Fighter (2024 film)

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Fighter is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language aerial action film directed by Siddharth Anand, based on a story he wrote with Ramon Chibb. Produced by Viacom18 Studios and Marflix Pictures, it stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, and Anil Kapoor in lead roles, while Karan Singh Grover, Akshay Oberoi, Rishabh Sawhney, and Sanjeeda Sheikh appear in supporting roles. It is the first installment in a planned aerial action franchise. The film was announced on 10 January 2021, marking Anand's production debut and his third collaboration with Roshan after Bang Bang! (2014) and War (2019). The pre-production was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Filming began in November 2022 at locations such as Assam, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir and Mumbai. Real life Indian Air Force personnel worked in the film, which wrapped in October 2023. The film is a retelling of a series of military events occurring between India and Pakistan in 2019, including the 2019 Pulwama attack, 2019 Balakot airstrike and 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes. The film's soundtrack album composed by Vishal–Shekhar consists of five songs. Satchith Paulose serves as the film's cinematographer. The visual effects are handled by DNEG. Fighter was originally scheduled for a theatrical release on 30 September 2022 but production delays caused the release date to slip to 25 January 2024, coinciding with the Republic Day weekend. It received mixed-to-positive reviews, and grossed ₹344.46 crore (US$41 million) worldwide to rank as the eighth highest-grossing Indian film of 2024 and fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024.

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Directed by

Siddharth Anand

Screenplay by

Ramon Chibb

Dialogues by

Hussain DalalAbbas Dalal

Story by

Siddharth AnandRamon Chibb

Produced by

mw- Siddharth AnandMamta AnandAjit AndhareAnku PandeRamon ChibbKevin Vaz

Starring

Hrithik Roshan Deepika Padukone Anil Kapoor

Cinematography

Satchith Paulose

Edited by

Aarif Sheikh

Music by

Songs:Vishal–ShekharScore:Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara

Productioncompanies

Viacom18 StudiosMarflix Pictures

Distributed by

Viacom18 Studios

Release date

25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)

Running time

166 minutes

Country

India

Language

Hindi

Budget

₹250 crore

Box office

est. ₹344.46 crore

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· Accolades

2025

25th IIFA Awards

Role(s)

Best Director

Notes

Siddharth Anand

Best Female Playback Singer

Role(s)

Shilpa Rao for "Ishq Jaisa Kuch"

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Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Nominee/Work	Result	Ref.
2025	25th IIFA Awards	Best Director	Siddharth Anand	Nominated
2025	25th IIFA Awards	Best Female Playback Singer	Shilpa Rao for "Ishq Jaisa Kuch"	Nominated

Fighter (2024 film)

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