Dabangg 3 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Prabhu
Deva and co-produced by Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan under their respective
banners of Salman Khan Films and Arbaaz Khan Productions. The film serves as
a circumaural the 2010 film Dabangg and 2012 film Dabangg 2, and is the third
installment of the Dabangg film series. The screenplay of the film is written by
Salman Khan, Prabhu Deva, and Alok Upadhyaya. The story, written by Salman
Khan, is set in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
The film features Salman Khan, Sonakshi
Sinha and Arbaaz Khan reprising their
roles from the previous film, along with
Sudeep as the antagonist and Saiee Man-
jrekar in her Bollywood debut. Set after the
events of Dabangg 2, the film showcases
Chulbul Pandey's origin as a police officer,
after his encounter with an old rival named
Bali Singh refreshes his memory.
Along with dubbed versions in Kannada,
Tamil and Telugu languages, the film was
theatrically released in India on 20 Decem-
ber 2019. It opened to mixed reviews from
critics who praised Khan and Sudeep's
performances while others found it formu-
laic and weaker as compared to the pre-
quels. At the box office, the film's collec-
tions were further affected by the CAA
protests, making it the lowest-grossing
film in the franchise.
The film was theatrically released in
India on 20 December 2019 along with
dubbed versions in Kannada, Tamil and
Telugu languages. Dabangg 3's open-
ing day domestic collection was Rs
24.50 crore. On the second day, the film
collected Rs 23.75 crore. On the third
day, the film collected Rs 30.50 crore,
taking total opening weekend collec-
tion to Rs 78.75 crore. As of 5 January
2020, with a gross of Rs 171.71 crore in
India and Rs 39.18 crore overseas, the
film has a worldwide gross collection of
Rs 210.89 crore.
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