90-585: Dabangg ( transl. Fearless ) is a 2010 Indian Hindi -language action comedy film directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and produced by Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions with Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision . The film stars Salman Khan , Sonakshi Sinha (in her acting debut) Arbaaz Khan and Sonu Sood in the lead roles, while Om Puri , Dimple Kapadia , Vinod Khanna , Anupam Kher , Mahesh Manjrekar and Mahie Gill featuring in supporting roles. The film marks
180-487: A case in the Bombay High Court , demanding that the deletion of the word " Hindustan " from the song, claiming that the censor board had not responded to his queries in regard to the "defaming" lyrics. He found them "highly objectionable" and "unpardonable" and labelled the song a "mockery" for the country, as a girl was "indecently" dancing in the presence of corrupted officers, which, according to him, threw bad light on
270-573: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of
360-435: A crate of mangoes to Dayal Babu's house. Unbeknownst to Makkhi, Chedi has placed a bomb inside the crate, which explodes after he leaves, killing Dayal Babu. Chedi gives Makkhi a task to kill Chulbul. Makkhi accepts, but ends up confessing to Chulbul that Chedi made him plant the bomb unknowingly. Chulbul forgives him and reconciles with him. During a final confrontation between Chulbul and Chedi, Makkhi reveals to Chulbul that it
450-497: A few others for the role of Chulbul Pandey, but eventually changed his mind and approached Salman. Kashyap had seen Arbaaz in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na , doing a cameo and approached him to be a part of the project. After reading it, he had instantly accepted to produce and star in it. Sonu Sood was selected for playing the lead antagonist. He revealed that his character was that of a "youth leader with grey shades." Mahesh Manjrekar
540-695: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Bollywood Hungama Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi ), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.com ),
630-529: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what
720-523: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It
810-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in
900-544: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take
990-569: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in
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#17328545809311080-661: A step of further preparation. Malaika Arora , who had performed a few item numbers in her career, most notably in Dil Se.. , was confirmed to do the same in the film. This was the first of its kind in her home production. Dabangg ' s shooting took place primarily in Wai, Maharashtra and the United Arab Emirates . The shooting commenced in September 2009. Production designer Wasiq Khan drew over 100 sketches detailing out every set in
1170-557: A total of US$ 4.20 million in the international markets at the end of its second weekend. In the United States, Dabangg collected $ 628,137 from 62 screens in its opening weekend and $ 1,068,589 at the end of its second weekend. In the United Arab Emirates, it collected 3.2 million Dirhams in the opening weekend, and $ 1,550,000 at the end of the second weekend. Dabangg collected a total of $ 5.50 million, making it
1260-628: A troubled relationship with Prajapati and Makkhi. After 21 years, Chulbul becomes a cop and calls himself as Robin Hood Pandey, where he still lives with his family. Makkhi is in love with Nirmala, whose father Masterji opposes their relationship. Chulbul falls in love with a girl named Rajjo, whom he meets during a police chase culminating in an encounter . A corrupt political leader named Chedi Singh meets Chulbul and both quickly become enemies. Makkhi asks Prajapati to arrange his marriage with Nirmala, but Prajapati refuses because he needs money to repay
1350-453: Is a Bollywood entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment , which acquired the website in 2000. The website provides news related to the Indian film industry , particularly Bollywood, film reviews and box office reports. Launched on 15 June 1998, the website was originally named "IndiaFM.com". It changed its name to "Bollywood Hungama" in 2008. This article about
1440-642: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi
1530-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there
1620-542: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became
1710-623: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As
1800-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised
1890-624: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and
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#17328545809311980-597: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English
2070-513: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as
2160-651: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in
2250-523: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as
2340-854: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary
2430-589: Is the only family left. However, Prajapati rejects and despises him as an outcast. Makkhi invites Chulbul to his marriage with Nirmala, where Chulbul convinces Hariya to marry Rajjo. Hariya commits suicide as he knows that Rajjo will not marry anyone while he is alive. Chulbul takes Rajjo to Makkhi's exuberant wedding. Realising that Makkhi has stolen his money to finance the wedding, Chulbul marries Rajjo in an impromptu ceremony. Masterji feels disgraced and cancels Makkhi's wedding with Nirmala. Still feeling annoyed that Chulbul jeopardised his wedding, Makkhi beats up one of
2520-566: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,
2610-455: The lingua franca of North India . Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of
2700-483: The 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی 'of or belonging to
2790-502: The Bangalore Times was critical, concluding "Let's hand it to Salman who has pulled off the stunts and pelvic thrusts. Nothing new there. But it is the naughty self-parodying, which is so camp, so out there, which delivers the biggest punch. What's left for this guy now – all he needs is a cape. And he can call himself Superman." Dabangg opened to ₹ 145 million (US$ 1.7 million) nett collections in its first day, and became
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2880-575: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,
2970-651: The Reliance Big Home Video on 12 October 2010. It was released on YouTube on 28 January 2011 for free viewing to audiences in India. The satellite rights were pre-sold for ₹ 100 million (US$ 1.2 million) to Colors . The film is now available on Netflix . "For anybody who wants to know what is the on-screen definition of Bollywood, Dabangg is truly text book fare. It's loud, crazy, zany, exaggerated, larger-than-life, almost nonsensical, totally make-believe, comic book like, complete kitsch, generously peppered with
3060-814: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share
3150-415: The "sheer pleasure of watching Salman Khan in top form". Sukanya Venkataraghavan of Filmfare also rated 3-stars, and praised Khan's performance. Gaurav Malani of Indiatimes was critical towards the film's story, remarking "the film doesn't care a damn for coming up with any innovative storyline." Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN panned the film's screenplay, but praised Khan's performance. Shobhaa De of
3240-612: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of
3330-674: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on
3420-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What
3510-563: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi
3600-530: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for
3690-494: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as
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3780-545: The Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to
3870-480: The Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with
3960-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that
4050-486: The character Chulbul Pandey . It premiered through Cartoon Network on 31 May 2021 and also through the Disney+ Hotstar streaming service. Hindi Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi , is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and
4140-627: The characters Munna Bhai and Ranchoddas Chanchad are promoted to pull crowd till a time they become an established brand. He added "All the stars and producers have realized the value of marketing and promotion [...] In fact theses gimmicks have become as important as, say, making a good film." 10 years after the film's release, Arbaaz Khan had stated in an interview that the film's budget was hiked from ₹ 30 crore (equivalent to ₹ 67 crore or US$ 8.1 million in 2023) to ₹ 49 crore (equivalent to ₹ 110 crore or US$ 13 million in 2023), leading to few losses for him, but after
4230-466: The debut of Arbaaz Khan as a producer and Kashyap as a director. Arora makes a special appearance in the song " Munni Badnaam Hui ". Dabangg is set in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . It was made with a budget of ₹ 30 crore and marketed at ₹ 12 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
4320-435: The fifth highest-grossing in United Arab Emirates with a $ 2 million gross. In the United Kingdom, it collected £332,673 from 41 screens in its opening weekend and £570,566 by the end of its second weekend. In Australia, the film collected $ 126,000 from 14 screens in the opening weekend, and A$ 272,909 at the end of its second weekend. In Mauritius and South Africa, it collected US$ 25,000 each in its opening weekend. In Fiji,
4410-404: The film 3.5 stars and commented, " Dabangg aligns itself with viewers frustrated by the nonexistence of uncomplicated heroism on screen." In a 3-star review for Rediff.com , Abhishek Mande stated " Dabangg is not a movie for non-Salman fans. But for those who worship him it's a film you simply cannot afford to miss." Anupama Chopra of NDTV gave 3 stars and stated that the film is watchable for
4500-471: The film collected US$ 20,000 the opening weekend. In other territories of Europe and Africa, the film collected $ 100,000 in its opening weekend. " Munni Badnaam Hui " included a brand name ' Zandu Balm ' in its lyrics, much to the displeasure of Emami —the makers of the brand. A trademark case was settled by the producers and Emami out of court, and Malaika Arora was later chosen to an official advertising campaign promoting Zandu Balm. Activist Rajkumar Tak filed
4590-404: The film was appreciated for its commercial elements, the flip side, it was criticised for the misogyny , objectification of women and the blatant sexism of the character Chulbul Pandey. In 2021, Mumbai Police shared few dialogues and quotes from the film denouncing misogyny. After the release of Dabangg , Arbaaz Khan announced that he was planning a sequel to it. After the commercial success of
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#17328545809314680-461: The film was held at DLF Promenade in Vasant Kunj , New Delhi with the main cast in attendance, an exclusive merchandise for the film was launched. Another set of promotions were held at Nagpur and Hyderabad . It was reported to have broken pre-release records for hype by Cinematix , a filming awareness product originated by Ormax Media. Dabangg released worldwide on 10 September 2010. Before
4770-423: The film would be a commercial success and said " Dabangg may be a routine subject but its other plus points will ensure that it proves a runaway hit". Kaveree Bamzai of India Today gave the film four stars while labelling it as "one Zandu Balm of a movie." Film critic Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis called the film "slightly mad, and terribly entertaining." Mathures Paul of The Statesman gave
4860-507: The film's theatrical release, a special screening of the film took place at Film City on 6 September 2010. The premiere of Dabangg was held in Mumbai on 9 September 2010. It opened up across 1,800 screens in India and around 300 screens overseas. The film was released in 2300 theatres worldwide. It was also screened in Norway at an international film festival. The film's DVDs and VCDs were launched by
4950-418: The film, Khan reported " Dabangg 2 may take time to hit the floors, but it is definitely on the cards." He also announced that the main leads, Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha were already cast to reprise their parts in the sequel. Among the new cast members are Prakash Raj , who plays the main antagonist, while Kareena Kapoor performs an item number in the film. Director Abhinav Kashyap opted out of directing
5040-698: The film. The cinematography was performed by Mahesh Limaye. The first schedule began in the town of Wai and continued for 45 days, during which Sonu Sood, the main antagonist fractured his nose. A schedule, primarily involving a song shoot, was captured in the Khalid Bin Al Waheed station in Dubai , making Dabangg the first film to be shot there. Some scenes were also filmed at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi . The film, involving around five action sequences,
5130-568: The franchise titled Dabangg 4 was announced with Khan deciding to make few changes on the script and the character, in order to be raw and realistic, which followed after the critical response of his role in Antim: The Final Truth (2021). Later, impressed by the narration of the script, Tigmanshu Dhulia was roped in to direct the film in late-December. Dabangg was remade in Tamil as Osthe (2011) by Dharani with Silambarasan playing
5220-417: The highest opener of all time across India. On the second day, it netted ₹ 165 million (US$ 2.0 million). At the end of its weekend, the film collected the total of ₹ 495 million (US$ 5.9 million). The film netted ₹ 106 million (US$ 1.3 million) on Monday, ₹ 86 million (US$ 1.0 million) on Tuesday, ₹ 70 million (US$ 840,000) on Wednesday, and ₹ 60 million (US$ 720,000) on Thursday taking
5310-531: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains
5400-460: The lead role, and Sonu Sood reprising his original role. It was also remade in Telugu as Gabbar Singh (2012), starring Pawan Kalyan and was directed by Harish Shankar . An animated series based on the film titled Dabangg – The Animated Series is produced by Salman Khan Films , Arbaaz Khan Productions and Cosmos Maya. Conceptualised in late-2020, the series featured an animated version of
5490-501: The loans he took to make his factory and believes that he can acquire money through his son marrying a rich girl. In desperate need of money, Makkhi steals some cash from Chulbul's cupboard and gives the stolen cash to Masterji, hoping that he will permit Makkhi to marry Nirmala. Meanwhile, Chulbul proposes marriage to Rajjo, who rejects as she has to take care of her drunkard father Hariya. Chulbul arrives home to find his mother Naini Devi dead, where he goes to Prajapati to make peace as he
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#17328545809315580-477: The lyrics for those tracks. The audio rights of Dabangg were sold for about ₹ 90 million (US$ 1.1 million) to T-Series , and the album was launched on 6 August 2010 in Delhi . It received positive response and the album performed well on the charts after its release. The tracks " Tere Mast Mast Do Nain " and "Munni Badnaam Hui" were successful upon release and topped the music, radio and streaming charts. Dabangg
5670-410: The mandatory desi tadka (garnishing) of songs and dances that keep popping out of nowhere and is literally oozing with star charisma." — Nikhat Kazmi , while reviewing the film. The film generally received positive reviews from critics, most of whom praised the performances of Salman Khan and Sonu Sood, music, humour and action sequences. In a 4-star review for Koimoi, Komal Nahta ensured that
5760-477: The monumental success, he paid the salary for Salman Khan. In January 2022, the official merchandise of the film featuring movie clips, posters, and stills, among other collectables were released through non-fungible tokens (NFT). It was headlined by Salman Khan -backed BollyCoin in collaboration with the technology-backed marketplace creator NFTically. It was featured in Time Out 's "100 Best Bollywood Films". While
5850-400: The mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in the world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to
5940-496: The nation and "hurt the patriotic sentiments of every Indian". Before release, critic and writer Shobhaa De called for a boycott of Dabangg , due to Salman's comments on the 2008 Mumbai attacks . She criticised it as "arrogance, ignorance and plain stupidity." This sparked off a fight with the producers via Twitter , and continued after her negative review of the film. Anurag Kashyap , brother of Abhinav Kashyap, tweeted "Salman khan thinks he made my brother's life.. Hope he can do
6030-641: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for
6120-569: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi
6210-410: The one you saw in the first outing. His character, like all the other characters, has evolved with time and will continue to do so. In November 2021, director Rohit Shetty had planned for a potential inclusion of Chulbul Pandey , Khan's character in his Cop Universe franchise, and work on the film might commence only after completing Ranveer Singh 's Cirkus. Later, that month, a fourth instalment of
6300-499: The opening weekend. In its second week, the film earned ₹ 360 million (US$ 4.3 million), taking the total nett collections to ₹ 1.16 billion (US$ 14 million) in two weeks, thus becoming the second highest-grossing film of all time in two weeks. The distributor share of Dabangg was declared to be ₹ 770 million (US$ 9.2 million)—the second highest in Bollywood. Dabangg collected ₹ 160 million (US$ 1.9 million) during
6390-483: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in
6480-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi
6570-556: The promotional tactics of the film, Dhilin Mehta said that "We promoted the character Chulbul Pandey instead of brand Salman Khan. Today, the character has become a national rave in the league of Gabbar Singh from Sholay (1975) and Mogambo from Mr. India (1987)". Film critic and trade analyst Komal Nahta also compared these campaign to the marketing gimmicks used by Rajkumar Hirani in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) and 3 Idiots (2009), where
6660-551: The same for his brother Arbaaz with Dabangg 2 ." This was taken as "slamming" Salman and resulted in Arbaaz retorting back by referring to the comment as "attitude" instead of "gratitude". However, Anurag later apologised for his remarks, which Arbaaz accepted. Dabangg received accolades in major film award functions in India. Among them, it won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment . It
6750-495: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi
6840-532: The sequel, and therefore Arbaaz took over as the film's director. Dabangg 2 which released in December 2012, became one of the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in India. Another sequel, Dabangg 3 , was released in December 2019. It serves both as a prequel to Dabangg and a sequel to Dabangg 2 , taking the story back and forth. The Chulbul Pandey you will see in Dabangg 4 soon will be very different from
6930-416: The situation by accepting an apology. Chulbul meets a political leader named Dayal Sahu aka Dayal Babu, who also dislikes Chedi. With his help, Chulbul adulterates Chedi's breweries and wrongly frames him for it. Enraged, Chedi burns Makkhi's factory where Prajapati suffers from a heart attack and is hospitalised. Makkhi goes to Chedi for help, where Chedi agrees to finance Prajapati's treatment if he delivers
7020-452: The third week and ₹ 60 million (US$ 720,000) in its fourth week, taking the domestic nett collections to ₹ 1.4 billion (US$ 17 million). The domestic nett collections in eleven weeks was ₹ 1.4 billion (US$ 17 million). It eventually progressed to ₹ 1.41 billion (US$ 17 million). Dabangg opened to a positive response in the overseas markets as well. The film's final overseas collections were US$ 6.10 million. It grossed
7110-414: The total nett collections to around ₹ 815 million (US$ 9.8 million) in its first week of release. It subsequently became the highest opening week nett grosser. Dabangg netted ₹ 62 million (US$ 740,000) on the second Friday, ₹ 75 million (US$ 900,000) on Saturday and ₹ 105 million (US$ 1.3 million) on Sunday, for a ₹ 238 million (US$ 2.9 million) second weekend, a drop of around 50% from
7200-471: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became
7290-410: The workers in his factory due to a small mishap. The worker goes to the police station with his mother to file a complaint. Rather than simply ask Makkhi to apologise to the worker, Chulbul brutally beats up Makkhi in public to disgrace him. Chedi takes advantage of the situation and takes Makkhi along with Prajapati to the police station. Not wishing to aggravate the matter any further, Prajapati resolves
7380-511: Was Chedi, who killed Naina. Chulbul finally kills Chedi and arranges Makkhi's marriage with Nirmala. Credits adapted from Bollywood Hungama . Salman Khan grew a moustache after consulting with his brother and prepared his hair to suit his role. For the former, he had to try out nearly fifty styles in a span of four months before commencement of the filming. Photo-shoots were held to finalise his look. Abhinav Kashyap, in an interview with Bollywood Hungama , revealed that initially he had considered
7470-406: Was choreographed by S. Vijayan , who previously served as the stunt director of Wanted , and shot over 60 days. Later, special effects were incorporated into those scenes. The songs were choreographed by Raju Khan and Shabina Khan , while Farah Khan choreographed the item number, " Munni Badnaam Hui ". The shooting was completed in early June 2010, and the film went into post-production. A party
7560-400: Was described as one of the most anticipated films of the year by The Indian Express . The film's theatrical trailer, running for about two and a half minutes, was released on 23 July 2010, alongside Priyadarshan's Khatta Meetha . Khan promoted the film on the reality show Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega , India's Got Talent and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar . An event for
7650-555: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of
7740-470: Was given six awards at the 56th Filmfare Awards , including one for Best Film , seven Screen Awards , nine Zee Cine Awards , and ten IIFA Awards . Dabangg 's success attributed to the extensive promotional campaigns and the commercial factors present in the film. The stock prices of the film's co-producers Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision at Bombay Stock Exchange saw an increase with the company gaining about 40% of its prices from 1 September 2010. About
7830-422: Was held to commemorate the completion of the shooting and the success of the theatrical promo. It was attended by the main cast and crew. The 10-song soundtrack album consisted of five original songs, four remixes and one theme song. Lalit Pandit wrote and composed the item number " Munni Badnaam Hui " while the music director duo Sajid–Wajid composed the remainder of it. Faiz Anwar and Jalees Sherwani wrote
7920-506: Was later approached to play the father of Sinha's character, although he had plans to quit acting. In April 2009, Sonakshi Sinha signed for her debut role. Salman had seen her at a function engaging in dancing and offered her the role. Speaking about it, she said that she had lost a weight of 30 kg over two years to prepare for her character of a village girl by "a combination of proper diet and vigorous exercise". She added that she had been "observing people and trying to pick up nuances" as
8010-560: Was released during Eid on 10 September 2010 in nearly 2,100 cinemas worldwide, where it received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the cast performances (especially Khan and Sood), action sequences, soundtrack and humour. It went on to gross ₹219 crore ( $ 47 million ) worldwide and became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2010 . Dabangg has won several awards —the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and six Filmfare Awards , including Best Film and Best Female Debut (Sinha). The film
8100-502: Was remade in Tamil as Osthe and in Telugu as Gabbar Singh . It was followed by two sequels : Dabangg 2 (2012) and Dabangg 3 (2019). The latter serves as a partial prequel, describing a flashback which formed the events of Dabangg itself. Chulbul Pandey is a young boy who lives with his younger half-brother Makkhanchand "Makkhi" Pandey, stepfather Prajapati Pandey and mother Naina Devi in Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh . Chulbul has
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