Mastizaade Explained

Mastizaade
Director:Milap Milan Zaveri
Cinematography:Sanjay F. Gupta
Editing:Nitin Rokade
Studio:PNC Productions
Runtime:107 minutes[1]
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Budget: 300 million[2]
Gross: 364.4 million[3]

Mastizaade is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language adult comedy film, directed by Milap Milan Zaveri[4] [5] and produced by Pritish Nandy and Rangita Nandy.[6] The film stars Sunny Leone in a dual role[7] alongside Tushar Kapoor and Vir Das in lead roles with Shaad Randhawa, Suresh Menon, Vandita Shrivastava and Vivek Vaswani in supporting roles while Ritesh Deshmukh appeared in a cameo.[8] The film was released worldwide on 29 January 2016.[9] [10]

Plot

Sunny Kele and Aditya Chothia are best friends who want to learn how to be successful in their sexual lives. They meet a friend who recalls how he helped an old lady who asked him to stay over as it was raining. The next day, he woke up to find an attractive girl named Bunty, and he apparently had sex with her. He encourages his friends to do the same.

Two years later, Sunny and Aditya participate in a sex-addict rehab where they present their presentation and later have sex with two girls after arousing them. Their colleague is impressed, and they reveal that they have chicks-ray, which allows them to see through women's clothes and show it by telling the color of the lingerie the three girls were wearing. Laila Lele and Lily Lele are very attractive twins. Laila after a shower, walks around naked in her house and then dresses up as her neighbour appears at the door, aroused by her. They are fired from their company when they present an ad for a soft drink, Gol Goti Soda, where they showcase a boy wishing to enlarge a girl's breasts. The two then meet Laila Lele and Lily Lele.

Soon, Sunny falls in love with Laila and Aditya falls in love with Lily. They participate in a sex addiction prevention event held by the twins, where Laila strips to test the men's erection. Everyone fails except Aditya who erects after getting touched by Lily. To his disappointment, he finds that Lily has a boyfriend named Deshpremi. They both win a chance to go on a trip with Laila and Lily where they meet their strict father, sex-addict mother, and a gay brother, Das who is after Sunny. In a series of comedic events, which leads to a climactic chase where Sunny, Aditya, Laila and Lily try to evade their family. They accidentally find themselves stuck in a rat glue factory, and the conveyor belt leads them towards a cutter. While fighting each other, Lily falls on the machine and gets stuck, and Aditya frees her while stripping her to her underwear in the process. Sunny explains that in order to protect themselves, they need to strip down their clothes to create a rope that can reach the lever and shut it down. They all strip to underwear and succeed. The father forgives Aditya and Sunny and they happily marry their loved ones. After their marriage, Laila puts a coin on Sunny again, performs a seductive dance, and rips her saree to reveal her pink bra, which causes Sunny an erection and sends the coin flying above to the upper floor.

Production

Principal photography commenced on 7 September 2014 and was completed by December 2014.[11] It was shot at various locations in Thailand and India. The film was initially slated to release on 1 May 2015, but it was held back for almost six months by the Censor Board owing to its sexual content.[12] On 13 August 2015, the Central Board of Film Certification finally granted the censor certificate to the film.[13] [14] [15] It was subsequently released on 29 January 2016.[9]

Soundtrack

Mastizaade
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Meet Bros Anjjan, Amaal Mallik and Anand Raj Anand
Genre:Feature film soundtrack
Length:20:21
Language:Hindi
Label:T-Series

The music for Mastizaade is composed by Meet Bros Anjjan, Amaal Mallik, and Anand Raj Anand. Sanjoy Chowdhury composed the background score for the film. The lyrics were written by Kumaar, Anand Raj Anand and Manoj Muntashir. The popular song "Baby Doll", which was pictured Sunny Leone from the movie Ragini MMS 2 has been recreated and used in the film.[16]
The first song "Rom Rom Romantic" was released on 28 December 2015 on official T-Series YouTube channel.[17] The second song "Hor Nach" was released on 6 January 2016.[18] The third song "Dekhega Raja Trailer" was released on 13 January 2016.[19] The title song of movie was released on 19 January 2016.[20] The song "Kamina Hai Dil" was released on 26 January 2016.[21] The full music album was released on 29 December 2015 by T-Series.[22]

Reception

Critical response

Times of India rated this film 1/5 stars and said "Mastizaade is a result of fractured script".[23] Indian Express stated that "there are barely two and a half laughs in Sunny Leone's film".[24] The Hindu stated "Would you call this a film?".[25] Sarita A. Tanwar of DNAIndia rated the film 2 stars and stated "A feast for Sunny Leone's fans, Mastizaade is shocking and scandalous".[26]

Box office

The film's total lifetime collection is 38.44 crore.[27]

Controversies

On 3 February 2016, protests flared in the Punjab city of Ludhiana, disrupting the screening and calling for the ban of this film. The protests were staged by the Hindu Nyay Peeth.[28] Also, on 10 February 2016, an FIR against Sunny Leone and Vir Das was registered in the Adarsh Nagar Police Station in Delhi. The complaint was about the film hurting religious sentiments in the way that supposedly depicted promoting the use of a condom inside a temple.[29] That same day, a complaint was filed with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) seeking a ban on the movie. It was based on the movie allegedly 'diminishing the dignity of wives and mothers of the Army men on duty.'[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MASTIZAADE (15) . . 27 January 2016 . 27 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Mastizaade - Movie - Box Office India.
  3. News: Mastizaade (2016) - Box Office Earnings. https://web.archive.org/web/20140508051251/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/739130. dead. 8 May 2014. Bollywood Hungama. 11 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Sunny Leone in Milap Zaveri's next Mastizaade. Priya Adivarekar. The Indian Express. 8 May 2014.
  5. Web site: 'Mastizaade' an adult comedy: Sunny Leone. The Indian Express. 5 January 2016. 26 December 2015. IANS.
  6. News: Sunny Leone's 'Mastizaade' teaser crosses 2 lakh views in 2 days. The Indian Express. Divya Goyal. 4 May 2014. 4 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Everything I shot for Mastizaade was no big deal: Sunny Leone. IANS. 23 December 2015. 26 December 2015.
  8. Web site: Sunny Leone's 'Mastizaade' starts shooting in August. 8 May 2014. Zee Media Bureau. Zee News.
  9. Web site: Sunny Leone's adult comedy Mastizaade will now hit the screens on.... India Today. 1 December 2015.
  10. Web site: 1st Day Mastizaade 2nd Saala Khadoos Box Office Collection Irudhi Suttru Worldwide. Dekh News. 2016-01-30. en-US. Chitra Home. Chowdhury. 29 January 2016.
  11. Web site: Sunny Leone's 'Mastizaade' shoot begins in August. https://web.archive.org/web/20140711164249/http://www.sify.com/movies/Sunny-Leone-s-Mastizaade-shoot-begins-in-August-imagegallery-Bollywood-ohlpQadbeabji.html. dead. 11 July 2014. Sify.com. 15 August 2015. 19 October 2015.
  12. Web site: Sunny Leone's 'Mastizaade' faces Censor rejection. The Indian Express. Bollywood Hungama. 4 June 2015.
  13. News: Mastizaade: Sunny Leone, Riteish, team celebrate as Censor Board clears film for release. India Today. 14 August 2015. 20 August 2015.
  14. Web site: Sunny Leone starrer 'Mastizaade' gets censor certificate. ABP Live. 14 August 2015. 28 September 2015.
  15. Web site: 'Mastizaade' gets censor certificate, announces Riteish Deshmukh. The Indian Express. 14 August 2015.
  16. Web site: Sunny Leone's hit song 'Baby Doll' to be used in 'Mastizaade'. Mid-Day. 26 November 2015. 1 December 2015.
  17. News: Watch: Double trouble of Sunny Leone in 'Rom Rom Romantic' song from 'Mastizaade'!. Zee News. 28 December 2015.
  18. Web site: Watch: Sunny Leone sizzles in 'Hor Nach' song from 'Mastizaade'. Mid-Day. 6 January 2016. 6 January 2016.
  19. Web site: Sunny Leone sizzles in 'sexiest' 'Dekhega Raja Trailer' 'Mastizaade' song – Watch video. Zee News. 13 January 2016. 13 January 2016.
  20. Web site: Mastizaade Title VIDEO Song. T-Series YouTube Channel. 19 January 2016. 24 January 2016.
  21. Web site: Watch: New song Kamina Hai Dil from Sunny Leone's Mastizaade. DNA India. 27 January 2016. 26 January 2016.
  22. Web site: Mastizaade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Anand Raj Anand, Meet Bros Anjjan & Amaal Mallik on iTunes. iTunes Store. 29 December 2015.
  23. News: Movie Mastizaade 2016, Story, Trailers | Times of India. The Times of India.
  24. Web site: Mastizaade review: There are barely two-and-a-half laughs in Sunny Leone's film. February 2016.
  25. News: Mastizaade: Would you call this a film?. The Hindu. 29 January 2016. Joshi. Namrata.
  26. Web site: Mastizaade review: A feast for Sunny Leone fans, this one is shocking and scandalous!. 29 January 2016.
  27. Web site: Mastizaade (2016) Box Office Earnings - Bollywood Hungama. https://web.archive.org/web/20140508051251/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/boxoffice/id/739130. dead. 8 May 2014. Bollywood Hungama. 2016-02-12. Bollywood. Hungama.
  28. Web site: Ludhiana protesters attempt to stop 'Mastizaade' screening and call for a ban. NewsX. 2016-02-03.
  29. News: Complaint filed against Sunny Leone, Vir Das for hurting religious sentiments. The Times of India. 2016-02-10.
  30. Web site: Complaint against movie for 'demeaning' men in uniform. The Tribune. 2016-02-10.