Overview
Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Filmfare Award for Best Film (2018)
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Box office
Grossed $52.4M worldwide, about 16.3 times its $3.21M budget
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Setting
Set in Delhi
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Music
Music by Sachin: Jigar
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Laxman Utekar
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Zeenat LakhaniStory, Screenplay
- Saket ChaudharyScreenplay, Story
- Original title
- हिंदी मीडियम
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 19, 2017
- Original language
- Hindi
- Budget
- $3.2M
- Revenue
- $52.4M
- Countries
- India
Production
Cast
Irrfan KhanRaj Batra
Saba QamarMita
Sanjana SanghiYoung Mita
Deepak DobriyalShyam Prakash
Mallika DuaDolly
Tillotama ShomeConsultant
Amrita SinghPrincipal Lodha
Delzad HiwaleYoung Raj
Swati DasTulsi- Jaspal SharmaRaj 's neighbor
- Neelu KohliMita's Mother
- Dishita SehgalPia
Kiran KhojeSushila
Sumit GulatiChotu
Sanjay SuriKabir
Neha DhupiaAarti
Charu ShankarMaya
Danny SuraGeorge
Rajiv GuptaMasterji (Raj's Father)
Rajesh SharmaM.L.A.
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