Laal Singh Chaddha is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Advait Chandan from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Atul Kulkarni. Produced by Aamir Khan Productions and Viacom18 Studios, it is a remake of the 1994 American film Forrest Gump which itself is an adaptation of the novel of the same name. The film stars Aamir Khan as the title character alongside Kareena Kapoor, Naga Chaitanya (in his Hindi film debut) and Mona Singh.
Information:
- Directed by:: Advait Chandan
- Screenplay by:: Eric Roth (original),Atul Kulkarni (adaptation)
- Based on:: Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
- Produced by:: Aamir Khan,Kiran Rao,Jyoti Deshpande,Ajit Andhare
- Starring:: Aamir Khan,Kareena Kapoor,Naga Chaitanya,Mona Singh
- Cinematography:: Satyajit Pande (Setu)
- Edited by:: Hemanti Sarkar
- Music by:: Tanuj Tiku
- Songs:: Pritam
- Production companies:: Aamir Khan Productions,Viacom18 Studios
- Distributed by:: Paramount Pictures
- Release date:: 11 August 2022
- Running time:: 159 minutes
- Country:: India
- Language:: Hindi
- Budget:: ₹180 crore
- Box office:: est. ₹126.42 crore
Cast:
- Aamir Khan as Laal Singh Chaddha
- Ahmad Ibn Umar as young Laal
- Kareena Kapoor as Rupa D'Souza, Laal Singh's love interest and future wife
- Hafsa Ashraf as young Rupa
- Naga Chaitanya as Balaraju "Bala" Bodi ,Laal Singh's colleague in Indian Army and his good friend
- Mona Singh as Mrs. Chaddha, Laal's mother
- Manav Vij as Muhammad, a Pakistan Army Commander who befriends Laal and is known as Muhammad paji
- Aaryaa Sharma as woman passenger siting infront of Laal in the train
- Arun Bali as Old Sikh Man in train
- Jagat Rawat as Father of school
- Shah Rukh Khan as himself (cameo appearance)
- Kamini Kaushal (cameo appearance) as the Old Sikh Woman sitting with the Old Sikh Man in the train
