Singh Is Kinng
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Singh Is Kinng
Singhisking.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Anees Bazmee
Produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Screenplay by Anees Bazmee
Suresh Nair
Story by Anees Bazmee
Starring Akshay Kumar
Katrina Kaif
Om Puri
Ranvir Shorey
Neha Dhupia
Javed Jaffrey
Sonu Sood
Sudhanshu Pandey
Music by Pritam
Cinematography Sanjay F Gupta
Ben Nott
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment
Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Hari Om Productions
Release dates
8 August 2008
Running time
2:16:08
Country India
Language Hindi
Punjabi
Budget ₹500 million (US$7.5 million)[1]
Box office ₹1.75 billion (US$26 million)[2]
Singh is Kinng is a 2008 Indian action comedy film. Directed by Anees Bazmee, the film stars, Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles. The film also featured a music video with Snoop Dogg. Released on 8 August 2008, a major part of the shooting was done in Australia. Akshay Kumar was also nominated for the Asian Film Awards under the Best Actor category for his performance in the film.Singh is Kinng was declared Superhit by Box Office India.[3]
The spelling of the word "king" in the film's title with an additional letter "n" was based on advice provided by a numerologist.[4][5]
This film is not related to the 2015 film, Singh Is Bliing which is also starring Akshay Kumar and was rumored to be the sequel to Singh is Kinng.[6]
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Music
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
Lakhan Singh (Sonu Sood), a.k.a. Lucky, is the "king of the Australian underworld". He is accompanied by his Sikh mafia associates, Julie (Neha Dhupia), Mika (Jaaved Jaffrey), Pankaj Udaas (Yashpal Sharma), Raftaar (Sudhanshu Pandey), Dilbaugh Singh (Manoj Pahwa) and Guruji Gurbaksh Singh (Kamal Chopra). In a small village in Punjab, the birthplace of Lucky, lives another Sikh- Happy Singh (Akshay Kumar). Happy, though good at heart has unintentionally caused many...