Ittefaq (2017 film)

Ittefaq
Theatrical poster of Ittefaq
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAbhay Chopra
Written byAbhay Chopra
Shreyas Jain
Nikhil Mehrotra
Screenplay byAbhay Chopra
Story byG. R. Kamath
Based onIttefaq
by Yash Chopra
Produced byHiroo Yash Johar
Gauri Khan
Shah Rukh Khan
Renu Ravi Chopra
Karan Johar
Apoorva Mehta
StarringAkshaye Khanna
Sidharth Malhotra
Sonakshi Sinha
CinematographyMichal Luka
Edited byNitin Baid
Music byBackground score:
Brian Wayne Transeau
Theme song:
Tanishk Bagchi
Production
companies
Distributed byAA Films
Release date
  • 3 November 2017 (2017-11-03)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹30 crore[1]
Box officeest. ₹56.26 crore[1][2]

Ittefaq (transl. Coincidence) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Abhay Chopra, written by Chopra, Shreyas Jain and Nikhil Mehrotra, and produced by Gauri Khan and Shah Rukh Khan under Red Chillies Entertainment in association with Renu Ravi Chopra under B. R. Studios and Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions. An adaptation of the eponymous 1969 film by Yash Chopra,[3][4][5] the film stars Akshaye Khanna, Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha, and has a Rashomon effect storytelling style.[3]

The film was released on 3 November 2017.[6] It did well on box office and received positive reviews from critics.

  1. ^ a b "Ittefaq – Movie – Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (17 December 2017). "Box Office: Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Ittefaq – Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Shah Rukh Khan says yes to 'Ittefaq' remake". The Times of India. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha to star in Shah Rukh Khan-Karan Johar's 'Ittefaq' remake?". International Business Times. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Shah Rukh Khan not a part of Ittefaq remake". Deccan Chronicle. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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