Batti Gul Meter Chalu (transl. Lights off, metre on; Hindi pronunciation: ) is an upcoming Indian drama film. It has been directed by Shree Narayan Singh and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Nishant Pitti and Krishan Kumar. The film tells the story of electricity issues in rural India and stars Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Divyendu Sharma, and Yami Gautam in lead roles.
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Directed by | Shree Narayan Singh |
Produced by |
Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Nitin Chandrachud Shree Narayan Singh Kusum Arora Nishant Pitti |
Written by |
Sidhartha Singh Garima Wahal (Dialogue) |
Screenplay by |
Vipul K Rawal Sidhartha Singh Garima Wahal |
Starring |
Shahid Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor Divyendu Sharma Yami Gautam |
Music by |
Anu Malik Rochak Kohli Sachet-Parampara |
Cinematography | Anshuman Mahaley |
Edited by | Shree Narayan Singh |
Production company |
T-Series Films Krti Pictures |
Distributed by | T-Series Films |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Principal photography commenced in February 2018 and was wrapped up in July 2018. It is scheduled for release on 21 September 2018.
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Cast
- Shahid Kapoor as Sushil Kumar Pant aka S.K.
- Shraddha Kapoor as Lalita Nautiyal aka Nauti.
- Divyendu Sharma as Tripathi.
- Yami Gautam as Advocate Gulnaar.
- Samir Soni
- Sudhir Pandey
- Farida Jalal
- Supriya Pilgaonkar
- Atul Srivastava
- Ashutosh Jha
Production
Principal Photography
The principal photography for the film began in February 2018 with Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in Tehri, Uttarakhand. The first and second schedule of the film got wrapped in February 2018 and March 2018 respectively. Since, KriArj Entertainment, which was producing the film firstly got into financial troubles, the shoot of the film was kept on a halt, which finally got resumed in May 2018 and was wrapped up in June 2018. After the final schedule in July 2018, the film was finally wrapped up in the same month.
Casting
Director Shree Narayan Singh had already signed Shahid Kapoor to play a lawyer fighting for power-theft in a local town of Uttarakhand. Later, Yami Gautam was signed as an opposition lawyer against Shahid Kapoor in the film. For the role of Lalita Nautiyal a.k.a. Nauti, actresses like Katrina Kaif, Ileana D'Cruz and Sonakshi Sinha[16] were approached but later, it was confirmed that Shraddha Kapoor would be playing this role in the film.[17]
Marketing and release
The film was originally slated to release on 31 August 2018[18] but was pushed to 14 September 2018 to avoid the clash with Shraddha Kapoor's other film, Stree starring Rajkummar Rao[19]. The financial troubles faced by KriArj Entertainment[20] lead to delays in the shooting of the film.
Later, it was announced that the film would have a worldwide release on 21 September 2018.[21] The teaser of the film was released by T-Series on 18 October 2017.[22] The first look of the film was released on 3 June 2018.[23] The trailer of the movie was released on 10th August 2018.[24]
Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album by Anu Malik, Rochak Kohli and Sachet-Parampara ,Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | ||||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Language | Hindi | |||
Label | T-Series | |||
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Then music for the film is composed by Sachet-Parampara and Anu Malik with Rochak Kohli as the guest composer. The lyrics are written by Siddharth-Garima and Manoj Muntashir while the singers are Atif Aslam, Nakash Aziz, Rashid Khan, Sukhwinder Singh, Mika Singh, Prakriti Kakar, Sachet Tandon.[25] The soundtrack rights of the film have been acquired by T-Series Music.[26] Mika Singh's song, Hard Hard is featured in the film.
Track listing | |||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
1. | "Gold Tamba" | Siddharth - Garima | Anu Malik | Nakash Aziz | 5:02 |
2. | "Dekhte Dekhte" | Manoj Muntashir | Rochak Kohli | Atif Aslam | 4:16 |
3. | "Hard Hard" | Siddharth - Garima | Sachet - Parampara | Mika Singh, Sachet Tandon, Prakriti Kakar | 3:38 |
Legal issues
The shooting of the film got stalled in April 2018 due to the non-payment of dues by KriArj Entertainment. Later, in June 2018, producer Vashu Bhagnani claimed his rights over the film as the deal with KriArj Entertainment, which was denied by Bhushan Kumar, the current producer of the film.[27]
The film's original and first writer Vipul K Rawal had filed a case against the Director and other writers for trying to deny him his rightful credit for the story, screenplay and dialogues of the film.[28] Later, the matter was settled and it was decided that the credit for story, screenplay and dialogues will now be equally shared between Rawal along with Sidhartha Singh and Garima Wahal.[29]