Dunki
2023 Indian film by Rajkumar Hirani
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| September 28 2024 | Dunki received multiple nominations at the International Indian Film Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Taapsee Pannu and Best Lyricist nominations for Javed Akhtar and Swanand Kirkire with IP Singh. |
| February 15 2024 | Dunki film premiered on Netflix, making the movie available for digital streaming to a wide audience. |
| January 28 2024 | Sonu Nigam was nominated for Best Male Playback Singer at the Filmfare Awards for the song 'Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se' from the Dunki soundtrack. |
| January 28 2024 | Swanand Kirkire and IP Singh were nominated for Best Lyricist at the Filmfare Awards for the song 'Lutt Putt Gaya' from the Dunki soundtrack. |
| January 28 2024 | Arijit Singh was nominated for Best Male Playback Singer at the Filmfare Awards for the song 'Lutt Putt Gaya' from the Dunki soundtrack. |
| January 28 2024 | Javed Akhtar was nominated for Best Lyricist at the Filmfare Awards for the song 'Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se' from the Dunki soundtrack. |
| January 28 2024 | Ganesh Acharya was nominated for Best Choreography at the Filmfare Awards for the song 'Lutt Putt Gaya' from the Dunki soundtrack. |
| January 28 2024 | Pritam was nominated for Best Music Director at the Filmfare Awards for the Dunki soundtrack. |
| January 28 2024 | Pritam and the soundtrack were nominated for multiple Filmfare Awards, including Best Music Director for Pritam, Best Lyricist for Javed Akhtar and Swanand Kirkire, Best Male Playback Singer for Arijit Singh and Sonu Nigam, and Best Choreography for Ganesh Acharya. |
| January 4 2024 | Music video release for "Chal Ve Watna". |
| 2023 | Dunki became the highest grossing comedy film of the post-pandemic era and the eighth highest grossing Indian film and fifth highest grossing Hindi film of the year. |
| 2023 | Release of Dunki, an Indian film directed by Rajkumar Hirani exploring the issue of illegal immigration (donkey flight) |
| December 27 2023 | Music video release for "Main Tera Rasta Dekhunga", a duet written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and performed by Vishal Mishra and Shreya Ghoshal. |
| December 21 2023 | Dunki was theatrically released worldwide, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Taapsee Pannu, Boman Irani, and Vikram Kochar, with Vicky Kaushal in an extended cameo. |
| December 18 2023 | Release of the fourth single "Banda", a rap number performed by Diljit Dosanjh and written by Kumaar. The full soundtrack album was also released by T-Series on this date. |
| December 18 2023 | The Dunki soundtrack album, featuring eight songs by Pritam and one song by Shekhar Ravjiani, was released through the T-Series label. The album includes lyrics by multiple writers including Swanand Kirkire, IP Singh, Javed Akhtar, and others. |
| December 17 2023 | Promotional event held in Dubai |
| December 11 2023 | Full release of the song "O Maahi". |
| December 10 2023 | Promo release for the third single "O Maahi", performed by Arijit Singh and written by Irshad Kamil. |
| December 5 2023 | Release of film's trailer 'Dunki: Drop 4' |
| December 1 2023 | Release of the second single "Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se", sung by Sonu Nigam and written by Javed Akhtar. Shah Rukh Khan described it as his favorite track from the album. |
| November 22 2023 | Release of the song "Lutt Putt Gaya" on the birth anniversary of Sanjay Gadhvi, who passed away three days earlier. Pritam dedicated the song to Gadhvi's memory. The song was performed by Arijit Singh and written by Swanand Kirkire and IP Singh. |
| November 2 2023 | Release of film's first teaser 'Dunki: Drop 1' on Shah Rukh Khan's 58th birthday |
| April 2023 | Final filming schedule took place in Kashmir, covering Srinagar, Pampore, Sonamarg, Thajwas glacier, and Pulwama, including a song sequence choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. Filming was wrapped up in Sonamarg. |
| April 2023 | Film production wrapped up after sporadic shooting in various locations including Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kashmir, Budapest, London, Jeddah, and Neom. |
| January 2023 | An underwater sequence featuring Shah Rukh Khan was filmed in Mumbai. |
| December 2022 | A three-day filming schedule occurred in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. |
| November 2022 | A 12-day filming schedule took place in Saudi Arabia, including locations in Jeddah, Neom, Riyadh, with shots of Al Rajhi Grand Mosque and Al-Hukm Palace. |
| October 2022 | A specific bike sequence featuring Shah Rukh Khan was filmed in Mumbai. |
| October 2022 | Boman Irani joined the cast of the film Dunki. |
| July 2022 | International filming began in Budapest and London, continuing through August. |
| June 2022 | Mumbai schedule of filming concluded, preparing for international locations. |
| April 2022 | Principal photography for Dunki commenced in Mumbai, marking the start of film production. |
| April 2022 | Film Dunki was officially announced. |
| April 2022 | Principal photography for the film commenced, with shooting taking place in multiple locations. |
| August 2021 | Screenplay for Dunki was completed. |
| January 2021 | Taapsee Pannu was cast as the female lead, marking her first onscreen collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan. |
| 2020 | Manu escapes from a hospital in London and seeks help from Advocate Puru Patel to return to India, discovering her visa request is nearly impossible due to her previous asylum claim. |
| November 2020 | Rajkumar Hirani approached Shah Rukh Khan to collaborate on the film, narrating the story during the COVID-19 lockdown. |
| 2017 | Third collaboration between Pritam and Shah Rukh Khan in the film Jab Harry Met Sejal. |
| 2015 | Second collaboration between Pritam and Shah Rukh Khan in the film Dilwale. |
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