This Article is From Oct 09, 2014

Why Brad Pitt's Fury To Be Dubbed as Fauji in Hindi

Why Brad Pitt's Fury To Be Dubbed as Fauji in Hindi

Brad Pitt in a still from Fury

New Delhi:

Brad Pitt's Fury, the India release of which has been pushed ahead by two weeks to avoid proximity with Shah Rukh Khan's Diwali offering Happy New Year, will be dubbed in Hindi as Fauji - inspired by the title of the Bollywood superstar's 1988 TV show.

Since Fury features a Hollywood star as big as Brad Pitt, and that too in the role of an army sergeant, the film's distributors in India are also dubbing it in Hindi.

The decision to rename Fury as Fauji cropped up as a tribute to Shah Rukh, who played an army officer in his TV show of the same name, which was among his initial works in Indian showbiz.

"We feel that the film connect will be phenomenal. War films generally have a connect with the Indian audiences due to our own trysts with wars and battles. Brad Pitt epitomises the essence of a fauji and hence we have decided to release the dubbed version of Fury as Fauji," Deepak Sharma, chief operating officer, PVR Pictures, said in a statement.

Like SRK, Brad had started his career in a big way from the small screen. Both of them worked their way to success on the silver screen, and they now savour global popularity.

A war drama, Fury will release across Indian screens on October 31, two weeks after its international release on October 17. The decision was taken keeping in mind the Diwali festivities and the release of Shah Rukh's Happy New Year.

The film also stars Shia Labeouf, and its trailer has received rave reviews internationally.

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