BOTY Score
66
User Score
76 7.6 10
Total Votes: 143
Release Date 1 May, 2015
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Budget ₹70 crores
Box Office India ₹81 crores
Box Office Worldwide ₹105 crores
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Synopsis

It is the story of Gabbar, a grief striken man, who takes law in his own hands and starts the Anti-Corruption Force(ACF) to wipe out the corrupt people from society. What led him to start this force? Will he be able to achieve his agenda?

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Day-wise Box Office Collections

First Day₹12.64 crores
Saturday₹12.80 crores
Sunday₹13.51 crores
First Weekend₹38.95 crores
Monday₹6.95 crores
Tuesday₹5.90 crores
First Week₹59.61 crores
Second Week₹19.53 crores
Lifetime India (net)₹81 crores
Worldwide Gross₹105 crores
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True Adj Domestic Net ₹149.85 (
+68.85
) crores
True Adj Worldwide Gross ₹194.25 (
+89.25
) crores

Movie Reception

Gabbar is Back received positive reviews from the critics and it collected an excellent amount on its opening day. The film witnessed a good growth over the first weekend and collected over Rs. 35 crores in its first three days. The audience really appreciated the film and the positive word of mouth ensured a total near Rs. 60 crores.

In the second week too, the film held well and earned around Rs. 20 crores. Due to an excellent performance in the in its lifetime, Gabbar is Back ended its lifetime run with around Rs. 81 crores and it crossed Rs. 100 crores mark all over the world.

Full Cast & Characters

ACTOR NAMECHARACTER NAME
Akshay KumarProfessor Aditya Singh Rajput a.k.a. Gabbar
Shruti HaasanShruti
Kareena KapoorSunaina, Aditya's late wife
Suman TalwarDigvijay Patil
Sunil GroverPolice driver Sadhuram
Jaideep AhlawatCBI Officer Kuldeep Pahwa
Ishita VyasVeena
Sonu SoodBalbir Singh
Chitrangada SinghSpecial appearance in the song "Aao Raja"
Ninad KamatPolice Inspector
Shruti BapnaLakshmi
Ravi PrakashRavi

Fun Facts & Triva

  • This was the third remake of a Tamil film, Ramana.
  • Initially, it was titled as Gabbar. Later, it was changed to Gabbar Is Back.
  • For the role played by Sunil Grover, R Madhavan was approached first.
  • And, for the role of Suman, Prakash Raj was the first choice.
  • Also, this was Suman Talwar's first Bollywood film.
  • For Jaideep's role, Sonu Sood was the original choice.
  • Akshay Kumar had to put on 15 kgs for his role.
  • This was Bhansali's second collaboration with Akshay Kumar after Rowdy Rathore.
  • The item song, Aao Raja was inspired by a Pakistani song, Kundi Na Karkha Sohneya Sidha Andhar.

Official Trailer