Bala (2019 film)

Bala
Bala
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Amar Kaushik
Written by	Story, Screenplay and Dialogues:; Niren Bhatt; Additional Screenplay:; Ravi Muppa; Original Story:; Pavel Bhattacharjee
Produced by	Dinesh Vijan
Starring	Ayushmann Khurrana; Bhumi Pednekar; Yami Gautam;
Narrated by	Vijay Raaz
Cinematography	Anuj Rakesh Dhawan
Edited by	Hemanti Sarkar
Music by	Songs and Score:; Sachin–Jigar; Guest Composers:; Jaani; B Praak
Production; companies	Maddock Films; Jio Studios
Distributed by	AA Films
Release date	8 November 2019;
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹25 crore
Box office	₹172 crore

Bala is a 2019 Hindi-language satirical comedy film directed by Amar Kaushik and produced by Dinesh Vijan, based on an original story by Bengali film director Pavel Bhattacharjee. It stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar and Yami Gautam.

Bala revolves around the protagonist Balmukund Shukla, a young man living in Kanpur who is suffering from male pattern baldness, and the story is about his lack of confidence and the societal pressure that comes with premature balding. It highlights social issues of baldness and colourism. Filming was held in Kanpur, Mumbai and Lucknow.^[4] The soundtrack album was composed by Sachin–Jigar.

Bala was released in preview shows on 7 November 2019, prior to its cinema release a day later.^[5]^[6] It is a critical and commercial success, grossing ₹172 crore worldwide against a production budget of ₹25 crore. Bala was showcased in Indo-German Filmweek 2020 in Berlin on 27 September 2020.^[7] At the 65th Filmfare Awards, Bala received 3 nominations, including Best Actor (Khurrana) and Best Supporting Actress (Seema Pahwa).

^ "Bala (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ "Bala Box Office Collection Day 1: Ayushmann Khurrana starrer a super hit in making; likely to earn Rs 12 crore". www.businesstoday.in. 9 November 2019.
^ "Bala Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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^ "Maddock Films on Twitter". Twitter.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "Jio Studios and Dinesh Vijan decide to release #Bala on 7 Nov 2019 [preview shows] and across the nation on 8 Nov 2019... Stars Ayushmann Khurrana in the title role". Twitter.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "BABYLON in Berlin - Indogerman Filmweek: Bala". babylonberlin.eu.

[1] "Bala (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

[2] "Bala Box Office Collection Day 1: Ayushmann Khurrana starrer a super hit in making; likely to earn Rs 12 crore". www.businesstoday.in. 9 November 2019.

[botop-3] "Bala Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[bh-4] Cite error: The named reference bh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[release_date-5] "Maddock Films on Twitter". Twitter.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[rd-6] "Jio Studios and Dinesh Vijan decide to release #Bala on 7 Nov 2019 [preview shows] and across the nation on 8 Nov 2019... Stars Ayushmann Khurrana in the title role". Twitter.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[7] "BABYLON in Berlin - Indogerman Filmweek: Bala". babylonberlin.eu.

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Bala (2019 film)

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