Chef (2017 film)
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Suresh Nair
Raja Krishna Menon
Raja Krishna Menon
| Chef | |
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 Release Poster of the movie | |
| Directed by | Raja Krishna Menon |
| Written by | Ritesh Shah Suresh Nair Raja Krishna Menon |
| Story by | Jon Favreau Raja Krishna Menon |
| Based on | Chef by Jon Favreau |
| Produced by | Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Vikram Malhotra Janani Ravichandran Raja Krishna Menon |
| Starring | Saif Ali Khan |
| Cinematography | Priya Seth |
| Edited by | Shivkumar V. Panicker |
| Music by | Raghu Dixit |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | AA Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹14.7 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹10.6 crore[2] |
Chef is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Raja Krishna Menon.[3] It is an official remake of the 2014 American film with the same name.[4] The film stars Saif Ali Khan in the title role.
The film's principal photography began in October 2016 in Kochi.[5][6] Chef was released on 6 October 2017.[7] The film under-performed at the box office.[8]
Roshan Kalra (Saif Ali Khan) is a chef whose passion for his career supersedes everything else in his life, including his family. He lives away from his wife Radha Menon (Padmapriya) and son Aari (Svar Kamble). He decides to visit his son in Kochi and they have a good time together. When it is time to return to work, he reflects he has lost out on a lot of time with Aari. He decides to stay with his son and open a food truck, which serves both his purposes in life: cooking food and being with his son.
Cast
- Saif Ali Khan as Roshan Kalra
- Padmapriya Janakiraman as Radha Menon
- Svar Kamble as Armaan Kalra (Ary)
- Chandan Roy Sanyal as Nuzrool
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Alex Oomen
- Milind Soman as Biju
- Sobhita Dhulipala as Vinnie
- Ramgopal Bajaj as Mr. Kalra, Roshan's Father
- Pawan Chopra as Sunil Manohari
- Shayan Munshi as Prateek
- Raghu Dixit as himself
- Neha Saxena as Neha (cameo)
- Abhishek Kumar as Dhaba Waiter
- Lokesh Mittal as Son of Dhaba Owner
- Ramachandran P. P. as Anillettan
- M. Gopalakrishnan as Union Leader
- Nishad Raj Rana as Chaudhary (Delhi Cop)
- Rajat Ajay Bose
Soundtrack
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| Released | 31 August 2017 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:04 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
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The film's original songs and musical score were composed by Raghu Dixit. The song "Tere Mere" and its reprise were composed by guest composer Amaal Mallik. The lyrics were written by Ankur Tewari and Rashmi Virag. The first song of the film, "Shugal Laga Le", was composed and sung by Raghu Dixit and was released on 6 September 2017. The second song, "Tere Mere", sung by Armaan Malik, was released on 11 September 2017. The third song, "Banjara", which is sung by Vishal Dadlani, was released on 18 September 2017. The soundtrack was released on 31 August 2017 by T-Series.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Shugal Laga Le" | Ankur Tewari | Raghu Dixit | Raghu Dixit | 4:42 |
| 2. | "Tere Mere" | Rashmi Virag | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 5:43 |
| 3. | "Banjara" | Ankur Tewari | Raghu Dixit | Vishal Dadlani | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Tan Tan" | Ankur Tewari | Raghu Dixit | Nikhita Gandhi | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Khoya Khoya" | Ankur Tewari | Raghu Dixit | Shahid Mallya | 3:07 |
| 6. | "Darmiyaan" | Ankur Tewari | Raghu Dixit | Raghu Dixit | 5:13 |
| 7. | "Tere Mere" (Reprise) | Rashmi Virag | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 3:59 |
| Total length: | 30:04 | ||||
