Main Tera Hero

Main Tera Hero
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Dhawan
Screenplay byTushar Hiranandani
Dialogues byMilap Zaveri
Story byTushar Hiranandani
Anil Ravipudi
Santosh Srinivas
Based onKandireega
Produced byShobha Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor
StarringVarun Dhawan
Ileana D'Cruz
Nargis Fakhri
Narrated bySalman Khan
CinematographySanjay F. Gupta
Edited byNitin Rokade
Music bySongs:
Sajid–Wajid
Score:
Sandeep Shirodkar
Production
company
Release date
  • April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) (India)
Running time
128 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget29 crore
Box office78 crore[2]

Main Tera Hero (transl. I am your hero) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed by David Dhawan, with script and dialogues from Tushar Hiranandani and Milap Zaveri, and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. The film stars Varun Dhawan, alongside Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri, Arunoday Singh, Anupam Kher, Rajpal Yadav and Shakti Kapoor. The movie is a remake of 2011 Telugu movie Kandireega.[3]

Principal photography began on 30 May 2013. The filming began on 5 July 2013 and was wrapped by 15 October 2013. The soundtrack and score were composed by Sajid–Wajid and Sandeep Shirodkar, while cinematography and editing were handled by Sanjay F. Gupta and Nitin Rokade.

Main Tera Hero was released on 4 April 2014 to mixed reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office.[4][5][6][7]

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  3. ^ "David Dhawan to direct son Varun Dhwan in Kandireega remake". India Today. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Varun Dhawan's Main Tera Hero locked for 2014 release". NDTV. NDTV Convergence. IANS. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  5. ^ Singh, Apurva (31 January 2014). "Varun Dhawan's 'Main Tera Hero' trailer crosses two million hits on Youtube". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. ^ Kotwanii, Hiren (8 January 2013). "Ekta Kapoor brings David and Varun Dhawan together". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  7. ^ Dabas, Nitin (3 April 2014). "Main Tera Hero 1st Day Box Office Collection | Total Opening day Income". NewsZoner. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.