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| Directed by | Anthony D'Souza |
| Produced by | Dhilin Mehta |
| Written by | Bryan Sullivan |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Sanjay Dutt Lara Dutta Zayed Khan Katrina Kaif Rahul Dev Kabir Bedi |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Laxman Utekar |
| Editing by | Shyam Salgaonkar |
| Distributed by | Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd |
| Release date(s) | October 16, 2009 |
| Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | INR 114 crores (25.33 Million US$)[1] |
| Gross revenue | Rs. 130,00,00,000 |
| Followed by | Aasman (2011) |
Blue (Hindi: ब्लू) is a Bollywood film directed by Anthony D'Souza, released on 16 October 2009, starring Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan. It is an action film that is centered around an underwater treasure. The film was written by American writers Joshua Lurie and Bryan M. Sullivan. Kylie Minogue makes a musical guest appearance in the film. A. R. Rahman composed the music with Resul Pookutty doing the sound design. Mukhtar Sahota, a UK-based music producer was bought in by A. R. Rahman for the lyrics and vocals for the background score. The film is the most expensive Bollywood film. Katrina Kaif has a cameo appearance and her look was kept a secret before the release of the film to add a sense of suspense to the film.
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Aarav "Sarkar" Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) runs a fishing company in the Bahamas, in which Sagar "Sethji" Singh (Sanjay Dutt) is a diver. While Aarav has done well for himself, Sagar is under a financial crisis. To help him, Aarav advises Sagar to retrieve the lost treasure of a sunken ship called Lady in Blue. However, Sagar refuses to go to the ship as he has a haunted past with the ship.
Meanwhile, Sam (Zayed Khan) is in Bangkok. He is a bike racer and the brother of Sagar. He races illegally and earns his living. This is where he meets Nikki (Katrina Kaif) who offers him work with Gulshan (Rahul Dev) to earn some extra cash. Gulshan offers $50,000 to Sam to deliver a package, but intentionally sabotages his mission by calling the cops on him. Following a heated chase, Sam loses the package. Gulshan threatens to kill Sam if he fails to return the package or pay up $50 million in return for it. Seeking advise from Nikki who Sam has developed an interest in, Sam leaves for the Bahamas to lay low with his brother.
Back in the Bahamas, Aarav tries to convince Sagar time and again to go to the Lady in Blue but in vain. Meanwhile, Sam finds a ring in Sagar's room which belonged to the treasure aboard the ship and realizes that his brother is hiding something from him. For the time being, Sagar says he bought the ring for his wife Mona (Lara Dutta). A few days later, some people attack Sam, when he receives a call from Gulshan saying that he is coming for him and that Nikki has been killed. Aarav saves Sam and demands to know why people tried to kill him. Sam tells Aarav everything and they decide to convince Sethji to go after the treasure as it is the last hope.
Meanwhile, Gulshan lands in the Bahamas and destroys Sagar's house and takes Mona hostage in return for the $50 million or Sam's appearance in front of him. With no other choice, he agrees to go with Aarav and Sam to the Lady in Blue to get the treasure. He also reveals his past, and the reason for his earlier non-compliance. A flashback reveals that Sagar as a young boy went diving with his father and they stumbled on the ship. His father located the ring and gave it to him. But while in the ship, due to an accident, Sagar's father gets trapped beneath an iron bar and dies.
The three locate the treasure only to find that Gulshan has arrived there with his henchmen and Mona. He threatens to spare Mona's life only in return for the treasure. After a lot of fighting in the water with Gulshan's henchmen they save Mona and at the end they realise that Aarav and Gulshan were actually business partners. Aarav told Gulshan to send Sam to the Bahamas and to kidnap Mona in order to convince Sagar to aid him in his search for the treasure. A fight ensues between Aarav and Sagar and Sam and Gulshan, resulting in Aarav killing Gulshan. Aarav dives into the sea with his bike and survives by inhaling the oxygen from the tyres.
A storm is coming, therefore Sam, Sagar, and Mona decide to leave and head for land. At the end, Aarav calls Sagar and apologizes to everyone and said he has found all the treasure and tells his story of how he survives. It is discovered that Nikki was Aarav's wife and that her death was faked. Aarav tells them that they had to get their hands on the treasure because his grandfather Jagat Malhotra (Kabir Bedi) was the Captain of Lady in Blue and was accused of sinking the ship on purpose and was embarrassed in court, leading to him committing suicide. Aarav says he wanted to clear his family's name. Aarav receives a reward from the Indian Government for returning the lost treasure, and he deposits it into an account in the name of Sagar.
This movie appears to be inspired by Hollywood movie "Fool's Gold (2008 film)".
Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. digitally distributed and promoted the music for India's first underwater action thriller, 'Blue' with Music major T-Series. [2]
The film had an excellent response at the box office as some multiplexe's were at about 95+. It grossed aprox. 60 crores at the box office during the first 3 weeks itself as a net take. It broke almost all records for best opening at the box office by collecting about 27 crores at the box office in it's first week itself. However, during it's fourth and fifth week, the collection started to drop by 35% - 55% when it's main rival, All The Best: Fun Begins made a quick rise in collection by almost 80%. The arrival of the average grosser London Dreams debut also caused a drop in collections. Acid Factory, Wake Up Sid, Do Knot Disturb were also main suspests of the drop in collections. By the arrival of some of the highest grossing films such as Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, De Dana Dan, Paa and the average grosser Kurbaan also made a major drop in collections. However the film's final verdict came to hit after the collection rose once again by aprox. 30% - 60%. The film completed a successful six weeks at the box and grossing a net take of aprox. 65 crores and a total worldwide gross of 130 crores during it's run at the box office. The films total gross was aprox. Rs. 130,00,00,000 (130 crores) and it's net take was aprox. Rs. 65,00,00,000 (65 crores). The film was declared a hit.
The movie received mixed reviews. Anupama Chopra of NDTV called the movie an 'incredibly dim-witted underwater thriller', criticizing the performance and the cast and the dialogues.[3] Taran Adarsh gave the movie a positive review, praising the star cast and action scenes.[4]
The film will have a sequel which will feature Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, John Abraham, Neha Oberoi, Sonal Chauhan. The sequel's name is planned on being Aasman.
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  | Indian Bollywood Film, "Blue" to be Shot in The Bahamas - Casting Call - Bahamas News and events :: Indian Bollywood Film, "Blue" to be Shot in The Bahamas - Casting Call |
| | Kylie Minogue sings with Akshay Kumar in Blue - Asia Pacific Arts: March 6, 2009: News from Abroad |
| | Munnabhai gets into action with Blue - Film Blue | Sanjay Dutt | Akshay Kumar | Suniel Shetty | Lara Dutta | Zayed Khan - Oneindia Entertainment |
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