Batti Gul Meter Chalu
| Batti Gul Meter Chalu | |
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| Directed by | Shree Narayan Singh |
| Screenplay by | Siddharth-Garima |
| Story by | Vipul K Rawal |
| Produced by | Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Nitin Chandrachud Shree Narayan Singh Kusum Arora Prerna Arora Nishant Pitti |
| Starring | Shahid Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor Yami Gautam Divyendu Sharma |
| Cinematography | Anshuman Mahaley |
| Edited by | Shree Narayan Singh |
| Music by | Score: Vijay Verma Anamik & Lyton Songs: Anu Malik Rochak Kohli Sachet–Parampara |
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| Distributed by | Cinestaan AA Distributors |
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Running time | 161 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | est. ₹56 crore |
Batti Gul Meter Chalu (transl. Lights off, meter on; Hindi pronunciation: [bət̪t̪iː gʊl miːʈəɾ tʃaːluː]) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Shree Narayan Singh and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Nitin Chandrachud, Nishant Pitti and Krishan Kumar. The film tells the story of inflated electricity bills in rural India and stars Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Yami Gautam and Divyendu Sharma.
Principal photography commenced in February 2018 in Tehri, Uttarakhand and was completed in July 2018. The film was released worldwide on 21 September 2018 to negative reviews from critics with praise for its message, humor, performances and cinematography. The movie's running time and story execution faced criticism. The film failed at the box office.