ndia's Most Wanted is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[5] directed by Raj Kumar

Gupta, and starring Arjun Kapoor.[6] The film is about tracking a terrorist in a secret mission and
arresting him without firing bullets.[7] India's Most Wanted is inspired by the arrest of proscribed
organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist Yasin Bhatkal,[8] also referred to as India's Osama
Bin Laden, near the India-Nepal border in August 2013.[9][10]
Principal photography of the film began in May 2018 and wrapped up in November 2018. The
soundtrack was composed by Amit Trivedi, with lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, and
released under the banner Saregama. The film was theatrically released in India on 24 May
2019, receiving mixed reviews.

Contents

 1Cast
 2Production
o 2.1Principal photography
 3Soundtrack
 4Marketing and release
 5Reception
o 5.1Critical response
o 5.2Box office
 6References
 7External links

Cast[edit]
 Arjun Kapoor as Prabhat Kumar
 Sudev Nair as Yusuf
 Rajesh Sharma as Rajesh Singh, Joint Director of Intelligence Bureau
 Prashanth Alexander as Rudra Pillai
 Shantilal Mukherjee as Shaumik Biswas
 Devendra Mishra as Javed Sheikh
 Gaurav Mishra as Amit Gupta
 Aasif Khan as Bittu Mishra
 Bajrangbali Singh as Ravi Bhakre
 Pravin Singh Sisodia as Manish
 Rajiv Kachroo as Dev Kapur
 Jitendra Shastri as Laluji (the Informant)
 Shakti Rawal as Fareed
 Mihir Das as Pakistani Embassy Receptionist

Production[edit]
The film was announced in May 2018. After the success of Raid, Gupta confirmed that he was
working on two scripts. Among them one is a detective crime thriller. Arjun Kapoor was the only
choice for the leading role.[11]

Principal photography[edit]
Principal photography of the film began in May 2018. The shooting of India's Most Wanted took
place in Bihar in Gol Ghar, Kali Ghat, NIT Ghat, Kargil Chowk (near Gandhi Maidan) and
Bahadurpur Housing Colony.[12] Some portions of the film were shot in Nepal (Raxaul Nepal-India
border of Birganj District of Nepal, Pokhara and Kathmandu). Principal photography ended in
November 2018.[13]

Soundtrack[edit]
India's Most Wanted

Soundtrack album by 

Amit Trivedi

Released 24 May 2019 [14]

Recorded 2018

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 15:07

Language Hindi

Label Saregama

Amit Trivedi chronology

Kedarnath India's Most Mission Mangal

(2018) Wanted (2019)
(2019)

External audio

 Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The film's soundtrack was composed by Amit Trivedi, with lyrics written by Amitabh
Bhattacharya, and released under the banner Saregama.
Track listing
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Akela" Abhijeet Srivastava 4:01
2. "Vande Mataram" Papon, Altamash Faridi 3:42
3. "Dilbar Jani" Dev Negi, Nikhita Gandhi 3:10
4. "Matvaare" Jubin Nautiyal, Sanah Moidutty 4:14
Total length: 15:07
Marketing and release[edit]
The teaser poster of the film was released on 15 April 2019.[15] Another teaser poster of the film
was released on 16 April 2019. The official teaser of the film was premiered on 16 April 2019
by Fox Star Studios on YouTube.[16][17] The official trailer of the film was premiered on 2 May 2019
by Fox Star Studios on YouTube.[18][19] Rajkumar Gupta confirms removal of controversial religious
references in India’s Most Wanted.[20]
The film has been certified with runtime of 123 mins by British Board of Film Classification and
released on 24 May 2019.[2]

Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Rahul Gangwani reviewing for Filmfare rates the film with three stars out of five. He praised
cinematography of the film for aerial shots, but feels that film was using more of national fervour
and lacked craft. He terms the film as 'part-predictable and part-thrilling' fare.[21] Ananya
Bhattacharya of India Today also praised cinematography of Dudley for Nepal shots and gave
two and half stars out of five. She feels that the film suffers from a sluggish pace, but lives up to
promise of telling the story of the nameless and faceless heroes.[22] Shubhra Gupta writing
for The Indian Express gives two stars out of five. Terming it as 'a placid spy thriller', Gupta
praised Arjun Kapoor for giving earnest performance.[23] Priyanka Sinha Jha of News18 rates the
film with three stars out of five, and opines that the film has a good story, but it is not fully mined.
She concludes, "It is more likely to make it to your stay-at-home-and-watch list."[24] Meena Iyer
of Daily News and Analysis concurring with Jha, says "the intention can be lauded, but definitely
not the execution." And, she also gives three stars out of five.[25] Nandini Ramnath
of Scroll.in feels that the manhunt film is overheated, undercooked and doesn't have enough
substance to justify its flourishes.[26] Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India rates the film with
three and half stars out of five, and says, "India’s Most Wanted is an earnest ode to the unsung
heroes of our country — a story that deserves to be heard."[27] Raja Sen of the Hindustan
Times feels that this intelligence film is not bright and says, "...well-meaning thriller too restrained
to be memorable." He rates it with two stars out of five.[28] Bollywood Hungama rates the film with
three out of five, and says, "On the whole, India’S Most Wanted is an average fare thanks to its
poor writing and direction."[29]

Box office[edit]
The film collected ₹1.75-2 crore nett on its opening day, and was the lowest-performing film
among all others released in India on that day.[30] The following day, it earned ₹2.5 crore nett.
[31]
 Collections on Sunday showed minor growth with earnings of ₹3 crore.[32] The film had a heavy
drop on Monday, with earnings of ₹90 lakh nett.[33] On Tuesday, the film dropped further to ₹75
lakh nett.[34] It earned ₹65 lakh nett on Wednesday and ₹40 lakh nett on Thursday.[35] At the end of
its theatrical run, the film's worldwide gross was ₹16.74 crore worldwide, with earnings of ₹14.17
crore in India and ₹2.57 crore overseas.[4]

References