Kamal Kumar Barjatya Mahaveer Jain Late Rajkumar Barjatya Natasha Malpani Oswal Ajit Kumar Barjatya
Starring
Amitabh Bachchan
Anupam Kher
Boman Irani
Danny Denzongpa
Parineeti Chopra
Neena Gupta
Sarika
Cinematography
Manoj Kumar Khatoi
Edited by
Shweta Venkat Mathew
Music by
Score: George Joseph Songs: Amit Trivedi
Production companies
Rajshri Productions
Mahaveer Jain Films
Boundless Media
Release date
11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)[1]
Running time
170 minutes[2]
Country
India
Language
Hindi
Box office
est. ₹48.99 crore[3]
Uunchai (transl. Altitude) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language adventure drama film directed by Sooraj Barjatya, written by Abhishek Dixit on the basis of an original story by Sunil Gandhi, and produced jointly by Rajshri Productions, Boundless Media and Mahaveer Jain Films.[2] The 60th film produced by Rajshri, it stars an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Parineeti Chopra, Neena Gupta and Sarika.[4][5]
Uunchai was announced in October 2021. The principal photography commenced in October 2021 itself and ended in April 2022, followed by post-production works. The film's music is composed by Amit Trivedi.[6][7]
Uunchai was theatrically released on 11 November 2022.[8] The film earned ₹48.99 crore worldwide.[9] The film was digitally released on the OTT platform, ZEE5 on 6 January, 2023.[10]
At the 68th Filmfare Awards, Uunchai received 7 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Barjatya), Best Actor (Bachchan) and Best Supporting Actor (Kher).
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