Fighter Movie (2024)

Fighter is an upcoming Hindi language action film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Viacom18 Studios and Marflix Pictures. The film stars Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan and Anil Kapoor, and serves as the first film in a planned aerial action franchise.

The film was announced on 10 January 2021. Pre-production was significantly delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal photography finally began in November 2022 with filming in various schedules in Assam, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir and Mumbai, and was completed by the end of October. Real-life Indian Air Force cadets worked for the film. The film's soundtrack album consists of five songs composed by Vishal Shekhar's duo, with cinematographer Sachith Palos. Visuals are handled by DNEG.

The Fighter was originally scheduled for a theatrical release on September 30, 2022 but was delayed due to production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is slated for a theatrical release on January 25, 2024, with the Republic Day weekend.

CAST

• Deepika Padukone as Squadron Leader Minal "Minni" Rathore^[5]
• Hrithik Roshan as Squadron Leader Shamsher "Patty" Pathania^[6]
• Anil Kapoor as Group Captain Rakesh Jai "Rocky" Singh^[7]
• Karan Singh Grover as Squadron Leader Sartaj "Taj" Gill^[8]
• Akshay Oberoi as Squadron Leader Basheer "Bash" Khan^[9]
• Sanjeeda Sheikh
• Talat Aziz as Patty's father
• Sanjeev Jaiswal

DEVELOPMENT

Siddharth Anand expressed the idea of ​​making a big-budget action thriller against the backdrop of fighter jets during the shooting of the film War (2019). Hrithik Roshan loved the premise of the story. During the COVID-19 lockdown in India, Anand worked on further developing the story and narrated it to Roshan, who later confirmed it for the film. In December 2020, it was reported that Siddharth Anand and Hrithik will be reuniting for a film after Roshan Jaang (2019).

Fighter was officially announced on 10 January 2021 on Hrithik Roshan's birthday. The film is India's first aerial action film. It is the first installment of its franchise.[13] The film stars Siddharth. Anand, Jyoti Deshpande, Ajith Andhra, Mamata Anand, Ramon Chubb and Anko Pandey produced under the banners of Viacom 18 Studios and Marvel Pictures. The film is being made on a budget of 250 crores.

The film's director, Siddharth Anand, said, "We have gone to a different level. Audiences have never seen anything like this in India before. This is something we have not attempted before. This at a price we can afford." making it. It's not possible. Some of the things we're looking for are really special. I can't talk about it because I want people to see it when we launch the teaser. Hopefully. That it will just happen. Blow their minds."

Pre-Production

An ex-army officer and writer Ramon Chibb wrote the story with the help of Siddharth Anand.[20] Later, Anand and his team of writers produced the screenplay of the film under the supervision of Hrithik Roshan in Lockdown.[21] Akshay Oberoi said the film has "heavier" action scenes than Pathan (2023).[22] Anand retained most of his standard technicians, including cinematographer Sachith Poloz, editor Arif Shaikh, stunt choreographer Si Yong Oh. , and action director Sunil Rodriguez.[23][24] Raj Khatri designed the film's posters.

In September 2022, Roshan began taking workshops and underwent 12 weeks of simulator training and learned the ins and outs of playing a fighter jet pilot. His training was supervised by Chris Gathan, developing his abdominal muscles and losing weight. to do In November, he visited an air base and Air Force Training Academy in Telangana, and also spent time with pilots and cadets to observe their behavior and understand how they work.

Real-life Indian Air Force cadets have worked for the film. Cadets have flown from the IAF headquarters in Delhi and the Air Force Academy in Dindigal near Hyderabad.