| Singh Is Kinng | |
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| Directed by | Anees Bazmee |
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| Story by | Anees Bazmee |
| Produced by | Vipul Amrutlal Shah |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Sanjay F. Gupta Ben Nott |
| Edited by | Amitabh Shukla Prashant Singh Rathore |
| Music by | Songs: Pritam RDB Background Score: Salim–Sulaiman |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi Punjabi |
| Budget | ₹30 crore |
| Box office | est. ₹136 crore |
Singh Is Kinng is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee from a screenplay by Bazmee and Suresh Nair. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffrey, Sonu Sood, and Sudhanshu Pandey. In the film, Happy Singh (Kumar) is sent to Australia to reunite Lakhan Singh (Sood), a crime boss, with his ill father but finds himself facing love and trouble instead. The film also featured a song and a music video with American rapper Snoop Dogg.
A major part of the film was shot in Australia. The film marked the fourth collaboration of Kumar and Kaif after Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006), Namastey London (2007) and Welcome (2007). The spelling of the word "king" in the film's title with an additional letter "n" was based on advice provided by a numerologist.[3][4]
Singh Is Kinng was released on 8 August 2008 with mixed to positive critical reception. It became a huge commercial success, earning ₹136 crore worldwide, thus becoming the third-highest grossing Hindi film of 2008. At the 3rd Asian Film Awards, Singh Is Kinng received 1 nomination – Best Actor (Kumar). Moreover, at the 54th Filmfare Awards, the film won Best Female Playback Singer (Shreya Ghoshal for "Teri Ore"), in addition to a nomination for Best Actor (Kumar).
The film spawned a standalone quasi-sequel Singh Is Bliing (2015) also starring Kumar in the lead role. [5]
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- ^ Diksha Kamra (8 October 2010). "Numerology dominates B-town". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Singh is Bling not a sequel to Singh is Kinng". singhisbling (unofficial). Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.