Pizza (2014 film)
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| Directed by | Akkineni Akshay |
| Produced by |
Siddharth Roy Kapur Bejoy Nambiar |
| Written by |
Karthik Subbaraj Akshay Akkineni |
| Story by | Karthik Subbaraj |
| Starring |
Akshay Oberoi Parvathy Omanakuttan Dipannita Sharma |
| Music by |
Songs: Mikey McCleary Saurabh Kalsi Shamir Tandon Background Score: K |
| Cinematography | Jaya Krishna Gummadi |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Distributed by | UTV Spotboy |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Pizza (Hindi: पिज़्ज़ा) is an Indian Hindi supernatural thriller film directed by Akkineni Akshay. The film stars Akshay Oberoi, Parvathy Omanakuttan and Dipannita Sharma in the lead roles, while Arunoday Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Omkar Das Manikpuri and Sonali Sachdev play supporting roles. The film is a remake of 2012 Tamil film, Pizza, directed by Karthik Subbaraj and was released on 18th July 2014.[1][2]
Plot
Kunal is a pizza delivery boy stuck in a house which is haunted. How he escapes forms the crux of the story.
Cast
- Akshay Oberoi as Kunal Malkholkar
- Parvathy Omanakuttan as Nikita Malkholkar
- Dipannita Sharma as Mrs. Ghost
- Arunoday Singh as Mr. Ghost
- Pritidhara Sabat as Ms. Priti(Ghost)
- Rajesh Sharma as Mr. Kapoor
- D. Santosh as Lobo Shinde
- Hussain Dalal as Sameer Yadav
- Omkar Das Manikpuri as Sadhu
- Sonali Sachdev as Priya Kapoor
- Diya Chalwad as Anjali
Production
Development
The critical and commercial success of the Tamil version led to its remakes in Kannada and Bengali. The remake rights for the Hindi version was bought by Bejoy Nambiar for 
1.5 crore (US$240,000), which itself was the actual budget of the original version.[3]
Crew
The film was directed by debutante Akshay Akkineni, son of veteran editor and multiple National Film Award winner, A. Sreekar Prasad.[4] Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Bejoy Nambiar, the film features music by Mickey McCleary, Saurabh Kalsi, Shamir Tandon and the background score by noted Tamil composer K.[5] The film's production design was done by Anita Rajagopalan and Donald Reagen.[6]
Filming
The film was shot in 3D.[7][4]
Location partner
Sal's Pizza, Mumbai.
See also
- Pizza (2012 film) (Tamil) / (Telugu) (Original version from which Pizza 2014 Hindi is a remake)
- Whistle (2013 film) (Kannada)
- Golpo Holeo Shotti (Bengali)
References
- ↑ Sarath. "Pizza Trailer (Official) 3D & Release date". www.filmelon.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Movie review of Pizza". Patrika Group (19 July 2014s+A). Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ "Pizza Hindi remake rights sold for Rs 1.5 cr". The Times of India. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Pizza to be remade in Bollywood". The Times of India. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Rinku, Gupta (4 April 2014). "'An Actor’s Life is very Demanding'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3794302/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1
- ↑ Seema, Sinha (31 March 2014). "Parvathy balances acting, modelling and social work". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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