# Fukrey (film series)

Fukrey is a series of Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller films. All films are produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under the banner of Excel Entertainment and directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba. and distributed by AA Films.

## Overview
### Fukrey

Delhi-based school backbenchers Dilip "Choocha" Singh who has a god-gift where he can get the winning number of any lottery in his dream and Vikas "Hunny" Gulati has the talent to sand the exact number out of his dream. But struggle to afford significant amount money to get leaked question paper for class XII. Joined with college guard Pandit and Zafar, a former student of the college and a struggling musician and finally Lalli Singh who pursues education through correspondence. All of them need money badly.
All of them went Bholi Punjaban, local gangster for money by explaining Choocha's gift. But Choocha narrates fake story and backfire loose all money. To recover money Bholi gave them drug to sell.

### Fukrey Returns

Hunny and Zafar are dating Priya and Neetu respectively, planning to marry them. Meanwhile Bholi Punjaban is released from jail after 12 months and threatens the Fukras, the boys convince her, she gives them one chance and invests some money to open a Lottery Shop for them and gain profit in it.
Minister Babulal, who aspire to become chief Minister and orders the lottery to change the winning number that Choocha got from his dream, and everyone who invested money is angered. The people gather around to beat them but they escape by jumping off a flyover in the river. Choocha gains a new ability to see the future, and calls his new ability Deja Chu.

### Fukrey 3

Bholi contest for election by with support of water mafia. Hunny hatch plan made Choocha to contest opposite Bholi and because of Choocha innocence get massive support of folks. Bholi made plan and Fukras to South Africa for Choocha's deja-chu but they got another gift.

## Films

| Film | Release date | Director | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Runtime | Status |
| Fukrey | 14 June 2013 | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Vipul Vig Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani | 143 minutes | Released |
| Fukrey Returns | 8 December 2017 | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Vipul Vig Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani | 141 minutes | Released |
| Fukrey 3 | 28 September 2023 | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Vipul Vig | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani | 147 minutes | Released |

## Recurring cast and characters

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the Fukrey franchise.
* An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
* $^C$ indicates a cameo role.
| Characters | Films | Films | Films |
| Characters | Fukrey (2013) | Fukrey Returns (2017) | Fukrey 3 (2023) |
| Vikas "Hunny" Gulati | Pulkit Samrat | Pulkit Samrat | Pulkit Samrat |
| Dilip "Choocha" Singh | Varun Sharma | Varun Sharma | Varun Sharma |
| Zafar | Ali Fazal | Ali Fazal | Ali Fazal |
| Lali Halwai | Manjot Singh | Manjot Singh | Manjot Singh |
| Bholi Punjaban | Richa Chadha | Richa Chadha | Richa Chadha |
| Narayan Pandit "Panditji" | Pankaj Tripathi | Pankaj Tripathi | Pankaj Tripathi |
| Priya Sharma | Priya Anand | Priya Anand | |
| Neetu Raina | Vishakha Singh | Vishakha Singh | |
| Eddie | Michael Obodike | Michael Obodike | Michael Obodike |
| Bobby | Lucas Ogunro | Lucas Ogunro | Lucas Ogunro |
| Hunny Choocha School teacher | V K Sharma | | V K Sharma |
| Choocha's mother | | Neelu Kohli | Neelu Kohli |
| Chief Minister Brijmohan | | Purnendu Bhattacharya | Purnendu Bhattacharya |
| Shinda Singh Ahluwalia | | | Manu Rishi |

## Crew

| Occupation | Film | Film | Film |
| Occupation | Fukrey (2013) | Fukrey Returns (2017) | Fukrey 3 (2023) |
| Director | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Mrighdeep Singh Lamba |
| Producer | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani | Farhan Akhtar Ritesh Sidhwani |
| Writer | Vipul Vig Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Vipul Vig Mrighdeep Singh Lamba | Vipul Vig |
| Cinematography | K. U. Mohanan | Andre Menezes | Amalendu Chaudhary |
| Editor | Munir Alias | Anand Subaya | Manan Ashwin Mehta |
| Songs | Ram Sampath Shekhar Ravjiani | Shaarib-Toshi Sumeet Bellary Prem-Hardeep Jasleen Royal Gulraj Singh Shree D Ishq Bector> | Tanishk Bagchi Abhishek Nailwal Sumeet Bellary |
| Background Score | Ram Sampath Shekhar Ravjiani | Salim–Sulaiman | Abhishek Nailwal |
| Studio | Excel Entertainment | Excel Entertainment | Excel Entertainment |
| Distributor | AA Films | AA Films | AA Films |

## Animated series

An animated series for kids, titled as Fukrey Boyzzz, jointly produced by Excel Entertainment and Discovery Kids India, premiered on 12 October 2019 on Discovery Kids India, which showcases the animated avatars of popular characters Hunny, Choocha, Laali, and Bholi Punjaban, along with other characters. Fukrey Boyzzz: Space Mein Fukrapanti, an Indian animated comedy film directed by Avinash Walzade was released in 2020 continuing from the series.

## Release and reception

Box office
| Film | Release date | Budget | Worldwide Box Office |
| Fukrey | 14 June 2013 | ₹8 crore (US$920,000) | ₹49 crore (US$5.7 million) |
| Fukrey Returns | 8 December 2017 | ₹22 crore (US$2.5 million) | ₹112.30 crore (US$13 million) |
| Fukrey 3 | 28 September 2023 | ₹30 crore (US$3.5 million) | ₹127.6 crore (US$15 million) |
| Total | Total | ₹60 crore (US$6.9 million) | ₹289.67 crore (US$33 million) |
Critical reception
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes |
| Fukrey | 50% (5/10 average rating) (6 reviews) |
| Fukrey Returns | 11% (4/10 average rating) (9 reviews) |
| Fukrey 3 | 44% (4.7/10 average rating) (9 reviews) |