Brothers

Brothers (2015)

ब्रदर्स

Blood Against Blood

David and Monty, estranged half-brothers, train in mixed martial arts to earn a livelihood. However, things change when the two are forced to compete against each other in the final tournament.

Date of release
2015-08-14
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (96)
Runtime
2h 35m
Genres
Action, Drama
Director
Karan Malhotra

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Warrior
  • Filmed in: Mumbai

Brothers is a 2015 Hindi-language sports action drama film, based on Mixed Martial arts (MMA) directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by Dharma Productions, Lionsgate Films and Endemol India. A co-production between India and the United States, it is an official remake of the 2011 American film Warrior, it stars Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra with Jacqueline Fernandez, Jackie Shroff and Shefali Shah in supporting roles.

Production

Brothers was announced in late August 2014 by producer Karan Johar on his Twitter account; the film would mark the first collaboration of Akshay Kumar with both Johar and Fox Star Studios, as well as the second co-production between Johar's Dharma Productions and Fox Star Studios after Johar's directorial venture My Name Is Khan, for which actor Sidharth Malhotra had served as an assistant director.

For the role of an MMA fighter, Kumar had taken up a weight-specific diet and shot scenes depicting his actual workout. He also underwent a six-month training of several martial art forms including judo, kyūdō, aikido, and karate.

Malhotra trained in Jujitsu and aikido. It was speculated that he gained 10 kilograms for the role.

Vroovy a joint venture of Hungama and Gameshastra had released the 3D video game titled Brothers: Clash of Fighters available for Android phones.

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