The Big Bull is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed and co-written by Kookie Gulati and produced by Ajay Devgn, Anand Pandit, Vikrant Sharma and Kumar Mangat Pathak.[2] The storyline of the film is based on the life of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker, involved in financial crimes over a period of 10 years, from 1980 to 1990.[3] Abhishek Bachchan portrays the titular protagonist,[4] co-starring with Nikita Dutta, Ileana D'Cruz, Sohum Shah, Ram Kapoor and Saurabh Shukla.[5] Principal shoot of the film begun on 16 September 2019.[6]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was not able to be released theatrically. It is available for streaming worldwide from 8 April 2021 on the Indian streaming platform Disney+Hotstar.[1]
Plot[]
'The Big Bull’ follows the life and times of Hemant Shah – a smalltime stockbroker, who manipulates the loopholes in the country’s archaic banking system to create a massive bull run on the stock exchange. But at a time when the Indian economy was taking its big leap towards liberlisation, it was only a matter of time before Hemant Shah’s dream run, ended in a nightmare.
Cast[]
- Abhishek Bachchan as Hemant Shah, a stockbroker, based on Harshad Mehta
- Ileana D'Cruz as news reporter Meera Rao, based on journalist Sucheta Dalal
- Nikita Dutta as Priya Patil Shah, Hemant's wife, based on Jyoti Mehta
- Sumit Vats as Hari Vyas
- Mahesh Manjrekar as Rana Sawant
- Ram Kapoor as Ashok Mirchandani, Hemant's lawyer
- Sohum Shah as Viren Shah, Hemant's brother, based on Ashwin Mehta
- Lekha Prajapati as Tara, Viren's wife
- Supriya Pathak at Hemant's mother
- Sanjeev Pandey [7]
- Saurabh Shukla as Mannu Malpani, Chairman, Bombay Stock Exchange
- Samir Soni as Sanjeev Kohli
- Shishir Sharma as Rajesh Mishra, Meera's Boss
- Hitesh Rawal as Kantilal
- Kanan Arunachalam as Venkateshwar
- Rio Kapadia as NCC MD Singh
- Trupti Shankadhar as Ashima
- Abhijit Lahiri as Baldev
- Pankaj Vishnu as CBI’s Dheeraj
- Rohit Tiwari as Rakesh
- Sanjiv Jotangia as Priya Patil’s Father
- Aarjav Trivedi as Priya Patil’s Fiance
- Vijay Rajoria as Raman
- Akhil Vaid as Vikram Solanki
Production[]
In 2018, it was reported that Ajay Devgn will produce the film with Abhishek Bachchan playing the lead role.[5] The film is directed by Kookie Gulati and shows the financial crimes and life of Harshad Mehta. Nikita Dutta and Ileana D'Cruz were brought in to play supporting roles.[8]
The shooting commenced on 16 September 2019.[9]
Release[]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Big Bull was released for streaming worldwide from 8 April 2021 on Hotstar.[1]
Soundtrack[]
The film's music was composed by Gourov Dasgupta, Wily Frenzy and Mehul Vyas while lyrics written by Kunwar Juneja, CarryMinati and Anil Verma. Sandeep Shirodkar composed the background score.
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Reception[]
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the movie 1.5 out of 5 stars commenting that “the film's problems are rooted in the screenplay, stilted dialogues and arbitrary character arcs.”[11] Writing for Film Companion, Rahul Desai called the movie a “rushed portrait of a slow-burned legacy” further adding that “Abhishek Bachchan’s version of Harshad Mehta is far more compelling than the story it defines”.[12] Jyoti Kanyal of India Today gave the movie 2.5 out of 5 stars calling it “an interesting watch, which often oscillates between boredom and excitement.”[13]
Ronak Kotecha of Times of India graded the film with three out of five stars and asked not to let the 'stock of expectations rise too high'. He opined that Abhishek Bachchan 'delivered a decent performance'. In conclusion of review he wrote, "Overall, The Big Bull is a decent attempt to tell a dramatic story of one of India’s biggest financial scams, orchestrated by a man, who seemed more like a common man than a con man."[14]
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