Our hosts react to the music video for the "Bang Bang Title Track", a song from the 2014 Hindi-language movie "Bang Bang", starring Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif.
About Bang Bang (2014):
Bang Bang! is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Siddharth Anand and written by Abbas Tyrewala, Sujoy Ghosh and Suresh Nair. Produced by Fox Star Studios, it is a remake of the 2010 American film Knight and Day and stars Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif, while co-starring Javed Jaffrey and Danny Denzongpa, with Jimmy Sheirgill in a special appearance. The film's premise follows a mysterious international criminal on the run, whose encounter with an unassuming bank receptionist sets off a chain of events resulting in a series of escapades.
Made on a budget of ₹90 crore (US$13 million), Bang Bang! was released in conventional and IMAX theatres on 2 October 2014, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. Also released simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages, the film was praised for its action sequences and grossed ₹332 crore (US$47 million)-₹340 crore (US$48 million) in its worldwide cinema run. The film emerged as a huge box office success, becoming the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2014, and one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.
About the Soundtrack:
The songs of the film were composed by Vishal-Shekhar, while the background score has been composed by Salim-Sulaiman. The digital album rights of the film were acquired by Zee Music Company.
The teaser of the title song was released on 16 September 2014 featuring Roshan and Kaif. On 17 September 2014, the official music video of the song was released. The track was written by Dadlani, who also performed backing vocals on it, and sung by Benny Dayal and Neeti Mohan. It was choreographed by Bosco-Caesar. The song experience was "fun" for Roshan, who said, "It's my ode to the inspiration he [Michael Jackson] has been", while Kaif described her experience as "the biggest challenge. His flexibility is incredible. It is at a different level altogether. You have to be really good to match up to his energy. He has natural energy when he dances. It comes to him so effortlessly". All the songs were well received by audiences.
We do not own the rights to the music or the music video; these remain the sole property of the record label: Zee Music Company.
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Ellie and Simon Rice host movie events and parties for the Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters, introducing movies they love, talking trivia and hosting goofy competitions to win prizes.
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