Riyasat (film)

Riyasat
Riyasat
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ashok Tyagi
Story by	Vijay Sirohi
Produced by	Vijay Sirohi ; Diwaker Singhal
Starring	Rajesh Khanna ; Gauri Kulkarni; Aryan Vaid; Aryeman Ramsay ; Raza Murad
Cinematography	Akram Khan
Edited by	Irfan Shaikh
Music by	Hriju Roy ; Syyed Ahmed
Production; companies	Landcraft ; Vijay Sirohi Productions
Distributed by	Manoj Nandwana of Jai Viratra Entertainment Limited
Release date	18 July 2014;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Riyasat (transl. Principality) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action film, starring Rajesh Khanna, Gauri Kulkarni, Aryan Vaid, Aryeman Ramsay and Raza Murad. It is Khanna's last film.^[2] The film was released on 18 July 2014, two years after his death.^[3]

Cast

Rajesh Khanna as Saheb
Gauri Kulkarni
Aryeman Ramsay as Vijay
Raza Murad as Minister
Aryan Vaid as Shakti
Vishwajeet Pradhan as Sandeep Marva

Plot

Riyasat is a story about Saheb who has established a kingdom. He is being considered the godfather for the people of city. Saheb become aware of some unsocial people entered into the city with no good intentions. There starts a war and Saheb protects his kingdom. But, this war ends up changing Saheb's life forever.^[4]

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Saaja Hai"	Mohammed Salamat, Shivani Nigam
2.	"Raat Ke Baara"	Reema Nathiniel

Production

Riyasat is directed by Ashok Tyagi and it is jointly produced by Vijay Sirohi and Diwaker Singhal under Vijay Sirohi Productions.^[5] Riyasat has been shot in Mumbai, Delhi, Ghaziabad and Noida.

Reception

Critical response

Times of India rated the film 1.5/5.^[6] Renuka Vyavhare of TOI said that, "If you are planning to watch this film solely for Rajesh Khanna, don't". The film makes an unsuccessful attempt to make scene intense by playing loud music every time Rajesh Khanna appears on screen.^[6] Johnson Thomas of FreePressJournal said that the film is a desi wannabe of the Hollywood film The Godfather and, the narrative is hapless, very amateurishly executed.^[7] Jyothi Venkatesh of the website Starblockbuster.com reviewed the film as lacking novelty.^[8] Rediff said that the Rajesh Khanna looks unwell in the movie and seems unable to deliver dialogues given to him. The website also speculate that the film was completed after Rajesh Khanna's death as there was found many repeated appearances of him and many dialogues of his shots delivered by some other person.^[9]