Ghazi (film)

Ghazi / The Ghazi Attack
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySankalp Reddy
Written byAzad Alam
Gangaraju Gunnam
Screenplay bySankalp Reddy
Gangaraju Gunnam
Niranjan Reddy
Produced byAnvesh Reddy
Dil Raju
Prasad V Potluri
NM Pasha
Jagan Mohan Vancha
StarringRana Daggubati
Atul Kulkarni
Kay Kay Menon
Taapsee Pannu
Rahul Singh
Satya Dev
CinematographyR. Madhi
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byKrishna Kumar
Tapas Nayak
Production
companies
PVP Cinema
Matinee Entertainment
Distributed byDharma Productions
AA Films (Hindi version)
Release date
  • 17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTelugu
Hindi
Budget15 crore[1]
Box officeest. 62 crore [2]

Ghazi is a 2017 Indian war film written and directed by Sankalp Reddy. The film is produced in the Telugu film industry, and is shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi languages, with the latter titled The Ghazi Attack.[3] The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu and Satya Dev.[4] The film grossed over 620 million (US$7.4 million) on a budget of 150 million (US$1.8 million).[1]

Ghazi is inspired by the events from the sinking of PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[5] The story is about a submarine of the Indian Navy, an executive naval officer and his team, who remained underwater for 18 days.[6] It is about the valour of the crew aboard the Indian submarine INS Karanj (S21), which according to Indian claims destroyed the Pakistani PNS Ghazi submarine when it ventured into Indian waters to destroy INS Vikrant on the shores of Visakhapatnam.[7][8][9]

The film was released theatrically on 17 February 2017 to widespread critical acclaim and did decent business.[10] It was declared "hit" by Box Office India.[11] The film later won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.[12] It was also nominated for Best Film and Best Director at the 65th Filmfare Awards South.

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  2. ^ "Ghazi Final Total WW Collections". andhraboxoffice. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "The Ghazi Attack: Why did India destroy records of one of its greatest naval victories – InUth". 13 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Taapsee Pannu taking History lessons for 'Ghazi'". 19 January 2016.
  5. ^ ScoopWhoop (11 January 2017). "The Ghazi Attack: An Indo-Pak War So Deep Underwater That It Never Surfaced In History".
  6. ^ "The truth behind the Navy's 'sinking' of Ghazi". Sify. 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Visakhapatnam: Sunk Pakistani submarine Ghazi is an enigma". Deccan Chronicle.
  8. ^ Sumit Bhattacharjee (24 January 2016). "From a small outpost to a major command". The Hindu.
  9. ^ S.N.V. SUDHIR (24 November 2015). "Visakhapatnam: Sunk Pakistani submarine Ghazi is an enigma".
  10. ^ Hooli, Shekhar H. (17 February 2017). "Ghazi movie review roundup: Rana Daggubati's film gets good verdict, ratings from Telugu critics". IB Times. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  11. ^ "The Ghazi Attack". BoxOfficeIndia. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  12. ^ "65th National Film Awards LIVE: Sridevi Posthumously Awarded Best Actress; Vinod Khanna Honoured With Dada Saheb Phalke Award". News 18date=13 April 2018. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.