Lucknow Central

Lucknow Central (2017)

After being accused of murder and awaiting his death penalty, Kishen Mohan Girhotra is compelled by NGO worker Gayatri Kashyap to form a musical band of prisoners to compete at band competition held at the dreaded jail of ‘Lucknow Central’. Kishen befriends and convinces a talented bunch of criminals to form a band that provides them with a purpose and a new lease of life.

Date of release
2017-09-15
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (35)
Runtime
2h 27m
Genres
Drama, Action, Thriller
Director
Ranjit Tiwari

Casting

Interesting facts

Lucknow Central is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language prison film directed by Ranjit Tiwari, written by Aseem Arrora, and produced by Nikkhil Advani, Monisha Advani and Madhu Bhojwani under Emmay Entertainment and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures. The film stars Farhan Akhtar, Diana Penty, Ronit Roy, Gippy Grewal, Deepak Dobriyal, Rajesh Sharma and Inaamulhaq. It was released worldwide on 15 September 2017.

Production

Lucknow Central was officially announced on 28 April 2016 through Emmay Entertainment's YouTube channel. The idea to make this film was conceived when director Ranjit Tiwari read in the newspaper about a group of convicts who had formed a music band known as Healing Hearts in Lucknow Central Jail.

Before finalizing the script of Lucknow Central, Tewari and writer Aseem Arora got in touch with various music bands that were being operated from the central jails of India. Arora clarified that the story of Lucknow Central is inspired from real-life events that have taken place in Lucknow Central Jail, Delhi's Tihar Jail, Jammu's Kot Bhalwal Jail and Pune's Yerwada Jail.

In the year 2016, it was reported that the makers had finalized Farhan Akhtar for the lead role in Lucknow Central. Akhtar cited the film's social message and his inclination towards such roles as inspirations for signing the film.

The principal photography of the film commenced on 10 January 2017 at Film City, Mumbai where a replica of Lucknow Central Jail had been created for the shooting of the film. Apart from Mumbai, the shooting of Lucknow Central was also done in Lucknow and Varanasi. The official trailer was launched on 26 July 2017. The film hit the theaters on 15 September 2017.

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