Pizza (2014 film)

For other uses, see Pizza (disambiguation).
Pizza
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
Release dates
  • July 18, 2014
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

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 INR1.5 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

References

  1. Sarath. "Pizza Trailer (Official) 3D & Release date". www.filmelon.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. "Movie review of Pizza". Patrika Group (19 July 2014s+A). Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  3. "Pizza Hindi remake rights sold for Rs 1.5 cr". The Times of India. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Pizza to be remade in Bollywood". The Times of India. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. Rinku, Gupta (4 April 2014). "'An Actor’s Life is very Demanding'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  6. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3794302/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1
  7. Seema, Sinha (31 March 2014). "Parvathy balances acting, modelling and social work". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

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