Bell bottom is Ranjit M. Tiwari is an Indian Hindi language thriller based on a spy. The film is written by Asim Aurora and Parvez Sheikh and produced by Jackie Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh and Nikhil Advani under the banner of Pooja Entertainment and Emami Entertainment.
Trailer
Top Cast
Akshay Kumar
as Bantu
Mamik Singh
as Kazini
Vaani Kapoor
as Radhika Malhotra
Storyline
When an Indian commercial airliner is hijacked by terrorists in the mid 1980s, a government agent is tasked with rescuing the 210 hostages.
Akshay Kumar plays a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent in this espionage thriller, inspired by true events. The story follows this star undercover agent who goes by the code name ‘Bellbottom’. After a plane is hijacked and lands in Amritsar, the seventh hijacking incident in five years, he is brought in to save the day. Akshay’s character plans a daring covert operation to rescue 210 hostages and neutralise four hijackers. Vaani Kapoor plays his wife while Huma Qureshi features as one of his team members. Lara Dutta looks almost unrecognisable as former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
- Director: Ranjit Tewari
- Writers: Aseem Arrora, Parveez Sheikh, Vashu Bhagnani (story idea)
- Stars: Akshay Kumar, Huma Qureshi, Vaani Kapoor
Details
- Release date: August 19, 2021 (United States)
- Country of origin: India
- Official site: bell bottom movie
- Language: Hindi
- Also known as: Bell Bottom
- Filming locations: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Production companies: Emmay Entertainment, Pooja Entertainment & Films, Pooja Films
Genres
Box office
- Gross worldwide: $739,343
Technical specs
- Runtime: 2 hours 3 minutes
Did you know
In Middle of the movie, when Akshay Kumar’s Character Bellbottom is waiting on the footpath to be called for discussions, there is a YAMAHA RX100 bike next to him. This bike was launched in India in November of 1985, while the incident takes place in august 1984.
Featured in Gurnazar & Asees: Kaur Marjaawaan (2021)
Bell Bottom is inspired from real life hijacking events in 1980s in India like 1984 Indian Airlines jetliner IC 421 hijacking.
