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RUNTIME
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Clocks in at 158 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
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Bajirao Mastani
"The love story of a warrior"
2015 2h 38m HI
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★7.2TMDB · 323
HistoryRomanceDrama
Synopsis
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Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.
“The love story of a warrior”
Cast
Ranveer Singh
Peshwa Bajirao Ballaad
Deepika Padukone
Mastani
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Kashibai
Tanvi Azmi
Radhabai
Vaibhav Tatwawadi
Chimaji Appa
Mahesh Manjrekar
Chhatrapati Shahu
Milind Soman
Ambaji Panth
Aditya Pancholi
Shripatrao Pratinidhi
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Writers
- Prakash R. Kapadia, Prakash R. Kapadia, Nagnath S. Inamdar
- Languages
- Hindi, Marathi
- Countries
- India
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released 11 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, Marathi.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, shot by Sudeep Chatterjee. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Sanchit Balhara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Rajesh Pandey shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra Jonas carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The love story of a warrior".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Sanjay Leela Bhansali directs. Sudeep Chatterjee behind the camera. Sanchit Balhara scores. Rajesh Pandey cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi, Marathi.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Clocks in at 158 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
- 2Released 11 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, Marathi.
- 4Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, shot by Sudeep Chatterjee. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Sanchit Balhara. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Rajesh Pandey shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra Jonas carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "The love story of a warrior".
- 9IMDB entry: tt3735246 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 9 themes, including "husband wife relationship", "based on true story", "romance", "love".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Sudeep Chatterjee
- Original score
- Sanchit Balhara
- Editing
- Rajesh Pandey
- Production design
- Sriram Iyengar
- Costume design
- Maxima Basu
- Sound
- Nihar Ranjan Samal
- Stunt coordinator
- Sham Kaushal
- Runtime
- 158 min · 2h 38m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $19,500,000
- Box office
- $56,000,000
- Return
- 287% of budget
- Original language
- HI
- Certification (US)
- 12
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Film
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Eros International
IN
Bhansali Productions
IN
Key crew
- NovelNagnath S. Inamdar
- Original StoryNagnath S. Inamdar
- Executive ProducerShobha Sant
- Second Assistant DirectorSharmin Segal
- Assistant DirectorRahul Singh Agnihotri
- Playback SingerJaved Bashir
- Casting DirectorParag Mehta
- Playback SingerArijit Singh
- Sound DesignerNihar Ranjan Samal
- Production DesignSriram Iyengar
- Production DesignSujeet Sawant
- Playback SingerBirju Maharaj
- Playback SingerSukhwinder Singh
- Costume DesignMaxima Basu
- Executive ProducerChetan Deolekar
- EditorRajesh Pandey
- ProducerSanjay Leela Bhansali
- Playback SingerVaishali Mhade
- Costume DesignAnju Modi
- ProducerKishore Lulla
- Executive ProducerAshish Tandel
- Sound DesignerBishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee
- Playback SingerVishal Dadlani
- Playback SingerPayal Dev
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- husband wife relationship
- based on true story
- romance
- love
- battle
- period drama
- 18th century
- warrior
- mother son relationship
Release history · US
When it landed
- Physical2016-07-0112
Also known as
International titles
- 美人心计CN
- Баджирао и МастаниRU
- 바지라오 마스타니KR
- Bajirao MastaniCL
- Eine unsterbliche Liebe - Bajirao & MastaniDE
- 巴吉拉奥传奇CN
