Aiyaary

Aiyaary
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNeeraj Pandey
Written byNeeraj Pandey
Based onAdarsh Housing Society scam
Produced by
  • Shital Bhatia
  • Dhaval Jayantilal Gada
  • Aksshay Jayantilal Gada
  • Motion Picture Capital
Starring
CinematographySudheer Palsane
Edited byPraveen Kathikuloth
Music byScore:
Sanjoy Chowdhury
Songs:
Rochak Kohli
Ankit Tiwari
Production
companies
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
160 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹65 crore[2]
Box office₹34.07 crore[3]

Aiyaary (transl. Magic or trickery)[4] is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[5][6] written and directed by Neeraj Pandey.[7] Produced by Shital Bhatia, Dhaval Gada & Motion Picture Capital and distributed by Reliance Entertainment, Plan C Studios, Friday Filmworks & Pen India Limited. The film features Sidharth Malhotra, Manoj Bajpayee, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra, Adil Hussain, Kumud Mishra, Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher. Inspired by the Adarsh Housing society scam,[8] the film's narrative centers around the relation between a colonel and his protege that gets affected when the latter becomes disillusioned upon overhearing a conversation and goes rogue with sensitive data related to his covert organization, prompting the colonel to race against time and hunt him down.

After having its release date rescheduled from 26 January to 9 February to yet another week,[9] it was released on 16 February 2018.[10][11]

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  3. ^ "Aiyaary Box Office Collection | India | Day Wise | Box Office - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Sidharth Malhotra on working with Neeraj Pandey, Manoj Bajpayee in Aiyaary: It's a film I'm very proud to be part of". 14 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Aiyaary (2018) – Neeraj Pandey – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie". AllMovie.
  6. ^ "Neeraj Pandey's action-thriller Aiyaary is based on Adarsh Scam – NewsX". 8 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Aiyaary Trailer – Neeraj Pandey". YouTube. 19 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Big relief for Aiyaary! SC rejects Adarsh society plea to stay Neeraj Pandey film's release", Financial Express, 16 February 2018
  9. ^ "The Real Reason Why Aiyaary Rescheduled Its Release Date".
  10. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (17 February 2018). "Box Office: Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Aiyaary – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.
  11. ^ "Just like the movies, audience remains unpredictable". The Hans India. 25 February 2018.