Kabir Singh
Kabir Singh is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under T-Series Films and Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde under Cine1 Studios. A remake of Vanga's own Telugu film Arjun Reddy (2017), it stars Shahid Kapoor in the title role as a surgeon who spirals into self-destruction when his girlfriend, Preeti, played by Kiara Advani, marries someone else. Adil Hussain, Nikita Dutta, Arjan Bajwa, Suresh Oberoi, Dolly Minhas, Suparna Marwah, Anurag Arora, Soham Majumdar, Kunal Thakur, Anusha Sampath, Amit Sharma and Kamini Kaushal feature in supporting roles.
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| Directed by | Sandeep Reddy Vanga |
| Screenplay by | Sandeep Reddy Vanga Siddharth-Garima |
| Based on | Arjun Reddy by Sandeep Reddy Vanga |
| Produced by | Murad Khetani Ashwin Varde Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Santhana Krishnan Ravichandran |
| Edited by | Aarif Sheikh Sandeep Reddy Vanga |
| Music by | Score: Harshavardhan Rameshwar Songs: Mithoon Amaal Mallik Vishal Mishra Sachet–Parampara Akhil Sachdeva |
Production companies | T-Series Cine1 Studios |
| Distributed by | AA Films |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹60 crore |
| Box office | ₹379 crore |
Principal photography for Kabir Singh began in October 2018 and ended in March 2019. The film was theatrically released in India on 21 June 2019 and received mixed reviews with criticism directed at it for glamorizing misogyny and toxic masculinity though Kapoor's performance and the soundtrack, which has become popular since release, received acclaim. Grossing over ₹379 crore, it became the second highest grossing Bollywood film of 2019, and Kapoor's highest grossing solo-lead release.