Tees Maar Khan | |
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Directed by | Farah Khan |
Written by | Shirish Kunder Ashmith Kunder |
Story by | Adapted story: Shirish Kunder Original story: Neil Simon Cesare Zavattini |
Based on | After the Fox by Vittorio de Sica |
Produced by | Twinkle Khanna Shirish Kunder Ronnie Screwvala |
Starring | Akshay Kumar Akshaye Khanna Katrina Kaif |
Narrated by | Sanjay Dutt |
Cinematography | P. S. Vinod |
Edited by | Shirish Kunder |
Music by | Title song and background score: Shirish Kunder Original soundtrack: Vishal–Shekhar |
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Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 131 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹45 crores[2] |
Box office | est. ₹101.89 crores[3] |
Tees Maar Khan (transl. He Who Killed Thirty) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language heist comedy film directed by Farah Khan and produced by Twinkle Khanna and Ronnie Screwvala under UTV Motion Pictures, Hari Om Entertainment, and Three's Company. Ashmith Kunder and producer-editor Shirish Kunder wrote the film, and Shirish also composed the title track and background score. A remake of the 1966 Italian film After the Fox,[4] whose story was adapted by Shirish, the film stars Akshay Kumar, Akshaye Khanna, and Katrina Kaif in lead roles.[5] Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor make special appearances.[6][7]
Tees Maar Khan was released worldwide on 24 December 2010, on Christmas Eve.[8] The film was a moderate commercial success at the box office, and is today primarily remembered for Kaif's dance number "Sheila Ki Jawani". The theatrical trailer and title song of the film were released on UTV Motion Pictures' YouTube channel on 4 August 2010 for promotional purposes. The trailer premiered in theatres with Vipul Amrutlal Shah's romantic comedy Action Replayy, also starring Kumar, and Rohit Shetty's action comedy Golmaal 3 on 5 November 2010.[9] The featured music was composed by Vishal-Shekhar. Even though the film received negative reviews upon release, it has become a cult film.