Attack: Part 1

Attack: Part 1 is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language science fiction action film[4][5] directed by Lakshya Raj Anand, who co-wrote the film with Sumit Batheja and Vishal Kapoor, based on a story by John Abraham, who stars in the film alongside Jacqueline Fernandez and Rakul Preet Singh, with Prakash Raj and Ratna Pathak Shah in supporting roles.[6][7]

Attack
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLakshya Raj Anand
Written byLakshya Raj Anand
Sumit Batheja
Vishal Kapoor
Story byJohn Abraham
Produced byJayantilal Gada
Ajay Kapoor
Bhaumik Gondaliya
Starring
CinematographyWill Humphris
P. S. Vinod
Soumik Mukherjee
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music byShashwat Sachdev
Production
companies
AK Productions
Pen India Limited
Distributed byPen Marudhar Entertainment
Release date
  • 1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)
Running time
123 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹70 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹22.58 crore[3]

Attack was released on 1 April 2022 in cinemas. The film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the action sequences while criticizing the screenplay, eventually bombing at the box office.[8][9]

Synopsis

In 2010, Arjun Shergill (John Abraham) is on a mission to capture a terrorist named Rehman Gul (Habib Al Aidroos). He saves a young suicide bomber and is also able to capture Rehman Gul as well.

12 years later, while traveling in a flight, Arjun meets an air hostess named Ayesha (Jacqueline Fernandez) and falls in love with her. When both of them are about to take their relationship further, a terrorist attack at the airport kills Ayesha and leaves Arjun badly injured. Arjun is wheel-chair bound, with movement only in his neck. Through the news, he finds out that the attacker of the airport was Hamid Gul (Elham Ehsas), the son of Rehman Gul and the suicide bomber he saved 12 years back. He realises that the attack on the airport was arranged by Hamid Gul to take revenge of his father beacause Indian Army captured his father. The Indian Intelligence Chief, V. K. Subramaniam (Prakash Raj), comes up with the idea of introducing supersoldiers, operated by robotic and artificial means, in the Indian Army to save lives in times of war. These supersoldiers will be designed by Dr. Sabaha Qureshi (Rakul Preet Singh). Subramanium chooses Arjun for this mission as a trial participant, but while going through the process surgically, his chances of survival are shown to be minimal. Arjun manages to survive the on-boarding process and successfully turns into a supersoldier. He operates under the command of the Intelligence Robotic Assistant (IRA) chip, designed and implanted by Sabaha.

Cast
  • John Abraham as Arjun Shergill, India’s first super soldier and Ayesha’s love interest[10]
  • Jacqueline Fernandez as Ayesha, Arjun's love interest[11]
  • Rakul Preet Singh as Dr. Sabaha Qureshi
  • Prakash Raj as Vadraj Kumar Subramaniam
  • Ratna Pathak Shah as Shanti Shergill, Arjun's mother
  • Serena Walia as IRA (voice), Arjun's personal AI assistant
  • Elham Ehsas as Hamid Gul
  • Rajit Kapur as Home Minister Digvijay Singh
  • Kiran Kumar as Indian Army Chief
  • Habib Al Aidroos as Rehman Gul
  • Mir Mehroos as Young Hamid Gul
  • Jaimini Pathak as Negotiator
  • Babrak Akbari as Mustafa
  • Nimish Desai as Prime Minister
  • Ashish Nijhawan as Hussain
  • Shahnawaz Bhatt as Saqlain
  • Vikas Tomar as Home Minister’s Assistant
  • Ranjit Punia as CRPF Officer
  • Ranjeet Singh as RAF Officer
  • Karan Mehat as Shahid

Production

Principal photography began in January 2020.[12] Production was put on hold in March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[13] The shooting resumed in February 2021.

Release

The film was originally scheduled for theatrical opening worldwide on 14 August 2020.[14] However, it was delayed due to the shooting suspension.[15] It was scheduled for release on 28 January 2022,[16] however, it was postponed due to the surge in Omicron variant cases.[17] It was theatrically released on 1 April 2022.[18]

Reception

Box office

Attack earned ₹3.51 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected ₹3.75 crore. On the third day the film had a worldwide gross of ₹4.25 crore, taking total domestic weekend collection to ₹11.51 crore.[3]

As of 14 April 2022, the film grossed ₹19.08 crore in India and ₹3.50 crore overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of ₹22,009.58 crore.[3]

Critical response

The film received mixed reviews from critics who praised the action sequences while criticising the screenplay.[19][20] Rachana Dubey of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and wrote "Attack: Part One, is an engaging watch, from start to finish".[21] Grace Cyril of India Today gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Attack stands well with its VFX and new concepts, all coated in a layer of slick modern sci-fi".[22] Avinash Lohana of Pinkvilla gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Keep an open mind, don’t compare, and give the film a chance. You might like it".[23] Bharathi Pradhan of Lehren gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "John may take a bow because he is one of the producers of the film and has been credited with the story idea too".[24] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "ATTACK - PART 1 works due to the novel concept, action, VFX and John Abraham’s first-rate performance".[4] Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "'Attack - Part 1' might be a beginning of a new era in the Hindi film industry only if you ignore the long list of loopholes and cliché sequences".[25]

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote "To the credit of director Lakshya Raj Anand, the fast-paced hostage drama stops short of being a dreadful assault on the senses".[26] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote "We know exactly how things will pan out, no strain on the brain. Everything is straight-forward, no complicated characters, no morally ambiguous situations".[27] Shubham Kulkarni of Koimoi gave the film a rating of 2/5 and wrote "Lakshya Raj Anand only focuses on the battle sequences and everything that happens between them looks lazy".[28] Tatsam Mukherjee of Firstpost gave the film a rating of 1/5 and wrote "Whatever might be the measures taken by an earlier John Abraham film, there seems to be a renewed bloodlust in Attack, that’s actively trying to court the ‘masses’ of Uri: The Surgical Strike and The Kashmir Files".[29]

Soundtrack
Attack
Film score by
Shashwat Sachdev
Released13 March 2022[30]
Recorded2021
VenueYRF
StudioYRF Studios
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length30:40
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music
ProducerShashwat Sachdev
Shashwat Sachdev chronology
Uri: The Surgical Strike
(2019)		 Attack
(2022)		 TBA
(TBA)
Official audio
Attack - Full Album on YouTube

The film's music is composed by Shashwat Sachdev while lyrics written by Kumaar and Bjorn.[30]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ik Tu Hai"Jubin Nautiyal, Shashwat Sachdev4:10
2."Main Nai Tuttna"Vishal Mishra, Shashwat Sachdev, Tisoki3:25
3."Chal Hatt"Girish Nakod, Magic, Shashwat Sachdev2:26
4."Phir Se Zara"Jubin Nautiyal, Shashwat Sachdev3:50<>
5."La La La" (Lyrics by Bjorn)Bjorn, Shashwat Sachdev2:18
6."BOMB!"Shreya Jain, Girish Nakod, Shashwat Sachdev2:25
7."Crazy Now"Shreya Jain, Magic, Shashwat Sachdev, Tisoki2:43
8."Akh Kashni"Surbhi Yadav, Nakul Chugh, Shashwat Sachdev2:12
9."Phir se Zara - Sha"Shashwat Sachdev3:34
10."Durga Gayatri Mantra"Shreya Jain, Nakul Chugh, Shashwat Sachdev3:16
Total length:30:19

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