Hindi romantic action film directed by Siddique. The third remake of the director's own 2010 Malayalam film of the same name, the film was produced by Atul Agnihotri and features Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles.[3] It also stars Raj Babbar, Mahesh Manjrekar and Hazel Keech in supporting roles.[4] The film's first look and theatrical trailer was unveiled on 21 July 2011. Bodyguard was released on Eid, 31 August 2011 across 2,250 screens in 70 Indian cities and with 482 prints across the overseas territory.
The film broke many records upon its release. Within the first day of its release, it went on to become the highest opening day grosser as well as the biggest grosser ever for a single day,[5] breaking the records earlier held by Dabangg, another Salman-starrer. The film set another box office record, netting INR99.50 crore (US$22.19 million) in its first week, thus becoming the highest opening week grossing Bollywood film.