Hero (2015 film)
Plot
Sooraj (
Sooraj Pancholi) is a gangster from Mumbai who meets Radha (
Athiya Shetty), daughter of the city's Chief of Police. One day, Sooraj, under instructions from his gangster boss, Pasha (
Aditya Pancholi), kidnaps Radha, in the guise of a police officer, by telling her that he received instructions from the police to take her away from city for some time. Later he confesses to Radha that he had kidnapped her. Radha has however fallen in love with Sooraj, and their love story creates problems for Pasha. What follows is a series of fights for the survival of their love story.
Cast
Production
In May 2013 it was announced that
Subhash Ghai is all set to remake 1983 version of the film
Hero, which will be re-edited and re- written.
[7] On 6 August 2013 it was announced that
Nikhil Advani is all set to direct and re-write the script for the film, which
Salman Khan is producing.
[8] On 19 September 2013 news confirmed that Khan has announced to launch his own production house
Salman Khan Productions, which will debut by producing the remake Hero film.On 7 January 2014 news revealed that Khan has set the film to start production on 18 February, and the film will be released on 12 December 2014.
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On 10 February 2014 it was reported that Ghai original director of the film has approved the script re-written by Nikhil Advani and his co-writer Umesh Bist.
[11] Ghai said
"I think they've done a fantastic job of contemporizing my script to suit today's tastes".
[11]
Casting
On 14 August 2013 news told that
Govinda and
Vinod Khanna will also star in the remake film.
[12] On 25 October 2013 Ghai said "Yes, Salman may make a special appearance but he will primarily be working as the producer of the film"
[13] and he will be singing the title song of the film.
[14] On 9 February 2014 it was confirmed that
Athiya Shetty will make her acting debut in the remake film opposite to
Sooraj Pancholi.
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Filming
On 19 September 2013 it was announced that both young actors Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty are currently undergoing training to start the film's production.
[16] On 7 January 2014 Khan set the film to start shooting on 18 February.
[9] Later
Nikhil Advani began the
principal photography of the film on 16 February 2014 at the
Gateway of India.
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Apart from being producing movie Salman Khan has edited the movie. He trims the movie by 30 minutes.
