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| Directed by | Siddharth Anand |
| Story by | Ramon Chibb Siddharth Anand |
| Screenplay by | Ramon Chibb |
| Dialogues by | Hussain Dalal Abbas Dalal |
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| Cinematography | Satchith Paulose |
| Edited by | Aarif Sheikh |
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| Distributed by | Viacom18 Studios |
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Running time | 166 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹250 crore |
Fighter is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language action film[4] directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Viacom18 Studios and Marflix Pictures. The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor, and serves as the first film in a planned aerial action franchise.[5][6]
The film was announced on 10 January 2021. The pre-production was much delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal photography finally began in November 2022 with filming proceeding in various schedules across Assam, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir and Mumbai, and wrapped by late-October. Real life Indian Air Force cadets worked for the film.[7] The film has references to 2019 Pulwama attack, 2019 Balakot airstrike and 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes.The film's soundtrack album composed by the duo Vishal–Shekhar consists of five songs, with Satchith Paulose as the cinematographer. The visuals are handled by DNEG.
Fighter was originally scheduled for a theatrical release on 30 September 2022 but was delayed due to the production delays owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was theatrically released on 25 January 2024, coinciding with the Republic Day weekend.
Plot
Top Indian Air Force aviators come together in the face of imminent danger, to form Air Dragons. Fighter unfolds their camaraderie, brotherhood and battles, internal and external.
Cast
- Hrithik Roshan as Squadron Leader Shamsher "Patty" Pathania, a member of Air Dragons, Taj and Bash’s best friend, Minni’s love interest[10]
- Deepika Padukone as Squadron Leader Minal "Minni" Rathore, a member of Air Dragons, Patty’s love interest[11]
- Anil Kapoor as Group Captain Rakesh Jai "Rocky" Singh, the leader of Air Dragons[12]
- Karan Singh Grover as Squadron Leader Sartaj "Taj" Gill, a member of Air Dragons, Patty and Bash’s best friend, Saanchi’s husband[13]
- Akshay Oberoi as Squadron Leader Basheer "Bash" Khan, a member of Air Dragons, Patty and Taj’s best friend[14]
- Sanjeeda Sheikh as Saanchi, Taj's wife
- Talat Aziz as Patty's father
- Sanjeev Jaiswal
- Rishabh Sawhney as Azhar Akhtar, the main antagonist of the film
- Sharib Hashmi
- Ashutosh Rana as Abhijeet Rathore, Minni's father
- Geeta Agrawal as Usha Rathore, Minni's mother
- Mahesh Shetty
- Banveen Singh
- Karan Sharma
- Haresh Khatri
- Vinay Varma
- Chandan K Anand
- Nishant Khanduja
- Samvedna Suwalka
- Chandra Shekhar Dutta
- Mushtaq Kak as Maqsood Mia
- Geeta Sodhi
- Seerat Mast
- Ramon Chibb
- Gurmeet Chawla
- Viren Kewalramani
- Vicky Chawla
- Sanjiv Chopra
