Players (Hindi: प्लेयर्) is an upcoming Bollywood action thriller[1] film directed by Abbas Burmawalla and Mustan Burmawalla. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sikander Kher and Omi Vaidya. Based on the 2003 Hollywood blockbuster, The Italian Job,[2] it is amongst the most expensive films in Bollywood. The theatrical trailer was revealed on November 3, 2011, whereas the film is expected to release on January 6, 2012.



Cast


Abhishek Bachchan as Charlie
Sonam Kapoor as Naina Briganza
Bipasha Basu as Riya
Bobby Deol as Ronnie
Neil Nitin Mukesh as Spider
Sikander Kher as Bilal Bhera (Bashir)
Omi Vaidya as Sunny
Vinod Khanna
Johnny Lever in a special appearance






Production


The film star cast had included Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Bipasha Basu. Though due to dates of another film interfering, Katrina Kaif had backed out and Sonam Kapoor replaced her. There were rumours that the likes of Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone were also being considered for the roles that Sonam Kapoor and Bipasha Basu are enacting, but this was proved false.


The film began its initial schedule on November 9, 2010 and the filming will continue throughout India, New Zealand and Russia. The filming took place in Goa, New Zealand's Wellington and Auckland earlier in 2011, and a long schedule was also shot in Siberia, St Petersburg and other locations in India. 
Players was expected to release on 9 December 2011 with Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, but was delayed and pushed back to 6 January 2012 making it the first release of 2012.The first look unveiled on 3 November 2011, on Kaun Banega Crorepati, which featured Abhishek Bachchan's father, Amitabh Bachchan as the host.








Soundtrack


Players
Soundtrack album by Pritam
Released November 30, 2011
Genre Film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Producer Pritam
The official soundtrack was composed by Pritam and background score composed by Sandeep Shirodkar. The lyrics were penned by Ashish Pandit. The music rights were sold to T-Series and released on 30 November, 2011. The main track used in the teaser promo is originally from Blue Stahli 's self titled album Blue Stahli.




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