Game

About the film

Game is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Abhinay Deo and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under Excel Entertainment. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Kangana Ranaut, Gauahar Khan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher, Shahana Goswami, and Sarah-Jane Dias. The film was shot in Mumbai, Samos Island in Greece, Istanbul, London, and Bangkok. It was released on 1 April 2011.

Plot

Kabir Malhotra (Anupam Kher) is a billionaire tycoon who invites four people to his island home in Greece by sending a different letter to each. The four people, who have never met before, are Neil Menon (Abhishek Bachchan), a casino owner in Turkey who has financial problems with mob bosses that Kabir offers to help with, Vikram Kapoor (Jimmy Sheirgill), an actor in India, who suffers with drug, cancer, and career problems; Kabir writes to him that he wants to finance the biggest film ever made, and offers Vikram a role in it, Om Prakash "OP" Ramsay (Boman Irani), a political leader and prime ministerial candidate in Thailand whose campaign is under threat of scandal; Kabir offers to provide new funding to him, and Tisha Khanna (Shahana Goswami), a crime journalist in the United Kingdom who is looking for her big break; Kabir writes to her that he has a huge story and invites her to cover it.

The four guests arrive on the island, where they are greeted by Kabir's executive assistant, Samara Shroff (Gauahar Khan), who takes them into a dining room that is being secretly filmed. There, Kabir reveals that he has invited them because of their link to his daughter, Maya (Sarah-Jane Dias), whom Kabir has spent years trying to find. Maya was trafficked as a child by OP Ramsay, as an adult brought into the crime world by Neil Menon, and in the end, was injured in a car accident and buried alive by Vikram Kapoor. Kabir has gathered evidence against the three of them and invited the International Vigilance Squad (IVS) to the island to arrest them. Tisha Khanna, the only innocent one of the group, was invited because, previously unknown to her, she is Maya's fraternal twin sister and Kabir's only remaining biological child. Tisha rejects Kabir's attempts to forge a relationship with her, claiming that she doesn't want his fortune.

Unable to escape the island, the group awaits the arrival of the IVS. In the morning, they hear what sounds like a gunshot from Kabir's room. They find Kabir Malhotra dead in his study, seemingly having committed suicide with a gun.

Production

This film's title was changed from Crooked to the Game. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was initially considered for the female lead in the film, however after she rejected the role, Pakistani actress Sonya Jehan was cast. Jehan later opted out of the film, leading to Kangana Ranaut being signed.

Box office

Game opened poorly at the box office and grossed only ₹65.9 million in its first week, being declared a disaster. By the end of its theatrical run, the film had only managed to gross ₹73.8 million.

Soundtrack

The film's audio contains seven original songs. The music was composed Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and Ram Sampath, with lyrics written by Javed Akhtar. The soundtrack was released online on the film's official website.

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