Singh Is Kinng (2008)

Director:

Anees Bazmee

Writers:

Anees Bazmee (writer & dialogue)
Vipul Binjola (dialogue)

Release Date:

8 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

Summer 2008: The gang of Punjab arrives with a bang!

Plot:

A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the Kinng of the Australian underworld.

Plot Keywords:

Australia | Gangster | Egypt | Punjab | Punjabi

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Akshay Kumar	...	Happy Singh
Katrina Kaif	...	Sonia
Om Puri	...	Rangeela
Kiron Kher	...	Rose Lady / Sonia's mother
Ranvir Shorey	...	Puneet
Javed Jaffrey	...	Mika / Puneet's father
Neha Dhupia	...	Julie
Yashpal Sharma	...	Pankaj Udhas
Manoj Pahwa	...	Dilbagh Singh
Kamal Chopra	...	Gurbaksh 'Guruji' Singh
Sudhanshu Pandey	...	Raftaar
Sonu Sood	...	Lakhanpal 'Lucky' Singh
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ingrid Breitfelder	...	Dancer
Scott Brewer	...	Gangsta
Joel Amos Byrnes	...	Chef
Sanchita Choudhary	...	Tanya
Snoop Dogg
Alain Grootaers	...	Hotel porter
Gurpreet Guggi		(as Gurpreet Ghuggi)
Khayali
Avelino 'El Rico' Lescot	...	Moku Biker (as Rico Rameka Lescot)
Brad McMurray	...	Gangsta
Chayan Sarkar	...	Man at Airport

Also Known As:

S.I.K. (India: English title) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

USA:135 min

Country:

Australia | India

Language:

Hindi | Punjabi | Urdu

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (certificate #2000075952) | New Zealand:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Blockbuster Movie Entertainers

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Happy Singh: You know Punjabi's in the house, so watch yourself!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Luck by Chance (2009)

Soundtrack:

Teri Ore

Fake Singhs, No King!!!

well,this movie is pretty entertaining for those who don't care about script,plot and costume and boring for those who cares..Story revolves around Happy Singh (Akshay Kumar)a mischievous punjabi villager.The Village Panchayat(wise and respected elders chosen and accepted by the village community) sent him to Australia to bring back his friend from the village, Lucky Singh (Sonu Sood), who is a ruthless gangster in Australia(Known as "King" in Australia).On his way to Australia he meets Sonia (Katrina Kaif)in Egypt and fall in love with her.The rest of the story is about how he transforms the gangsters and bring back to their village and how he marry Sonia.

Akshay Kumar done a good job as a Punjabi lad but his get-up as a Sardar is not that good because in many scenes he wears a "fake" turban and keep french-cut Beard which is quite unusual for Singhs but in some songs he wears a good turban and looks quite smart Singh.Rest of sardars (Lucky's Gang) are also not in proper get-up of Singhs, accept from "Guruji"(Kamal Chopra).Rangeela(Om Puri)is a "Clean-shaved Singh" thats quite unusual.

Cheap comedy,poor or may be copied script,good music (Especially,Singh is King track by RDB,snoop Dogg is my favourite)..