Ra.One (2011)
Ra.One (2011)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Shah Rukh Khan
Shekhar
Arjun Rampal
Ra.One
Tom Wu
Akaashi
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Sonia S. Subramanium
Shahana Goswami
Jenny Nayar
Atul Sharma
Airport Security Guard
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
The Desi Girl
Satish Shah
Iyer
Armaan Verma
Prateek
Ben Hawkey
Billy
Delnaaz Irani
School teacher
Charanpreet Singh
Airport goon
Dalip Tahil
Barron
Suresh Menon
Taxi-Driver
Sanjay Dutt
Khalnayak
Anubhav Sinha
Director
David Benullo
Writer
Shola Adewusi
Airport Cop
Paul Lowe
Mugger / Stunt Double
Kanika Dhillon
Writer
Niranjan Iyengar
Writer
Georgia Curtis
Backing Dancer
Rajinikanth
Chitti / Himself
Gauri Khan
Producer
Amitabh Bachchan
Self - Narrator (voice)
Vishal Dadlani
Composer
Shekhar Ravjiani
Composer
Mustaq Sheikh
Screenplay
Nicola Pecorini
Cinematographer
Sanjay Sharma
Editor
Parth Siddhpura
Editor
Bobby Chawla
Producer
Martin Walsh
Editor
Resul Pookutty
Sound Designer
Harish Dinkar
CastingDirector
Prasun Mukherjee
CastingDirector
Nick Dent
Art Direction
Paul Gorrie
Special Effects Coordinator
Jeremy Zimmermann
CastingDirector
Amy Danger
ProductionDesigner
Marcus Wookey
ProductionDesigner
Gabriel Nunez
Stunt Double
Sid Jayakar
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jason Hunjan
Stunts
Chianjeevi Yerra
Visual Effects
Pompy Hans
Makeup Artist
Spiro Razatos
Stunts
Praveen Bareria
Visual Effects
Sanjiv Chawla
Executive Producer
Firaz Boss
Stunt Coordinator
Sabu Cyril
Art Direction
Doug Coleman
Stunts
Yang Liang
Stunt Double
Kanal Kannan
Thanks
Tarun Mansukhani
Thanks
V. Manikandan
Director of Photography
Marcus Shakesheff
Stunts
Karan Johar
Thanks
Snehil Pandey
Visual Effects
Denney Pierce
Stunts
Sunil Lulla
Co-Producer
Amrit Pritam Dutta
Sound Designer
Santosh Kotkar
Art Direction
Parvez Khan
Stunts
Keith Devlin
Visual Effects Supervisor
Susheel Peris
Visual Effects Supervisor
Arjun Mitra
Visual Effects
V. Srinivas Mohan
Visual Effects Supervisor
Sal Ammytrauern
Animation
Haresh Hingorani
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ritesh Naik
Makeup Artist
Garman Herigstad
Visual Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 24, 2011
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 36m
Content RatingNR
Budget$24,000,000
Box Office$35,911,689
Filming LocationsLondon, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Ra.One is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role and Arjun Rampal as the titular antagonist, with Kareena Kapoor, Armaan Verma, Shahana Goswami, Tom Wu, Dalip Tahil and Satish Shah in supporting roles. The script, written by Sinha and Kanika Dhillon, originated as an idea that Sinha got when he saw a television commercial and which he subsequently expanded. The film follows Shekhar Subramanium (Khan), a game designer who creates a motion sensor-based game with an immensely powerful virtual character. Designed to be more powerful than the game's protagonist, G.One (also portrayed by Khan), Ra.One serves as the antagonist. The latter escapes from the game's virtual world and enters the real world; his aim is to kill Lucifer, the game ID of Shekhar's son and the only player to have challenged Ra.One's power. Relentlessly pursued, the family is forced to bring out G.One from the virtual world to defeat Ra.One and protect them.
Principal photography began in March 2010 and took place in India and the United Kingdom and was overseen by an international crew. The post-production involved 3-D conversion and the application of visual effects, the latter being recognised as a technological breakthrough among Indian films. With a budget of ₹150 crore (equivalent to ₹309 crore or US$39 million in 2023), inclusive of publicity costs, Ra.One was the most expensive Indian film at the time of release, surpassing the ₹132 crore (equivalent to ₹296 crore or US$37 million in 2023) budget of Enthiran (2010). The producers spent ₹130 crore (equivalent to ₹268 crore or US$34 million in 2023), including a ₹52 crore (equivalent to ₹107 crore or US$13 million in 2023) marketing budget, which involved a nine-month publicity campaign, brand tie-ups, merchandise, video games and viral marketing.
The film faced controversies involving plagiarism, content leaks, and copyright challenges. Ra.One was theatrically released on 24 October 2011, the beginning of the five-day Diwali weekend, in 2D, 3D and dubbed versions in Tamil and Telugu languages, with three international premieres being held between 24 & 26 October 2011. The film witnessed the largest international theatrical release for an Indian film as of 2011 and was preceded by high audience and commercial expectations.
Upon release, Ra.One earned praise for the visual effects, action sequences, direction, music, and the performances of Khan and Rampal, and criticism for the script and screenplay. Commercially, the film became the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2011 domestically, the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2011 worldwide, and broke a number of opening box office records. The film earned more than ₹207 crores worldwide and was commercially successful. It subsequently won a number of awards for its technical aspects, notably one National Film Award, one Filmfare Award and four International Indian Film Academy Awards. While initially mixed around its time of release, the film's reception has improved over the years.