Sardaar Gabbar Singh

Sardaar Gabbar Singh
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. S. Ravindra
Produced by	Pawan Kalyan Sharrath Marar Sunil Lulla
Written by	Sai Madhav Burra (Dialogues) Shivgopal Krishna (Hindi Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Pawan Kalyan
Story by	Pawan Kalyan
Starring	Pawan Kalyan Kajal Aggarwal Sharad Kelkar Sanjjanaa
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	Arthur A. Wilson
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Production company	Pawan Kalyan Creative Works North Star Entertainment
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date	8 April 2016 (2016-04-08)
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	est. ₹ 92 crore

Sardaar Gabbar Singh is an Indian Telugu-language film directed by K. S. Ravindra. Produced by Pawan Kalyan and Sharrath Marar jointly under their banners Pawan Kalyan Creative Works and North Star Entertainment in association with Eros International, this film is a sequel to Kalyan's earlier film Gabbar Singh (2012).

Besides penning the film's story and screenplay, Kalyan stars in the film with Kajal Aggarwal and Sharad Kelkar in Kelkar's Telugu debut. Devi Sri Prasad composed the score and Arthur A. Wilson was its cinematographer. Initially titled Gabbar Singh 2, the film's production began on 21 February 2014 in Hyderabad with Sampath Nandi directing the film. He was later replaced by Ravindra after which the principal photography began on 29 May 2015 at Malshej Ghat in Maharashtra. Sardaar Gabbar Singh was released worldwide on 8 April 2016 along with a Hindi dubbed version of the same name. The film received massive openings due to pre-release hype and had the second-highest opening to a Telugu Cinema After Baahubali :The Beginning. But was Declared a Box office Flop with many praising Pawan's Action, but Complaining of weak Story Line.After this film, Kalyan started shooting for Katamarayudu .

In October 2012, Pawan Kalyan agreed to act in a film produced by Sharrath Marar, the former CEO of MAA TV, after completing work on Trivikram Srinivas' Attarintiki Daredi (2013). Before the theatrical release of Dabangg 2 (2012), producer Bandla Ganesh registered the title Gabbar Singh in Hyderabad at the Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber which fuelled speculations that this would be the remake of Dabangg 2 and the sequel of Gabbar Singh (2012), which itself was the official Telugu remake of Dabangg featuring Kalyan, Shruti Haasan and Abhimanyu Singh reprising the respective roles played by Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and Sonu Sood in the original.Devi Sri Prasad and Jayanan Vincent were retained as the film's music director and cinematographer from the prequel's technical crew. Sampath Nandi was chosen to direct the film and Marar was announced to execute the film's production. At the same time, the film was reported to have a fresh storyline.