Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDibakar Banerjee
Written byDibakar Banerjee
Varun Grover
Produced byDibakar Banerjee
StarringParineeti Chopra
Arjun Kapoor
CinematographyAnil Mehta
Edited byBakul Baljeet Matiyani
Paramita Ghosh
Music byScore:
Dibakar Banerjee
Songs:
Anu Malik
Dibakar Banerjee
Narendra Chandra
Kamlesh Haripuri
Production
company
DBP
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)[1]
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹20 crore[2]
Box office₹58.125 lakhs[2]

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar (transl. Sandeep And Pinky Have Absconded) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language black comedy drama film directed and produced by Dibakar Banerjee with distribution by Yash Raj Films.[3] Parineeti Chopra and Arjun Kapoor star in lead title roles, respectively.[4] The filming began on 7 November 2017 in Mahipalpur.[5] Initially scheduled for theatrical release on 20 March 2020, the film was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.[6] After being delayed for a year, it was finally released theatrically on 19 March 2021 and later on Amazon Prime.[1]

Made on the budget of ₹20 crores the film grossed ₹58.125 lakhs globally, emerging as a box office bomb.[2] The critical reception was mixed-to-positive with praise towards the storyline, performances (particularly Chopra), Banerjee's direction and social commentary but criticism towards its slow pacing.[7]

At the 67th Filmfare Awards, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar received 10 nominations, including Best Film (Critics), Best Actress (Chopra) and Best Supporting Actress (Neena Gupta), and won Best Dialogue (Grover & Banerjee).

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  3. ^ "Parineeti Chopra on Arjun Kapoor's look in Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar: I think he is really sexy in his first look". The Indian Express. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Shooting of Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar to start this week: Parineeti Chopra". 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar: Arjun Kapoor-Parineeti Chopra reunite for Dibakar Banerjee's next". m.indiatoday.in. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Coronavirus outbreak: Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar release pushed; Disney puts production of The Little Mermaid, Home Alone on hold". First Post. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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