Hindi Medium

2017 2h 12m HI

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7.4

SOLID

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83%

FRESH

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7.8

IMDB

★7.4TMDB · 221🍅83%Rotten Tomatoes★7.8IMDB · 33,005

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Irrfan Khan
Raj Batra
Saba Qamar
Mita
Sanjana Sanghi
Young Mita
Deepak Dobriyal
Shyam Prakash
Mallika Dua
Dolly
Tillotama Shome
Consultant
Amrita Singh
Principal Lodha
Delzad Hiwale
Young Raj

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Saket Chaudhary
Writers: Zeenat Lakhani, Saket Chaudhary, Zeenat Lakhani
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $52M — a 16.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Saket Chaudhary, shot by Laxman Utekar. 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 Abhijit Vaghani. 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 Sreekar Prasad 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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Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar and Sanjana Sanghi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5764096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Saket Chaudhary directs. Laxman Utekar behind the camera. Abhijit Vaghani scores. Sreekar Prasad cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $52M — a 16.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 9 years ago.
4Directed by Saket Chaudhary, shot by Laxman Utekar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Abhijit Vaghani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Sreekar Prasad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar and Sanjana Sanghi carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt5764096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.