Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran is a 2018 Indian historical action drama[3][4][5][6] film directed by Abhishek Sharma and produced by Zee Studios and JA Entertainment. The film is written by Saiwyn Quadras, Sanyuktha Chawla Sheikh and Abhishek Sharma.[7] The film is based on the nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by the Indian Army at Pokhran in 1998.[8][9] It features John Abraham, Diana Penty and Boman Irani. It was released on 25 May 2018.[10] Parmanu was earlier slated to release on 8 December 2017, but the makers pushed the date to avoid clashing with Padmaavat.[11] Recently film got delayed further owing to conflicts between the producers of the film, Abraham's JA Entertainment and Kriarj entertainment.[12]

Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
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Film poster
Directed by Abhishek Sharma
Produced by
JA Entertainment
Zee Studios
KYTA Production
Written by Saiwyn Quadras
Sanyuktha Chawla Sheikh
Abhishek Sharma
Based on Pokhran-II
Starring
John Abraham
Diana Penty
Boman Irani
Music by Songs:
Sachin-Jigar
Jeet Gannguli
Background Score:
Sandeep Chowta
Cinematography Aseem Mishra
Zubin Mistry
Edited by Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Production
company
Zee Studios
JA Entertainment
Distributed by Pooja Entertainment
Release date
25 May 2018
Running time
128 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹50 crore[1]
Box office ₹15.97 crore[2]
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran is a 2018 Indian historical action drama[3][4][5][6] film directed by Abhishek Sharma and produced by Zee Studios and JA Entertainment. The film is written by Saiwyn Quadras, Sanyuktha Chawla Sheikh and Abhishek Sharma.[7] The film is based on the nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by the Indian Army at Pokhran in 1998.[8][9] It features John Abraham, Diana Penty and Boman Irani. It was released on 25 May 2018.[10] Parmanu was earlier slated to release on 8 December 2017, but the makers pushed the date to avoid clashing with Padmaavat.[11] Recently film got delayed further owing to conflicts between the producers of the film, Abraham's JA Entertainment and Kriarj entertainment.[12]

Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Marketing
5 Soundtrack
6 Reception
7 References
8 External links
Plot
The movie is based on the nuclear test conducted by Indian Army in Pokhran, Rajasthan in 1998.

Cast
John Abraham as Capt. Ashwat Raina [13]
Diana Penty as Capt. Ambalika Bandopadhyay
Boman Irani as Himanshu Shukla, Principal secretary to the Prime Minister
Aditya Hitkari as Dr. Viraf Wadia
Vikas Kumar as Major Prem
Yogendra Tiku as Dr. Naresh Sinha
Ajay Shanker as Puru Ranganathan
Anuja Sathe as Sushma Raina, Ashwat's Wife
Darshan Pandya as Pakistani Spy
Zachary Coffin as Stephen
Mark Bennington as Daniel
Production
Parmanu was officially announced on 15 April 2017 via Taran Adarsh's Twitter handle.[14] John Abraham was approached by film producers Prerna Arora and Arjun N Kapoor with the script, which was further developed.[15] Parmanu was shot in Delhi and Mumbai, with major portions