Bollywood action film Rowdy Rathore will be releasing at Ster-Kinekor Theatres at Gateway and The Zone at Rosebank on 1 June.
The film is a modern rework of the well-known film Vikramarkudu, and features an all-star cast. With the true look and feel of a Hindi film, Rowdy Rathore is said to bring back the action-packed fun from the 90s film genre.
Directed by Prabhudheva (Minsaara Kanavu, Wanted, Shakti – the Power) and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sanjay Leele Bhansali (Black, Devdas and Saawariya), Rowdy Rathore stars Akshay Kumar as Shiva. This marks Kumar’s return to the action genre after seven years and sees him as a small time conman who falls in love with a pretty girl he met at a wedding he has gate-crashed. The leading lady, and Shiva’s love interest, is Priya, played by the beautiful and vibrant Sonakshi Sinha.
Into this picture perfect world enters six year old Neha who inexplicably believes Shiva to be her dad. And if this wasn’t bad enough, Shiva also becomes the object of a series of life threatening attacks by a gang of deadly criminals who seem to know something he doesn’t. While trying desperately to save his life and love, Shiva stumbles upon a deadly secret. A secret that will take him to a small town in Bihar; a town terrorized by its ruthless MLA and the mafia he controls; a town whose inhabitants’ only hope for redemption is… Shiva.
Audiences can also expect a fantastic soundtrack, with choreography and performances by a number of Indian stars.
Bookings for Rowdy Rathore open on 29 May 2012.
