Drona is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed by Goldie Behl, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kay Kay Menon and Jaya Bachchan. Drona's special effects shots were worked on by EyeQube,[2] headed by Charles Darby and David Bush. The movie features Indian martial arts such as Kalaripayattu, Chhau, Gatka, and sword fighting.[3] It was filmed in Prague, Bikaner, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Namibia.
| Drona | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Goldie Behl |
| Written by | Goldie Behl Jaydeep Sarkar |
| Produced by | Shrishti Arya Sunil Lulla Amitabh Bachchan |
| Starring | Abhishek Bachchan Priyanka Chopra Kay Kay Menon Jaya Bachchan |
| Cinematography | Sameer Arya |
| Edited by | Shyam K. Salgonkar |
| Music by | Dhruv Ghanekar |
Production company | Rose Audio Visuals |
| Distributed by | Eros International |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹43 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹15 crore[1] |
Made on a budget of ₹45 crore, the film earned less than ₹15 crore and was a disaster at the box office.[4]
Abhishek Bachan is Drona.
Cast
edit- Abhishek Bachchan as Aditya 'Adi' (Drona)
- Priyanka Chopra as Sonia
- Kay Kay Menon as Riz Raizada
- Jaya Bachchan as Queen Jayanti
- Ali Haji as Young Drona
- Conan Stevens as Demon
Production
editThe movie[5] was produced with a budget of over ₹45 crore (US$5.4 million) on special effects with VFX experts 60 working on the movie for over 6 months. Mainly, the team collaborated with EyeQube Studios with Eros to achieve quality effects. The crew contained 250 visual effects artists, animators, designers, painters and developers.[6]
Reception
editSukanya Verma of Rediff gave the movie 2.5 stars and mentioned, "Considering its fantastical theme, Drona is officially escapist and hence isn't obligated to broadcast logic beyond conveying 'good wins over evil' and 'conquer your fear by facing it' message." The film became the biggest disaster of Abhishek's career. Hindustan Times writes Like it or not, Drona is artless, arrogant, brazenly derivative and terribly acted by one and all (except for that puckish dwarf maybe).[7]
Soundtrack
edit| Drona | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 6 September 2008 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Eros Music |
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bandagi" | Roop Kumar Rathod, Sunidhi Chauhan | |
| 2. | "Drona (Title Song)" | Dhruv Ghanekar | |
| 3. | "Drona (Title Song - Version 2)" | Sunidhi Chauhan | |
| 4. | "Nanhe Nanhe" | Sadhana Sargam, Nandini Srikar | |
| 5. | "Khushi" | Shaan, Suzanne DMello, Francois Castellino, Dean Devlin, Sunaina Gupta | |
| 6. | "Oop Cha" | Sunidhi Chauhan, Nandini Srikar | |
| 7. | "Oop Cha (remix)" | Sunidhi Chauhan, Nandini Srikar |
References
edit- ^ a b "Drona – Movie". Box Office India.
- ^ Screen Weekly News Network (22 September 2008). "Unleashing visual effects in Drona". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Bamzai, Kaveree (14 February 2008). "Drona shows a number of Indian martial arts". India Today. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ "Ten big-budget Bollywood box-office disasters". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Drona Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Drona by Times of India", The Times of India, retrieved 2 April 2020
- ^ Mahaldar, Manisha. "Drona, a visual treat with special FX". Ibnlive. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Review: Drona". Hindustan times. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2018. Martin Scorsese called it one of the greatest pieces of fiction in cinematic history on how not to make a movie