Queen (2013 film)

Queen is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, and Madhu Mantena. The film stars Kangana Ranaut in the lead role, with Lisa Haydon and Rajkummar Rao playing supporting roles.[4] The film follows the story of Rani Mehra, a diffident Punjabi girl from New Delhi who embarks on her honeymoon to Paris and Amsterdam by herself after her fiancé calls off their wedding.[5][6]

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Queen
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Directed by	Vikas Bahl
Written by	Anvita Dutt Guptan
Screenplay by	Vikas Bahl Chaitally Parmar Parveez Shaikh
Story by	Vikas Bahl
Produced by	Anurag Kashyap Vikramaditya Motwane
Starring	Kangana Ranaut Rajkummar Rao Lisa Haydon
Cinematography	Bobby Singh Additional Cinematography: Siddharth Diwan
Edited by	Abhijit Kokate Anurag Kashyap
Music by	Amit Trivedi
Production company	Phantom Films
Distributed by	Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Release dates	October 2013 (2013-10) (Busan) 7 March 2014 (2014-03-07)
Running time	146 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹23 crore[2]
Box office	₹95.04 crore[3]

Bahl co-wrote the script of Queen with Chaitally Parmar and Parveez Shaikh. Anvita Dutt Guptan wrote the dialogues for the film. Ranaut, who was encouraged by Bahl to improvise her lines during filming, is recognized as an additional dialogue writer. Amit Trivedi provided the musical score and Guptan also wrote the lyrics. Principal photography of Queen began in 2012 and took 45 days to complete.[7][8][9] Queen received universal critical acclaim, praised for its direction, screenplay and Ranaut's titular performance, with various critics and publications citing it as the best Indian film of 2014. Made on a budget of ₹23 crore (US$2.9 million),[2] the film earned over ₹95 crore (US$12 million) at the global box-office, emerging as a commercial success.[3] It is one of the highest-grossing Indian films featuring a female protagonist.[10] The film won several accolades at prominent Indian and international award ceremonies. At the 60th Filmfare Awards ceremony, the film received a leading 13 nominations and won a leading 6 awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Bahl), and Best Actress (Ranaut). At the 62nd National Film Awards ceremony, the film won the Best Hindi Film (Bahl) and Best Actress (Ranaut).

Queen is cited as a groundbreaking and an influential feminist film by many scholars.[11] Over the years, the film has built a strong cult following. It was named as one of the best films of the decade (2010s) by multiple publications such as Paste and Film Companion. Several publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine[12] and Cosmopolitan have named it as one of the best films of Indian Cinema.[13][12] Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express named Queen as one of India's 75 most iconic and finest films that celebrate the journey of the country.[14][15] British Film Institute ranked Queen amongst the 10 greatest Bollywood films of the 21st century.[16]