Who are the main actors in Saala Khadoos?

In this Saala Khadoos film, Madhavan , Ritika Singh played the primary leads.

When is Saala Khadoos releasing?

The Saala Khadoos was released in theaters on 29 Jan 2016.

Who directed Saala Khadoos?

The Saala Khadoos was directed by Sudha Kongara

What are some similar movies to Saala Khadoos?

Movies like Crakk – Jeetegaa Toh Jiyegaa! , Kartam Bhugtam , Article 370 and others in a similar vein had the same genre but quite different stories.

What is the run time of the Saala Khadoos?

The Saala Khadoos had a runtime of 136 minutes.

What is the genre of Saala Khadoos?

The movie Saala Khadoos belonged to the Sports, genre.

Saala Khadoos

Name: Saala Khadoos
Director: Sudha Kongara
Genre: Sports
Released: 2015-06-01 12:47:07
Rating: 3
Cast: Madhavan, Ritika Singh, Mumtaz Sorcar, Nassar

Sports | 29 Jan 2016 | 136 Mins

Hindi

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2.5 /5 Filmibeat

Saala Khadoos Story

Saala Khadoos movie is a bilingual sport drama (in Tamil: Irrudhi Suttru) features R. Madhavan in the leading role as a boxing coach. Two professional boxers from a boxing academy, Ritika Singh and Mumtaz Sorcar, who has done films in Bengali, were signed to play the two female leads. Story in detail: Adi Tomar aka Adi (R. Madhavan), who, by profession, happens to be a coach of the girls' boxing team. Courtesy the dirty politics, he gets transferred to Chennai. Adi is now on a lookout for a girl who has the much required passion for the sport and fire in her belly. And his search ends in the most unlikely person for the job Madhi (Ritika Singh), who, despite being a fisherwoman by profession, is a born talent in boxing and she idolises Mohammad Ali. After having agreed to pay Rs. 500 per day towards her training, Adi takes her under his wing. On the other hand, Madhi's elder sister Lakshmi aka Laks (Mumtaz Sorcar) also happens to be a boxer wanting to get into police department so that she can take care of the family. Seeing Adi's closeness and confidence in Madhi, Laks plays a dirty game with her own sister, this resulting in Madhi's ouster from an important match. Unaware of the real reason for Madhi's dismal performance, Adi gets wild on her at her poor performance and throws her away from his life and training. Situations then take a U-turn which leads to the imprisonment of Madhi who also escapes from being a prey of chief selector's desires. What action of Madhi leads her to be jailed, who is the person who tries to take advantage of her, does Adi ever get to coach his once favourite student Madhi all over again, what ultimately happens to Adi and Madhi is what forms the rest of the story.

Saala Khadoos Cast & Crew

Director	Sudha Kongara
Cinematography	NA
Editor	NA
Music	NA
Producer	C V Kumar, S. Sashikanth
Budget	TBA
Box Office	TBA
OTT Platform	TBA
OTT Release Date	TBA

Saala Khadoos Critics Review

Filmibeat.com

Saala Khadoos starts off on a great note! Much similar to the plot of Chak De India, we have a disgraced coach Adi Tomar (Madhavan), so that leaves us with no surprise. The story revolves aroung how he makes a discovery in Madhi (Ritika Singh), an aspiring boxer which gives him a purpose in life. There is of course are back stories of these two characters which fail to fulfil its prupose! The movie also shows the various scams, sexual harassment and involvment of politics in sports. Coming to the performances, Madhavan is such overwhelming. He literally puts all his blod and sweat into playing this role to perfection but all his hardwork goes to waste when he has been given the same support through the screenplay. Every frame and every scene that Madhavan appears, he impresses you but somehow his flawless performance gets held back by the shoddy writing. Ritika Singh who is a real life mixed martial artist too has done a fab job at acting in this film. The duo's interaction and chemistry in the movie is so good but sorry to be saying this for the hundreth time, the director ruins it all. The film may lack a little emotion but it can surely be watched for the sport genre and Madhavan's knockout performance and on any given day, this film is 100 times better than Mastizaade which even Sunny Leone could not save.

Cinemaglitz.com

The movie has great score by Santhosh Narayanan, he is definitely going to be a favourite in Bollywood. The background score was racy which matched the sporting scenes and fits well in both the languages. Another great album. Being a sports oriented film Cinematography becomes a task in moving around with the fast scenes. Because action is different from sports. Cinematographer Sivakumar Vijayan did a delectable job, which goes to every nook and corner keeping up the pace. He gave a vivid outlook to the movie through his lens. The film was cut with great precision by Sathish Suriya, he was sharp and kept it packed for 109 minutes. Sudha Kongara derived a film, which would bring repeat audiences. It packs all the ingredients with great diligence supported by exceptional performances by its lead actors. Definitely worth a watch, at last the final weekend of the first month in 2016 came with a good film.

Firstpost.com

Saala Khadoos constructs a case-study for a lingering guru-shishya kinship through scenes and dialogues that are unnerving in their capacity to accommodate all the ingredients associated with the mentor -pupil genre of cinema (there is even a distinct dash of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black in stormy liason between the leader and the bled). Yet, there is a freshness in the dynamics that define coach Adi (Madhavan)’s relationship with his protégée Madhi (newcomer Ritika Singh). The two actors, specially the more experienced Madhavan, dig deep into their respective characters’ psyche to draw out character-defining traits and quirks that penetrate the sometimes-shallow sometimes-sublime treatment of the subject. But let’s salute the film’s third hero. Sivkumar Vijayan’s camerawork glides across the simmering surfaces capturing the anger frustration and bitterness of Madhavan’s character before moving inwards to peer into the anatomy of human failure and redemption. Alas, the film itself doesn’t match up to the glory of its stunning visual velocity or its leading man's towering performance. This is Madhavan’s Raging Bull. By far his career’s finest performance. The film could have been better, though. Much better.

Emirates247.com

Saala Khadoos’ is about an unlikely boxing queen, who’s rustic and uncouth outside the ring, but flexes power and skill worthy of a champion when the gloves are on. It’s a discovery that drives disgraced coach Adi into finding purpose in his life. Even partly positioning the story in Chennai, with no dialogues in Tamil barring some stray words, English misspellings and massive posters of Tamil actors Dhanush and Rajnikanth, damages the soul of the movie. Surely using subtitles would’ve added flavour and punch to Madhi’s world. Her mother’s non-Tamil lineage isn’t reason enough to tell the story in one tongue. Despite the flaws, it’s the performances that redeem the movie. R Madhavan’s imposing as the bulky coach, who, despite his eccentricities and downfalls, never lets his passion die. He’s matched brilliantly by Ritika Singh, who captures Madhi’s fractured world with striking strokes. However, Adi and Madhi never emerge heroes, and that’s a failing on the writing. While ‘Saala Khadoos’ has some powerful moments, it’s not a knockout!

Pinkvilla.com

If you walk out of the theatre with mixed feelings about Saala Khadoos, blame Shimit Amin for it. His Chak De India was a far more worthy film that alternated between the theme of championing women’s causes mixed with sports. Don’t get this wrong. By no means is one undermining the sheer effort that has gone into mounting something as passionate as this movie, but it hardly packs a hard punch. We shudder to think what would’ve happened to this project, if they hadn’t got R Madhavan in the lead role. He is a knockout in every frame, every scene but there has very little solid matter to back a performance of that class. When you are watching a film like this, you want to be enthralled, surprised, taken aback. Saala Khadoos is far too plain and synthetic to achieve that. Right from the start, the story feels barren and surprisingly emotionless. If you look at Bollywood’s track record of sports films, be it Priyanka Chopra starrer Mary Kom or Farhan Akhtar’s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, the stories focused more on minting money than on delving more about the person behind the laurels of a star athlete. Though Saala Khadoos is modest and lot less starry, it is bogged down by an underwhelming narrative. Madhavan does his best to hold the story as it falls apart with each scene. Alas, the movie never allows him the privilege of being a hero! Despite a few heartwrenching moments of passion, it lacks soul, intensity (which is not the same as rage) and vulnerability. All the sweat and blood that the film claimed it had doesn’t show.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Saala Khadoos

Who are the main actors in Saala Khadoos?

In this Saala Khadoos film, Madhavan, Ritika Singh played the primary leads.
When is Saala Khadoos releasing?

The Saala Khadoos was released in theaters on 29 Jan 2016.
Who directed Saala Khadoos?

The Saala Khadoos was directed by Sudha Kongara
What are some similar movies to Saala Khadoos?

Movies like Crakk – Jeetegaa Toh Jiyegaa!, Kartam Bhugtam, Article 370 and others in a similar vein had the same genre but quite different stories.
What is the run time of the Saala Khadoos?

The Saala Khadoos had a runtime of 136 minutes.
What is the genre of Saala Khadoos?

The movie Saala Khadoos belonged to the Sports, genre.