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Barfi!
Sign in to saveBarfi! is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Anurag Basu, and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz (in her Hindi film debut) with Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Jisshu Sengupta, Roopa Ganguly and Haradhan Bandopadhyay in supporting roles. Set in Darjeeling and Kolkata of the 1970s, the film focuses on Barfi (Kapoor), a deaf-mute young man based in Darjeeling, and his relationships with two girls, the beautiful Shruti (D'Cruz) and the autistic Jhilmil (Chopra).
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7.6The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.
Cast
- Ranbir Kapoor as Murphy Johnson "Barfi"
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Jhilmil Chatterjee
- Ileana D'Cruz as Shruti Ghosh Sengupta
- Saurabh Shukla as Sub-Inspector Sudhanshu Dutta
- Jisshu Sengupta as Ranjit Sengupta
- Ashish Vidhyarthi as Durjoy Chatterjee
Themes
- deaf-mute
- autism
- love
- wedding
- handicapped
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Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
91,570 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 68 wins & 40 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Barfi!
- Film.image
- Barfi! poster.jpg
- Film.alt
- One man and two women sit on an old wooden bench smiling at the camera, with fields of Darjeeling in the background. The title, director, producer, and distributor information is printed across the top. Text at the bottom of the poster reveals the release date and the rest of the credits.
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Anurag Basu
- Film.producer
- Ronnie Screwvala Siddharth Roy Kapur
- Film.writer
- Anurag Basu
- Film.music
- Pritam
- Film.cinematography
- Ravi Varman
- Film.editing
- Akiv Ali
- Film.distributor
- UTV Motion Pictures
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Hindi
- Film.runtime
- 150 minutes
- Film.budget
- ₹35 crore
- Film.gross
- 175 crore
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 151
- FilmAffinity ID
- 499907
- Official website
- www.utvgroup.com/motion-pictures/coming-soon/barfii.html
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- Commons category
- Barfi!
- publication date
- 2012-01-01
- title
- बर्फी!
- review score
- 80%
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Plot
- 1972
- 1978
- 2012
- Cast
- Production
- Development
- Casting
- Characters
- Filming
- Soundtrack
- Marketing and release
- Controversies
- Reception
- India
- Overseas
- Accolades
- Box office
- See also
- References
- External links
Barfi! is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Anurag Basu, and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz (in her Hindi film debut) with Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Jisshu Sengupta, Roopa Ganguly and Haradhan Bandopadhyay in supporting roles. Set in Darjeeling and Kolkata of the 1970s, the film focuses on Barfi (Kapoor), a deaf-mute young man based in Darjeeling, and his relationships with two girls, the beautiful Shruti (D'Cruz) and the autistic Jhilmil (Chopra).
Made on a budget of ₹35 crore, Barfi! was released on 14 September 2012. The film received widespread critical acclaim for the cast performances, direction, screenplay, cinematography, music and the portrayal of physically disabled people. It was a major commercial success, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 2012 in India and overseas, grossing crore worldwide. Since its release, Barfi! is considered as a cult classic for its refreshing story, soundtrack, performances of the cast, and feel-good factor.