Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Indian action film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Rajat Rawail, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala. It is a remake of original Telugu movie Vikramarkudu directed by S.S. Rajamouli and which had been dubbed into Malayalam asVikramathithya, Bhojpuri as Vikram Singh Rathod IPS, Bengali as “Bikram Singha” and Hindi as Pratighat. It features Akshay Kumar in double roles opposite Sonakshi Sinha and Paresh Ganatra, Yashpal Sharma, Gurdeep Kohli in supporting role with Tamil actor Nassar as antagonist. The music was composed by Sajid-Wajid and lyrics are penned by Faaiz Anwar and Sameer Anjaan. It marks the return of Akshay Kumar in the action genre after seven years.