Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (2014)
- Original title
- होलीडे
- Directed by
- A. R. Murugadoss
- Genre
- action film, thriller film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 147 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An Indian army officer on vacation in Mumbai uncovers a terrorist sleeper cell network. He takes it upon himself to track down the leader and dismantle the cells.
tenseaction-packedpatrioticfast-pacedsuspensefulseriousexplosivegritty
What happens
Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, starring Akshay Kumar as an army officer. It also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Freddy Daruwala, Sumeet Raghavan and Govinda in a special appearance. It is an official remake of Murugadoss' own 2012 Tamil film Thuppakki (2012) and follows an Indian Army officer who arrives in Mumbai on vacation and sets out to hunt down the terrorist leader of a sleeper cell network and deactivate the sleeper cells operating under his command. Kumar revealed that the story of Holiday was signed by his production company Hari Om Entertainment after listening to the first action sequence of the film by Murugadoss even before the script was fully written. He let Murugadoss make the film in Tamil as Thuppakki due to date issues, and later announced its remake. Production commenced in 2013 with the initial working title Pistol under the banner of Hari Om Entertainment and Sunshine Pictures. The film was released worldwide on 6 June 2014. Made on a budget of ₹500 million, The film received generally positive reviews from the critics, particularly for Kumar's performance, writing and action sequences. It proved to be one of the top grossing Bollywood films of 2014. with worldwide earnings of over ₹180 crore. At 60th Filmfare Awards, Kumar was nominated for Best Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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