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Dunki

2023 · 159 min

A warm, bittersweet journey that balances humor and heartbreak, leaving you moved by its earnest portrayal of friendship and sacrifice.

Directed by
Rajkumar Hirani
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Shah Rukh Khan, Taapsee Pannu, Vikram Kochhar
Tagline
A Soldier's journey to keep a promise
Overview
Four friends from a sleepy little village in Punjab share a common dream: to go to England. Their problem is that they have neither the visa nor the ticket. A soldier alights from a train one day, and their lives change. He gives them a soldier's promise: He will take them to the land of their dreams. What follows is a hilarious and heartwarming tale of a perilous journey through the desert and the sea, but most crucially through the hinterlands of their mind.

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Directed by
Rajkumar Hirani
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Shah Rukh Khan, Taapsee Pannu, Vikram Kochhar
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • immigration
  • friendship
  • family
  • survival
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

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adventure, comedy, drama
Directed by
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Kanika Dhillon, Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi
Starring
Shah Rukh Khan, Taapsee Pannu, Vikram Kochhar, Anil Grover, Boman Irani, Vicky Kaushal, Deven Bhojani, Sapna Sand
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Cinematography
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159 min
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India
Languages
Hindi, Punjabi

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