Jackpot

About the film

Jackpot is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film directed by Kaizad Gustad starring Sunny Leone, Naseeruddin Shah, Sachiin J Joshi, and Bharath in the lead roles. This is the Bollywood debut of Tamil actor Bharath. The film was released on 13 December 2013 to highly negative reviews. It had total earnings of ₹50 million (US$520,000), according to Box Office India.

Premise

A group of swindlers in Goa devise a plan to con the rich at a card game in a casino and risk everything just to get caught in a web of their own making.

Filming

The majority of the shooting for the film was completed in Goa. Kaizad Gustad shot the film in 27 days.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack has 9 tracks. Sharib & Toshi, Mika, Remo Fernandes, Gods Robots (Shridevi Keshavan & Janaka Atugoda), Rishi Rich, Juno Reactor, Rahul Bhatt, Jaaved Jaaferi and Itek Bhutani composed one song each. The song "Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse" became popular.

Song Title – Performed by – Music by – Lyrics by

Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse – Arijit Singh – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi

Marketing

Censor Board axed the rap song 'Eggjactly' from the film as it was a bit vulgar, though the video of the song was released online. The premiere of Jackpot was held at PVR Cinemas in Juhu, Mumbai, on 12 December 2013 to which Shahrukh Khan, Urvashi Sharma and other celebrities came. Sunny Leone promoted the film in various cities like Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Bangalore (Inorbit Mall). Sunny Leone and Sachin also promoted the film on the shows Bigg Boss 7 and Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali.

Box office

Jackpot grossed ₹10 million (US$100,000) on day one. It grossed ₹34.5 million (US$360,000) on domestic box office in its first weekend. The film had a poor first week collection of ₹45 million (US$470,000).

Critical reception

Reagan Gavin Rasquinha of Times of India gave Jackpot 2 stars out of 5. Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film a 1/2 star only. Avad M of Bollywood3 rated the film 1.5/5.

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