| Atrangi Re | |
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| Directed by | Aanand L. Rai |
| Written by | Himanshu Sharma |
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| Cinematography | Pankaj Kumar |
| Edited by | Hemal Kothari |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
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| Distributed by | Disney+ Hotstar |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Atrangi Re (transl. A person of eight colors) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language romantic fantasy comedy drama film[1] directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma. Produced by T-Series Films, Colour Yellow Productions and Cape of Good Films, the film stars Dhanush, Sara Ali Khan, and Akshay Kumar in the lead roles. The film tells the story of a girl named Rinku who is in love with a magician named Sajjad. She gets forcibly married off to Dr. Vishu. Vishu soon falls in love with Rinku but the love triangle gets weirder when Sajjad shows up.
The film's idea was conceived by Rai in 2013, after the release of Raanjhanaa. He developed the screenplay with Sharma, exploring the subject of complexities of human emotions, especially love and was certain to cast Dhanush given the relativity of subject, script and time but the rest of the casting was eventual. As the project was officially announced in late-January 2020, the filming process began in March 2020 and completed within March 2021, despite losing out six months of filming in between owed to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The film was shot across Varanasi, parts of Bihar, Delhi, Agra, Mumbai, and few scenes in Madurai, Karaikudi. The score and soundtrack album were composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics written by Irshad Kamil. The cinematography and editing were performed by Pankaj Kumar and Hemal Kothari, respectively.
After being rescheduled multiple times from its release dates, as a result of the nationwide lockdown due to the pandemic, the makers premiered the film through Disney+ Hotstar on 24 December 2021, thereby bypassing theatrical release. It was also dubbed and released in Tamil under the title Galatta Kalyaanam The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, praising the unconventional plot, performances of the lead actors, direction, soundtrack and score, but criticised the incoherent screenplay and execution of overall storyline.
- ^ "Aanand L Rai on Sara Ali Khan's age gap with Atrangi Re co-stars Akshay Kumar-Dhanush: 'We have habit of judging people'". Hindustan Times. 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.