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Fukrey (2013)

Fukrey poster
Original title
फुकरे
Directed by
Mrighdeep Lamba
Genre
drama film, buddy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 19m
Rated
14A
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 76 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of lazy friends get tangled up with a local gangster while chasing easy money. Their ridiculous attempts to pull off a scheme lead to a series of mishaps.

lightheartedcomedicchaoticbouncyquirkyfun-loving

What happens

Fukrey (transl. Slackers) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, and starring Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Priya Anand, Vishakha Singh, Pankaj Tripathi and Richa Chadda. The story and dialogues are written by Vipul Vig and the screenplay is written by Vig and Lamba. Produced under the Excel Entertainment banner, the film was released on 14 June 2013. Despite a poor opening, the film went on to become a sleeper hit. The film later spawned two sequels, Fukrey Returns (2017) and Fukrey 3 (2023), making it the first installment in the Fukrey franchise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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