Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Action Drama Family Romance |
| Release date | 12 November 2015 (India) |
| Running time | 2hr 44min |
| Certificate | U |
| Starring | Salman Khan Sonam Kapoor Neil Nitin Mukesh Anupam Kher |
| Directed by | Sooraj R. Barjatya |
| Screenplay by | Sooraj R. Barjatya |
| Produced by | Kamal Kumar Barjatya Rajkumar Barjatya Ajit Kumar Barjatya |
| Cinematography by | V. Manikandan |
| Edited by | Sanjay Sankla |
| Music by | Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury Himesh Reshammiya |
| Production Company | Rajshri Productions |
| Distributor | Fox Star Studios |
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Movie Cast & Characters:
- Salman Khan in a dual role as
- Prem Raghuvanshi aka Prem Dilwale: An Ayodhya-based love guru; kanhaiya’s friend; Maithili’s husband
- Yuvraj Vijay Singh: Crown prince of Pritampur; Dhananjay and Nandita’s son; Ajay, Chandrika and Radhika’s half-brother; Maithili’s ex-fiancé
- Sonam Kapoor as Rajkumari Maithili Devi Singh Raghuvanshi: Crown princess of neighboring kingdom Devgarh; Chandrika’s friend; Vijay’s ex-fiancé; Prem’s wife
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as Yuvraj Ajay Singh: Dhananjay and Bhagwanti’s son; Vijay’s half-brother and enemy; also Chandrika and Radhika’s half-brother
- Anupam Kher as Jagdish “Bapu” Diwan / Diwan Sahab
- Armaan Kohli as Chirag Singh: C.E.O of Pritampur Empire Properties
- Deepak Dobriyal as Kanhaiya “Mussoorie” Chaturvedi: Prem’s friend; Sameera’s husband
- Samaira Rao as Sameera Sharma: Chirag and Ajay’s agent; Kanhaiya’s wife
- Swara Bhaskar as Rajkumari Chandrika Singh: Dhananjay and Sangeeta’s elder daughter; Vijay and Ajay’s half-sister; Radhika’s sister; Maithili’s friend
- Aashika Bhatia as Rajkumari Radhika Singh: Dhananjay and Sangeeta’s younger daughter; Vijay and Ajay’s half-sister; Chandrika’s sister
- Sameer Dharmadhikari as Raja Dhananjay Maan Singh: King of Pritampur; Bhagwanti, Nandita and Sangeeta’s husband; Vijay, Ajay, Chandrika and Radhika’s father
- Lata Sabharwal as Sangeeta Devi Singh: A singer and courtesan of the Royal Family; Dhananjay’s mistress turned third wife; Chandrika and Radhika’s mother
- Karuna Pandey as Maharani Bhagwanti Singh: Queen of Pritampur; Dhananjay’s second wife; Ajay’s mother
- Namrata Thapa as NGO Worker
- Yuvika Chaudhary as Unknown Girl
- Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Estate Agent
- Alok Pandey as Manish “Monty” Verma
- Deepraj Rana as Sanjay: Head of Security of the Royal Palace
- Sanjay Mishra as Gopinath Chaubey: Head of the drama troupe
- Mukesh S Bhatt as Chuttan
- S M Zaheer as Dr. Farooq Ansari
- Micky Makhijja as Dr. Pankaj Nambiar
- Manoj Joshi as Bhuvnesh Bhandari: Advocate of the Pritampur royal family
- Suhasini Mulay as Savitri “Dadisa” Devi: Maithili’s grandmother
- Md Jakir Hossain as Prem’s Friend
- Yash Abbad as Rajkumar of Rajasthan
Storyline:
A conspiracy to eliminate Prince Vijay just days before his coronation is hatched by his younger brother, who eyes the throne, its riches, and its power. Prem, a lookalike of the prince, steps in at this point and loses his heart to the prince’s beloved, Maithili.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹60–90 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹432 crore |
About Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Movie:
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is a Hindi romantic family drama film written and directed by Sooraj Barjatya. Produced by Rajshri Productions, it stars Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor. Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Deepak Dobriyal, and Aashika Bhatia play supporting roles.
It was announced in June 2013 by Salman Khan and Sooraj Barjatya and pre-production work of the film began in January 2014 until June 2014.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is the fourth collaboration between Sooraj R. Barjatya and Salman Khan after their previous films Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994), and Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999), and it is the second collaboration between Salman Khan and Sanom Kapoor after Saawariya (2007).
Initially, Anushka Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha, Kareena Kapoor, Daisy Shah and Deepika Padukone were rumoured to play leading ladies and they turned down the offer. Finally, Sonam Kapoor was signed and to play a leading lady in this film.
It was titled Bade Bhaiya and later changed to Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, an inspired of mythological Ram Ratan Dhan Payo.
Filming began after 1000 days of preparation on 26 June 2014 and wrapped on 2 September 2015 after 200 days of shoot.
It was shot in Rajkot, Gondal, Udaipur, Athirapally Falls and Mumbai. It was shot at several extravagant locations across India. From grand sets to elaborate costumes, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was undeniably a visual delight for all the viewers.
The makers of the film released a ‘behind-the-scene’ video from the film titled ‘Larger Than Life’, wherein they revealed that the royal palace of Pritampur in the film is ‘one of the biggest sets ever made’ which was spread around 100,000 sq. feet. Each actor from the film is also heard speaking about the lavish scale of the film with each shot being ‘grand’. Production Designer Nitin Chandrakant Desai said that “An attempt to give life to each element has been made.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was dubbed and released in Tamil as Meimarandhen Paaraayo (See, I’ve lost myself) and Telugu as Prema Leela (Love games).
The core plot of the film is reportedly inspired by the 2012 South Korean film Masquerade, which was itself loosely based on the 1894 novel The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope.
The music rights of the film were sold to T-Series for ₹17 crore (US$2.1 million), making it the most expensive music rights deal in the Bollywood film industry at the time.
An official game titled “Prem Game”, based on this film has been released by Hungama Digital Services, for Android mobile phone users.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was released worldwide on 12 November 2015 during Diwali season. It opened to an extremely positive reception with praise for Khan’s performance, background, visual effects, story, screenplay and direction. With a worldwide gross of ₹432 crore, it is the second-highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2015 and the 20th-highest-grossing Indian film.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo was dubbed and released in Tamil as Meimarandhen Paaraayo (See, I’ve lost myself) and Telugu as Prema Leela (Love games).
