Azhar (film)

Azhar is a 2016 Indian Hindi biographical sports drama film directed by Anthony D'Souza (credited as Tony D'Souza) The story is inspired from the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The film is produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor for Sony Pictures Networks and features Emraan Hashmi in the title role. The film was released worldwide on 13 May 2016. The film was mediocre at the box office as it collected only 508 million gross against the budget of 380 million. The film also drew criticism for its fictionalised interpretation of events.

Azhar
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnthony D'Souza
Written byRajat Aroraa
Produced by
StarringEmraan Hashmi
Lara Dutta
Nargis Fakhri
Prachi Desai
Kunaal Roy Kapur
CinematographyRakesh Singh
Edited byDev Jadhav
Vipul Chouhan
Music bySongs:
Amaal Mallik
Guest Composers:
Pritam
DJ Chetas
Background Score:
Sandeep Shirodkar
Production
companies
Distributed byPanorama Studios
Sony Pictures
Release date
  • 13 May 2016 (2016-05-13)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budgetest.350 million
Box officeest.566.9 million
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