Barfi! Movie (2012)

Barfi! : Release Date, Trailer, Cast & Songs

About Barfi!

Title	Barfi!
Release status	Released
Release date	Sep 12, 2012
Language	Hindi
Genre	Comedy, Bollywood, Romance, Drama
Actors	Ranbir Kapoor, Jisshu Sengupta, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ileana D'Cruz, Ashish Vidhyarthi, Priyanka Chopra, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Uday Tikekar, Purva Parag
Director	Anurag Basu
Digit binge rating	8.5
Streaming on	Netflix
Duration	2 hr 31 min

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Trivia

1. Most of the leading Bollywood actresses declined the secondary role of 'Shruti Ghosh'. Later director cast Tollywood actress Ileana D'Cruz after a long negotiation.
2. Ranbir Kapoor was the only choice for the role of Barfi.
3. The film created a benchmark while earning 100 Crores despite being an offbeat film.
4. The mute and deaf title character played by actor Ranbir Kapoor is the voice for the sanitary tobacco warning before the movie begins. This is the only part where Ranbir says anything in the movie.
5.The official submission of India to the Best Foreign Language Film for the 85th Academy Awards 2013.
6. The character Shruti Ghosh played by Ileana D'Cruz was loosely based on director Anurag Basu's mother. The 70's era makeup, clothing was based on her old photographs.
7. Some of the scenes of the film are inspired by silent era movies of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. E.g. scene when Barfi is hiding under the cover of the statue and is found there the next morning during the official opening of the memorial. Posters of Chaplin's movies can be seen in the film at least twice.
8. Ileana Dcruz for the first time dubbed her lines in her Hindi debut, In her previous films, her voice was dubbed by someone else.
9. Some of the scenes were inspired by The film "The Notebook" written by Nicholas Sparks.
10. Originally Katrina Kaif was cast as the narrator in the movie but she pulled out due to unknown reasons. Later, 'Ileana D'Cruz' was roped in to play the role.
11. Two scenes were borrowed from "singing in the rain" where Barfi rearranges his face and the couch scene with the hat trick.
12. The film is shot at Darjeeling
13. Aashiyan song from Barfi sampled Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass song. Salud, Amor Y Dinero.
14. The movie is shot at Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri Hills, Ooty.
15. Actor Katrina Kaif, and not Ileana D'cruz, was the first choice for Anurag Basu's 2012 hit film Barfi! Katrina had even said 'Yes'. However, she opted out of the movie later due to date issues.
16. Tram rides in this movie are shot in Kolkata.

• Budget

  30 Crores

• Box office collection

  88.36 Crores

• Filming Location

  Darjeeling, Gorkhaland Territorial Authority, India

• Production Details

  UTV Motion,Pictures Ishana Movies

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