Radhe

Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai is a Hindi action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Atul Agnihotri, and Zee Studios. It is a remake of the 2017 South Korean film The Outlaws. It stars Salman Khan, Disha Patani, Randeep Hooda, and Jackie Shroff.

In September 2019, media reports speculated that Prabhu Deva would direct Salman Khan’s next project after completing Dabangg 3 and will be released on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr (22 May 2020; the date on which Khan’s shelved film Inshallah was speculated to release).

An article from the Deccan Chronicle mentioned the project as a sequel to Wanted (2009), being titled as Wanted 2 but neither was confirmed by the makers.

In October 2019, the film was reported to be the remake of the 2017 South Korean film The Outlaws.

On 18 October 2019, Salman Khan revealed the film’s title as Radhe through the motion poster of Dabangg 3; also confirming it as an Eid 2020 release.

Disha Patani, Randeep Hooda, and Jackie Shroff were cast in pivotal roles, the former in her second collaboration with Khan after Bharat.

In November 2019, Bharath Srinivasan was reported to be part of the film; Gautam Gulati also confirmed his presence in the film.

The film’s principal photography commenced on 1 November 2019. The first schedule of the film took place on 4 November, at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai.

Khan introduced new guidelines for the cast and crew members to be followed on the sets which was meant to emphasize maintaining discipline on the sets and maintaining a buddy system for helping newcomers or juniors.

The second schedule of the film took place on 21 January 2020 in Goa, where few chasing scenes featuring Khan and Hooda were filmed. For the climax shot, the makers spent ₹7.5 crore on the visual effects.

The shooting of the film was supposed to wrap up by 21 February 2020, but the makers planned another schedule in Thailand, which was then canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

It was reported that Khan was working on the post-production of the film at his farmhouse, however, Khan’s manager claimed that there were no plans for post-production as all the production works were halted as per the directives of the government.

The shooting of the film was resumed on 4 October 2020, where few patchwork scenes and a song featuring Khan and Patani were filmed. The film was wrapped up on 14 October 2020.

Radhe was originally scheduled to be released theatrically on 22 May 2020 but was postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 pandemic. The film was finally released on 13 May 2021, coinciding with Eid al-Fitr, as premium video on demand on Zee Plex through ZEE5 in India, with a theatrical release overseas. Though Radhe received highly negative reviews from critics and audiences alike, who criticized the story, screenplay, direction, unoriginality, chemistry and VFX.

Salman Khan and Randeep Hooda’s performance has been praised by critics and audiences. Publications like The Indian Express listed Radhe as one of the worst Indian films of 2021.

This was a limited second release post a successful reception as an OTT release at Zee5 garnering over 14 million views.