Tanu Weds Manu

Tanu Weds Manu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAanand L. Rai
Written byHimanshu Sharma
Screenplay byHimanshu Sharma
Produced byVinod Bachan
Shailesh R Singh
StarringR. Madhavan
Kangana Ranaut
Jimmy Sheirgill
Deepak Dobriyal
Eijaz Khan
Swara Bhaskar
CinematographyChirantan Das
Edited byHemal Kothari
Rahul Bachhuwan
Music bySongs:
Krsna Solo
Kuly RDB
Background Score:
Krsna Solo
Pritesh
Production
companies
Sanjay Singh Films
Soundrya Production
Paramhans Creations
Distributed byViacom18 Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 25 February 2011 (2011-02-25)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹17.5 crore[2]
Box office₹56 crore[3]

Tanu Weds Manu is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama by Aanand L. Rai, and produced by Shailesh R Singh. It stars R. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Sheirgill, Eijaz Khan, Swara Bhaskar and Deepak Dobriyal.[4] The story of the film has been written by Himanshu Sharma, the music was directed by Krsna Solo, and the lyrics were penned by Rajshekhar.

Tanu Weds Manu was released on 25 February 2011 and proved to be a commercial success, particularly in Delhi, UP and Punjab.[5] It was dubbed in German and released under the title Tanu Und Manu Trauen Sich.[6] Upon release, it received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise directed towards its refreshing concept, screenplay, soundtrack and performances of the cast, particularly that of Ranaut.

At the 57th Filmfare Awards, Tanu Weds Manu won the R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent (Krsna Solo), in addition to a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Bhaskar's performance.

It was remade in Telugu as Mr. Pellikoduku (2013). A sequel, titled Tanu Weds Manu: Returns was released on 22 May 2015.

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  3. ^ "2011 Worldwide Figures: Twenty Films Cross 50 Crore". Box office India. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Movie Review: Tanu Weds Manu Returns". ScoopWhoop. 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Tanu Weds Manu Dominates Proves Hit in North". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Madhavan's film in German". Behindwoods.com. 8 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2011.