Gully Boy

Gully Boy is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar, and written by Akhtar and Reema Kagti. The film was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar under the banners of Tiger Baby Films and Excel Entertainment productions, with American rapper Nas as an executive producer. It stars Ranveer Singh in the title role alongside Alia Bhatt, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Varma, Amruta Subhash and Vijay Raaz in supporting roles. Inspired by the lives of Indian street rappers DIVINE and Naezy, the film is a coming-of-age story about aspiring street rapper Murad Ahmed (Singh), from the Dharavi slums of Mumbai.

Gully Boy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byZoya Akhtar
Written byStory and Screenplay:
Reema Kagti
Zoya Akhtar
Dialogues:
Vijay Maurya
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJay Oza
Edited byNitin Baid
Music bySongs:
See soundtrack
Score:
Karsh Kale
The Salvage Audio Collective
Production
companies
Distributed byCinestaan AA Distributors
Release dates
  • 9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) (Berlin)
  • 14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) (India)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget60–70 crore
Box officeest. 238.16 crore

Principal photography for Gully Boy began in January 2018 and wrapped up in April 2018. It was premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2019 and released on 15 February 2019 to positive reviews for the music, cinematography, Akhtar's direction, storyline, screenplay, dialogues, performances (particularly Singh, Bhatt, Chaturvedi, Varma) and the social message. With a global gross of over 2.38 billion (US$33.8 million), it emerged as the eighth-highest-grossing Hindi film of the year.

Gully Boy won a record 13 Filmfare Awards, the most awards for a single film in a year, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Singh) and Best Actress (Bhatt). It also became the sixth film to win all 4 major awards at the Filmfare Awards (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress), after Guide (1965), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Devdas (2002) and Black (2005). Internationally, it won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea. It was also selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

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