FORCE
Force is an Bollywood action thriller film directed by Nishikanth Kamath, starring John Abraham and Genelia D'Souza. It is a remake ofGautham Menon's successful 2003 Tamil film, Kaakha Kaakha and is about a dutiful cop who chases the capture of a dreaded gangster. The film released on September 30, 2011 to mostly positive reviews.
The shooting of the film ended in February 2011, after sixty five days of shoot. During the filming, John Abraham stated that "With Nishikant I have discovered the magic of raw action, but what is even more beautiful is the romance in 'Force'. This I believe will be my first pan India film after a long gap."The film involved tough stunts which Allan Amin, who worked with John Abraham earlier in Dhoom, had choreographed.
Controversy
Controversy broke out for the film, in a scene where John and Genelia had to tie knot. However, sources claim that the ceremony conducted was so authentic that had they completed the last round they would have actually been man and wife. The priest used for the scene was a real pandit and not a junior artist who read out the actual wedding mantra as he said he had forgot that the camera was rolling. Again, following the reports of Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia's marriage plans, the priest insisted that the couple couldn't get married as Genelia is already married to John as everything was done from wearing a mangalsutra, to exchanging garlands and taking the saat pheras. He also said he wishes to meet the onscreen couple and make them understand that he had pronounced the mantras one does at a real wedding.
Critical response
The album received positive reviews from music critics, with particular praise being given to "Khwabon Khwabon". Joginder Tuteja ofBollywood Hungama gave 3 out of 5 stars and said "Force delivers as promised and turns out to be an impressive soundtrack. While 'Khwabon Khwabon' was anyways expected to be the USP of the soundtrack, 'Main Chali' turns out to be another number that works quite well for the soundtrack. Overall, an album that has a potential to turn much bigger if the film too turns out to be a good success." Tanuj Manchanda of Planet Bollywood gave 7 out of 10 and quoted in his review that "After hearing all songs, one can say that this is undoubtedly one of the best albums of the year both in terms of lyrics and compositions. Harris Jayaraj has proved his mettle time and again and this time also he succeeds with flying colours. Javed akhtar as usual is dedicated towards giving his best. And the best part of the album is that all songs except ‘Dum Hai To Aaja’ are soulful and a treat for all music lovers and does not have any remixes to rob off the impact. Force is definitely recommended!"[ Devesh Sharma of Filmfare awarded it 3 out of 5 stars and quoted "Overall, Jayraj has arrived on the Hindi music scene and one looks forward to hearing more of his original tunes (and not reprises) in future."Gurpreet Bhuller of Moviehattan gave it 3 out of 5 stars stating "Overall, Force has two forceful songs out of five which is not a bad offer. If you like Khwabon Khwabon like crazy and think you can hear it infinite times then go get this album."
