Helmet | |
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Directed by | Satram Ramani |
Written by | Rohan Shankar |
Story by | Amit Tyagi Satram Ramani Ajay Singh Gopal Mudhane |
Produced by | Sony Pictures Networks Productions Dino Morea |
Starring | Aparshakti Khurana Pranutan Bahl Abhishek Banerjee Ashish Verma Sharib Hashmi |
Cinematography | Milind Jog |
Edited by | Manish Pradhan |
Music by | Score: Ketan Sodha Songs: Tanishk-Vayu Tony Kakkar JAM8 Nirmaan |
Production companies | Sony Pictures Networks Productions DM Movies |
Distributed by | ZEE5 |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Helmet is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language comedy film with a strong message of contraceptive awareness directed by Satram Ramani and produced by Sony Pictures Films India and Dino Morea. [2] [3] It features Aparshakti Khurana, Pranutan Bahl, Abhishek Banerjee, Ashish Verma and Sharib Hashmi in lead roles. [4] [2] The film premiered on 3 September 2021 on ZEE5. [1] It tries to change the taboo and hesitancy associated with use of condoms in India.
Lucky and Rupali are very much in love and want to get married but her father objects as Lucky is an orphan and has less income then the boy he has chosen for Rupali. Lucky wants to start his own band and tries to get loan but Rupali's father and uncle are so powerful that they warn everyone not to help him. Lucky comes up with an idea of looting a truck containing electronic goods and involves his two friends Sultan and Minus in his ploy. Lucky, Sultan and Minus loot the truck but find instead of electronic equipment, they find condoms inside. The trio then has no option but to sell the condoms by wearing a helmet so nobody can recognise them.
The Principal photography commenced on 19 December 2019 in Varanasi. [5] The film was wrapped up on 20 January 2020. [6] [7]
Helmet | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | 23 August 2021 [8] |
Recorded | 2020 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 15:22 |
Language | Hindi |
Label | Zee Music Company |
Official audio | |
Helmet - Full Album on YouTube |
The music of film was composed by Tanishk-Vayu, Tony Kakkar, JAM8 and Nirmaan while lyrics written by Vayu, Tony Kakkar, Shloke Lal and Nirmaan.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Doli" | Vayu | Tanishk-Vayu | Brijesh Shandilya | 2:46 |
2. | "Barbaad" (Duet Version) | Nirmaan | Nirmaan | Goldboy, Shipra Goyal | 2:25 |
3. | "Mauka Mauka" | Shloke Lal | JAM8 | Shubham Shirule | 3:13 |
4. | "Band Baj Gaya" | Tony Kakkar | Tony Kakkar | Tony Kakkar, Vibhor Parashar | 2:33 |
5. | "Barbaad" (Male Version) | Nirmaan | Nirmaan | Goldboy | 4:25 |
Total length: | 15:22 |
Rahul Desai of Film Companion wrote, "The biggest irony of Helmet is that India's condom commercials over the years have been far more imaginative, cheekier and...slicker." [9]
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