Sarfira is a planned Indian drama film in Hindi language. It was directed by Sudha Kongara and is being made by Abundantia Entertainment, 2D Entertainment, and Cape of Good Films. Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Radhika Madan, and Suriya all have small parts in the movie. Sarfira is a remake of Kongara’s Tamil film Soorarai Pottru (2020), which stars Suriya and Rawal and is based on G. R. Gopinath’s autobiography Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey. It’s about a man who wants to make low-cost planes for low-income people, but his enemies try to stop him.
The remake was first mentioned in July 2021 as Project 1, which was also the first project for 2D Entertainment in Hindi. The official title was revealed in February 2024. In April 2022, principal shooting began. G. V. Prakash Kumar wrote the music for the movie. Sarfira is set to come out in theaters around the world on July 12, 2024.
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| Directed by | Sudha Kongara |
| Screenplay by | Sudha Kongara Shalini Ushadevi |
| Dialogue by | Pooja Tolani |
| Story by | Sudha Kongara |
| Based on | Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) by Sudha Kongara |
| Produced by | Aruna Bhatia Vikram Malhotra Jyothika Suriya |
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| Cinematography | Niketh Bommireddy |
| Edited by | Sathish Suriya |
| Music by | Songs: G. V. Prakash Kumar Tanishk Bagchi Suhit Abhyankar Score: G. V. Prakash Kumar |
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Abundantia Entertainment
2D Entertainment Cape of Good Films |
| Distributed by | Pen Marudhar Entertainment |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Cast
Veerendra “Veer” Mhatre played by Akshay Kumar
Paresh Rawal as Paresh Goswami
Radhika Madan as Veer’s wife R. Sarathkumar as Veer’s superior officer in the Air Force
Seema Biswas as Veer’s mother Suriya (cameo appearance)
Production
Development
On 12 July 2021, Jyothika and Suriya, owners of 2D Entertainment, announced that their production venture Soorarai Pottru (2020), was to be redone in Hindi. They also said that Sudha Kongara, who directed the original movie, would direct the reboot and that they would work with Vikram Malhotra of Abundantia Entertainment to pay for it. Reportedly, one of the actors Ajay Devgn, John Abraham, Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan were considered to play the part that Suriya played in the original. The actor was believed to be finalised going by their availability. In August, the co-producer of the original film, Sikhya Entertainment, had approached Madras High Court; as initially the production house was to be co-producing the remake along with 2D Entertainment, however, the latter house sold the rights to Abundantia Entertainment, without the former houses’ consent. By early September, the case was closed, with Sikhya Entertainment not active in the production side. Akshay Kumar was announced on 25 April 2022 to reprise the part played by Suriya. A muhurat puja was held the same day in Mumbai with the presence of the film’s cast and team. Radhika Madan was cast, alongside Kumar. The official title Sarfira was announced on 13 February 2024, along with a release date of 12 July 2024.
Filming Principal shooting began with the first schedule on 25 April 2022 in Mumbai. Madan finished filming her portions by 23 October.
Music
The music of the film is created by G. V. Prakash Kumar, Tanishk Bagchi and Suhit Abhyankar while lyrics are written by Manoj Muntashir, Shloke Lal and Tanishk Bagchi. In April 2022, Prakash tweeted that he had finished the first song of the soundtrack. The film marks G. V. Prakash Kumar’s second collaboration with Sudha after Soorarai Pottru and his debut collaboration with Akshay Kumar. The music rights were bought by Junglee Music. The first single named “Maar Udi” was released on 24 June 2024.
