Chandu (Vir Das), graduate from college and go for a trip to Bangkok, Thailand, where they meet Bulbul (Anushka Sharma), and they 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 does not need a large amount of money to start a business, but a big "idea".Back to India, Karan's father has a heart attack. Karan's mother has to pawn her jewellry in order to arrange some amount of money for better facilities and an 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, he 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 into two halves, one with only left shoes at Calcutta and other with only right shoes 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 with. 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 get 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 group become excessively rich and started to live like royalty.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 hundred thousand 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, one of them will declare the self as bankrupt and the bank will seize the house, whose actual worth is still one hundred thousand dollars, but the company had already gained two hundred thousand dollars 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 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 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 its 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 appreciates and buys the shirts at an overwhelming high rate, hence recovering his Uncle Jazz' loss. Karan,Zing,Chandu and Bulbul are now partners with Jazz 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.