No Means No (film)

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No Means No
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Promotional poster
Directed byVikash Verma
Written byHitesh Desai
Screenplay byVikash Verma
Story by
  • Vikash Verma
  • Hitesh Desai
Produced byG7 Films Poland
Starring
CinematographyMichal Szewczuk
Music by Hariharan
Production
company
G7 Films Poland
Release date
  • 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26)
Running time
165 minutes [1]
Countries
  • India
  • Poland
Languages
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Polish

No Means No [2] (also known as Nie Means Nie) is an upcoming Indo-Polish romantic thriller film, [3] which was shot simultaneously in three languages: English, Hindi and Polish. [4] Produced by G7 Films Poland and directed by Vikash Verma, [5] it stars Dhruv Verma, Gulshan Grover, Sharad Kapoor and Anna Guzik. [6] [7] The film follows an Indian ski champion (Dhruv Verma), who participates in a ski championship in Poland. There he falls in love with a Polish girl. [8] Initially scheduled to be released on 22 March 2021, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [9] but release was again pushed back to 17 June 2022. [10] The film is expected to release on 26 July 2024. [11]

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Cast

Music

The background music of the film is provided by Hariharan and his son Akshay Hariharan. [19] Karan Hariharan and Shreya Ghoshal are among the singers in the movie. [19] Rishav Nagh has also made many of the songs in the film. [19]

Filming

"No Means No" is produced by G7 Films Poland and directed by Vikash Verma as first Indo-polish film. [20] [21] [22] Michal Szewczuk is the Cinematographer. [23]

No Means No is 80% filmed in Poland and 20% in India. [24] It has been a goal for India and Poland to strengthen bilateral relations through movie industry and they have been working on it for some time now. [25] [3]

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