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Shamitabh

Shamitabh

20156.12h 15m

Overview

A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the way?

Directed by R. Balki
Written by R. Balki
Produced by Dhanush, R Damani, Abhishek Bachchan
Box OfficeBudget: $3.7M0

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Top Cast

Dhanush

Dhanush

Danish

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Sinha

Akshara Haasan

Akshara Haasan

Akshara Pandey

Ivan Rodrigues

Ivan Rodrigues

Anay Verma

R

Rajeev Ravindranathan

Media reporter

Uday Tikekar

Uday Tikekar

Dr. Pandey

Rukmini Vijayakumar

Rukmini Vijayakumar

Self

Rekha

Rekha

Self

Abhinaya

Abhinaya

Self

Rohit Shetty

Rohit Shetty

Self

Themes & Keywords

deaf-mute

About Shamitabh

Shamitabh is a comedy, drama, thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of deaf-mute. Directed by R. Balki, it stars Dhanush, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshara Haasan. A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the way?

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