Gabbar Singh (film)

Gabbar Singh
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHarish Shankar
Screenplay by
Dialogues by
  • Harish Shankar
Story byAbhinav Kashyap
Dilip Shukla
Based onDabangg
Produced byBandla Ganesh
Starring
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 May 2012 (2012-05-11)[2]
Running time
152 minutes[3]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹30 crore[4][5]
Box officeest. ₹150 crore[6]

Gabbar Singh is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Harish Shankar. The film is inspired from the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg and stars Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Haasan.[7] The plot follows a police officer who embarks on a mission to take down a corrupt politician. Devi Sri Prasad composed the film's music and Jayanan Vincent was the cinematographer. Inspired by a film character, Venkataratnam, a policeman, calls himself Gabbar Singh. He is posted in a village where a local thug wants to join politics and also lures his stepbrother to join him.

Made on a budget of ₹30 crore,[4] the film was formally launched on 18 August 2011 at Hyderabad with shooting primarily held at Pollachi. It was released on 11 May 2012 and was declared a Blockbuster, grossing around ₹150 crore worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing Telugu film at that time, one of the highest-grossing South Indian films and the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year.[5][6] Kalyan won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu award at the 59th Filmfare Awards South. A sequel, Sardaar Gabbar Singh, was released in 2016.

  1. ^ Gabbar Singh audio on 15 April – Telugu Movie News. IndiaGlitz (6 April 2012). Retrieved 12 May 2012
  2. ^ "Pawan Kalyan's Gabbar Singh grand release". Way2movies. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
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  4. ^ a b John, Nevin (3 January 2013). "The South Side Story". Businessworld. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b Rajani Kanth & Varada Bhat, K (2 June 2015). "Gabbar Singh on a roll at the box office". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2012. Gabbar Singh was made with a budget of Rs 50 crore...
  6. ^ a b "Gabbar singh highest grosser in south". India Today. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. According to the buzz, Gabbar Singh, which is a Telegu remake of Dabangg, has collected more than Rs 150 crore at the worldwide Box Office in 60 days.
  7. ^ "Friday Release: Dabangg's Telugu remake Gabbar Singh". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.