Jackpot (2013 film)

Jackpot is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film directed by Kaizad Gustad starring Sunny Leone, Naseeruddin Shah, Sachiin J Joshi, and Bharath in the lead roles. This is the Bollywood debut of Tamil actor Bharath. The film released on 13 December 2013 in India. It had total earnings of inr 50000000 according to Box Office India.

Plot
Francis packs in the muscle and has a can of beer always close at hand. He is also street-smart enough to impress Maya, the oomphy voice of reason in the movie. Boss Man is a veteran raver whose clothes are as colorful as his principles and punchlines. Slow in speech but quick to draw a six-shooter, he owns the Jackpot casino.

Cast

 * Naseeruddin Shah as Boss
 * Sunny Leone as Maya
 * Sachiin J Joshi as Francis
 * Bharath as Anthony D’Souza
 * Makrand Deshpande
 * Manish Wadhwa
 * Sumit Kumar
 * Daniel Weber (cameo)

Filming
The majority of the shooting for the film was completed in Goa. Kaizad Gustad shot the film in 27 days.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack has 9 tracks. Sharib & Toshi, Mika, Remo Fernandes, Gods Robots (Shridevi Keshavan & Janaka Atugoda), Rishi Rich, Juno Reactor, Rahul Bhatt, Jaaved Jaaferi and Itek Bhutani composed one song each. The song "Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse" became popular.

Track listing
Song Title – Performed by – Music by – Lyrics by
 * 1) Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse – Arijit Singh – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
 * 2) Full Jhol – Mika Singh, Akasa Singh – Mika Singh – Raj Hans
 * 3) Bol Bugger Bol – Remo Fernandes – Remo Fernandes – Abhijeet Deshpande
 * 4) Jackpot Jeetna – Sunidhi Chauhan – Gods Robots – Kaizad Gustad
 * 5) Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Remix) – Arijit Singh feat. Rishi Rich – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
 * 6) Jackpot – Hamsika Iyer – Juno Reactor – Kaizad Gustad
 * 7) Eggjactly – Jaaved Jaaferi – Rahul Bhatt – Jaaved Jaaferi
 * 8) Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi
 * 9) Now You See, Now You Don't – Ramya Iyer – Itek Bhutani – Kaizad Gustad & Ramya Iyer
 * 10) Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Remix) – Arijit Singh feat. Maxi Priest – Sharib & Toshi – Turaz & Azeem Shirazi

Marketing
Censor Board axed the rap song 'Eggjactly' from the film as it was a bit vulgar, though the video of the song was released online. The premiere of Jackpot was held at PVR Cinemas in Juhu, Mumbai, on 12 December 2013 to which Shahrukh Khan, Urvashi Sharma and other celebrities came. Sunny Leone promoted the film in various cities like Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Bangalore (Inorbit Mall). Sunny Leone and Sachin also promoted the film on the shows Bigg Boss 7 and Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali.

Box office
Jackpot grossed inr 10000000 on day one. It grossed inr 34500000 on domestic box office in its first weekend. The film had a poor first week collection of inr 45000000.

Critical reception
Reagan Gavin Rasquinha of Times of India gave Jackpot 2 stars out of 5. Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film a 1/2 star only. Avad M of Bollywood3 rated the film 1.5/5.