Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Bollywood action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala. The film features Akshay Kumar in double roles opposite Sonakshi Sinha. It is a remake of the Ravi Teja starrer Telugu film Vikramarkudu[3]. It marks the return of Akshay Kumar in the action genre after 7 years.[4] The film released on 1st June 2012, and received generally positive response from critics,[5] whilst opening to extremely strong box office collections. Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small-time thief in Mumbai who falls in love with Paro (Sonakshi Sinha) from Patna, who is in Mumbai to attend a marriage. Shiva makes his way into Paro's heart and she also starts loving him. Shiva tells her the truth about him being a thief and resolves to give up crime forever. But before that, he decides to swindle one last person for a large sum of money. This leads Shiva to Chinki, a young girl, who thinks that Shiva is her father. Flummoxed by what is happening, but forced to keep Chinki with her as a police officer (Yashpal Sharma) keeps his eye on him, Shiva slowly starts loving the innocent child. Although he tries keeping Chinki away from Paro's eyes, the latter finds out about Chinki. Angry and hurt, Paro leaves for Patna leaving Shiva heartbroken. Soon, unknown goons attack him, taking him to be a latter named Vikram Rathore, Chinki's real father. While many unknown persons help Shiva run to safety with Chinki in his arms, he is soon ...