Raksha Bandhan (film)

Raksha Bandhan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAanand L. Rai
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Narrated bySadia Khateeb
CinematographyK. U. Mohanan
Edited byHemal Kothari
Music byScore:
Ishaan Chhabra
Songs:
Himesh Reshammiya
Production
companies
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 11 August 2022 (2022-08-11)
Running time
108 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹70 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹61.61 crore[3]

Raksha Bandhan (lit. 'Raksha Bandhan'; transl. The bond of protection) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language family comedy-drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dhillon.[4] It stars Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Sadia Khateeb, Sahejmeen Kaur, Smrithi Srikanth and Deepika Khanna.[1][5]

The film was theatrically released on 11 August 2022, coinciding with Raksha Bandhan and Independence Day.[6][7] It received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a Box-office bomb

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