Summary
'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 56Audiences 60GoodWatch 59
Tomatometer56%
IMDb7.1
User score5.5
Audience score53%
Box office
1.8×its budget
- Budget
- $5 M
- Worldwide
- $9 M
Worldwide it earned $4 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for thrillers
typical 104103Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 32 countries
Released
2016
January 7, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
ThrillerActionCrimeLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
India
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 7 moreDirecting · 2
- Bejoy Nambiar Director
- Tushar Kunder Assistant Director
Writing · 6
- Abhijat Joshi Screenplay, Editor
- Suketu Mehta Screenplay
- Supriya Kelkar Screenplay
- Vikram Chandra Screenplay
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra Story, Producer, Editor
- Abhijeet Deshpande Dialogue
Production · 4
- Rajkumar Hirani Producer
- Aquib Khan Producer
- Hemant Kumar Dixit Production Manager
- girdharswami Casting Director
Camera · 1
- Sanu John Varghese Director of Photography
Sound · 9
- Shantanu Moitra Original Music Composer
- Ankit Tiwari Original Music Composer
- Prashant Pillai Original Music Composer
- Rochak Kohli Original Music Composer
- Gaurav Godkhindi Original Music Composer
- Rohit Kulkarni Music, Additional Soundtrack
Art · 1
- Prasanna Karkhanis Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Shweta Sharma Costume Design
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