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Players is a 2012 Indian action thriller heist film^[3][4] directed by duo Abbas and Mustan Burmawallaand jointly produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Burmawala Partners. The film features aensemble cast of Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu, Bobby Deol,Sikandar Kher and Omi Vaidya in the lead roles, while Aftab Shivdasani appears in a cameo.^[5] The theatrical trailer premiered on 3 November 2011, and the film was released on 6 January 2012.^[6] It is an official remake of the 2003 Hollywood blockbuster, The Italian Job,^[7][8] which itself is a remake of the 1969 British caper film, of the same name.^[9] Players employs the same plot as the 2003 version, while making the characters and incidents completely different.^[10][11]The story follows a team of players, consisting of a con-man, an automobile expert who doubles up as a seductress, an illusionist, an explosives expert, an expert hacker and an actor turned prosthetic makeup artist, who plan to steal gold worth 1000 crores (over 100 million) from a moving train. During the robbery they are double crossed by members of their own team.^[12]Players was named one of the most anticipated Bollywood films of 2012,^[13] as it received hype ever since it was announced to be a remake of the The Italian Job, was made on a huge budget,^[1] had a multistar cast, was filmed in foreign locations as New Zealand, Russia and even the North Pole—which was a first for a Bollywood film—^[14][15] and was heavily promoted.^[16] However, upon release the film received mixed reviews from critics, with wide criticism drawn towards its length and pace and opened to a poor response at the box office, despite having a wide release.^[17] The shocking failure of the film led to many trade industry analysts reinstating the belief of a jinx in Bollywood that the first-released film of the year always fails at the box office, which happened to the films Halla Bol (2008),Chandni Chowk To China (2009), Pyaar Impossible! and Dulha Mil Gaya (2010).^[18][19]