Pathaan (Film)

Pathaan (film)
Pathaan is a 2023 Indian Hindi-

language action thriller film directed
by Siddharth Anand and produced
by Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj
Films.[5] The film stars Shah Rukh
Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John
Abraham, alongside Dimple Kapadia
and Ashutosh Rana. It is the fourth
instalment in the YRF Spy Universe.
Written by Shridhar Raghavan and
Abbas Tyrewala from a story by
Anand, the film is about Pathaan, an
exiled RAW agent, who must work
with ISI agent Rubina to take down
Jim, a former RAW agent-turned-
traitor, who is planning to spread a
deadly lab-generated virus across
India.
Pathaan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Siddharth Anand
Written by Shridhar Raghavan

Abbas Tyrewala
Story by Siddharth Anand
Produced by Aditya Chopra
Starring Shah Rukh Khan

Deepika Padukone
John Abraham
Dimple Kapadia
Ashutosh Rana
Cinematography Satchith Paulose
Edited by Aarif Sheikh
Music by Songs:
Vishal–Shekhar
Score:
Sanchit Balhara
Ankit Balhara
Production Yash Raj Films
company
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Release date 25 January 2023
Running time 146 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget est. ₹225 crore[2]
Box office est. ₹633.33 crore[3][4]
Principal photography for Pathaan

began in November 2020 in
Mumbai. The film was shot over
various locations in India,
Afghanistan, Spain, UAE, Turkey,
Russia, Italy and France. Two songs
were composed by the duo Vishal–
Shekhar, while Sanchit Balhara and
Ankit Balhara provided the score.
The music video of one song,
"Besharam Rang", featured
Padukone in a saffron bikini, which
led to protests by right-wing
Hindutva groups and an attempt to
boycott the film. The Central Board
of Film Certification cleared the film
for exhibition after certain edits
were made to the song sequence,
as well as some minor changes in
the film. India Today reported that
Pathaan was made on an estimated
production budget of ₹225 crore
(US$28 million) with a further
₹15 crore (US$1.9 million) spent on
print and advertising.[2] Against
norm, pre-release publicity was
limited with no media interactions
or public events.[6]
Pathaan was released in India on 25

January 2023, coinciding with the
Republic Day weekend, in IMAX, 4DX
and standard formats along with
dubbed versions in Tamil and
Telugu.[7][8] It received positive
reviews from critics and broke
several box-office records, including
the biggest opening day and
opening weekend for a Hindi
film.[9][10] Further opening records
were set in overseas markets.[11]
Grossing over ₹633 crore
(US$79 million) in its first week,
Pathaan ranks as the fifth-highest-
grossing Hindi film and eighth-
highest-grossing Indian film, as well
as the highest-grossing of Khan's
career and Yash Raj Films' releases.[4]
Plot
In 2019, the Indian Government
revokes Article 370, which grants
special status for Jammu and
Kashmir. The news impacts a
cancer-ridden Pakistani army
general, Qadir, who decides to exact
vengeance against India. He signs a
contract with Jim, who leads "Outfit
X", a private terrorist organization.
Meanwhile, Pathaan, a former RAW
agent, and his senior officer Nandini,
open a unit dubbed, "Joint Operation
and Covert Research" (JOCR),
recruiting agents who were forced
to retire due to trauma or injury.
With RAW joint secretary, Colonel

Sunil Luthra's acceptance, Pathaan
and his team head to Dubai to stop
Outfit X's plans of attacking the
President of India at a scientific
conference. However, they realise
that their plan was to kidnap two
scientists. Jim attacks the
scientists' convoy and Pathaan tries
to stop him. A fight ensues, where
Jim manages to escape with one of
the scientists. Luthra reveals that
Jim was a former RAW agent, who
was declared dead years ago, but
faked his death in order to seek
vengeance against his country for
letting his wife and unborn child get
killed at the hands of Somalian
terrorists.
Meanwhile, Pathaan learns about

the codeword dubbed "Raktbeej"
and also that the dead people in
Dubai were ex-agents and their
money was transferred to Rubina
Mohsin, a Pakistani doctor in Spain.
He travels to Spain and is captured
by Jim's men, where he also learns
that Rubina is an ex-ISI agent. When
Jim leaves his hideout, Rubina
attacks Jim's men and escapes with
Pathaan. Rubina reveals that
Raktbeej is in Moscow, where they
travel to steal it before Jim does.
However, Rubina betrays Pathaan
and has him captured by the police.
It is revealed that Jim used Rubina
to make Pathaan steal Raktbeej for
himself. Pathaan is captured and
taken to prison, but is saved by
Tiger.
Three years later, Pathaan travels to

Africa and captures Jim's
henchman, Raafe. He meets Nandini
and reveals about Jim purchasing
two saber missiles, while Nandini
reveals Rubina's location in Paris.
Pathaan meets Rubina, who reveals
that the Raktbeej is a smallpox-
designed mutated deadly virus,
made by the scientist Jim captured.
She also expresses guilty about
betraying Pathaan without knowing
that her country would plan such an
attack. They travel to Jim's lab in
Siberia and manage to recover one
orb containing the virus, while Jim
escapes with the other. Pathaan and
his team head to a lab to prepare a
vaccine for the virus.
Jim calls them and reveals that the

orb has already spread the virus in
the lab. The infected scientists,
along with Nandini, all die in the lab.
Later, the lab is destroyed in a blast
to prevent the spread of the virus.
Jim provides an ultimatum to
evacuate Indian soldiers out of
Kashmir within 24 hours. Pathaan
interrogates Raafe about the
location of the missile, and learns
that the missile is situated in
Afghanistan. By luring Jim's soldiers
into a trap, Pathaan and his team
attack Jim's base where Qadir is
killed by Rubina before activating
the missile, containing the virus.
Pathaan chases after Jim with a
jetpack, and they both crash land
into a cabin.
Meanwhile, Rubina deactivates the

missile, but finds that Raktbeej is
not in the missile, instead in a
passenger bounded airplane, which
is about to land in Delhi. She
informs Pathaan, who finds that Jim
has the detonator. Luthra calls the
air traffic control to prevent the
plane from landing in Delhi. In the
cabin, Pathaan and Jim fight
brutally. Despite getting stabbed by
Jim, Pathaan steals the detonator,
deactivates Raktbeej, and then kills
Jim by throwing him off the cliff.
Afterwards, Pathaan is reinstated
into RAW and made as the head of
JOCR, while Nandini is
posthumously awarded for her
bravery.
In a mid-credits scene, Pathaan and
Tiger are seen pondering about
retiring and suggesting young
agents who can replace them, but
eventually decide to keep fighting
the threats themselves.
Cast
Shah Rukh Khan as Pathaan, a RAW
agent
Deepika Padukone as Rubina
"Rubai" Mohsin, an ISI agent
John Abraham as Jim, Leader of
"Outfit X" and former RAW agent
Dimple Kapadia as Nandini Grewal,
head of Joint Operation and Covert
Research (JOCR)
Ashutosh Rana as Colonel Sunil Luthra
Prakash Belawadi as Dr. Sahani
Prem Jhangiani as Dr. Farooqui
Shaji Choudhary as Raza, member of
JOCR
Ekta Kaul as Shweta, member of
JOCR
Diganta Hazarika as Joseph,
member of JOCR
Viraf Patel as Rishi, member of JOCR
Aakash Bhatija as Amol, member of
JOCR
Rajat Kaul as Raafe, Jim's
henchman
Manish Wadhwa as General Qadir
Rumi Khan as Jim's henchman
Mansi Taxak as Jim's wife
Ashutosh Singh as Rubina's father
Amanpreet Hundal as Rubina's
mother
Rakesh Khatri as ATC Supervisor
Mustafa Aksari as Fayyed
Grace Girdhar as Young Rubina
Nikhat Khan as Sabba, Pathaan's
foster mother
Salman Khan as Avinash Singh
"Tiger" Rathore (cameo)
Production
Development
Yash Raj Films, Shah Rukh Khan,

Deepika Padukone and John
Abraham officially announced
Pathaan on 2 March 2022 on their
social media accounts, revealing the
release date with a first look
teaser.[12] It was previously teased
by other cast members, including
Salman Khan and Vishal Dadlani, on
various occasions before. Dadlani
announced the film on Twitter,
stating, "No number from the past
matters, no number in the future is
too big. The whole world is waiting
for Shahrukh, more importantly,
we're all working on a kickass film
with great songs."[13] This film is
YRF's first Dolby Cinema.[14]
Casting
Shanoo Sharma was the casting

director. Khan was cast in the film in
September 2020.[15] Padukone
joined production that
November,[16][17][18] while Abraham
rounded out the main cast in June,
joining filming in Mumbai.[19][20]
Dimple Kapadia was cast in
December 2020.[21][22] Salman Khan
was confirmed to make a cameo
appearance in November 2020,
reprising his role as Avinash Singh
Rathore from the Tiger franchise.[23][24]
Filming
Principal photography of the film

began on 17 November 2020 in
Mumbai.[25][26] In January 2021,
filming moved to Dubai. Some of the
major action sequences including a
long chase sequence were shot in
the same schedule.[27][28] On 12
April 2021, after some crew
members of the film tested positive
for COVID-19, further schedules of
the film were postponed.[29] The
filming resumed on 25 June
2021.[30][31][32] Later, in July 2021,
another schedule of the film
began.[33] Padukone began filming
in this schedule.[34] A song was
scheduled to be shot from 7
October 2021 in Mallorca and
Cádiz,[35][36] but the schedule was
postponed.[37]
In February 2022, production moved

to Spain to shoot action sequences
including Khan, Padukone, and
Abraham.[38] Filming then took place
in Mallorca and Cádiz.[39] The Spain
schedule was completed in March
2022, with the Mumbai schedule
completed in Yash Raj Studios as
the film wrapped. In October 2022,
reshoots and additional scenes
were completed. The film was shot
in multiple locations across India,
Afghanistan, Spain, UAE, Turkey,
Russia, Italy and France.[40][41] The
film also became the first Indian film
to be shot in Siberia's Lake Baikal.[42]
Music
Pathaan
Soundtrack album by Vishal–Shekhar
and Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara
Released 22 December 2022[43]
Recorded 2021–22
Studio Vishal and Shekhar

Studio
YRF Studios
Genre Hindi film music
Length 11:34
Language Hindi
Label YRF Music

Producer Abhijit Nalani
(Besharam Rang)
Meghdeep Bose
(Jhoome Jo Pathaan)
Official audio
Official Audio Jukebox (https://www.you

tube.com/watch?v=SGHQuqMH7p8)
on YouTube
Singles from Pathaan
1. "Besharam Rang"
Released: 12 December 2022
2. "Jhoome Jo Pathaan"
Released: 22 December 2022
The film score is composed by
Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara
while the songs featured in the film
are composed by Vishal–Shekhar.[44]
Vishal-Shekhar reunited with

producer Meghdeep Bose on the
music arrangement and production
of songs, after previously
collaborating on the songs of Tiger
Zinda Hai (2017).[45]
The first single titled "Besharam

Rang" was released on 12
December 2022.[46] The second
single titled "Jhoome Jo Pathaan"
was released on 22 December 2022.[47]
Track listing
No. Title Lyrics Music Singer
1. "Besharam Kumaar, Vishal- Shilpa
Rang" Vishal Shekhar Caralis
Dadlani Monte
(Spanish Vishal
Lyrics) Dadla
Shekh
Ravjia
2. "Jhoome Kumaar Vishal- Arijit
Jo Shekhar Singh,
Pathaan" Sukrit
Kakar,
Vishal
Dadla
Shekh
Ravjia
3. "Pathaan's Kit Bee Sanchit Magda
Theme" Balhara, Supel
Ankit
Balhara
4. "Jim's InstrumentalSanchit Maany
Theme" Balhara, Naran
Ankit Riya
Balhara Dugga
Total len
"Besharam Rang" protests
Right-wing Hindutva groups alleged

that the song "Besharam Rang"
promotes obscenity and that it
disrespects the saffron colour as
Padukone features in a saffron
bikini in the song.[48] Madhya
Pradesh home minister Narottam
Mishra called the song
objectionable and warned that his
government may consider banning
the film if costumes in the song are
not corrected.[49] Khan's effigies and
posters were burnt in various cities
of Madhya Pradesh as a symbol of
protest against the film.[50] TV actor
Mukesh Khanna questioned the
Censor Board for passing the song
despite obscenity.[51] The News
Minute termed the entire
controversy as "shameless
misreading for jingoism" and stated
that there were five different
costumes worn by Padukone in the
song and the boycotters are
criticizing this particular scene
which features merely for 20
seconds as it suits their agenda.[52]
A Muslim organization also
objected to the song.[53]
On 29 December 2022, the Central

Board of Film Certification asked
the filmmakers to make some
changes in the film, including in its
songs citing culture and faith.[54]
The film went through some minor
changes though the saffron dress
scene in the song "Besharam Rang"
was reportedly retained.[55] Pathaan
was later granted a U/A certificate
by the Board.[1]
On 4 January 2023, members of

Bajrang Dal tore down the posters
of the film at an Ahmedabad mall.
They also warned them to not
release the film in theatres.[56]
Gujarat Multiplex Association wrote
a letter to Chief Minister Bhupendra
Patel and Home Minister Harsh
Sanghavi on the threats received by
the theater owners in Gujarat from
various groups. Sanghavi assured
protection to multiplexes on the
release of the film and instructed
police chiefs of cities and districts
to provide protection to the theatres.[57]
On 17 January 2023, during the BJP

national executive meeting in New
Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
told his party workers and leaders to
refrain from making unnecessary
remarks on films.[58][59] Despite this,
Bajrang Dal activists tore down
posters of the film and set them on
fire at a cinema hall which was
about to screen the movie in
Guwahati. Assam's CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma assured Shah Rukh
that his government would maintain
the law and order in the state.[60]
Marketing
The release date of Pathaan was
revealed on 2 March 2022 through
an announcement teaser.[61] A first
look motion poster was revealed on
25 June 2022.[62] The teaser of the
film was released on 2 November
2022, coinciding with Shah Rukh
Khan's 57th birthday.[63] The film's
teaser received 22 million views and
more than 1 million likes in less than
2 days on YouTube.[64] The official
trailer of Pathaan was released on
10 January 2023.[65] The film's trailer
was also showcased on Burj Khalifa
on 14 January 2023.[66] Against
norm, pre-release publicity was
limited with no media interactions
or public events.[6]
Release
Theatrical
Pathaan was theatrically released, in

standard, IMAX and 4DX versions, in
India on 25 January 2023,
coinciding with Indian Republic Day
weekend along with dubbed
versions in Tamil and Telugu.[67][8]
Pathaan was the first Indian film to
release in the novel ICE theatre
format.[68] The film was released in
8000 screens worldwide, which
included 5000 screens in Hindi and
450 screens in Tamil and Telugu
versions within India.[69]
Home media
The digital rights of the film were

acquired by Amazon Prime Video,
where it is scheduled to be released
on 25 April 2023.[70]
Reception
Critical response
Pathaan received positive reviews

from critics.[71] On the review
aggregator website Rotten
Tomatoes, the film has an approval
rating of 89%, with an average score
of 7/10, based on reviews from 19
critics.[72]
Abraham, Padukone and Khan (l-r) at an event celebrating Pathaan 's box-office success
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood

Hungama rated the film 4.5 out of 5
stars and termed the film a
"complete entertainer replete with
action, emotions, patriotism,
humour, thrill, and of course, the star
power of Shah Rukh Khan".[73]
Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave the
film a rating of 4 out of 5 stars and
wrote, "Shah Rukh Khan's weathered
intensity, grizzly charisma and
trademark wit lends Pathaan's all-
out, devil-may-care antics a sense of
purpose that evades mindless acts
of mayhem".[74] Devesh Sharma of
Filmfare rated the film 4 out of 5
stars and called it a "visual
spectacle" while also opining that
the action choreography was "truly
out of this world".[75] Saibal
Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film
3.5 out of 5 and said, "Pathaan
swings and strikes with all the style
and aplomb in the world. It will be a
hard act to follow".[76] Renuka
Vyavahare of The Times of India
rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and
wrote, "Pathaan has all the
ingredients of a masala potboiler —
slowmo entries, iconic battle of
good versus bad and most
importantly a sexy-smouldering
Shah Rukh Khan, who can fight the
good fight on and off the screen".[77]
Tanisha Bagchi of The Quint gave
the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and
wrote, "If Hrithik Roshan and Tiger
Shroff's showdown in War kept you
on the edge of your seats, Shah
Rukh and John's fistfights and blows
are nothing short of whistle-
worthy".[78] Abhimanyu Mathur of
DNA India rated the film 3.5 out of 5
stars and praised the performances
and score but termed some of the
action scenes as "over the top and
unbelievable".[79]
Ritika Handoo of Zee News rated the

film 3.5 out of 5 stars and
mentioned, "There is not even a
single dull moment in this YRF
actioner. The action sequences
between SRK and John are over-the-
top yet mind-numbing".[80] Tushar
Joshi of India Today rated the film
3.5 out of 5 and stated, "Shah Rukh
is the heart of Pathaan".[81] Pooja
Biraia Jaiswal of The Week rated the
film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote,
"Pathaan is a dishoom-dishoom joy
ride between Khan and his perfectly
beefed up antagonist Abraham. The
intention is not to let the narrative
drive the story forward, but to let the
larger-than-life magic of its lead
superstars cast its spell".[82]
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian
Express rated the film 3 out of 5
stars and opined that it has "finally
cracked the requirements of an
action movie — non-stop action,
leavened by glamorous leads,
topped by the guy who can save the
world, a high-octane set piece and
an emo line at a time".[83] Anna M.
M. Vetticad of Firstpost rated the
film 2.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Pathaan
is so much fun when it’s being fun
especially with a smashing Salman
Khan cameo – that it is tempting to
overlook its play-it-safe politics".[84]
Sajesh Mohan of Onmanorama

stated that "Siddharth Anand's
Pathaan lays out a perfect red-
carpet entry for Shah Rukh Khan
into the YRF Spy Universe with its
right formula of high-octane death
and logic-defying action sequences
seasoned with desh bhakti
(patriotism) and qurbani
(sacrifice)."[85] Monika Rawal
Kukreja of Hindustan Times stated,
"Pathaan is your true-blue
commercial, masala entertainer
that's not trying to send across any
message or be a social commentary
on the current state of affairs in the
country. It's fun, non-fussy and
fantastic at the same time".[86]
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in wrote,
"The movie’s greatest blaster is its
hero itself, parleying his well-oiled
impishness, time-tested charm and
mesmeric screen presence for a
cheesy but also entertaining save-
the-nation exercise".[87]
Internationally, Cath Clarke of The

Guardian rated the film 3 out of 5
stars and wrote, "This enjoyable
high-octane action spy movie from
India is possibly the most fun you
can currently have at the cinema.
Still, the cheers kept coming; the
loudest whoop of all when Salman
Khan made an entrance as Tiger, a
hero from an earlier movie in the
series".[88] Conversely, Simon
Abrams of TheWrap dismissed it as
"an amateurish Indian super-spy
thriller that’s never as well-executed
as it is conceptually goofy and
politically dubious".[89] Owen
Gleiberman of Variety was similarly
not impressed, terming the film a "a
sprawling, mountainous tangle of
pulp that stacks one genre on top of
the next with an arbitrary verve", but
picked up the "iconic quality of its
stars" Khan and Abraham for
praise.[90] Timon Singh of Empire
summarised, "Pathaan delivers
everything that an Indian
blockbuster should: a guaranteed
box office draw with Khan, exotic
locales, crowd-pleasing cameos,
stunning dance numbers and
gravity-defying stunts that make the
Fast and Furious franchise look
restrained."[91]
Box office
Pathaan broke several box-office

opening records for a Hindi
film.[11][92] Globally, it became the
first film in the language to gross
₹100 crore (US$13 million) on its
first day.[93] It earned ₹106 crore
(US$13 million) worldwide on its
opening day, including ₹36.69 crore
(US$4.6 million) overseas.[94]
Worldwide, the film crossed the
₹200 crore (US$25 million) mark in
the first two days, the ₹300 crore
(US$38 million) mark in the first
three days, and the ₹400 crore
(US$50 million) mark in its first four
days, becoming the fastest Hindi
film to do all.[95][96][97][98] In India too,
Pathaan became the fastest Hindi
film to collect ₹200 crore
(US$25 million) and ₹300 crore
(US$38 million), which it did within
four and seven days, respectively.[99]
It broke these records previously
held by the Hindi version of the
Kannada film K.G.F: Chapter 2
(2022).[100]
Outside India, Pathaan's opening-

weekend overseas gross totalled
US$25.5 million in its five-day
extended weekend.[11][101] IMAX
grosses accounted for US$2.5
million, the highest for an Indian
film.[101] In North America and
Canada, Pathaan earned US$6.88
million in its opening weekend from
695 theatres, finishing third, for a
total of US$9.48 million; a record for
a Hindi film.[11][102][103] In the United
Kingdom and Ireland box office,
Pathaan recorded the highest single-
day gross for an Indian film with
£319,348.[104] Over the weekend, it
earned £1.4million, finishing second
after Avatar: The Way of Water, for a
total of £2million.[105] It set further
Hindi-film opening weekend records
in UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, and
Saudi Arabia, and Indian-film
opening weekend records in
Australia, New Zealand, and
Germany.[11] With a US$582,000
gross in Germany, it became the
highest-grossing Hindi film in the
market in its opening weekend
itself.[11]
As of 1 February 2023, the film has

grossed ₹395.04 crore
(US$49 million) in India and
₹238.29 crore (US$30 million)
overseas for a worldwide gross
collection of ₹633.33 crore
(US$79 million).[3] This made it the
fifth-highest-grossing Hindi film,
eighth-highest-grossing Indian film,
and the highest-grossing of Khan's
career.[4]
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m/m/pathaan) at Rotten Tomatoes
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Pathaan (film)

Pathaan is a 2023 Indian Hindi-

Theatrical release poster

Directed by Siddharth Anand

Written by Shridhar Raghavan

Story by Siddharth Anand

Produced by Aditya Chopra

Starring Shah Rukh Khan

Cinematography Satchith Paulose

Edited by Aarif Sheikh

Distributed by Yash Raj Films

Release date 25 January 2023

Running time 146 minutes[1]

Budget est. ₹225 crore[2]

Box office est. ₹633.33 crore[3][4]

Principal photography for Pathaan

Pathaan was released in India on 25

With RAW joint secretary, Colonel

Meanwhile, Pathaan learns about

Three years later, Pathaan travels to

Jim calls them and reveals that the

Meanwhile, Rubina deactivates the

Yash Raj Films, Shah Rukh Khan,

Shanoo Sharma was the casting

Principal photography of the film

In February 2022, production moved

Released 22 December 2022[43]

Studio Vishal and Shekhar

Genre Hindi film music

Label YRF Music

Official Audio Jukebox (https://www.you

Singles from Pathaan

Vishal-Shekhar reunited with

The first single titled "Besharam

"Besharam Rang" protests

Right-wing Hindutva groups alleged

On 29 December 2022, the Central

On 4 January 2023, members of

On 17 January 2023, during the BJP

Pathaan was theatrically released, in

The digital rights of the film were

Pathaan received positive reviews

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood

Ritika Handoo of Zee News rated the

Sajesh Mohan of Onmanorama

Internationally, Cath Clarke of The

Pathaan broke several box-office

Outside India, Pathaan's opening-

As of 1 February 2023, the film has

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