Riyasat (film)

Riyasat (transl. Principality) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action film, starring Rajesh Khanna, Gauri Kulkarni, Aryan Vaid, Aryeman Ramsay and Raza Murad. It is Khanna's last film.[2] The film was released on 18 July 2014, two years after his death.[3]

Riyasat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAshok Tyagi
Produced byVijay Sirohi
Diwaker Singhal
Story byVijay Sirohi
StarringRajesh Khanna Gauri Kulkarni, Aryan Vaid, Aryeman Ramsay
Raza Murad
Music byHriju Roy
Syyed Ahmed
CinematographyAkram Khan
Edited byIrfan Shaikh
Production
company
Landcraft
Vijay Sirohi Productions
Distributed byManoj Nandwana of Jai Viratra Entertainment Limited
Release date
  • 18 July 2014 (2014-07-18)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Cast

Plot

Riyasat is a story about Saheb who has established a kingdom. He is being considered the godfather for the people of city. Saheb become aware of some unsocial people entered into the city with no good intentions. There starts a war and Saheb protects his kingdom. But, this war ends up changing Saheb's life forever.[4]

Soundtrack
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Saaja Hai"Mohammed Salamat, Shivani Nigam 
2."Raat Ke Baara"Reema Nathiniel 

Production

Riyasat is directed by Ashok Tyagi and it is jointly produced by Vijay Sirohi and Diwaker Singhal under Vijay Sirohi Productions.[5] Riyasat has been shot in Mumbai, Delhi, Ghaziabad and Noida.

Reception

Critical response

Times of India rated the film 1.5/5.

Renuka Vyavhare of TOI said that, "If you are planning to watch this film solely for Rajesh Khanna, don't". The film makes an unsuccessful attempt to make scene intense by playing loud music every time Rajesh Khanna appears on screen.[6] Johnson Thomas of FreePressJournal said that the film is a desi wannabe of the Hollywood film The Godfather and, the narrative is hapless, very amateurishly executed.[7] Jyothi Venkatesh of the website Starblockbuster.com reviewed the film as lacking novelty.[8] Rediff said that the Rajesh Khanna looks unwell in the movie and seems unable to deliver dialogues given to him. The website also speculate that the film was completed after Rajesh Khanna's death as there was found many repeated appearances of him and many dialogues of his shots delivered by some other person.[9]

References
  1. "Rajesh Khanna's Last Film To Finally Release". 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. "Kaka on screen, one last time". Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. "Rajesh Khanna's Last Film 'Riyasat' To Release On July 18". Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. https://archive.is/20140626185757/http://businessofcinema.com/news/rajesh-khannas-riyasat-release-soon/156216. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Rajesh Khanna's last film to be released in December". Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  6. "Riyasat". Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. "Riyasat: Can't get worse than this". Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  8. "Riyasat". Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  9. "Review: Riyasat is a pitiful tribute to Rajesh Khanna". Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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