Dabangg

Dabangg
Theatrical release poster of Dabangg.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAbhinav Singh Kashyap
Written by
  • Dilip Shukla
  • Abhinav Singh Kashyap
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMahesh Limaye
Edited byPranav V. Dhiwar
Music bySongs:
Sajid–Wajid
Lalit Pandit
Score:
Sandeep Shirodkar
Production
companies
Distributed byShree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision
Release date
  • 10 September 2010 (2010-09-10)
Running time
126 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹41 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹221.14 crore[3]

Dabangg (transl. Fearless) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film[4] directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and produced by Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions with Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. The film stars Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha (in her acting debut) Arbaaz Khan and Sonu Sood in the lead roles, while Om Puri, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar and Mahie Gill featuring in supporting roles. The film marks the debut of Arbaaz Khan as a producer and Kashyap as a director. Arora makes a special appearance in the song "Munni Badnaam Hui".

Dabangg is set in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was made with a budget of ₹30 crore and marketed at ₹12 crore. The film was shot primarily in the town of Wai in Maharashtra, while other major scenes were shot in the United Arab Emirates.

Dabangg was released during Eid on 10 September 2010 in nearly 2,100 cinemas worldwide, where it received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the cast performances (especially Khan and Sood), action sequences, soundtrack and humour, but criticism for its screenwriting. It went on to gross ₹219 crore ($47 million) worldwide and became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2010.[3][5][6]

Dabangg has won several awards—the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and six Filmfare Awards, including Best Film and Best Female Debut (Sinha). The film was remade in Tamil as Osthe and in Telugu as Gabbar Singh. It was followed by two sequels: Dabangg 2 (2012) and Dabangg 3 (2019). The latter serves as a partial prequel, describing a flashback which formed the events of Dabangg itself.

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  2. ^ "The Biggest Profit Makers 2010". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
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  4. ^ "Dabangg (2010) – Abhinav Kashyap". AllMovie.
  5. ^ "Box Office 2010". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Top Ten All Time Worldwide Grossers". Box Office India. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.