Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan
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Directed byFarhad Samji
Written by
Story bySiva
Bhoopathi Raja
Based onVeeram by Siva
Produced bySalim Khan
Starring
CinematographyV. Manikandan
Edited byMayuresh Sawant
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 21 April 2023 (2023-04-21)
Running time
144 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹125 crore (excluding Khan's salary)[2]
Box office₹182.44 crore[3]

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (transl. Someone's Brother, Someone's Lover), also known by the initialism KBKJ, is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film[4] directed by Farhad Samji and produced by Salman Khan Films. The film, a remake of the 2014 Tamil film Veeram, stars Salman Khan, Pooja Hegde and Venkatesh in the lead roles with Bhumika Chawla, Jagapathi Babu, Vijender Singh, Raghav Juyal, Jassie Gill, Siddharth Nigam, Shehnaaz Gill, Palak Tiwari, Vinali Bhatnagar and Satish Kaushik in supporting roles.

Principal photography began in May 2022 and ended in February 2023 with filming taking place in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Ladakh. Ravi Basrur composed the musical score. The soundtrack was also composed by Ravi Basrur, alongside Himesh Reshammiya, Devi Sri Prasad, Sajid Khan, Sukhbir, Payal Dev and Amaal Mallik. The cinematography and editing were handled by V. Manikandan and Mayuresh Sawant.

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan was released on 21 April 2023, coinciding with Eid.[5][6] Made on a production and marketing budget of around ₹125 crore (US$15 million) (excluding Khan's salary of ₹100 crore (US$12 million)), the film earned an estimated gross of over ₹182.44 crore (US$22 million) worldwide.[7] It received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed commercially.[2][8]

  1. ^ "Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "ECONOMICS: Salman Khan Films makes a profit of around 40 cr. on Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan excluding Salman's remuneration". Bollywood Hungama. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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  4. ^ "Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan (2023)". Irish Film Classification Office. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  5. ^ "On Eid Mubarak, Bhaijaan shown in country and abroad..." indiaherald.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  6. ^ Jha, Lata (21 April 2023). "Will Salman's Eid film save sinking single screens?". mint. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Highest grossing hindi film of 2023". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Day Six Box Office". Box Office India. Retrieved 26 May 2023.