Kabir Singh

Kabir Singh is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film co-written, co-edited and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga in his Hindi cinema debut, and jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under T-Series Films and Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde under Cine1 Studios. A remake of Vanga's own Telugu film Arjun Reddy (2017), it stars Shahid Kapoor as the titular protagonist, a surgeon, who spirals into self-destruction when his girlfriend, played by Kiara Advani, is forced to marry someone else. Principal photography for Kabir Singh began in October 2018 and ended in March 2019. The film was theatrically released on 21 June 2019 and received mixed reviews. Criticism was directed at the film for its themes of self destruction and substance abuse, while Kapoor's performance and the soundtrack received praise. Grossing over ₹379 crore, it became the second highest-grossing Hindi film of 2019, and Kapoor's highest grossing solo-lead release.