Arjun Patiala

A director meets a producer, and he queries about all elements of a masala film (songs, villain, fights, comedy scenes, etc.) and approves it without even reading the script.

The director insists on reading out the script to him, to which the producer agrees. The script is about Arjun Patiala, who wins the national Judo championship. As a reward, he is offered the post of Sub-Inspector in Punjab Police, and he takes charge of Ferozpur police station, where Onida Singh, a constable, becomes his sidekick. He earns the respect of his colleagues on the first day with his wit and integrity. There is a rendezvous with Baby Narula, and as the director narrates, there is a needless item song inserted for entertainment.

Sometime later, he meets Ritu Randhawa, a journalist, and sparks fly between them. The next day DSP Amarjeet Singh Gill visits their police station and tells Arjun that crime free district is his dream. A local drug lord Baldev Singh Rana thrashes the constable from his station. Ritu expecting ignorance from the police for this incident, reaches the crime spot and berates the police for inaction. Arjun Singh also reaches the place and trashes the Baldev, and arrests him. Ritu is impressed, and they start dating.

Arjun Singh meets her in her office and gets information on the crime scene of the district. She explains to him of rivalry between Baladev and Dilbaugh and Sakool, an emerging crime lord.

With limited resources and legal constraints, Arjun decides to instigate a gang war amongst the gangs, which is the only way to eliminate the criminals. He gives Sakool the location of Baladev, and he kills him in the presence of roadside vendors and Arjun Singh. At media briefing, police claims there were no witnesses. Ritu believes that there have to be witnesses because the murder occurred at a busy street, she investigates and smells something fishy. She meets Arjun and expresses her concerns, and asks him to be honest with her. He lies to her that he has no role to play in this. DSP Gill introduces Arjun to MLA Makkad, who also appears to be upright and supports their action.

One by one, all the gangsters are killed except Sakool. Ritu is suspicious of all these gang wars and finally confronts Arjun. She offers him 2 choices, either she investigates all the killings, or they separate, which leads to their break-up. She meets Sakool and tells him about her suspicions, and tries to alert him of his possible death. Sakool tries to kill her because of her intricate knowledge of the crime world & she can become a possible witness to his plan of double-crossing the Police, but somehow she manages to escape.

While following a lead on Ritu's editor, Onida enters the home of Makkad and sees DSP Gill with the editor discussing their plans to take over the vacuum in the criminal world. Realising they are being toyed, he tries to alert Arjun. However, his cover is exposed, and he has to run for his life. The trio (MLA, DSP & editor) visit Arjun Singh, and Makkad gives him an ultimatum to kill Sakool and Onida. She further tells him that she would personally inspect their dead bodies in the morgue. Arjun calls Onida & asks him to meet near a bridge and shoots him in front of Makkad. Later in the day, he calls her to the morgue to inspect the bodies of Sakool & Onida. When she arrives at the morgue, Sakool and Onida shows up alive, and Arjun has double-crossed both Makkad and Sakool. There is a fist fight at the scene, and Arjun is able to escape with DSP Gill and Onida. Sakool and Makkad also escape in the morgue van. Sakool chases Arjun to his ancestral home, and after a long cat and mouse chase, Sakool is shot dead when his father accidentally fires Arjun's gun. Makkad is sent to jail, Arjun and Ritu reconcile, and there is a happy ending as expected of a Masala Film.

{{Cast listing|

• Diljit Dosanjh as Sub-Inspector Arjun Singh, aka Arjun Patiala
• Kriti Sanon as Reporter Ritu Randhawa
• Varun Sharma as Head Constable Onida Singh
• Ronit Roy as IPS Amarjeet Singh Gill{{Cite web |last=Nawaz Kochra |date=9 April 2018 |title=FIRST LOOK: Turban clad Ronit Roy looks a tough cop in his Arjun Patiala avatar |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/first-look-turban-clad-ronit-roy-looks-a-tough-cop-in-his-arjun-patiala-avatar-see-pics/215574 |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=Times Now}}
• Pankaj Tripathi as Producer
• Seema Pahwa as MLA Prapti Makkad
• Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Sakool
• Amit Mehra as Baldev Singh Rana
• Yogesh Upadhyay as Danda
• Biswapati Sarkar as Editor
• Himanshu Kohli as Dilbaugh Singh
• Ritesh Shah as Arjun's father
• Nirmal Rishi as Arjun's mother
• Sumit Gulati as Anda
• Mithilesh Chaturvedi as Abhinav Bhatia Ji
• Ankush Kulshreshtha as Kundan
• Manvendra Tripathi as Dalbir Singh
• Tajender Singh as Gagandeep Mishra
• Pradeep Singh as Ajeet Singh
• Akshay Joshi as Kala Jamun
• Rajeev Tiwari as Doctor
• Jaspal Sandhu as ASI Kartar
• Nikita Grover as Nikki Ahuja
• Bharat Bhatia as Sukhi Bajwa
• Gurmeet Chawla as Jailor
• Sunny Leone as Baby Narula{{Cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=Sunny Leone, Diljit Dosanjh party hard after Arjun Patiala shoot completion |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/sunny-leone-diljit-dosanjh-party-hard-arjun-patiala-shoot-completion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714192947/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/features/sunny-leone-diljit-dosanjh-party-hard-arjun-patiala-shoot-completion/ |archive-date=14 July 2018 |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=Bollywood Hungama}}
• Abhishek Banerjee as Director
• Santosh Anand Pandey as PA of Producer
• Kanwalpreet Singh
• Lakshmi Menon as herself
• Priyanka Mohan as herself
• Vimal as himself

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The story is written by Ritesh Shah.{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=3 June 2018 |title=Writing is a lonely and thankless job: Ritesh Shah |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/writing-is-a-lonely-and-thankless-job-ritesh-shah-118060300227_1.html |access-date=27 March 2019 |work=Business Standard}}

Principal photography began in February 2018 and ended in July 2018.{{Cite web |date=10 January 2018 |title=Here's what Diljit Dosanjh-Kriti Sanon starrer 'Arjun Patiala' is all about |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-here-s-what-diljit-dosanjh-kriti-sanon-starrer-arjun-patiala-is-all-about-2574152 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714164542/http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-here-s-what-diljit-dosanjh-kriti-sanon-starrer-arjun-patiala-is-all-about-2574152 |archive-date=14 July 2018 |access-date=14 July 2018}}{{Cite news |date=8 July 2018 |title=Shooting for 'Arjun Patiala' wraps up |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/shooting-for-arjun-patiala-wraps-up/articleshow/64904235.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20181212074954/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/shooting-for-arjun-patiala-wraps-up/articleshow/64904235.cms |archive-date=12 December 2018 |access-date=27 March 2019 |work=The Times of India |agency=IASN}} It was shot in Chandigarh and some areas of Punjab.{{Cite web |last=Monika Rawal Kukreja |date=27 March 2018 |title=Punjabi fever grips Bollywood: Namaste England, Arjun Patiala, Gold, Paltan all set up camp in Punjab |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/punjabi-fever-grips-bollywood-namaste-england-arjun-patiala-gold-paltan-all-set-up-camp-in-punjab/story-N3kAGe7z78CJwY9ymLWT5J.html |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=Hindustan Times}}

{{Infobox album

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| released = 20 June 2019 {{Cite web |date=20 July 2019 |title=Arjun Patiala - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/arjun-patiala/FKuZpCeGNJ0 |access-date=17 May 2022 |publisher=Jio Saavn}}

| recorded = 2018–2019

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| genre = Feature film soundtrack

| length = 16:09

| language = Hindi

| label = T-Series

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| chronology = Sachin–Jigar

| prev_title = Stree

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| year = 2019

| next_title = Made In China

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The music is composed by Sachin–Jigar, Akash D and Guru Randhawa, with lyrics by Guru Randhawa, Priya Saraiya and Akash D.{{Cite web |last=Mehak Sabharwal |date=28 July 2018 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Out of Gold, Stree and Arjun Patiala, music duo Sachin-Jigar have chosen their favourite |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/article/exclusive-out-of-gold-stree-and-arjun-patiala-music-duo-sachin-jigar-have-chosen-their-favourite/261133 |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=Times Now}}

The first song released was Main Deewana Tera, performed by Guru Randhawa.{{Cite web |date=26 June 2019 |title=Arjun Patiala song Main Deewana Tera: Diljit woos Kriti in this peppy dance number |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/arjun-patiala-song-main-deewana-tera-video-diljit-dosanjh-kriti-sanon-varun-sharma-party-number-5800455/ |access-date=26 June 2019 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

{{Tracklist

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| title1= Main Deewana Tera

|music1= Sachin–Jigar, Guru Randhawa

| extra1= Guru Randhawa, Nikhita Gandhi

| lyrics1 = Guru Randhawa

| length1= 3:14

| title2 =Crazy Habibi v/s Decent Munda

|music2= Sachin–Jigar

| extra2 = Guru Randhawa, Benny Dayal

| lyrics2 = Guru Randhawa

| length2 = 3:03

| title3= Dil Todeya

|music3 = Sachin–Jigar, Guru Randhawa

| extra3 = Diljit Dosanjh

| length3 = 3:15

| lyrics3 = Guru Randhawa

| title4 = Sachiya Mohabbatan

|music4 = Sachin–Jigar

| extra4 = Sachet Tandon

| lyrics4 = Priya Saraiya

| length4 = 3:31

| title5 = Sip Sip

| music5 = Akash D

| extra5 = Guru Bhullar

| lyrics5 = Akash D

| length5 = 2:59

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The film was supposed to open on 13 September 2018 but was first postponed to 3 May 2019, then to 19 July and finally to 26 July.{{Cite web |last=FP Staff |date=27 March 2019 |title=Arjun Patiala: Kriti Sanon, Diljit Dosanjh's film gets a new release date, will now hit theatres on 19 July |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/arjun-patiala-kriti-sanon-diljit-dosanjhs-film-gets-a-new-release-date-will-now-hit-theatres-on-19-july-6336881.html |access-date=27 March 2019 |website=Firstpost}}{{Cite web |date=18 June 2019 |title=Arjun Patiala to release on July 26, box-office clash with Kangana Ranaut's Mental Hai Kya on the cards |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/arjun-patiala-to-release-on-july-26-box-office-clash-with-kangana-ranauts-mental-hai-kya-on-the-cards/438952 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126221832/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/arjun-patiala-to-release-on-july-26-box-office-clash-with-kangana-ranauts-mental-hai-kya-on-the-cards/438952 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |access-date=18 June 2019 |website=Times Now}}

Dinesh Vijan of Maddock Films has stated that the film won't be released in Pakistan due to the Pulwama Attack that happened in Kashmir, India.{{Cite news |date=19 February 2019 |title=Dinesh Vijan on canceling the release of Luka Chuppi in Pakistan: It's time we stand in solidarity of Pulwama attacks |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/dinesh-vijan-on-canceling-release-of-luka-chuppi-in-pakistan-its-time-we-stand-in-solidarity-of-pulwama-attacks-6112241.html |access-date=1 March 2019 |work=Firstpost}}

Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India rated the film 2/5 stars, noting that in the second half, the writing, direction, and execution seemed childish. He felt the music was average except for one number. In concluding, Kotecha wrote, "Spoof comedies can be a tricky affair, and this one is way too underwhelming to tickle your funny bone for full two hours."{{Cite news |last=Kotecha |first=Ronak |date=26 July 2019 |title=Arjun Patiala Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/arjun-patiala/movie-review/70387359.cms |access-date=26 July 2019 |work=The Times of India}} Jyoti Sharma Bawa of the Hindustan Times gave 1/5 stars and felt that Shah and Leyzell's script failed and the film was lost between 'a parody and just another run-of-the-mill film'. Bawa opined, "Spoof as a genre has rarely been tried in Hindi cinema, and someone needs to crack that egg – heaven knows there is a lot waiting to be explored; Arjun Patiala, alas, isn’t that film."{{Cite web |last=Sharma Bawa |first=Jyoti |date=26 July 2019 |title=Arjun Patiala movie review: Diljit Dosanjh, Kriti Sanon can't make up for lack of jokes |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/arjun-patiala-movie-review-diljit-dosanjh-kriti-sanon-can-t-make-up-for-lack-of-jokes/story-79P9Sr04qgOVdsv4aVPauK.html |access-date=26 July 2019 |website=Hindustan Times}} Devesh Sharma reviewing for Filmfare rated the film with 2.5/5 stars, praising the supporting cast of Seema Pahwa, Ronit Roy, and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. He wrote, "More was expected from the film, but it just doesn’t aim high enough ... the ingredients are all there, but the execution isn’t up to mark. The film kind of over-promises but under-delivers."{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Devesh |date=26 July 2019 |title=Movie Review: Arjun Patiala |url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-arjun-patiala-35080.html |access-date=26 July 2019 |website=Filmfare}}

Arjun Patiala had the opening day collection of {{INR}}1.25 crore and the second day collection of {{INR}}1.50 crore, whereas the third day collection was {{INR}}1.75 crores, taking its total opening weekend collection to {{INR}}4.50 crore. The opening week gross of the film was {{INR}}9.18 crore.

{{As of|2019|08|8}}, with a gross of {{INR}}7.88 crore in India and {{INR}}1.38 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of {{INR}}9.26 crore.

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