Cocktail (2012 film)

Cocktail
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHomi Adajania
Written byImtiaz Ali
Sajid Ali
Produced bySaif Ali Khan
Dinesh Vijan
Starring
CinematographyAnil Mehta
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • July 13, 2012 (2012-07-13) (India)
Running time
144 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹35 crore
Box office₹125.7 crore

Cocktail is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Homi Adajania, written by Imtiaz Ali, and produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan under their respective banners Illuminati Films and Maddock Films along with Eros International.[2] It stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty (in her acting debut).[3][4] The film soundtrack was composed by Pritam, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Salim–Sulaiman.[5]

Cocktail was released in theatres on 13 July 2012 to critical and commercial success, grossing ₹126 crore worldwide, and was one of the highest grossing Hindi films of 2012.[6][7] It received praise towards the direction, soundtrack, humor, cinematography, costumes and cast performances. At the 58th Filmfare Awards, Cocktail received four nominations including Best Actress (Padukone) and Best Female Debut (Penty).

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  3. ^ "Randeep Hooda does a cameo in Cocktail". Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. ^ "First look: Cocktail". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. ^ Adarsh, Taran (22 May 2012). "Bollywood News Settling for 'Cocktail', not 'Love Aajkal 2'". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Jism 2 has Strong Opening Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum Good First Week". boxofficeindia. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Top Worldwide Grossers All Time". www.boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.