''Bhaiaji Superhit'' (; ) is a 2018
Bollywood
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Hindi
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-language
action comedy film
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Film
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directed by Neerraj Pathak and produced by Chirag Dhariwal. The film features an ensemble cast including
Sunny Deol
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,
Preity Zinta
Preity G Zinta (pronounced ; born 31 January 1975) is an Indian actress and entrepreneur primarily known for her work in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. After graduating with degrees in English literature, English honours and criminal psychology, Z ...
,
Arshad Warsi
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Before making his acting deb ...
,
Ameesha Patel, and
Shreyas Talpade
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. Its music is presented by
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. The film marks the comeback of Bollywood actress Preity Zinta after a 5-year hiatus from films.
Plot
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Varanasi
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based Don Lal Bhaisahab Dubey (
Sunny Deol
Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1956), better known by his stage name Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, politician and current Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Punjab, India. As an actor, ...
) dreams of seeing himself on the big screen. To facilitate this mad affair, he seeks the services of Goldie Kapoor (
Arshad Warsi
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Before making his acting deb ...
) and Tarun Porno Ghosh (
Shreyas Talpade
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) who are playing a director and a writer respectively.
Preity Zinta
Preity G Zinta (pronounced ; born 31 January 1975) is an Indian actress and entrepreneur primarily known for her work in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. After graduating with degrees in English literature, English honours and criminal psychology, Z ...
plays Sapna Dubey, Don Lal Bhaisahab Dubey's wife.
Ameesha Patel plays Mallika Kapoor, an actress and tries to emulate Sapna Dubey.
Cast
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Sunny Deol
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as Lal Bhaisahab Dubey (Bhaiaji 3D) / Funny Singh (double role)
*
Preity Zinta
Preity G Zinta (pronounced ; born 31 January 1975) is an Indian actress and entrepreneur primarily known for her work in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. After graduating with degrees in English literature, English honours and criminal psychology, Z ...
as Sapna Dubey
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Arshad Warsi
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Before making his acting deb ...
as Goldie Kapoor
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Ameesha Patel as Mallika Kapoor
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* ]Shreyas Talpade
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as Tarun Porno Ghosh[
* Sanjay Mishra as Dr. Gyan Prakash Buddisagar][
* ]Pankaj Tripathi
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as Builder Gupta[
* ]Jaideep Ahlawat
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as Helicopter Mishra[
* ]Evelyn Sharma
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as Stephanie
* Nawab Shah
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as Mishra's Goon
* Manoj Joshi as Pollice Commissioner
* Amit Mistry
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as Lucky Singh Laapata
* Ranjeet
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as Sapna's father
* Mukul Dev
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as Shakeel[
* ]Brijendra Kala
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Early life
Kala spent his childhood in Mathu ...
3D's uncle[
* Pankaj Jha as Gupta][
* Viivi Altonen][
]
Production
Initial cast announced in 2011 included Sunny Deol
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, Ameesha Patel, Arshad Warsi
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Before making his acting deb ...
, Tusshar Kapoor
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and Prakash Raj
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. Release was scheduled for 2012. In May 2012, Hindi film website Bollywood Hungama
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reported that the director had approached Subhash Ghai Subhash may refer to:
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after producer Fauzia refused to increase the film's budget by . Claims regarding the film being shelved were rejected by the film's cast and director. Ghai also denied that he was producing the film. In July of the same year, Kapoor left the project due to schedule conflicts with ''Shootout at Wadala
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'' and ''Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum
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''. Initially Zinta was removed from the cast due to unavailability of dates on her side. Shreyas Talpade
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replaced Kapoor.
In April 2013, Zinta confirmed her participation in the production. She plays the don's wife. A 45–days long shooting schedule, beginning in September 2013, was conducted in Udaipur
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, Rajasthan
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. Reportedly, in November 2013, there was a dispute between producer Mahendra Dhariwal and Deol. The latter wanted his remuneration before dubbing. Deol gave him the option that they could release the film under the banner of his production company Vijayta Films. Dharival consulted action director Tinu Verma, who advised that Deol should be paid and the project should be completed. However, shooting of a few of Zinta's scenes was delayed due to her involvement with the Indian Premier League
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. Kharaj Mukherjee
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will play the role of a police inspector. The director narrated the story to him over phone and he quickly agreed to join the project. Evelyn Sharma
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learnt Hindi
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by taking lessons for 2 hours a day. She also requested her friends to use only Hindi while conversing with her. Deol will play a double role. The project was stalled for 4 years before June 2015, when it was reported that filming would resume in July 2015. It is scheduled for release in October 2018.
Soundtrack
The songs of the film are composed by Jeet Gannguli
Jeet Gannguli (, born Chandrajeet Ganguly, on 24 May 1977), is an Indian score composer of Bengali and Hindi movies.
Early life and education
Born in a Bengali Brahmin family, Gannguli was initiated into the world of music at the age of thr ...
, Raghav Sachar
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Early life and career
Sachar was born to father, R. K. Sachar, and mother, Usha Sachar in Calcutta
. He is the youngest of three children. He started ...
, Amjad Nadeem, Sanjeev–Darshan
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and Neerraj Pathak and music produced by Aamir Khan, Aditya Dev
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, Chandan Saxena while the lyrics are written by Amjad Nadeem, Shabbir Ahmed, Kumaar, Neerraj Pathak and Sanjeev Chaturvedi.
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, 2150177, Bhaiaji Superhit
2010s Hindi-language films
2018 action comedy films
Films shot in Rajasthan
Films set in Uttar Pradesh
Indian action comedy films
Films scored by Raghav Sachar
Films scored by Jeet Ganguly
Films scored by Amjad Nadeem
Films scored by Sanjeev Darshan