Dunki

"A Soldier's journey to keep a promise"

2023 2h 39m HI

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 124

AdventureComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Four friends from a sleepy little village in Punjab share a common dream: to go to England. Their problem is that they have neither the visa nor the ticket. A soldier alights from a train one day, and their lives change. He gives them a soldier's promise: He will take them to the land of their dreams. What follows is a hilarious and heartwarming tale of a perilous journey through the desert and the sea, but most crucially through the hinterlands of their mind.

“A Soldier's journey to keep a promise”

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Cast

Shah Rukh Khan
Hardayal 'Hardy' Singh Dhillon
Taapsee Pannu
Manu Randhawa
Vikram Kochhar
Buggu Lakhanpal
Anil Grover
Balli Kakkad
Boman Irani
Geetu Gulati
Vicky Kaushal
Sukhi
Deven Bhojani
Puru Patel
Sapna Sand
Buggu's Mother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Writers: Abhijat Joshi, Kanika Dhillon, Rajkumar Hirani
Languages: Hindi, Punjabi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, Punjabi.

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CAST

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253+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, shot by C.K. Muraleedharan. 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 Aman Pant. 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 Rajkumar Hirani 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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Shah Rukh Khan and Taapsee Pannu and Vikram Kochhar carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rajkumar Hirani directs. C.K. Muraleedharan behind the camera. Aman Pant scores. Rajkumar Hirani cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi, Punjabi.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, Punjabi.
4253+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, shot by C.K. Muraleedharan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Aman Pant. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Rajkumar Hirani shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Shah Rukh Khan and Taapsee Pannu and Vikram Kochhar carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "A Soldier's journey to keep a promise".
10IMDB entry: tt15428134 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.