Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKabir Khan
Screenplay byKabir Khan
Parveez Sheikh
V. Vijayendra Prasad
Story byV. Vijayendra Prasad
Dialogue by
Produced bySalman Khan
Rockline Venkatesh
Kabir Khan
Starring
CinematographyAseem Mishra
Edited byRameshwar S. Bhagat
Music byScore:
Julius Packiam
Songs:
Pritam
Production
companies
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)
Running time
159 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi[1]
Budget₹75 crore[2]
Box office₹918.18 crore[3]

Bajrangi Bhaijaan (transl. Brother Bajrangi) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film[4] co-written and directed by Kabir Khan, based on an original story by screenwriter V. Vijayendra Prasad, and produced by Salman Khan, Rockline Venkatesh and Kabir Khan. The film stars Salman with debutante Harshaali Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and tells the story of Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi, a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman, who embarks on a journey to take a mute six-year-old Pakistani Muslim girl Shahida, separated in India from her mother, back to her hometown.

Made on a budget of ₹75 crore (US$11.69 million), the principal photography commenced in November 2014. The cinematography was done by Aseem Mishra and was edited by Rameshwar S. Bhagat. Julius Packiam composed the film score while the songs featured in the film were composed by Pritam.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan received widespread critical acclaim upon release. Critics praised its storyline, dialogues, music, cinematography, direction, and cast performances, particularly those of Salman Khan, Siddiqui, and Malhotra; the film became a huge commercial success, grossing ₹918.18 crores worldwide, and is currently the seventh highest-grossing Indian film and fourth highest-grossing Hindi film. It was also the highest-grossing Indian film of the year. It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 63rd National Film Awards and was nominated for 4 awards at the 61st Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Kabir Khan) and Best Actor (Salman Khan), and won Best Story (V. Vijayendra Prasad). It was also nominated for Best Foreign Film in China's 2015 Douban Film Awards.[5][6][7]

In December 2021, Salman Khan announced that a sequel is in development, with Prasad set to write.[8]

  1. ^ a b "BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN (12A) – British Board of Film Classification". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ Rakshit, Nayandeep (7 August 2015). "'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' vs 'Baahubali': Who won the box office battle?". DNA. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Bajrangi Bhaijaan Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Bajrangi Bhaijaan". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ^ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. ^ "小萝莉的猴神大叔 Bajrangi Bhaijaan 获奖情况". Douban (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. ^ "豆瓣电影 2015年度榜单". Douban. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Salman Khan announces 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan 2'; the sequel to be written by S S Rajamouli's father". Times of India. 19 December 2021.