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Release Date 13 May, 2016
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Budget ₹38 crores
Box Office India ₹35 crores
Box Office Worldwide ₹52 crores
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Synopsis

Inspired by the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin. Azhar tells the tale of how this promising cricketer’s personal and professional life including the match-fixing scandal and both his relationships and marriages.

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Day-wise Box Office Collections

First Day₹6.30 crores
Saturday₹6.71 crores
Sunday₹7.79 crores
First Weekend₹20.80 crores
Monday₹2.60 crores
Tuesday₹2.40 crores
First Week₹29.70 crores
Second Week₹3.20 crores
Third Week₹1.25 crores
Lifetime India (net)₹35 crores
Worldwide Gross₹52 crores
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True Adj Domestic Net ₹59.85 (
+24.85
) crores
True Adj Worldwide Gross ₹88.92 (
+36.92
) crores

Movie Reception

Azhar opened well at the box office and it witnessed a decent growth over the first weekend. On the weekdays of the first week, it performed on an average level which led the film to earn near Rs. 30 crores in its first seven days. However, the film witnessed a big fall on the second Friday and it could not perform on well.

Due to the poor performance in the second as well as the third week, Azhar only managed to earn Rs. 35 crores. The film was declared average performer at the box office. The music of the film played a crucial role in taking it to this mark.

Full Cast & Characters

ACTOR NAMECHARACTER NAME
Emraan HashmiMohd. Azharuddin/Azhar
Nargis FakhriSangeti Bijlani
Prachi DesaiNaureen Azharuddin
Lara DuttaMeera Verma, Lawyer
Kunal Roy KapurReddy
Gautam GulatiRavi Shastri
Manjot SinghNavjot Singh Sidhu
Varun BadolaKapil Dev
Kulbhushan KharbandaAzhar's Nanujaan
Veerensra SaxenaMohammad Azizuddin
Shernaz PatelYousuf Sultana
Shweta KawatraFilm Magazine Journalist
Rajit KapurRaj Singh Puri

Fun Facts & Triva

  • Azhar was Emraan Hashmi's third movie based on the theme of Cricket.
  • Oye Oye song in the movie is inspired from movie Tridev, in which Sangeeta Bhijlani acted.
  • This film is a biopic based on the life of former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin.
  • Before its release, the film created a lot of controversy regarding its content. Some people claimed that true events related to Azharuddin's life are not shown in the film.
  • Emraan Hashmi and Prachi Desai worked for the second time in their film career.
  • Mohammad Azharuddin himself gave training of cricket to the actor Emraan Hashmi.
  • Pakistani actress, Urwa Hocane was earlier considered for the role of Sangeeta Bijlani in the film. However, she declined the offer because she didn't like his character in the movie.

Official Trailer