Players (film)

Players is a 2012 Indian action thriller heist film directed by duo Abbas and Mustan Burmawalla and jointly produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Burmawala Partners. The film features an ensemble cast of Abhishek Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Sonam Kapoor, Sikandar Kher and Omi Vaidya in the lead roles, while Aftab Shivdasani appears in a cameo.The theatrical trailer premiered on 3 November 2011, and the film was released on 6 January 2012. It is an official remake of the 2003 Hollywood blockbuster, The Italian Job,which itself is a remake of the 1969 British caper film, of the same name. Players employs the same plot as the 2003 version, while making the characters and incidents completely different.

Directed by :  Abbas-Mustan
Produced by : Pappu Vaswani
Mohammed Burmawala
Abbas-Mustan
Ajit Andhare
Written by : Sudip Sharma (Dialogue)
Screenplay by  : Rohit Jugraj
Sudip Sharma
Story by : Original Story:
Troy Kennedy Martin
Story Adapted:
Nikhat Bhatty
Bhaskar Hazarika
Based on The Italian Job
by Peter Collinson
Starring Abhishek Bachchan
Vinod Khanna
Bobby Deol
Bipasha Basu
Neil Nitin Mukesh
Sonam Kapoor
Sikandar Kher
Omi Vaidya
Music by Original Songs:
Pritam
Background Score:
Sandeep Shirodkar
Cinematography Ravi Yadav
Edited by Hussain Burmawala
Production
company
Burmawala Partners
Distributed by : Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date
4 January 2012 (Dubai)
5 January 2012 (Kuwait)
6 January 2012 (London and worldwide)
Running time : 163 minutes
Language : Hindi
Budget : 35 crore (US$5.5 million)

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