Bhoomi

Plot

Bhoomi Sachdeva, a designer, is all set to be married to Neeraj Mathur, her best friend, but has a problem of returning home late from work. Her father, Arun Sachdeva is an alcoholic shoe-maker who sells shoes, and the two share a loving relationship. Vishal Munshi, the son of a neighbourhood shopkeeper, is infatuated with Bhoomi and not happy about her upcoming wedding. He stalks her, and she slaps him one day when he tries to forcefully assert his love. Vishal meets his cousin Dedha's gangster boss Dhauli, who convinces him to do something about it.

One day, while travelling home with her aide Jeetu, Bhoomi is kidnapped. Vishal asphyxiates her to near death, and Vishal, Dedha, and Dhauli take turns gang-raping her. Bhoomi eventually falls unconscious. On the day of the wedding, Neeraj is shocked to learn of her assault, and is forced against his will to cancel the marriage. Following this, her father Arun and his childhood friend, Tripurari "Taj" Mishra, visit a police station to register a complaint. The police officer goes with him to his house, where they find Bhoomi missing. Bhoomi is kidnapped again by Vishal, Dhauli and Dedha. They try to rape her again but she flees and after chasing her, Dhauli throws her into a river to die.

Dhauli soon discovers that Bhoomi survived; in the ensuing court case, Arun accuses the defense lawyer of being patriarchal and body-shaming Bhoomi. The case is dismissed after they let go of Dhauli. The incident brings father and daughter closer to each other. Bhoomi is further shamed in society when people write her phone number on the walls. Neeraj returns, overcome by remorse, but cannot pacify her, as she leaves him. The next day, Jeetu's family visits and shows Bhoomi a video from Jeetu's phone detailing the rape. Realising Jeetu was complicit in the act, Bhoomi is shocked.

Arun and Bhoomi turn ruthless and abduct Jeetu, whom they then torture. Arun goes on a scaring spree by haunting Vishal. Dhauli takes a petrified Vishal to Arun, asking Vishal to apologise, but Arun picks a fight with Dhauli. On his 18th birthday, Jeetu is forced to slit his throat by Arun, and his body is found in Bhagwan Talkies, where they had raped Bhoomi. The police officer who had registered Arun's complaint is surprised to see Jeetu's sister disclaiming responsibility and cursing herself for having been his sister. The officer returns Arun his keychain that he'd been holding at the police station, and says that one mustn't leave his belongings after playing a game, implying that the policeman knows Arun is the murderer. Dedha threatens Bhoomi again; Taj intervenes but falls onto an iron rod and dies from his injuries. Shattered by the loss of his friend, Arun decides to finish off Vishal, Dedha and Dhauli.

After a long scuffle, Dedha dies from his injuries while being held in the path of a speeding train. Vishal, scared by Jeetu and Dedha's murders, boards a bus, but Arun and Bhoomi confront him and force him to castrate himself. Arun drives the bus to Dhauli's area. Arun and Bhoomi chase Dhauli to a temple, where they throw him into a pond. He then dies as Bhoomi and Arun look on, having succeeded in their mission.

Cast

Sanjay Dutt as Arun Sachdeva a.k.a. Baba

Aditi Rao Hydari as Bhoomi Sachdeva, daughter of Arun

Riddhi Sen as Jeetu

Sharad Kelkar as Dhauli

Sidhant Gupta as Neeraj Mathur

Puru Chibber as Vishal Munshi

Sakshi Dwivedi as Diya

Shekhar Suman as Tripurari "Taj" Mishra, Arun's childhood friend

Sunny Leone in the item number "Trippy Trippy"

Reception

Sukanya Verma, writing for Rediff.com, termed it "one of the worst films of the year" and blamed it for "[taking] perverse pleasure in a woman's humiliation". She opined that Dutt's character's transformation lacked seriousness and found the film to be "ghastly". India Today's critic Lakshana N Palat gave the film a 1/5 rating. Meena Iyer writing for Times of India wrote "Watch Bhoomi for Dutt. He's from that era of larger-than-life heroes who get you to applaud even when he turns into a killing machine. You may not approve of his bloodlust, but you can't fault his swagger."

Soundtrack

The music of the film has been composed by Sachin–Jigar except where noted. In contrast, the lyrics have been penned by Priya Saraiya, Vayu, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Badshah and Utkarsh Naithani and the score is composed by Ismail Darbar. The first song of the film, "Trippy Trippy", which is sung by Neha Kakkar, Benny Dayal, Brijesh Shandilya and Badshah, was released on 18 August 2017. The second song, "Lag Ja Gale", which is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was released on 23 August 2017. The soundtrack was released by T-Series on 28 August 2017 and includes 8 songs.