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Mickey Virus is a 2013 Indian -language film, written and directed by Saurabh Varma. It was produced by DAR Motion Pictures in association with Trilogic Digital Media Limited and Awesome Films Pvt. Ltd. The film stars , , Manish Choudhary, Puja Gupta, and in the lead roles. The film, despite receiving positive reviews, was a flop at the .


Plot
When two are murdered in Delhi, the suspect that the case revolves around hacking. They begin their search to find a computer hacker who can help them crack this case. The head of the police team, ACP Siddhanth, accompanied by Bhalla, stumbles across Mickey Arora, a lazy but smart hacker who runs a grocery store during the day and creates viruses for anti-virus companies at night, along with his friends, the tomboy Shalu "Chutney" Sharma, Manjot "Floppy" Gill, Palwinder "Pancho" Singh, and Professor, who assist him in all odd jobs.

ACP Siddhanth hires him to hack the website of a group of cybercriminals known as the Bhram Gang. Meanwhile, Mickey falls in love with Kamayani, an employee of Excalibur Securities. One day in her office, Kamayani mistakenly gets transferred a large amount of money from a client's account, but, to avoid her being fired, Mickey hacks the company's website to reverse the transaction. The next morning, Micky realises that he has unwittingly stolen ₹1 billion from a Dubai-based don named Anwar Raja, and Kamayani has been murdered. Scared of being framed for both crimes, Mickey seeks help from his friends.

In his quest to search for the real culprit, Mickey traces the ₹1 billion and finds out that ACP Siddhanth is the mastermind who forced Kamayani to bluff him. Mickey calls ACP and his friends to the parking lot of Nehru Place, where ACP tells him that his friends Floppy, Pancho, and Professor are the Bhram Gang admins and want to kill him for the money, as they did to the two hackers and Kamayani. Surrounded by the goons, Mickey records and telecasts their confession on . In the end, Inspector Bhalla, along with the police force, arrests ACP Siddhanth and the Bhram Gang. Mickey secretly takes one crore from the stolen ₹1 billion before handing it over to Inspector Bhalla. Credits roll to show a few deleted scenes and bloopers and plays a call recording of Anwar Raja, who orders to kill Mickey.


Cast
  • as Mickey Arora aka Mickey Virus
  • as Kamayani aka Kate George
  • Manish Choudhary as ACP Siddhanth Chauhan
  • as Inspector Devender Bhalla
  • Puja Gupta as Shalu Sharma aka Chutney
  • as Professor
  • Raghav Kakkar as Manjot Gill aka Floppy
  • Vikesh Kumar as Palwinder Singh aka Pancho


Crew
  • Written and Directed by: Saurabh Varma
  • Screenplay: Saurabh Varma
  • Script Consultant: Kuldeep Ruhil
  • Producers: Arun Rangachari and Vivek Rangachari
  • Co-Producers: Kamlesh Gori, Murad Khetani, Vishal Gurnani, Nailesh Mehta, Dharmesh Shah and Raj Deshpande
  • Associate Producers: Pradeep Nimani and Murli Chhatwani
  • Title Song: Faizan – Agnel
  • Director of Photography: Anshuman Mahalay
  • Executive Producer: Meraj Shaikh
  • Creative Producer: Nikhil Bhat
  • Editor: Archit D. Rastogi
  • Audiography: Subash Sahoo
  • Assistant Director: Raghav Gupta


Production
The film was shot in , including in office complex of . Several Bollywood biggies like , , , and were featured in a promotional video of Mickey Virus. The movie has come under the scanner of Governmental Agencies as it displays techniques of high-profile robbery which might spur reel to real life robbery incidents. is also one of the contestants of Bigg Boss 7. She would be inside the House of , cut off from the outside world at the time of Movie Release, making it a first of its kind Bollywood Debut. Mickey Virus is made on a budget of Rs. 110 million, which includes publicity and advertising, and it was released in 1,200 screens in India. Mickey Virus Dull Start Boss Goes Down. boxofficeindia.com. 26 October 2013 Chances are that the film will be remade in Tamil and Telugu.


Soundtrack
The Soundtrack was released on 3 October 2013 on the digital music platform . The album consists of six tracks and the only one of them by Faizan Hussain & Agnel Roman, Manoj Yadav and Arun Kumar writing the lyrics.


Marketing
Mickey Virus was promoted by Manish Paul in on Colors. A promotional clip of Mickey Virus featured , Ranbir Kapoor, , Madhuri Dixit Nene, , , Remo D'souza, Kapil Sharma, either dishing out funny one-liners or abusing Mickey. , , and Manish's TV friends , attended the special screening of Mickey Virus.


Critical reception
Mickey Virus received positive to mixed reviews. of Bollywood Hungama gave it 3 out of 5 stars, finding the thriller to be engaging for younger viewers. Madhureeta Mukherjee of Times of India gave it 3 out of 5 stars. Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars. of gave it 2 out of 5 stars, criticizing the length and engagement. Faheem Ruhani of gave it 3 out of 5 stars. Saibal Chatterjee of gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars. Tushar Joshi of DNA gave it 2.5 stars. Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave it 2 stars. Sanjukta sharma of Livemint did not give a rating, but found the film to have a weak plot and premise. gave it 2 stars. "Movie review: Mickey Virus by Anupama Chopra" . Hindustan Times. 27 October 2013 Zee News gave it 3.5 stars. "`Mickey Virus` review: Cool, crisp and quirky". Zee News. Nikhil Arora of DesiMartini gave it 2 stars.Nikhil Arora (25 October 2013). "Mickey Virus Review – By Nikhil Arora | MJ Film Review – Desimartini.com". Desimartini.


Box office
Mickey Virus got a 15–20% opening and collected around nett on first day. It collected nett in its first week and it was declared flop in box office India.


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