Salman Khan Films Rockline Entertainments Kabir Khan Films
Distributed by
Eros International
Release date
17 July 2015 (2015-07-17)
Running time
159 minutes[1]
Country
India
Language
Hindi[1]
Budget
₹75–90 crore[2][3]
Box office
₹918.18−969.06 crore(seebelow)
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (transl. Brother Bajrangi) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film[4] co-written and directed by Kabir Khan, based on an original story by screenwriter V. Vijayendra Prasad, and produced by Salman Khan, Rockline Venkatesh and Kabir Khan. The film stars Salman with debutante Harshaali Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and tells the story of Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi, a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman, who embarks on a journey to take a mute six-year-old Pakistani Muslim girl Shahida, separated in India from her mother, back to her hometown.
Made on a budget of ₹75 crore (US$11.69 million)– ₹90 crore (US$14.03 million), the principal photography commenced in November 2014. The cinematography was done by Aseem Mishra and was edited by Rameshwar S. Bhagat. Julius Packiam composed the film score while the songs featured in the film were composed by Pritam.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan received widespread critical acclaim upon release. Critics praised its storyline, dialogues, music, cinematography, direction, and cast performances, particularly those of Salman Khan, Siddiqui, and Malhotra; the film became a huge commercial success, grossing ₹969 crores ($150 million) worldwide, and is currently the seventh highest-grossing Indian film and fourth highest-grossing Hindi film. It also was the highest-grossing Indian film of the year. It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 63rd National Film Awards and was nominated for 4 awards at the 61st Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Kabir Khan) and Best Actor (Salman Khan), and won Best Story (V. Vijayendra Prasad). It was also nominated for Best Foreign Film in China's 2015 Douban Film Awards.[5][6][7]
In December 2021, Salman Khan announced that a sequel is in development, with Prasad set to write.[8]
^ ab"BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN (12A) – British Board of Film Classification". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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^Mehta, Ankita (17 August 2015). "'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' 31-Day Worldwide Box Office Collection: Salman Starrer Makes 252% Profit; Set to Take Net Total to Rs 500 Crore Mark". International Business Times.
^"Bajrangi Bhaijaan". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^"63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
^"小萝莉的猴神大叔 Bajrangi Bhaijaan 获奖情况". Douban (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^"豆瓣电影 2015年度榜单". Douban. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
^"Salman Khan announces 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan 2'; the sequel to be written by S S Rajamouli's father". Times of India. 19 December 2021.
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