Qayamat: City Under Threat

Qayamat: City Under Threat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHarry Baweja
Screenplay byHarry Baweja
Suparn Verma
Story byHarry Baweja
Based onThe Rock
by Michael Bay
Produced byPammi Baweja
StarringAjay Devgan
Sunil Shetty
Sanjay Kapoor
Arbaaz Khan
Isha Koppikar
Neha Dhupia
Riya Sen
Aashish Chaudhary
CinematographySanjay F. Gupta
Edited byMerzin Tavaria
Music byNadeem-Shravan (Songs)
Salim–Sulaiman (Score)
Distributed byBaweja Movies
Release date
  • 11 July 2003 (2003-07-11)
Running time
157 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget16 crore (US$1.9 million)[2]
Box office28.52 crore (US$3.4 million)[2]

Qayamat: City Under Threat (transl.Judgement: City Under Threat), shortly called Qayamat, is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Harry Baweja.[3][4] It stars Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty, Sanjay Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Isha Koppikar, Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen, Aashish Chaudhary, it is a remake of the 1996 American film The Rock.[5][6] It was the first Indian film to be digitally colour corrected.[7] The film was shot in Australia, Mauritius and Diu.[8] It also marks the second collaboration between Devgn, Shetty and Baweja after Dilwale.[9]

Released on 11 July 2003, the film was moderately successful at the box office.[10] It received praise for the action and cinematography, while the pacing, performances and repletion with songs earned criticism.[11]

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  6. ^ "'Qayamat: City Under Threat' copied from 'The Rock'". Bollywood Copy - Not everything is original in Bollywood. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Qayamat: Mission Impossible". Rediff.com.
  8. ^ "Movies: Qayamat: Story in pictures". Rediff.com.
  9. ^ "Suniel Shetty to do a Nicholas Cage". Rediff.com. Retrieved 12 March 2003.
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  11. ^ "Bollywood's hat-trick of flops". Rediff.com. Retrieved 9 September 2003.