Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

Bajrangi Bhaijaan (English translation: Brother Bajrangi) is a 2015 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Kabir Khan. Scripted by K. V. Vijayendra Prasad, the film was produced by Salman Khan and Rockline Venkatesh. It stars Khan and Harshaali Malhotra in the lead roles, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Kareena Kapoor Khan feature in supporting roles. Khan stars as Bajrangi, and ardent devotee of a Hindu deity, Hanuman, who embarks on taking a six-year old Pakistani girl (Malhotra) separated in India from her parents, back to her hometown.

Made on a budget of ₹900 million, the principal photography commenced in November 2014. The cinematography was done by Aseem Mishra and was edited by Rameshwar S. Bhagat. The soundtrack was composed by Pritam, who collaborated with Julius Packiam to score the background music. The film was released worldwide on 17 July 2015 to positive reviews from critics, who acclaimed the screenplay, and the acting performances of Khan and Malhotra. It emerged as a commercial success grossing over ₹6.25 billion worldwide and in the process became the second highest grossing Indian film.
It became the most watched Bollywood movie in the history of television. It had 15.5 TRP in its world television premier beating the previous record of 3 Idiots.

Synopsis

In Sultanpur, a picturesque village in Pakistan, villagers have gathered to watch a game of cricket between India and Pakistan on television. Among them is a pregnant woman (Meher Vij) who, after giving birth, names her daughter Shahida after Shahid Afridi, the player who had won the game for Pakistan. On an afternoon, a six-year old Shahida falls off a cliff, but is saved by an overhanging tree. She loses her ability to speak from the accident. Her worried mother takes her to the shrine of Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sufi saint, in Delhi, on the belief that it would regain the latter's speech.

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