Starring Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte, ‘Vikram Vedha’ has been released in over 100 countries around the world, making it one of the widest openings for Bollywood films.
Besides India, the film will be released on 30th September in North America, UK, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, where Bollywood films are usually released. Dates and dates in countries where Bollywood fares will be released after first running in traditional regions.
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“Vikram Vedha” has been released in 22 countries in Europe and 27 countries in Africa and Latin America, including Japan, Russia, Panama and Peru. These are all non-traditional regions for Bollywood.
An action thriller based on the Indian folktale “Vikram Aur Betar”. It tells the story of a tough police officer Vikram (Khan) who sets out to track down and kill an equally tough gangster Vedha (Roshan). What unfolds is a cat-and-mouse chase, where master storyteller Vedha helps Vikram peel back layers and lead to moral ambiguity through a series of narratives.
The film is being produced by T Series and Reliance Entertainment in partnership with Friday Filmworks, Jio Studios and YNOT Studios. Producers include Bhushan Kumar, S. Sasikant and Bhushan Kumar. Reliance Entertainment is working with Home Screen Entertainment for international distribution of this film.
Dhruv Sinha, Head of International Business at Reliance Entertainment, said: The Reliance Entertainment Overseas and Home Screen Entertainment teams ensured that the film reached the widest audience worldwide. “
The film is a remake of the 2017 Tamil hit Vikram Veda, also directed by Pushkar and Gayatri, and stars R. Madhavan and Vijay Setupati.
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