Fool & Final
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| Directed by | Ahmed Khan |
| Produced by | Neeraj Vora Anurag Kashyap |
| Screenplay by | Umesh Shukla Abbas Hirapurwala |
| Story by | Neeraj Vora |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Shahid Kapoor Ayesha Takia Vivek Oberoi Sameera Reddy |
| Music by | Himesh Reshammiya |
| Editing by | Ashfaque Makrani |
| Distributed by | Shemaroo Entertainment Base Industries Group |
| Release date(s) | June 1, 2007 |
| Running time | 160 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Fool & Final (stylized as Fool N Final) is a 2007 Bollywood comedy caper film, directed by Ahmed Khan. The film has an all-star cast including Sunny Deol, Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia, Sameera Reddy and Vivek Oberoi in the lead roles. Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Sharmila Tagore, Arbaaz Khan, Om Puri and Chunkey Pandey have supporting roles, whilst acclaimed boxer Mike Tyson appeared in the promos & film credits.
It was released on 1 June 2007, and received mixed to negative reviews from critics. However, managed to do average business at the box office. The film's title is a spoof on the usual tagline, "Full & Final" which means "final" in other words. Most of the film was shot in Brazil, Dubai and Muscat. The film is loosely based on the British film Snatch.
Premise
A million-worth diamond discovered in India is stolen and sent to Dubai. To pick up the diamond from Dubai Airport, Rocky (Chunkey Pandey) is sent. However, a dreaded underworld don, Moscow Chikna (Arbaaz Khan) kidnaps Rocky and steals the diamond from him. After completing his job, Moscow Chikna kills Rocky and flees. The story then twists to another underworld don, JD (Zakir Hussain) also has his eyes on the stolen diamond. To steal the diamond from Moscow Chikna, JD sends a team of foolish robbers, including Raja (Shahid Kapoor), Tina (Ayesha Takia), Chobey (Paresh Rawal) and an dimwit pilot Puttu (Johnny Lever). As they fail to rob the diamond, they witness Moscow Chikna being murdered by an unknown gangster named Gunmaster G9. They manage to steal the diamond, but refuse to hand it over to JD. They escape from JD's trap, who then sends out gangsters looking for the four idiots. To get them out of trouble, comes in Raja's brother-in-law Munna (Sunny Deol), who is also added to JD's wanted list. On top of all this, an bankrupt gambler Luckee (Vivek Oberoi) is stalking Munna to make him fight in a boxing match. Between all this confusion, the question is, who will get the diamond?
Cast
- Sunny Deol as Munna
- Shahid Kapoor as Raja/Rahul
- Ayesha Takia as Tina
- Sameera Reddy as Payal
- Vivek Oberoi as Luckee
- Paresh Rawal as Chobey
- Om Puri as Bhaiyya
- Sharmila Tagore as Lajwanti
- Johnny Lever as Puttu Pilot
- Arbaaz Khan as Moscow Chikna
- Zakir Hussain as J.D.
- Vijay Raaz as Abdul Dickee
- Gulshan Grover as Chowksi
- Asrani as Lalwaani
- Chunkey Pandey as Rocky
- Suresh Menon as Bob
- Jackie Shroff as Gunmaster (G-9)
- Mike Tyson as Himself (Special appearance)
Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Himesh Reshammiya | |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | T-Series |
The film's soundtrack is composed by Himesh Reshammiya with lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil, Shehzad Roy and Nitin Raikwar.
Tracklist
The soundtrack contains 4 original songs and 3 remixes. Lyrics By Sameer
| Track # | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
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| 1 | "Ek Kalsa" | Himesh Reshammiya | 5:11 |
| 2 | "Sigdi" | Himesh Reshammiya, Jayesh Gandhi | 5:07 |
| 3 | "Tere Layee" | Kunal Ganjawala, Himani, [Rap By: Arya] | 4:55 |
| 4 | "Yeh Dooriyan" | Hanif Shaikh | 4:42 |
| 5 | "Ek Kalsa (Remix)" | Himesh Reshammiya | 4:05 |
| 6 | "Masti (Remix)" | Benny Dayal, MG Sreekumar | 4:39 |
| 7 | "Tere Layee (Remix)" | Krishna & Kalpana Patowary | 4:00 |
Reception
The film received mixed response from critics. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the film 1.5 out of 5, and said "Fool N Final disappoints big time!" NDTV gave it a positive review with a rate of 3/5. Times of India claimed "The first half of the film is a complete washout as it trudges lethargically through a series of misadventures that try to establish the identity of the lead players." Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 27% rotten rating. However, at the box office, the film performed much better, mostly in Overseas Markets. It grossed a maximum of Rs.24,25,00,000. Boxofficeindia.com rated it as "below average".
