The Shaukeens

Directed by	Abhishek Sharma
Produced by	Ashvin Varde Murad Khetani Akshay Kumar Trilogic Digital Media Ltd.
Written by	Tigmanshu Dhulia Sai Kabir
Screenplay by	Tigmanshu Dhulia
Starring	Akshay Kumar Anupam Kher Annu Kapoor Piyush Mishra Lisa Haydon
Music by	Yo Yo Honey Singh Hard Kaur Vikram Nagi Arko Mukherjee
Cinematography	Chaudhary Amalendu
Edited by	Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Production company	Cape of Good Films
Release dates	7 November 2014
Running time	2 hr 5 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

The Shaukeens is an Hindi comedy film directed by Abhishek Sharma. The film features Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra and Anupam Kher in lead roles alongside Lisa Haydon, while Akshay Kumar features in a cameo playing himself.^[1]
The project is a remake of the 1982 film Shaukeen directed by Basu Chatterjee, starring Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt, A. K. Hangal, Rati Agnihotri and Mithun Chakraborty. Partly shot in Mauritius, The Shaukeens is released on 7 November 2014.
The shaukeens first two days box office collection 11.25 cr net. ^[2][3]

Contents

• 1 Cast
• 2 Production
  • 2.1 Casting
• 3 Soundtrack
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Cast

• Akshay Kumar as alcoholic version of himself (Extended Special alcoholic appearance)
• Anupam Kher as Lali
• Annu Kapoor as KD
• Piyush Mishra as Pinky
• Lisa Haydon as Ahana
• Rati Agnihotri as Mrs. Lalwani^[4]
• Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance
• Kareena Kapoor in a special appearance
• Michelle in a special appearance in the song Meherbani

Production

The shooting of the film started on April 25, 2014.^[5] The actors were shooting in a hotel room scene indoors and in June next schedule started in Mauritius, followed by a schedule in Delhi.^[6] Anupam Kher starts shooting in Delhi.^[7] Also, musical artist Honey Singh has been signed for a song in the film. Singh has earlier repeatedly collaborated with Akshay Kumar in the past, and after Kumar requested the rapper-performer for one special number for the film, Singh in turn offered him three songs for the film.^[8]

Casting

Initially, Nargis Fakhri was signed for the film but then left the project for an unnamed Hollywood film,^[9] then, this role offered to Shraddha Kapoor.^[10] The part was then offered to Lisa Haydon who accepted. Akshay Kumar signed to play the partner of Haydon's character, a role which Mithun Chakraborty had portrayed in the original film.^[11]

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by Yo Yo Honey Singh, Arko Mukherjee, Hard Kaur & Vikram Negi.

No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Alcoholic"	Yo Yo Honey Singh	Yo Yo Honey Singh	3:20
2.	"Meherbani"	Arko Mukherjee	Jubin Nautiyal	4:04
3.	"Manali Trance"	Yo Yo Honey Singh	Neha Kakkar, Lil Golu	3:23
4.	"Aashiq Mizaaj"	Hard Kaur	Aman Trikha	3:46
5.	"Ishq Kutta Hai"	Vikram Negi	Mika Singh	4:44
6.	"Lonely"	Vikram Negi	Anu Malik	3:04