Dabangg is a 2010 Indian action film, directed by Abhinav Kashyap and produced by Arbaaz Khan under the Arbaaz Khan Productions. The lead actors include Arbaaz's elder brother Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha. The film marks the debut of Sonakshi as an actor, Arbaaz as a producer and Kashyap as a director. It features Arbaaz Khan, Om Puri, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar and Mahie Gill in supporting roles while Sonu Sood plays the main antagonist. Malaika Arora appears in the item number "Munni Badnaam Hui".The story is set in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and revolves around a cop named Chulbul Pandey. Made with a budget of INR30 crore and marketed at INR12 crore, the film was shot primarily in the town of Wai in Maharashtra, while other major scenes were shot in the United Arab Emirates. Dabangg set records for hype and awareness among the audience before release. The film was released on Eid, 10 September 2010 in nearly 1800 screens worldwide. It opened to generally positive reviews and broke several box-office records upon release.

Starring

Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vinod Khanna, more..

Director

Abhinav Singh Kashyap

Language

Hindi

Genre

Release Date

Fri Sep, 10 2010

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Salman Khan

... Chulbul P. Pandey

Sonakshi Sinha

... Rajjo

Vinod Khanna

... Prajapati Pandey

Dimple Kapadia

... Naini P. Pandey

Arbaaz Khan

... Makhanchan P. Pandey

Malaika Arora

... producer (as Malaika Arora Khan)

Manoj Chaturvedi

... executive producer

Arbaaz Khan

... producer

Dhilin Mehta

... producer

Matt Zemlin

... distribution producer