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Summary
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside down-along with the lives of his two newfound best friends.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+17)
Critics 67Audiences 84GoodWatch 75
Metascore67
IMDb8.4
Letterboxd · 251 K ratings4.2/5
User score8.4
Box office
1.2×its budget
- Budget
- $50 M
- Worldwide
- $60 M
Worldwide it earned $10 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 51 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +62 min on the typical 109
typical 109171Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 40 more
Released
2009
December 23, 2009
17 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
India
Rated
- PG-13United States
Yes: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for strong language and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchThought-Provoking
and 15 more26 people
- Aamir KhanRanchoddas "Rancho" Chanchad
- R. MadhavanFarhan Qureshi
- Sharman JoshiRaju Rastogi
- Kareena Kapoor KhanPia Sahastrabudhhe
- Boman IraniViru "Virus" Sahastrabudhhe
- Omi VaidyaChatur "Silencer" Ramalingam
- Mona SinghMona Sahastrabuddhe
- Rahul KumarMillimeter
Parikshat SahniMr. Qureshi
Farida DadiMrs. Qureshi
Amardeep JhaMrs. Rastogi- MBMukund BhattMr. Rastogi
Javed JaffreyRanchoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad
Ali FazalJoy Lobo- OLOlivier LafontSuhas Tandon
Arun BaliShamaldas Chanchad
Achyut PotdarMachine Class Professor- AMAkhil MishraLibrarian Dubey
- DWDushyant WaghOlder Millimeter
Supriya ShuklaMatron in Hospital with Pia- CBChaitali BoseKamini "Kammo" Rastogi
Jayant KripalaniCampus Interview Panel Head- MVMadhav VazeJoy Lobo's Father
- ATAtul TiwariMinister in Auditorium
Directing · 10
- Rajkumar Hirani Director, Screenplay, Editor
- Rohan Mapuskar Third Assistant Director, Casting
- Menaka Nagarajan Second Second Assistant Director, Casting
- Vinay Waikul First Assistant Director
- Karan Narvekar Second Assistant Director
- Mrunmayee Lagoo Third Assistant Director
Writing · 5
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra Screenplay, Producer
- Abhijat Joshi Screenplay, Story
- Chetan Bhagat Novel
- Swanand Kirkire Lyricist, Playback Singer
- Vir Chopra Creative Producer
Production · 20
- Anil Davda Executive Producer
- Girdhar Swami Casting
- Nalini Rathnam Casting
- girdharswami Casting Director
- Rahul Nanda Publicist
- Bharat Jha Production Manager
Camera · 8
- C.K. Muraleedharan Director of Photography
- Ramani Ranjan Das First Assistant Camera
- Piyush Acharya Jimmy Jib Operator
- Pudiyamuthu Sundaram Jimmy Jib Operator
- Zeshaan Akbar Latif Still Photographer
- Arjun Singh Bhurji Key Grip
Editing · 4
- Ranjeet Bahadur Co-Editor
- Makarand Surte Digital Intermediate Colorist
- Rajiv Raghunathan Digital Intermediate
- Rahul Bhadve Color Assistant
Sound · 23
- Shantanu Moitra Original Music Composer
- Sanjay Wandrekar Original Music Composer
- Atul Raninga Original Music Composer
- Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee Sound Designer
- Shaan Playback Singer
- Sonu Nigam Playback Singer
Art · 11
- Rajnish Hedao Production Design, Art Direction
- Sumit Basu Production Design
- Ajay Chodanker Assistant Art Director
- Dhananjay Thorat Graphic Designer
- Mukul Saraogi Set Decoration
- Vipin Kumar Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 19
- Manish Malhotra Costume Design
- Sheena Parikh Costume Design
- Raghuveer Shetty Costume Design
- Kareena Kapoor Khan Makeup Artist
- Boman Irani Makeup Artist
- Darshan Jalan Costumer
Visual Effects · 22
- Mohd Abrez Digital Compositor
- Soumen Das Visual Effects
- Biju Dhanpalan Visual Effects
- Muthu Stalin Compositing Artist
- Satya Reddy Digital Compositor
- Parantap Singh Digital Compositor
Lighting · 2
- Ashutosh Vandana Lighting Technician
- Deval Samanta Gaffer
Other crew · 17
- Sham Kaushal Stunt Coordinator
- Dia Mirza Thanks
- Javed Akhtar Thanks
- Brian Wade Animatronics Designer
- Bosco Martis Choreographer
- Caesar Gonsalves Choreographer
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