Shamitabh

Shamitabh is a 2015 Indian satirical film written and directed by R. Balki. The film features Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush and Akshara Haasan, in her debut, in the lead roles. The film is jointly produced by Sunil Lulla, Balki, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, R. K. Damani, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Sunil Manchanda and Dhanush under their respective production banners. Ilaiyaraaja composed the soundtrack album and background score, while cinematography was handled by P. C. Sreeram. The film released to positive reviews with critics praising Dhanush and Amitabh's performances.

 

Directed by	R. Balki
Produced by	Sunil Lulla, Gauri Shinde, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, R. K. Damani, Abhishek Bachchan, Dhanush
Written by	R. Balki
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	P. C. Sreeram
Edited by	Hemanti Sarkar
Production company	Hope Productions, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, Wunderbar Films, Balaji Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Eros International, MAD Entertainment Ltd
Release date	6 February 2015
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹250 million

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan as Amitabh Sinha
Dhanush as Danish
Akshara Haasan as Akshara Pandey
Rukmini Vijayakumar as herself
Rekha as herself
Abhinaya as herself
Abhimanyyu as reporter
Rajeev Ravindranathan as a media reporter

Cameo appearances

Rohit Shetty
Karan Johar
Mahesh Bhatt
Anurag Basu
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Rajkumar Hirani
Gauri Shinde
Javed Akhtar
Boney Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor
Tanuka Laghate

Music

Shamitabh: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album to Shamitabh by Ilaiyaraaja
Released 16 January 2015
Genre Feature film cmsoundtrack
Length 25:40
Language Hindi
Label Eros Music

                 Ilaiyaraaja chronology
Touring Talkies     Shamitabh     Mythri
        (2015)                (2015)         (2015)

The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Illaiyaraaja began work for the film's songs on 6 January 2014 in Mumbai. Amitabh Bachchan had lent his voice to a song in the film.

Shamitabh 
(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Ishq E Phillum" Suraj Jagan 04:30
2. "Sha Sha Sha Mi Mi Mi" Caralisa Monteiro 05:20
3."Piddly Si Baatein" Amitabh Bachchan 05:09
4. "Stereophonic Sannata" Shruti Haasan 04:59
5. "Thappad" Suraj Jagan & Earl D'Souza 04:07
6. "Lifebuoy" Suraj Jagan 01:54