A grief-stricken cop and an amputee grandmaster are brought together by a peculiar twist of fate as part of a wider conspiracy that has darkened their lives.
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Awards:
- 9 nominations.
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Cast
Directed by
| Bejoy Nambiar | ||
Written by
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | (story) |
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Abhijat Joshi | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Bejoy Nambiar | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Natasha Sahgal | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Shubhra Swarup | ... | (screenplay) (as Shubhra Marfatia) |
| Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande | ... | (dialogue) (as Abhijeet Deshpande) & |
| Gazal Dhaliwal | ... | (dialogue) |
Produced by
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | producer |
| Yogesh Ishwar | ... | creative producer |
| Priyesh Kaushik | ... | executive producer |
| Suchit Mukherjee | ... | producer |
| Rohit Phale | ... | line producer |
| Navmeet Singh | ... | line producer |
Music by
| Advaita | ||
| Gaurav Godkhindi | ||
| Rochak Kohli | ||
| Rohit Kulkarni | ||
| Shantanu Moitra | ||
| Prashant Pillai | ||
| Ankit Tiwari | ||
Cinematography by
| Sanu John Varughese | ... | (as Sanu Varghese) |
Editing by
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ||
| Abhijat Joshi | ||
Editorial Department
| Nirmal Gala | ... | digital intermediate production head |
| Farooq Hundekar | ... | on location editor |
| Pranav Patel | ... | post-production |
| Ganesh Shinde | ... | digital intermediate data management: prime focus |
| Ashish Suryavanshi | ... | Additional Editor / additional editor / visual promotions |
Casting By
| Girdhar Swami | ||
Production Design by
| Bindiya Chhabria | ||
| Narii | ||
Art Direction by
| Prasanna Karkhanis | ||
| Jai Kumar | ||
| Kartik Sahani | ... | (Associate art director delhi) |
| Shekhar Ujjainwal | ... | delhi art director |
Costume Design by
| Shweta Sharma | ||
Makeup Department
| Tanuja Dabir | ... | makeup artist: Aditi Rao Hydari |
| Serina Tixeria | ... | makeup artist (as Serina Texiera) / makeup designer (as Serina Tixeira) |
Production Management
| Hemant Kumar Dixit | ... | production manager |
| Aditya Jayesh Gandhi | ... | production assistant (as Aditya Gandhi) |
| Kartik R. Iyer | ... | line producer |
| Parshuram Mane | ... | production manager |
| Sahil Parashar | ... | production manager |
| Sandeep Rajput | ... | unit production manager |
| Ravish Kumar Sharma | ... | production manager |
| Tegveer Singh | ... | production manager |
| Aman Varma | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Akshay Akkineni | ... | second unit director |
| Avickk | ... | assistant director |
| Arnab Dasgupta | ... | second assistant director |
| Mannat Ghumman | ... | assistant director |
| Lakshay Kumar | ... | first assistant director |
| Tushar Kunder | ... | assistant director |
| Krishna Kanth Mamidala | ... | assistant director |
| Gaurav Mane | ... | post production assistant |
| Prateek Patil | ... | assistant director |
| Suhaib Rao | ... | first assistant director |
| Sameer Sarkar | ... | trainee assistant director |
| Sameer Sarkar | ... | trainee assistant director (as Md Samar Khan) |
| Seenivasan Selvaraj | ... | second assistant director |
| Laksh Kumar Sharma | ... | first assistant director |
| Ashish Suryavanshi | ... | assistant director |
| Yash | ... | assistant unit director |
Art Department
| Rhea Michelle D'Souza | ... | graphic designer |
| Alisha Kehimkar | ... | graphic designer |
| Dino Shankar | ... | assistant production designer |
| Mayank Tyagi | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Sherkhan Ansari | ... | sound mixer |
| Prapul Betapudi | ... | boom operator |
| Devabrot Chaliha | ... | assistant sound re-recording mixer (as Devobrat Chaliha) |
| Alok De | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Yogi Dholakia | ... | mixing engineer |
| Shijin Melvin Hutton | ... | sound designer |
| Justin Jose | ... | atmos mixer |
| Sher Khan | ... | sound recordist |
| Muppala Kiran Kumar | ... | Digital and Braodcast Mixing |
| Sarath Mohan | ... | atmos mixer |
| Mohammad Iqbal Paratwada | ... | foley artist |
| Anil Radhakrishnan | ... | sound recordist |
| Renganaath Ravee | ... | sound designer |
| Abhijeet V. Sapre | ... | adr engineer |
Special Effects by
| Manish Mahendra Tyagi | ... | special effects supervisor |
Visual Effects by
| Jitendra Bhatt | ... | senior matchmover |
| Yogesh Chautel | ... | cg line producer |
| Sanket Dandekar | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Ashok Devadiga | ... | Sr.lighting artist |
| Robin Gaikwad | ... | compositor |
| Dipansu Halder | ... | fx lead (as Dipansu Haldar) |
| Vinay Kadam | ... | senior compositor |
| Swapnil Khotkar | ... | visual effects producer |
| Rohit Korgaonkar | ... | visual effects compositor |
| Anup Kumar | ... | lead compositor |
| Uddipta Maitra | ... | digital compositor |
| Sagar Mehta | ... | senior compositor |
| Aniket Mhatre | ... | vfx line producer |
| Vikas Surajbali Nag | ... | digital compositor: Riva animation and vfx |
| Amit Patil | ... | lighting lead |
| Bharat Patil | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Nilesh Posnak | ... | Modeling and texturing |
| Rohit Rane | ... | senior compositor |
| Sheveta Raut | ... | senior animator |
| Aritra Kumar Sarkar | ... | visual effects artist |
| Rahul Saxena | ... | visual effects artist: animator |
| Lakhan Sharma | ... | compositor |
| Devendra Thakur | ... | senior compositor: Riva Digital |
| Prashant Thakur | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Sudhir Trivedi | ... | visual Effects CG Supervisor |
| Shivank Tyagi | ... | roto lead |
| Vinay Kumar Valecha | ... | senior 3d modeller |
| Vikram Verma | ... | visual effects producer |
| Ashish Yadav | ... | compositor |
Stunts
| Aejaz Gulab | ... | stunts (as Ejaz Gulab) |
| Javed Karim | ... | stunts |
| Afzal Usman Khan | ... | stunt double |
| Yasin Shaikh | ... | stunt performer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Nagesh Shriram Budania | ... | camera operations |
| Vikrant Ghag | ... | jimmy jib operator |
| Tarun Hasan | ... | second assistant camera |
| Murali Krishnan | ... | second assistant camera |
| Mandeep | ... | steadicam |
| Deep Metkar | ... | third assistant camera |
| Rajesh Nare | ... | second assistant camera |
| Santosh Misal Pentya | ... | lighting technician |
| Hassim Sayed | ... | key grip |
| Shaikh Shoeb | ... | steadicam operator |
| Dhananjay Singh | ... | jimmy jib operator |
| Ranjan Yadav | ... | Jimmy jib boom operator |
| Ridhiin Pancchmatia | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Location Management
| Abhay S. Dutta | ... | location manager |
Music Department
| Farhan Akhtar | ... | playback singer |
| Javed Ali | ... | playback singer |
| Amitabh Bachchan | ... | playback singer |
| Gagan Baderiya | ... | playback singer |
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | lyricist |
| Abhijeet Deshpande | ... | lyricist |
| Shreya Ghoshal | ... | playback singer |
| George Joseph | ... | music producer |
| Vee Kay | ... | musician |
| Swanand Kirkire | ... | lyricist |
| Manoj Muntashir | ... | lyricist |
| Sonu Nigam | ... | playback singer |
| Nabajyoti Panda | ... | music producer |
| Prashant Pillai | ... | playback singer |
| Deepak Ramola | ... | lyricist |
| Gurpreet Saini | ... | lyricist |
| Ravi Singhal | ... | music producer: Atrangi Yaari |
| Urmila Sutar | ... | assistant recording engineer |
| Ankit Tiwari | ... | playback singer |
| A.M. Turaz | ... | lyricist |
Script and Continuity Department
| Gaurav Mane | ... | Script & Continuity Supervisor / script supervisor |
| Shubhra Swarup | ... | script associate |
| Abhijeet Saha | ... | script coordinator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Amit Awasthi | ... | Regional Distribution Head |
| Gaurav Chandelya | ... | creative director |
| Sameer Chopra | ... | marketing head (as Samir Chopra) |
| Prabhat Choudhary | ... | media strategist |
| Dilip Dighe | ... | senior publicity marketing manager (as Dileep Dighe) |
| Ramakant Dubey | ... | chief finance officer |
| Aaditya Gandhi | ... | production assistant |
| Aditya Jayesh Gandhi | ... | production assistant (as Gandhi Aditya) |
| Shalini Jena | ... | (segment ": behind-the-scenes") Director of Behind the Scenes |
| Supriya Kelkar | ... | co-subtitler |
| Rajan Menon | ... | business head |
| Suchit Mukherjee | ... | studio manager |
| Himanshu Nanda | ... | publicity design |
| Rahul Nanda | ... | publicity design |
| Bimal Parekh | ... | chartered accountant |
| Jovy Philip | ... | senior marketing manager |
| Rohit Saini | ... | post production assistant |
| Aditya Sehgal | ... | AGM Marketing & Promotions |
| Amish Shah | ... | senior marketing executive |
| Anuja Singh | ... | Producer's Assistant |
| Ashish Suryavanshi | ... | visual promotion |
| Bhavin Thakkar | ... | post production supervisor |
| Pratyush Upadhyay | ... | digital marketing head |
Thanks
| Rajkumar Hirani | ... | grateful acknowledgment |
| Amitabh Jhunjhunwala | ... | grateful acknowledgment |
| Supriya Kelkar | ... | special thanks |
| Bhushan Kumar | ... | grateful acknowledgment |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Mind Blowing Films (2016) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Reliance Big Entertainment (2016) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Amazon Prime Video (2016) (World-wide) (video)
- Reliance Entertainment (2016) (India)
Special Effects
- Prime Focus (Digital intermediate)
- Riva Animation
Other Companies
- RepIndia (Digital Partner)
- H-One (publicity design)
- Light n Light (grip and lighting equipment)
- Spice (media consultant)
- T-Series (soundtrack)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them. Written by Abhijat Joshi |
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| Taglines | This New Year Make Your Best Move See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Amitabh Bachchan had read the original script 12 years ago. See more » |
| Goofs | 2SP tells Daanish he has 30 seconds to get Qureishi while he holds off the commandos - but several minutes elapse while Roohi tells Daanish her story. What happened to the 30 second-limit? See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Wazir (2016). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Tere Bin See more » |
| Quotes |
[You'll learn the game when you play the game... when you win and lose, then winning will teach you losing... when you play the game]
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