Wazir (film)

Wazir (Hindi: वजिर) is a 2016 Indian crime thriller film directed by Bejoy Nambiar and written by Abhijat Joshi and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Produced by Chopra, the film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar in the lead roles alongside Aditi Rao Hydari, Manav Kaul, Neil Nitin Mukesh and John Abraham in supporting roles.

The film tells the story of two unusual friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a grief-stricken ATS officer, who are brought together by a peculiar twist of fate as part of a wider conspiracy that has cast a dark shadow over their lives.^[3] The game of chess is a recurring metaphor and forms the backbone of the story.^[4] The first shot was taken on 28 September 2014 in Mumbai.^[5] The trailer of the film was released on 18 November 2015,^[6] and the film was released worldwide on 8 January 2016.^[7]

Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bejoy Nambiar
Produced by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Written by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra Abhijat Joshi Dialogue: Abhijeet Deshpande Additional dialogue: Gazal Dhaliwal
Screenplay by	Abhijat Joshi Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Farhan Akhtar Aditi Rao Hydari Manav Kaul Neil Nitin Mukesh John Abraham
Music by	Songs: Shantanu Moitra Ankit Tiwari Advaita (band) Prashant Pillai Rochak Kohli Gaurav Godkhindi Background score: Rohit Kulkarni
Cinematography	Sanu Varghese
Edited by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra Abhijat Joshi
Production companies	Vinod Chopra Films
Distributed by	Reliance Entertainment
Release dates	8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)
Running time	104 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹35 crore

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