Machine (2017 film)

Machine is a 2017 Indian romantic thriller film, directed by Abbas–Mustan. The film stars debutant Mustafa Burmawalla and Kiara Advani. The film has been produced by Jayantilal Gada, Haresh Patel, Pranay Chokshi, and Dhaval Jayantilal Gada.

The film was released on 17 March 2017. It was extensively shot in Georgia.

Plot
Machine is a story about racing enthusiasts Sarah, the daughter of a very rich businessman Balraj, and Ransh, who meet each other. Sarah loses to Ransh at a car race event, and later finds out that Ransh, new to town, is her new classmate. As their bond becomes stronger, they eventually fall in love.

After the accidental death of Sarah's friend/secret lover Aditya, they get married. However, Ransh deceives Sarah and tries to kill her for her money by throwing her off a cliff. She is eventually saved by Aditya's twin brother Raj, who is a commando in the Indian Army. Sarah and Raj come to know the exact reason for the attempted murder when they find out that Ransh was doing all this on someone's orders and is now duping another rich businessman's daughter.

They trace him down and find that her own father had planned all this. He is not Sarah's biological father and is Ransh's biological father. They come to know that he only raised her as his own daughter for her wealth. He even kills Sarah's parents, and makes it look like an accident. When he is about to pull his gun to shoot her, Sarah shoots him and burns him alive with the money he looted. They both eventually try to take revenge on Ransh. Sarah confesses that she is deeply in love with him. Ransh however, is brainwashed and tries to kill her. After this, when Ransh understands, he comes forward, Raj sees the gun lying beside Ransh and throws a knife for the safety of Sarah, and Ransh realizes what he actually is. He realizes that he has his own brain and heart. In the end, Ransh understands he is truly in love with Sarah, and dies, confessing his true love for her.

Cast

 * Kiara Advani as Sarah Thapar, Balraj's adopted daughter
 * Mustafa Burmawalla as Ransh, Balraj's biological son
 * Eshan Shanker as Aditya, Sarah's love interest(dead)
 * Raj, Aditya's brother
 * Ronit Roy as Balraj, Sarah's adopted father, Ransh's biological father
 * Sharat Saxena as Advocate Kapoor
 * Johnny Lever as Darpan Gopal (Police Officer) (cameo appearance)
 * Vivek Vaswani as Mr. Thapar, Sarah's biological Grandfather
 * Supriya Karnik as Stage Coordinator
 * Dalip Tahil as Kris Altar, Serina's father
 * Mayuresh Wadkar as Vicky Singh
 * Carla Dennis as Serina Altar, Kris' daughter
 * Mridanjli Rawal as Ayesha
 * Simran Mishrikoti

Soundtrack
The music for the film is composed by Tanishk Bagchi, with Dr. Zeus as a guest composer of a dance number. Lyrics are penned by Arafat Mehmood, Niket Pandey, Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammed Irfan and Jasmine Sandlas. Music rights have been acquired by T-Series.

The song "Chatur Naar" is a remake of the song "Ek Chatur Naar" from the 1969 Padosan. The song "Cheez Badi" is a remake of the song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast" from the 1994 film Mohra,

Critical reception
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 1.5/5, writing "Machine is the kind of film the director-duo would have got away in the 90s. Or maybe not. Even the squelchiest of plots need some acting chops and charisma: none of the young people, including the debutant Burmawla, is in possession of these crucial ingredients that makes a star." Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave the film 0/5, calling it "Worst film of Abbas-Mustan's career." Nihit Bhave of Times of India gave the film 1 out 5, criticizing the plot and the "lack of subtlety" in the film. Prasanna D Zore of Rediff.com gave the film 1 out of 5, writing "Machine is not a film in the first place -- it is a 148-minute parody that ends up possessing your mental faculties."