Singh Is Kinng

Singh Is Kinng is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee from a screenplay by Bazmee and Suresh Nair. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffrey, Sonu Sood, and Sudhanshu Pandey. In the film, Happy Singh (Kumar) is sent to Australia to reunite Lakhan Singh (Sood), a crime boss, with his ill father but finds himself facing love and trouble instead. The film also featured a song and a music video with American rapper Snoop Dogg. A major part of the film was shot in Australia. The film marked the fourth collaboration of Kumar and Kaif after Humko Deewana Kar Gaye (2006), Namastey London (2007) and Welcome (2007). The spelling of the word "king" in the film's title with an additional letter "n" was based on advice provided by a numerologist.

Singh Is Kinng
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnees Bazmee
Screenplay by
  • Anees Bazmee
  • Suresh Nair
Story byAnees Bazmee
Produced byVipul Amrutlal Shah
Starring
CinematographyChaudhary Rakesh Valiya
Music bySongs:
Pritam
RDB
Background Score:
Salim–Sulaiman
Production
companies
Hari Om Entertainment
Blockbuster Movie Entertainers
Adlabs Films
Distributed by
Release date
  • 8 August 2008 (2008-08-08)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget30 crore
Box officeest. 136 crore

Singh Is Kinng released on 8 August 2008 and was a commercial success, earning ₹136 crore worldwide, thus becoming the third-highest grossing Hindi film of 2008. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

At the 3rd Asian Film Awards, Singh Is Kinng received 1 nomination – Best Actor (Kumar). Moreover, at the 54th Filmfare Awards, the film won Best Female Playback Singer (Shreya Ghoshal for "Teri Ore"), in addition to a nomination for Best Actor (Kumar).

Although often misinterpreted as a prequel, it is unrelated to the 2015 film Singh Is Bliing also starring Kumar in the lead role, hence qualifying the latter as a quasi-sequel.

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