Firangi

In the 1920s, Mangatram "Manga" is an uneducated, jobless young man who dreams of joining the Police Force but fails at every attempt made to do so. During a visit to the village Naku Guda for his friend Heera's wedding, Manga comes across Sargi and falls in love with her, but being jobless Manga is unable to move forward with his relationship with Sargi.

Manga was born with a unique ability that he could cure anyone's back-ache with a simple kick to the buttocks. One day he manages to cure Englishman Mark Daniel of his back-ache using the same technique. Impressed, Mark offers him a job in the Police Force, which Manga happily accepts. Manga is convinced that since he has a job now, Sargi's family won't object to his marriage with her and so he approaches Sargi's grandfather Lalaji. But Lalaji, who is a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, refuses the proposal because Manga is working for the British, the very people against whom the people of the Naku Guda are fighting for their freedom.

• Kapil Sharma as Mangatram "Manga"[10]
• Ishita Dutta as Sargi[11]
• Monica Gill as Princess Shyamali Devi[12]
• Edward Sonnenblick as Mark Daniels[13]
• Kumud Mishra as Raja Inderveer Singh[14]
• Inaamulhaq as Heera[15][16]
• Neeta Mohindra as Maharani/Mother of Shyamali Devi
• Rajesh Sharma[14]
• Aanjjan Srivastav as Lala Ji[17]
• Jatinder Kaur as Grandmother of Manga
• Jameel Khan[14]
• Vishal O Sharma[14]
• Maryam Zakaria as item number "Gulbadan"[18]
• Roshni Walia as Nimmo
• Hagupreet Singh
• Ghulam Hussain

According to the film director Rajiev Dhingra and producer Kapil Sharma, the idea behind making Firangi was to tell a story set in pre-partition era without making the freedom movement of India, which was prevalent at that time, as its focal point. Kapil said that most films set in pre-independence era have been about the freedom struggle and the tragedies that took place at that time, so they decided to make a story which would focus on the day-to-day lives of people and the simple moments of happiness that they shared with each other.[19][20]

"We had an observation: all the movies that were made during the partition era invariably showed the dark and the tragic side. My grandfather, who was from Pakistan, used to share sad stories about displacement, but he also regaled us of a time when people used to celebrate Eid and Diwali together. Those happy tales spurred the idea for Firangi. So we thought, why not make a film that showed the normal life and the love that blossomed between a couple in the pre-partition era?[21]

— Kapil Sharma on the thought process that conceived the movie Firangi.

Initially, the film was set to release on 10 November 2017, however on 12 October 2017 it was announced that the film would be releasing on 24 November 2017.[22][23] On 21 November, the release date was again postponed due to the delay in obtaining a censor certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification.[24] After obtaining a U/A certificate from the CBFC, Firangi was released on 1 December 2017.[4]

The soundtrack of Firangi is composed by Jatinder Shah while the lyrics have been penned by Dr. Devendra Kafir except one song Gulbadan, lyrics by Ashraf Ali and Krishna Bhardwaj. The first song of the film "Oye Firangi" sung by Sunidhi Chauhan was released on 27 October 2017. The second track of the film titled as "Sajna Sohne Jiha" sung by Jyoti Nooran was released on 2 November 2017. The third single to be released was "Sahiba Russ Gayiya" which is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was released on 9 November 2017. The music of the film was officially released by Zee Music Company on 21 November 2017 which includes 6 songs.

• Firangi at IMDb
• Firangi at Bollywood Hungama