Gabbar Singh (film)
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Gabbar Singh is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Harish Shankar. The film is inspired from the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg and stars Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Haasan.[7] The plot follows a police officer who embarks on a mission to take down a corrupt politician. Devi Sri Prasad composed the film's music and Jayanan Vincent was the cinematographer. Inspired by a film character, Venkataratnam, a policeman, calls himself Gabbar Singh. He is posted in a village where a local thug wants to join politics and also lures his stepbrother to join him.
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Directed by | Harish Shankar |
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Story by | Abhinav Kashyap Dilip Shukla |
Based on | Dabangg |
Produced by | Bandla Ganesh |
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Cinematography | Jayanan Vincent |
Edited by | Gautham Raju |
Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
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Running time | 152 minutes[3] |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹30 crore[4][5] |
Box office | est. ₹101 crore[6] |
Made on a budget of ₹30 crore,[4] the film was formally launched on 18 August 2011 at Hyderabad with shooting primarily held at Pollachi. It was released on 11 May 2012 and was declared a Blockbuster, grossing around ₹101 crore worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing Telugu films at that time and the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year.[5][6] Kalyan won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu award at the 59th Filmfare Awards South. A sequel, Sardaar Gabbar Singh, was released in 2016.