Jackpot (2013 film)

Plot

Francis (Sachiin J Joshi) packs in the muscle and has a can of beer always close at hand. He is also street-smart enough to impress Maya (Sunny Leone), the oomphy voice of reason in the movie. Boss Man (Naseeruddin Shah) 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

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.

Track List

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 - 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 ₹10 million (US$160,000) on day one. It grossed ₹34.5 million (US$540,000) on domestic box office in its first weekend. The film had a poor first week collection of ₹45 million (US$700,000).

Critical reception

The movie was universally panned by most film critics. However, some critics gave slightly positive reviews.

Reagan Gavin Rasquinha of Times of India gave Jackpot 3 stars out of 5. Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film 3 /12 star only. Avad M of Bollywood3 rated the film 2.5/5 and stated that Sunny Leone is the only saving grace of this film as she is brilliant as the notorious con and looks amazing throughout the film.