Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar (transl. Sandeep And Pinky Have Absconded) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language black comedy drama film directed and produced by Dibakar Banerjee with distribution by Yash Raj Films. Parineeti Chopra and Arjun Kapoor star in lead roles. The filming began on 7 November 2017 in Mahipalpur. Initially scheduled for theatrical release on 20 March 2020, the film was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. After being delayed for a year, it was finally released theatrically on 19 March 2021 and later on Amazon Prime.Made on the budget of ₹20 crores the film grossed ₹58.125 lakhs globally, emerging as a box office bomb. The critical reception was mixed-to-positive with praise towards the storyline, performances (particularly Chopra), Banerjee's direction and social commentary but criticism towards its slow pacing.At the 67th Filmfare Awards, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar received 10 nominations, including Best Film (Critics), Best Actress (Chopra) and Best Supporting Actress (Gupta), and won Best Dialogue (Grover & Banerjee).