Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)
2011 film by Siddique Ismail / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bodyguard is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film[4] directed by Siddique (his only Bollywood film during his lifetime) from a screenplay by Siddique, J.P. Chowksey, Kiran Kotrial and Aloke Upadhyaya. It is a remake of the 2010 Malayalam film of the same name directed by Siddique and stars Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor,[5] with Raj Babbar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Aditya Pancholi and Hazel Keech in supporting roles.[6] In the film, bodyguard Lovely Singh (Khan) is hired to shadow Divya Rana (Kapoor), and falls in love with Chhaya, a fake identity created by Divya.
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Directed by | Siddique |
Written by | Adapted Screenplay and Dialogues: Siddique J.P. Chowksey Kiran Kotrial Additional Dialogues: Aloke Upadhyaya |
Story by | Siddique |
Based on | Bodyguard by Siddique |
Produced by | Atul Agnihotri Alvira Khan Agnihotri Reliance Entertainment |
Starring | Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor |
Narrated by | Hazel Keech |
Cinematography | Sejal Shah |
Edited by | Sanjay Sankla Action Editor: Pranav V Dhiwar |
Music by | Original Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Guest Composer: Pritam Chakraborty Background Score: Sandeep Shirodkar |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Reliance Entertainment |
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Running time | 131 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹60 crore[2] |
Box office | est. ₹252.99 crore[3] |
The film broke many records upon its release. Within the first day of its release, it went on to become the highest opening day grosser for a Hindi film.[7] The film set another box office record, netting ₹103 crore (US$22.07 million) in its first week, thus becoming the highest opening week grossing Bollywood film until then. The film became a major commercial success with a worldwide gross of ₹252 crore (US$53.99 million).