Hindi Medium

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Hindi Medium

Directed by Saket Chaudhary

Produced by Dinesh Vijan

Bhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar

Written by Zeenat Lakhani

Saket Chaudhary

 Irrfan Khan
Starring
 Saba Qamar
 Deepak Dobriyal

Music by Amar Mohile

Cinematography Laxman Utekar

Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad

 Production  T-Series
company  Maddock Films

Distributed by AA Films

Release date  19 May 2017[1]

Running time 132 minutes

Country India

Language Hindi

Budget ₹23 crore (US$3.5 million)

Box office ₹102.77 crore(US$16 million)[2]

Hindi Medium is a 2017 Indian comedy-drama film, written by Zeenat Lakhani and directed
by Saket Chaudhary. It is a remake of the 2015 Malayalam-language film Salt Mango Tree. The
film stars Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar in the lead roles, with Deepak Dobriyal in a supporting
role.
The film was released on 19 May 2017.[1] The film received six major nominations at the 63rd
Filmfare Awards, including Best Directorfor Choudhary, Best Actor (Critics) for Khan, Best
Actress for Qamar, and Best Supporting Actor for Dobriyal. It won two Filmfare Awards,
including Best Film and Best Actor For Khan.

Contents
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 1Plot
 2Cast
 3Release
 4Controversy
 5Box office
 6Soundtrack
 7Awards and nominations
 8Sequel
 9References
 10External links

Plot[edit]
Raj Batra (Irrfan Khan) is a rich businessman from Delhi staying with his wife Mita (Saba Qamar).
They studied in a Hindi Medium school but want their 5 year old daughter, Pia (Dishita Sehgal),
to be admitted to one of the top schools in Delhi. The top school, 'Delhi Grammar School', has a
condition that they will admit students who reside within 3km radius, so the family moves to
Vasant Vihar.
Later they realise that parents are interviewed for the admission. They go to a consultant, Shikha
(Tillotama Shome), who grooms them for the interview. However, Raj fails to deliver his tutored
answers in the interview and gets exposed. As a result, their daughter gets rejected by all the
schools. Raj tries all sorts of ploys but none of his tricks succeed.
Raj and Mita learn from their employee how he got his daughter admission through Right To
Education (RTE) quota. Raj takes the help of a tout after he assures that he can rig the lottery
process through which students are selected. But just as the couple is about to enjoy their
success, a news report exposes the manipulation of the RTE quota by rich parents. Raj and Mita
panic, as the only option before them is to actually start living the life of a poverty stricken family
at the address which they had filled in the form.
Their neighbours, Shyam Prakash Kori (Deepak Dobriyal) and his wife Tulsi, help them through
their ordeals without knowing the truth, despite having limited means. One day a teacher from
'Delhi Grammar School' arrives to do a background verification. He catches the bluff of Raj but
Shyam saves him by telling that he may be a victim of circumstances. The couple convinces the
teacher on his second visit, who tells them to arrange Rs. 24000 as extracurricular charges. Late
in the night Shyam sees Raj in the ATM and thinks he is trying to steal money. Shyam stops him
from taking the money and instead gets himself hit by a SUV to extort money from the car owner.
Piya eventually gets admission, but Mohan (Angshuman Nandi), the son of Shyam does not get
selected. Raj and his family leave the home and return to their Vasant Vihar home. The couple
goes to the school where Mohan is studying, to sponsor his studies. After watching the state of
affairs they donate a substantial amount to renovate it and get new books. Shyam after watching
his son becoming fluent in English meets the principal and through him gets the address of the
donor. Although he gets angry after knowing the reality, he cools down after watching Pia in the
school. Raj's guilt takes over and inspite of Mita's resistance, he meets the school principal
(Amrita Singh) to cancel his daughter's admission. The principal concerned with the reputation of
the school at stake does not agree to his proposal. Eventually Raj gives a moving speech in the
auditorium and walks away from the school. Later Raj and Mita send Piya to the government run
Hindi Medium school where Mohan studies.

Cast[edit]
 Irrfan Khan as Raj Batra
 Saba Qamar as Meeta Batra
 Deepak Dobriyal as Shyamprakash Kori
 Sanjana Sanghi as young Meeta
 Delzad Hiwale as young Raj Batra
 Sumit Gulati as Raj's junior shopkeeper
 Swati Das as Tulsi Kori, Shyam's wife
 Dishita Sehgal as Pia Batra
 Angshuman Nandi as Mohan
 Jaspal Sharma
 Anurag Arora as Hindi Teacher / Admission Inspector
 Vijay Kumar Dogra
 Amrita Singh as the principal of Delhi Grammar School
 Neha Dhupia as Aarti
 Sushil Parwana
 Ekta singh
 Tillotama Shome as Consultant
 Rajesh Sharma in a special appearance as a local politician
 Sanjay Suri as Kabir
 Mallika Dua in a special appearance
 Rajiv Gupta as Master Ji (Raj Batra's father)
 Tanishkaa Sanghvi in a special appearance as the singer girl in the song "Ek Jindari"
 Guru Randhawa special appearance in song "suit suit"
Release[edit]
The film was released worldwide on 19 May 2017.[3] Hindi Medium was declared 'tax-free' in
Gujarat, Maharashtra,[4][5] Madhya Pradesh[6] and Delhi.[7]
The satellite rights of Hindi Medium , along with Raabta, were sold to Sony Pictures Networks.
In February 2018, following the success of Aamir Khan films such as Dangal (2016) and Secret
Superstar (2017) in China, it was announced that Hindi Medium is set to be released in
China.[8] Following the successful release of Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) in China, it
has been announced that Hindi Medium will be released in China on 4 April 2018.[9]

Controversy[edit]
The makers of the Bengali movie Ramdhanu (2014), directed by the duo Nandita
Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee, had launched a copyright case against Hindi Medium with
claims of story-line having a strong resemblance.[10] In response to this, the film director Saket
Chaudhary said,
"We have researched our script over a year and it is based on original material. I would request
everyone involved to not rush to a judgement without ascertaining the facts. And the facts can
easily be confirmed by watching Hindi Medium on May 12."[11]
Hindi Medium eventually won the case by providing the appropriate facts and arguments. With
the verdict going to go in favour of Hindi Medium, the makers of Ramdhanu withdrew all the
charges made in their plagiarism and copyright claim against the film.[12]

Box office[edit]
Hindi Medium collected ₹ 2.81 crore on its opening day and became the highest solo opener
of Irrfan khan.[13] It also clashed with a much bigger release Half Girlfriend (2017)
starring Shraddha Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor in lead roles which earned over 10.5 crore on the
first day. Gradually, the film turned to be more successful than the former. After one week the
film collected ₹25.21 crore at the box office.[14] It had a good second week grossing ₹17.75 crore.
The film collected around ₹8 crores in its 3rd weekend taking its domestic total to ₹55 crore. The
film also collected ₹15 crores from satellite and overseas rights. [15] It became the 7th highest
grosser in 2 weeks. It grossed ₹69 crore in total after its fifth weekend in India. The film also
grossed US $2 million with a worldwide total of around ₹ 102.71cr.[2] The film emerged as
a sleeper hit at the box office.[16]

Soundtrack[edit]

Hindi Medium

Soundtrack album by Sachin–Jigar

Released 21 April 2017

Recorded 2016–2017

Genre Feature film Soundtrack

 Length 21:20

Label T-Series

Sachin–Jigar chronology

Meri Pyaari Hindi Medium

Bindu (2017)
(2017)

The music of the film is composed by Sachin–Jigar while lyrics have been penned by Priya
Saraiya and Kumaar. Amar Mohile has given the background score. The soundtrack was
released on 21 April 2017 by T-Series.[17][18]

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Singer(s) Length

1. "Suit Suit" Guru Randhawa, Guru Randhawa, Rajat Guru Randhawa, 3:10
Arjun Nagpal Arjun

2. "Hoor" Priya Saraiya Sachin–Jigar Atif Aslam 3:57

3. "Oh Ho Ho Ho" Ikka, Sukhbir Sukhbir, Abhijit Sukhbir, Ikka 4:04

Vaghani Singh

4. "Ek Jindari" Kumaar Sachin–Jigar Taniskaa Sanghvi 4:31

5. "Fakiri" Traditional Neeraj Arya Neeraj Arya 5:38

Total length: 21:20

Awards and nominations[edit]

Date of Recipient(s) and

Award Category Result Ref.
Ceremony nominee(s)

Best Actor (Popular) Irrfan Khan Won [19]

2 December
Screen Awards
2017
Best Film (Popular) Hindi Medium Nominated
 Date of Recipient(s) and
Award Category Result Ref.
Ceremony nominee(s)

Most Promising
Saba Qamar Nominated
Newcomer - Female

Best Actor in a
Supporting Role – Deepak Dobriyal Nominated
Male

Best Director Saket Choudhary Nominated

Breakthrough
13 December Masala!
Performance of the Saba Qamar Won [20]
2017 Awards
Year

Best Film (Viewer's

Nominated
Choice)

Best Film (Jury's Saket Choudhary

Won
Choice)

Best Director Nominated

30 December Zee Cine [21]
2017 Awards
Best Actor (Jury's
Irrfan Khan Won
Choice)

Best Supporting Actor Deepak Dobriyal Nominated

Saket Choudhary,
Best Writing Nominated
Zeenat Lakhani

Best Supporting Actor Deepak Dobriyal Nominated [22]

 Date of Recipient(s) and
Award Category Result Ref.
Ceremony nominee(s)

16 January Films of India

Best Dialogues Amitosh Nagpal Nominated
2018 Online Awards

Best Film Hindi Medium Won

Best Actor Won

Irrfan Khan

Best Actor (Critics) Nominated

20 January Filmfare [23]
2018 Awards
Best Actress Saba Qamar Nominated

Best Director Saket Choudhary Nominated

Best Supporting Actor Deepak Dobriyal Nominated

Best Actor Irrfan Khan Pending

[24]

Best Supporting Actor Deepak Dobriyal Pending

News18 Movie
20 March 2018 Best Dialogues Amitosh Nagpal Pending
Awards

Best Editing A. Sreekar Prasad Pending [25]

Best Music Abhijit Vaghani Pending

Sequel[edit]
Producer Dinesh Vijan told Mid-Day, "The response we have got is phenomenal. The entire unit
of Hindi Medium, including Irrfan and Saba, who look cool as a couple on screen, should be
repeated in a film. There is definitely scope for a sequel. We would certainly explore it." Vijan
added, "It's too early. Also, I still have to talk to director Saket Chaudhary, who is currently
working on another movie project."[26]
 On 24 January 2018, Vijan confirmed the sequel to Times Now. He said, "We have just finished
typing the second part", with "Just finishing touches are being put", however, "I think you will
have to wait for an official announcement for that."[27]

References[edit]
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External links[edit]
 Hindi Medium on IMDb
 Hindi Medium at Bollywood Hungama

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