Fukrey
Fukrey (transl. Slackers) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, and starring Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Priya Anand, Vishakha Singh, Pankaj Tripathi and Richa Chadda. The story and dialogues are written by Vipul Vig and the screenplay is written by Vig and Lamba. Produced under the Excel Entertainment banner, the film was released on 14 June 2013. Despite a poor opening, the film went on to become a sleeper hit. Its first installment in Fukrey franchise. The film is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar.
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| Directed by | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba |
| Written by | Screenplay: Vipul Vig Mrighdeep Singh Lamba Dialogues: Vipul Vig Additional Dialogues: Mrighdeep Singh Lamba |
| Story by | Vipul Vig |
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| Cinematography | K. U. Mohanan |
| Edited by | Munir Alias |
| Music by | Ram Sampath Shekhar Ravjiani (background score) |
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| Distributed by | AA Films |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹14 crore or US$1.7 million in 2023) |
| Box office | ₹49 crore (equivalent to ₹83 crore or US$10 million in 2023) |
As of August 2023, Fukrey remains the only Excel Entertainment film to not be owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, as rights of three of its films, viz. Game, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Talaash: The Answer Lies Within, were acquired by the network from Star India and Sony Pictures Networks India respectively.