Ra.One

Plot

A video game developer's world spirals out of control when his shape-shifting indestructible virtual creation becomes all too real.

Release Year: 2011

Rating: 4.7/10 (11,663 voted)

Critic's Score: 60/100

Director:
Anubhav Sinha

Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal

Storyline
Originally from India, Tamil-speaking Shekar Subramaniam lives a middle-classed life abroad along with his wife, Sonia, and a school-going son, Prateek. While Sonia is busy writing a book on converting all female-related expletives to male, her husband is employed with Barron Industries, where the owner insists his staff come up with a plan to launch the ultimate video game or else he will change his organization to a restaurant and hire them as waiters. Hoping to create a super-hero, Shekhar instead faces criticism from Prateek – who hopes to instead see a kick-ass villain. This conversation does change Shekhar's thinking and he sets about to create an indestructible villain, calls him Ra.one (pronounced as in Lankeshwar Ravan) and its arch-enemy G.One (Jeevan). Prateek will have to regret passing on this idea on to his father – for soon their lives will be shattered when the shape-shifting Ra.One will find a way to enter the real world…

Writers: David Benullo, Shah Rukh Khan

Cast:

Shah Rukh Khan
–

Shekhar Subramaniam
/
G.One

Kareena Kapoor
–

Sonia S. Subramanium

Arjun Rampal
–

Ra.One

Shahana Goswami
–

Jenny Nayar

Priyanka Chopra
–

Khalnayak's Girlfriend

Satish Shah
–

Iyer

Armaan Verma
–

Prateek
/
Shekhar's Son

Dalip Tahil
–

Barron

Suresh Menon
–

Taxi-Driver

Sanjay Dutt
–

Khalnayak

Rajnikanth
–

Chitti

Joe Egan
–

The Daddy

Ben Hawkey
–

Billy

Alex Moore
–

Dad

Mark Barrows
–

Airline Pilot

Details

Official Website:
Official site |

Release Date: 26 October 2011

Filming Locations: Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office Details

Budget: INR 1,350,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: INR 1,700,000,000
(India)
(26 October 2011)
(4 Screens)

Gross: $2,496,825
(USA)
(20 November 2011)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

156 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Days before its release, script-writer Yash Patnaik claimed that the film resembled a concept that he had developed several years back.

Goofs:

Continuity:
Sekhar has died and he's being buried in a coffin. In the next scene, his son scatters his ashes into a river.

Quotes:

PiBi 2:
Jo ek baar marta hai usay baar baar marna nahi padhta (RA. One once killed need not be killed again and again.)

User Review

One of SRK's worst movies

Rating:

Any SRK films comes with huge hype and why not……he has always been
associated with good and popular films. So when Ra One was announced I
like millions of others were eager to see the movie. Before watching it
I had only one apprehension, The director was Anubhav Sinha who had
made films like Cash (Memories of my worst film watching experience).
But then I thought, its a SRK film and he himself is the producer (his
wife Gauri is actually the producer, I should not worry………

With lot of excitement I pre booked my and my family's tickets. Well
the The Day came and we went to the theater. 2 and half hours later
thanks to Mr. Anubhav Sinha's direction (and script) and Mr Khan over
acting and some crude jokes and some cool effects (the only good parts)
I was reminded of the memories of Cash………

Just pouring in money and showing special effects doesn't help a film
become good. Love Story 2050 had good effects, but the movie? well lets
not talk about it. The characterization is half baked, the plot,
nothing, the story…… Its a fairy tale in a fairy world, its that
bizarre.

The rating should be around 3 but since I saw many readers (read SRK
blind fans) gave it high rating I have reduced the rating to balance
it. Save money, save time, save energy…..save yourself from watching
RA One……….