Singh Is Kinng (Hindi: सिंह इज़ किंग; Punjabi: ਸਿੰਘ ਇਜ਼ ਕਿੰਗ) is a Hindi film starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles. About 75% of the movie was shot in Australia, around the Gold Coast region and Brisbane using an Australian production team (Instinct India). The film released on August 8, 2008.
Synopsis
Lakhan Singh “Lucky” (Sonu Sood) is the “king” of the Australian underworld, a position which he reaches after being jailed for a wrong offense, when some one keeps drugs in his bag, as soon as he reaches Australia. He takes the revenge after completing the jail term , by killing those involved, and eventually he reaches to the position of King, accompanied by his associates (played by Javed Jaffrey, Neha Dhupia, Sudhanshu Pandey). The high point of his journey is when he Happy Singh (Akshay Kumar) promises to bring Lakhan Singh back to his village. However his boarding pass gets mixed with someone else and then meets Sonia (Katrina Kaif) whom he starts loving but upon reaching his destination things take a precarious turn when a series of comic misadventures run him out of any money. He finds lucky’s house and lucky tells him that he cannot come back to India leaving his buisness and throws him out. He is fortunate to find warmth and affection in a elderly lady (Kirron Kher) whom Happy treats like his mother. In a strange turn of events Lucky is saved from a life threatening attack by Happy risking his own life. Inspite of this, Lucky is paralyzed and Happy becomes the new “King”. The elderly lady comes back to him saying that her daughter is comming from India but doesn’t know that she is poor. Happy gives her a conslolidates her and gives her a home to find out that her daughter is Sonia and she is engaged to Puneet (Ranvir Shorey). Puneet comes to know that Happy is the king and tells Sonia whom upon hearing this gets dissapointed because of her harted against criminals. Puneet hires Mika Singh (Javed Jaffrey) Lucky’s brother who is hungry to become the “king” (the only thing stopping him is his partial blindness and deafness) to kill Happy. Mika tells one of his men to kill the paralyzed Lucky where as he will kill Happy at Punnet’s and Sonia’s wedding after he recives his specially ordered hearing and eyesight aid. When the hitman attemts to kill Lucky, Lucky snaps out of paralysis. At the wedding Mika’s men attacked, the cowering Puneet runs away and leaves Sonia alone Mika’s men try to grab her but Happy protects her and fights them at the end the preist unknowingly declares Happy and Sonia married. Happy tries to ask for forgiveness for this mistake but Sonia accepts him as her husband. while they are leaving Mika encounters them, now with his aid. Lucky then comes and shocks them all Happy tells Mika that being the “king” is no great thing Lucky always found sadness being the king. Mika then cries and hugs his brother. The credits scene shows that Happy brings Lucky back to India.
Plot “inspiration”
According to Akshay Kumar, he saw Singh is Kinng written on the back of a truck on his way from Nagpur to Mumbai. He blew the horn and the truck driver who happened to be a Singh (Sardar) immediately gave him the way to pass by. When Akshay looked out of the window, the Sardar realized it was Akshay waved at him and was all joy. Akshay called up the producer of the movie Vipul and expressed interest to make a movie known as Singh is Kinng. When Vipul asked about the story or the cast, Akshay’s reply was that he has nothing at the moment, but he would like to make this film.
Cast
Music
The music was composed by Pritam. The song “Singh Is Kinng” was composed by U.K Bhangra band RDB.The soundtrack was launched officially at the IIFA Awards in Bangkok on June 8, 2008. Akshay Kumar and RDB performed 2 songs, Singh Is Kinng at the IIFA Awards.
The tracks from the film include:
| Track |
Singer |
Duration |
| Singh Is Kinng |
Snoop Dogg, DPGC, RDB, Akshay Kumar |
4:55 |
| Jee Karda |
Labh Janjua, Suzanne D’Mello(a.k.a. Suzi Q.) |
4:51 |
| Bas Ek Kinng |
Mika Singh, Neeraj Shridhar, Hard Kaur |
4:41 |
| Bhootni ke |
Daler Mehndi |
5:02 |
| Teri Ore |
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghosal |
5:40 |
| Talli Hua |
Neeraj Shridhar, Labh Janjua |
4:50 |
| Bas Ek Kinng – Tiger Style Mix |
Mika Singh, Neeraj Shridhar, HardKaur |
4:04 |
| Bhootni Ke – Tiger Style Mix |
Mika Singh |
4:45 |
| Talli Hua – Jay Dabhi Mix |
Neeraj Shridhar, Labh Janjua |
4:33 |
| Jee Karda – Remix By Hyacinth |
Labh Janjua, Suzanne D’Mello(a.k.a. Suzi Q) |
4:52 |
| Teri Ore – Lounge Mix |
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghosal |
6:09 |
| Bhootni Ke – Remix |
Daler Mehndi |
3:54 |
Crew
Reaction from the Sikh community
Before the movie was released, it was reported that the Sikh community in Khar, Mumbai was very pleased with the portrayal of the Sikhs in the film. Vipul Shah, the producer of the film, was felicitated at the Khar Gurdwara on June 18, 2008. He said, “Our intention was to portray the community in the right way and I am glad that we have managed to achieve it.”[2]
However, some members of the Sikh community had expressed their displeasure over the portrayal of Sikhs in the movie. The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), announced that it was up to the audience to decide whether they want to watch the film or not.[3]
On August 1, 2008, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) sought a ban on the movie, saying that it ‘ridiculed’ the Sikh community. It wrote a letter to Sheila Dikshit, the chief minister of Delhi, asking her to ban the movie.[3] The main objection raised was that the film promos showed Akshay Kumar’s character sporting a trimmed beard, which some orthodox Sikhs found offensive. Akshay Kumar and Vipul Shah had a 50-minute discussion with the DSGMC authorities, in which they explained the positive message behind the film. The DSGMC members requested twelve changes, which the filmmakers complied with. Akshay Kumar also said that the film was aimed at portraying “how strong and brave Sikh community is.” As a result of the discussion, DSGMC gave a clean chit to the movie on August 7, 2008.[3]
However, on the same day (August 7), the Sikh organization Damdami Taksal asked its followers to protest against the movie. The first show of the movie in NM Cinema Hall of Amritsar on August 8, 2008 was disrupted by some Sikh protesters, who vandalized the hall and damaged property.[4]
Reception
The movie has been well received until now with most theaters inside or outside India reporting 100% attendance ( House – Full ). Reviews and word of mouth have been very favorable, Bollywood hungama gave 4/5, though NDTV India gave the movie 3/5 stars, Taran Ardarsh of Indianfm gave it 4.5 stars and Raja Sen of Rediff gave it 3.5 stars. Singh is Kinng currently has 5.7/10 stars on the Internet Movie Database.
Singh Is King is a comedy movie by Anees Bazmee starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffery, Ranvir Shorey, Om Puri, Sudhanshu Pandey, Sonu Sood and Kiron Kher. Akshay Kumar plays Happy Singh whose village is fed up of him for causing disastrous situations. In an attempt to get rid of him for a while, they send him to Australia to bring back Lakhan Singh aka Lucky (Sonu Sood) who is big figure in the underworld. The Akshay-Katrina pair has worked pretty well in the past, and this one seems a pretty good movie too.
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