The film was selected as India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film nomination for the 85th Academy Awards. The film went on to gross over ₹1.75 billion (US$22 million) worldwide. The film was a major box-office success, becoming one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2012 in India and overseas. The film received widespread critical acclaim, with critics praising the cast performances, direction, screenplay, cinematography, music and the positive portrayal of physically disabled people. Made on a budget of approximately ₹500 million (US$6.3 million), Barfi! opened worldwide on 14 September 2012. Set in 1970s Darjeeling and Kolkata, the film is about Murphy 'Barfi' Johnson, a deaf-mute young boy who develops a special bond with two young girls Shruti Ghosh and Jhilmil Chatterjee, while often being chased by a local police officer Inspector Sudhanshu Dutta for his nuisances. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor as the eponymous lead, alongside Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz in lead roles, with Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, Haradhan Bandopadhyay and Jisshu Sengupta in supporting roles. Barfi! is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Anurag Basu and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures.

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