| Chhichhore | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Nitesh Tiwari |
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| Produced by | Sajid Nadiadwala |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Amalendu Chaudhary |
| Edited by | Charu Shree Roy |
| Music by | Songs: Pritam Background Score: Sameer Uddin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
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Running time | 143 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹50 crore (US$6.0 million)[2] |
| Box office | est. ₹215.41 crore (US$26 million) [3] |
Chhichhore (transl. Frivolous) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, written by Tiwari in association with Piyush Gupta and Nikhil Mehrotra, and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, with Fox Star Studios acquiring the distribution rights. Based on Tiwari's experiences as a student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, the film stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Naveen Polishetty, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Tushar Pandey and Saharsh Kumar Shukla in the lead roles, with Shishir Sharma and Mohammad Samad in supporting roles.
Set parallelly in the 1990s and 2019, Chhichhore tells the story of Aniruddh "Anni" Pathak, a middle-aged divorced man whose son Raghav tries to commit suicide after failing to clear the JEE entrance examination, and who, despite survival, is unwilling to live due to the fear of being branded as a "loser", which makes a desperate Anni recount his own experience to Raghav of his own time at college, wherein he and his five friends too were called 'losers', and how they managed to remove that 'tag'; as he continues along to narrate his story, the other five join their friend and complete the story.[4]
Principal photography commenced in September 2018.[5] Chhichhore was released on 6 September 2019, receiving widespread critical and commercial acclaim for its direction, storyline, dialogues, humour, performances of the ensemble cast, social message, and portrayal of hostel life in Indian colleges.[6] Earning ₹215 crores (₹2150 million/$28 million) worldwide to emerge as a blockbuster, it went on to receive the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi at the 67th National Film Awards announced in 2021.[7] It also received five nominations at the 65th Filmfare Awards – Best Film, Best Director for Tiwari, Best Story, Best Dialogue and Best Editing. This was Rajput's last theatrical release and penultimate appearance before his demise on 14 June 2020.
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