Shehzada - 2023

Introduction

Shehzada is a 2023 Indian action movie in the Hindi language that was co-produced by T-Series Films, Haarika & Hassine Creations, Geetha Arts, and Brat Films. It was directed by Rohit Dhawan. It stars Kartik Aaryan, who also co-produced the movie, Kriti Sanon, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Rajpal Yadav, Ronit Roy, and Sachin Khedekar as an adaptation of the 2020 Telugu film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.

October 2021 marked the start of principal photography, which lasted until January 2023. The movie spends a lot of time shooting in Mumbai, Delhi, and Mauritius. Pritam composed the soundtrack album and the cinematic score. Due to the success of Pathaan, Shehzada was released in theatres one week earlier on February 17, 2023, than it was initially slated to on February 10. Before it was released, the movie made back 76% of its initial budget of 85 crore.

Table of Contents

• Details

• Story

• Release

• Reviews

• Casting

• Crew

• Character Analysis

• Songs

• Behind the Scenes

• Controversy

• Box Office Collection

• Awards

• Interesting Facts

Details

Story

Bantu has been despised and neglected by his father, Valmiki since he was a toddler. Bantu's world turned upside down after growing up under neglect and criticism from his father when he discovered that he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son. Samara's boss is the first to show him love and affection until he finds that the wealthy Jindals, not Valmiki, are his biological parents. Bantu then decides not to reveal his true identity to win the Jindal family's love and protect them from the threats they face. The film is full of action and family drama, and the plot revolves around Bantu, a son seeking validation from his cold-hearted and rude father, and Raj, whose father is a millionaire.

Release

The movie Shehzada will be released on 17 February 2023 in theatres. The movie is produced by T Series film banner, Kartik Aaryan, Aman Gill, and many others. For the very first time, Kartik Aaryan will be producing the movie. 

Reviews

Shehzada is getting love from all over the nation. Both audience and critics are giving positive feedback. One of the fans wrote, “A Must Watch movie! Full entertainment package movie! Comedy, action, romance, all the things the audience wanted were there! Although it's a remake, Kartik Aaryan has done an amazing job. From comedy to action. He is fabulous. Besides this, Kriti has also done her job very well although she is present only in songs, mostly that was good. Out of all these, Manisha, Ronit, and Pareshh are the best actors. They are undoubtedly back on the screen after so many days. Mind-blowing performance by them also. Rajpal Yadav sir is a legend. Kartik Aryan, you truly impressed us with the movie. Looking forward to more good movies.”

Casting 

• Kartik Aaryan as Bantu Jindal, Randeep's son Valmiki's foster son

• Kriti Sanon as Bantu's love interest

• Paresh Rawal as Valmiki Upadhyay, Bantu's foster father

• Manisha Koirala as Bantu's mother

• Ronit Roy as Randeep Jindal, Bantu's father

• Rajpal Yadav as Inspector Satish Yadav

• Sachin Khedekar as Bantu's grandfather

• Debattama Saha as Bantu's sister

• Ankur Rathee as Valmiki's biological son and Randeep's foster son

• Sunny Hinduja as Main Antagonist

• Vin Rana as Bantu's colleague

Crew

The movie is directed by Rohit Dhawan who is a very well-known director in the Bollywood industry. The principal photography for the movie started in October and ended in January. The videographer of the movie is Sudeep Chatterjee and Sanjay F. Gupta. The producers of the film Shehzada are Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Aman Gill, Allu Arvind, S. Radha Krishna, and Kartik Aaryan.

Character Analysis

Bantu played by Kartik Aaryan: Bantu was was loathed and mistreated by his father from his childhood only. Bantu's life is flipped upside down when he learns that he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son after growing up with his father's abuse and criticism. His manager Samara is the first to show him love and affection before he realises that the affluent Jindals, not Valmiki, are his biological parents. Bantu then makes the decision to remain anonymous in order to win the Jindal family's love and shield them from the dangers they are in.

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Behind the Scenes

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It looks like Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon had so much fun shooting for Shehzada. Here is a look at Shehzada Behind the scenes. 

Controversy

Kartik Aaryan accused of ‘ Unprofessional Behaviour’ claimed Shehzada producer Manish Shah

Producer Manish Shah accused actor Kartik Aaryan of being unprofessional, revealing that the actor threatened to walk out of Shehzada, a Hindi remake of Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo if the film's dubbed version was released in theatres. The dubbed version's theatrical release was ultimately canceled, and Manish has decided to premiere the film on his TV channel. He claimed that he gave in because of his friendship with Allu Arjun and the other producers, not because of Kartik, whom he described as a Bollywood actor he had never met.

He told India Today. that if Kartik had walked out at this point, the producers of Shehzada would have lost Rs 40 crores. "He was extremely unprofessional," he stated. Manish also claimed that he had lost Rs 20 crores because he expected the Hindi-dubbed version to outperform the recent Allu-starrer Pushpa: The Rise. "I spent Rs 2 crores on dubbing alone," he said.

Allu Aravind (who also co-produced Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo) produces Shehzada with Bhushan Kumar and Aman Gill. It is not the first time Kartik has been involved in a controversy. The actor parted ways with Dharma Productions after shooting portions of Dostana 2. In a statement, Dharma refused to provide details and stated that it would maintain a "dignified silence" on the matter.

Kartik Aaryan said in an interview that all these rumors and controversies do not bother him and has some amazing projects lined up in the future.

Box Office Collection

Shehzada collected around 7.50 crores on its first day of release.

Awards

This information is not available yet.

Interesting Facts

• Shehzada is a remake of the 2020 Telugu film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.

• Principal photography of Shehzada commenced in October 2021 and ended in January 2023. 

• The film was shot in some amazing shooting locations, such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Mauritius.

• The Shehzada’s film score and the soundtrack album are composed by Pritam.

• Shehzada is Kartik Aaryan’s first produced film.