Gabbar Is Back

Gabbar Is Back is a 2015 Indian Hindi action-drama film directed by Krish and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. Featuring Akshay Kumar in the title role, the film is a remake of the 2002 Tamil film Ramanaa, directed by A. R. Murugadoss, which was later remade in Telugu as Tagore in 2003 and in Kannada as Vishnu Sena in 2005 . Shruti Haasan, Suman Talwar, Jaideep Ahlawat and Sunil Grover appear in supporting roles with Kareena Kapoor Khan in a cameo. The film was released on May 1, 2015. Gabbar Is Back clashed with Kamal Haasan's Uttama Villain.

Directed by         Krish

Produced by        Sanjay Leela Bhansali

                            Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

                            Shabinaa Khan

Written by           Rajat Arora

Story by              A. R. Murugadoss

Based on             Ramana by A. R. Murugadoss

Starring               Akshay Kumar

                            Shruti Hassan

                            Suman Talwar

                            Jaideep Ahlawat

                            Sunil Grover

Music by             Songs:

                            Chirantan Bhatt

                            Yo Yo Honey Singh

                            Manj Musik

Background Score:      Sandeep Chowta

Cinematography               Nirav Shah

Edited by             Rajesh G. Pandey

Production company Bhansali Productions

Distributed by     Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

Release dates May 1, 2015

Running time 131 minutes

Country India

Language            Hindi

Box office           ₹1.56

billion (US$25 million)

Plot

The police get information that 10 tehsildars across Maharashtra have been mysteriously kidnapped. But they are as mysteriously returned - except the most corrupt officer, who is hanged in public. The police get a CD from mystery man 'Gabbar' who says his mission is to target corrupt officers. Police driver Sadhuram (Sunil Grover) is convinced he can crack who Gabbar is - but his superior officers humiliate him in front of all the other officers.

On his way home, Professor Aditya (Akshay Kumar) is stopped by lawyer Shruti (Shruti Haasan) makes him stop and drive her and a pregnant woman to the hospital. When Shruti wants to thank Aditya, she finds he's left. Sadhuram finds from village tehsil to district office that there's one honest officer in each department. He's convinced all these honest officers have a link to the Gabbar case. Shruti and Aditya become close, and one day, she gets hit by a scooter. Although she's not badly injured, doctors at Patil Hospital insist on expensive tests and Aditya realizes how helpless patients and their families are fleeced and often, inhumanly treated. A poor woman mourns her deceased husband in the civil hospital nearby. Aditya tells her he'll get her medical insurance. He checks in her husband as a patient to Patil Hospital. The hospital tries to swindle money out of Aditya by pretending to treat the dead man, making Aditya pay for tests and medicines. Aditya then shows them the death certificate, which proves they knowingly admitted a dead man. The young owner of the hospital is furious when Aditya releases the video of the hospital's corruption to the media. However, the owner is killed by an angry mob. His father, powerful builder Digvijay Patil (Suman Talwar), sees Aditya in the hospital CCTV footage and is stunned to realize that this is the same man he supposedly killed five years ago.

Aditya and Shruti attend a wedding where Aditya remembers his late wife (Kareena Kapoor Khan) and how they moved into a new apartment when she was expecting. While Aditya was out playing Holi, the building collapsed and killed hundreds of people, including his wife and unborn child. Aditya collected proof of the faulty building against builder Digivijay Patil, but Patil bribed everyone and no one was willing to hear Aditya out. Aditya beats Digvijay severely but the latter attacks him with an axe and thinks his blows have killed Aditya. But a bus full of medical students finds unconscious Aditya on a highway and save his life. He then decides to use the power of young, idealistic, honest youth and trains students at National College to join his cause. Sadhuram meanwhile finds out all the honest officers attended National College. Shruti sees Aditya as Gabbar and is shocked but when he tells her the truth, she supports his cause.

CBI officer Pahwa (Jaideep Ahlawat) taking charge is mystified by the case. He listens to Sadhuram's findings and they arrest National College students. But even upon being beaten, the students don't divulge anything about Gabbar. Shruti tells the CBI officer that because the law doesn't work, a vigilante like Gabbar is a hero for ordinary citizens today. Sadhuram changes his view of Gabbar. Patil kills an honest officer to terrorize others into passing his faulty building plans. The cops are sure Gabbar will target Patil for this outrageous act - and he does. Patil throws a birthday party for himself at his farmhouse. As he cuts the cake, he spots Gabbar in the crowd. The next moment, Gabbar and his gang kidnap him, wearing the same masks. As police search the city for Patil, Gabbar tells him to ring anyone to save himself - but every minister tells him to not involve them, so that Gabbar doesn't come after them next. Gabbar and Patil then have a violent clash and Gabbar kills Patil.

Gabbar goes to the police to hand himself in. He is given the death penalty but there are huge public protests and enraged students block his jail van. Officer Pahwa requests him to speak to the students and he does, telling them to channel their anger against corruption and be the change society needs. As Gabbar is taken to be hanged, Shruti breaks down but he leaves, smiling, asking the hangman, Ab tera kya hoga, Kaalia - the famous dialogue of the film Sholay.