Raees (2017)

Raees (English: Wealthy) is a 2017 Indian crime drama film directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Gauri Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under their banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Excel Entertainment. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The film was a critical and commercial success.

Raees was said to be based on criminal Abdul Latif's life but, the filmmakers denied this, saying "The story of the film is a pure work of fiction, not based on any person; living or dead." The film was released on 25 January 2017.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
  • 3.1 Filming and development
• 4 Release
• 5 Box office
• 6 Critical reception
  • 6.1 India
  • 6.2 Overseas
• 7 Controversy
• 8 Soundtrack
• 9 Marketing
• 10 External links

 

Plot

Raees (Shah Rukh Khan) lives in Gujarat, a state where Prohibition is in force and gets involved in illegal liquor trade at a very young age. Along with Sadiq (Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub), Raees works for a gangster Jairaj (Atul Kulkarni), who smuggles alcohol illegally by bribing the police. Raees lives by the philosophy of his mother that every occupation is good, and no religion is greater than any occupation as long as it does not cause any harm to anyone. He decides to part ways with Jairaj and start operating on his own. He meets Musabhai (Narendra Jha) in Mumbai, and with his help he starts his bootlegging business. Meanwhile, an honest police officer of the IPS cadre, J. A. Majmudar (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) gets transferred to Fatehpur, and starts a major crackdown on alcohol dealers.

Gujarat's Chief Minister and Pashabhai, a shrewd politician supports Raees for liquor and money. With his money, intelligence and tact, Raees consistently find ways to avert Majmudar and continues on with his trade. He also assists his community by offering employment to women to sew cloth bags, which he uses to smuggle alcohol and get them delivered to homes. In the meantime, Raees marries Aasiya (Mahira Khan). Due to his differences with Raees, Jairaj tries to get him killed but survives and kills Jairaj.

Raees and Aasiya have a baby son named Faizan. Raees invites CM, Pashabhai and many others to celebrate with him. Raees is then offered a project by the CM to eliminate the illegal occupants at a land and construct a housing project. Raees manages to get Majmudar transferred to control room department. However, tables turn as Majmudar starts tapping Raees' telephonic conversations. Raees assaults Pashabhai during his election campaign. The CM advises Raees to go to jail for a while for his act. While still locked up, the CM and Pasha form an alliance. To counter them, Raees decides to fight the election from jail and wins.

Meanwhile, Majmudar gets transferred back to Fatehpura. Communal riots break out in the state. Considering Raees a threat, the CM puts the housing project in green zone. Raees suddenly finds himself broke with all his money dwindled on housing project, elections and dispatching food supplies during riots.

Musabhai offers Raees by offering money for an assignment to smuggle gold. Serial bomb blasts rock North India. Police investigations lead to Raees, where the gold he smuggled, contained RDX. Raees kills Musabhai for betraying his trust and killing innocent people to incite communal riots. Majmudar orders his officers to shoot Raees at sight, but Raees brings press with him and surrenders and is well aware Majmudar would kill him. Majmudar takes him to an isolated place and shoots him.

Cast

• Shah Rukh Khan as Raees Alam
• Mahira Khan as Aasiya Alam, Raees' wife
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui as IPS Jaideep Ambalal Majmudar
• Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Sadiq, Raees' friend and confidante
• Sheeba Chaddha as Amina Alam, Raees' mother
• Atul Kulkarni as Jairaj Seth
• Narendra Jha as Musa
• Jaideep Ahlawat as Nawab, Musabhai's assistant
• Uday Tikekar as Pasha Bhai
• Pramod Pathak as Chief Minister of Gujarat
• Utkarsh Mazumdar as Dr. Sanjanwala, Eye Specialist
• Kundan Roy as Kalupor
• Ashutosh Jha as Rasul
• Sunil Upadhyay as Taufiq
• Fareed Arif as Eijaz
• Loveleen Mishra as Ratna madam, School teacher
• Anil Mange as Qasim
• Anurag Arora as Damla
• Sanjay Gurbaxani as Commissioner
• Raj Arjun as Ilyas
• Bhagwan Tiwari as Inspector Devji
• Shubham Chintamani as young Raees
• Shubham Tukaram as young Sadiq
• Sunny Leone as Guest appearance in song "Laila Main Laila"

Production

Filming and development

Shooting of the film began in April 2015. The film has been shot in Mumbai, and sets were re-designed to depict Ahmedabad slums. The last schedule of the film was shot in Gujarat in January 2016. Despite protests, the film was shot in Bhuj without disruptions between January and February 2016.

Release

The film was scheduled to be released on Eid, 6 July 2016, but was postponed to avoid box office competition with Salman Khan starrer Sultan. The film was then rescheduled to be released on 26 January 2017, India's Republic Day, which conflicted with Hrithik Roshan starrer Kaabil, but then both films were moved to 25 January 2017. Raees opened to 3500 screens worldwide.

Box office

Raees grossed ₹ 129 crore worldwide in its opening weekend. Raees grossed ₹ 271 crore worldwide at the end of its theatrical run. With a total nett collection of 128.77 crore, the film was declared as a "Semi - Hit" by the Box Office India

Critical reception

India

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and said director Dholakia "depicts the power play and the cat and mouse chase between Raees and the honest cop Jaideep with flourish and that, in my opinion, is the mainstay of the enterprise."

Nihit Bhave of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The movie can feel a bit long, but if you're going for a great SRK performance and some good ol' popcorn-entertainment, it might just 'raees' to the occasion."

Devarshi Ghosh of India Today rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The filmmaking is pure masala and this is one well cooked masala movie. The story is not suprprising, but Rahul Dholakia's treatment seems fresh."

Writing for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "In Raees, he (SRK) and Dholakia would rather dare than play it safe. The character, a complicated portrayal, is in line with grounding SRK in his faith, and making him rise above it."

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and commented, "Raees might be markedly unfamiliar territory, but [Dholakia] doesn't let that fact undermine the content and its context. The balance that he achieves lends the film sustained solidity."

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "SRK breaks through in some moments but is stymied by florid, seen-too-many-times flourishes in Raees. It is Nawazuddin Siddiqui who really shines through."

Rohit Bhatnagar of Deccan Chronicle rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and said, "The film could have been much more thrilling and gut-wrenching."

Raghav Jaitly from Zee News rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and applauded its "powerhouse performances". He described the film "From dialogue delivery to slow motion sequences, the movie will give you goosebumps at times. If you want to witness high-octane actions, intense emotions and sincere filmmaking, then go for 'Raees'. It amalgamates Shah Rukh's charm and Rahul's intelligence."

Writing for Hindustan Times, Sarit Ray gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, saying "Raees also deserves credit for going with a principal set of Muslim protagonists, a rarity for present-day Bollywood. Nawazuddin Siddiqui has the best lines. Raees perhaps works only as an SRK showcase.", and Anupama Chopra gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying "The best way to enjoy Raees then is to manage expectations first. This is an uneven film. In places, you will applaud and whistle. But you might also find yourself utterly exhausted."

Overseas

Sneha May Francis and Mahwash Ajaz of Dawn respectively commented, "This isn't a fine film. It's vintage Bollywood fluff, which SRK will manage to turn into box-office gold." and, "Raees is the story of neither a hero nor a villain – it is the story of a man who lived in a corrupted system with corrupted morals."

Manjusha Radhakrishnan of Gulf News gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "While the film is engaging, what lets it down are some of the contrived and ridiculous twists in the second half. But the climax packs a punch and that misgiving — 'where is this film going?' — is erased."

Rachel Saltz of The New York Times stated that "Avoiding flabby subplots, Mr. Dholakia keeps "Raees" taut and suspenseful, even at two and a half hours, though it probably has a song too many."

Controversy

There was a clearance issue by Archaeological Survey of India for shooting at Ahmedabad at the ancient mosque and tomb complex, Sarkhej Roza. In March 2016, a legal notice was sent by an alleged gangster, Abdul Latif's son, Mustak, asking how or why a film on his father's life is being made.

A few days after the 2016 Uri terror attack, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) asked for ban on films featuring Pakistani actors on the basis that the actors were not openly condemning terrorism. Raees was on their list, because cast member Mahira Khan is Pakistani. MNS put forward a condition to lift up the ban, that producers shall never cast Pakistani artistes in future and they have to give ₹5 crore as penance to the Indian Army welfare fund, but Indian Army refused to accept it by saying sacrifices should not be politicised. Later, ban was lifted without the conditions on Raees as demanded by MNS.

Farhan Akhtar, co-producer of the film said Raees will never pay, and was threatened by MNS. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra and member of the BJP and the RSS, Devendra Fadnavis said at the meeting with MNS and the producers ₹5 crore as contribution to the Indian Army welfare fund was not quoted compulsory and was never a condition for lifting ban on films featuring Pakistani actors demanded by MNS, and earlier at an event praised Shah Rukh Khan as an "icon" and a "proud Mumbaikar".

Ankita Shorey was the first choice for the female lead of the film, but Mahira Khan got the role, Shorey confirmed that the consideration was not due to the nationality. Shorey later stated that she did not speak about replacement, and did not spell part of the project phrase in her last interview regarding Raees, the actual phrase was "strongly considered for the project", the journalist who took her interview apologised for it. Farhan Akhtar clearly stated that Mahira Khan is in the film like before and nothing has been changed for her part, and the film is ready to release, he further said that if they started the whole film shooting after the terror attack then they would never have signed her depending on the present situation, and concluded by saying showing solidarity to Indian Army is up to them, and only Indian government has the authority to brief them regarding dealing with their conscience, and not by any outsiders.

A day after the release of the trailer of the film, members of the city's Shia community protested the use of religious symbols in the film and lodged a police report. The letter to the police has requested Khan to withdraw all such scenes, and intimated them about a possible peaceful protest in case the request is not met. When contacted, Shilpa Handa from the film's PR agency Spice said that they were still trying to understand the nature of the complaints.

On 11 December 2016, Shah Rukh Khan met MNS supreme Raj Thackeray to assure him that Mahira Khan won't be coming to India to promote the film. On 11 January 2017, it was reported that Shiv Sena again demanded for ban on the movie. They have threatened the cinemas' owners in Chhattisgarh not to screen the film.

Three days before the release of the film, Kailash Vijayvargiya, National General Secretary of BJP, termed Raees as "dishonest" and "anti-national" film, while termed Kaabil as "Patriotic" film, and said earlier in 2015 that Shah Rukh Khan is a defector and he also didn't react to 1993 Bombay bombings and 2008 Mumbai attacks.

The film is banned in Pakistan due to its "objectionable content" by Central Board of Film Censors, the regulatory body and censorship board of Pakistan.

Soundtrack

Main article: Raees (soundtrack)

Marketing

Raees was promoted on various shows which includes The Kapil Sharma Show and Bigg Boss 10, and was also promoted in Dubai. Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Leone even took a special train ride on August Kranti Rajdhani Express from Mumbai to Delhi on 23–24 January 2017 for promotions, but Farid Khan Sherani, fan of Shah Rukh Khan, also a member of Samajwadi Party died in hospital due to stampede on Vadodara railway platform when the train was leaving the station after a long halt for the promotion in front of huge crowd, many were injured too. Shah Rukh Khan later condoled for his fan's death.

External links

Raabta (2017)

Raabta (English: Connection) is an Indian romantic thriller film directed and produced by Dinesh Vijan co-produced by Homi Adajania and Bhushan Kumar. The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon and Jim Sarbh in the lead roles. It was released worldwide on 9 June 2017.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
  • 3.1 Casting
  • 3.2 Controversy
• 4 Critical reception
• 5 Soundtrack
• 6 External links

Plot

The film opens with Shiv (Sushant Singh Rajput) moving from India to Budapest for a job as a banker, along with his friend Radha (Varun Sharma). Shiv is shown to have been a fun-loving womanizer back home and continues this behavior in Budapest. Saira (Kriti Sanon) is haunted by mysterious nightmares of drowning to death. She lives by herself in Budapest and works as a chocolatier. Shiv happens upon Saira's shop while on a date with a woman, but finds himself deeply attracted to Saira. Though she initially rejects his advances, she eventually succumbs and sleeps with Shiv, revealing the next day that she actually has a boyfriend and what happened with Shiv was a mistake. Unwilling to let go of their connection, Shiv interrupts their date and shows Saira that she would rather be with him than with her boyfriend. Saira's boyfriend angrily breaks up with her, and Shiv and Saira start spending time together, growing close. One night, they go to a club with Radha, where they happen upon an eccentric psychic who knows about Saira's nightmares and tells her that the events of her previous life will repeat themselves, and only she can fix them. Saira tearfully reveals to Shiv that she has a fear of water because her parents drowned after a car accident when she was two years old.


While trying to test their love a final time, Shiv and Saira make a pact. Shiv flirts with multiple women, but Saira finds herself strongly drawn to a young businessman Zakir "Zak" Merchant (Jim Sarbh). Shiv reveals he has to leave for a business trip for a week and he and Saira decide to see how they feel after a week's separation. If they still feel strongly about each other, they will start considering marriage. During Shiv's absence, Saira gets to know Zakir better and confides in him about her nightmares. During one of their dinners, Zakir drugs Saira and kidnaps her.


Saira wakes up and finds herself trapped in Zakir's isolated mansion on an island off the coast of Croatia. She demands that he let her go, but he refuses, saying that he spent his whole life looking for her. He explains that they were madly in love in a previous life, but were separated. He refuses to let this happen again. When she does not believe him, he shows her a collection of uncannily accurate paintings he made of her at various ages and says she will find the explanation for her nightmares. Thinking he is crazy, she attempts to escape but ends up falling into the ocean, which triggers her memories of her previous life.


Hundreds of years ago, Saira was the warrior princess Saiba. She was in love with Kaabir (Jim Sarbh), a fellow warrior from her tribe. Their kingdom was threatened by the Muraakis, led by a wise old ruler (Rajkummar Rao). Kaabir is severely wounded by the fierce Muraaki warrior Jilaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), who gives Kaabir an ultimatum to surrender. Saiba challenges Jilaan, and they find themselves attracted to each other. Saiba accepts defeat, surrendering the kingdom to the Muraakis and herself to Jilaan. Kaabir attempts to take Saiba back, but she reveals that she and Jilaan have fallen in love. On their wedding night, a comet falls and the Muraaki ruler realizes that this will be a fateful night. Kaabir ambushes Jilaan and Saiba, and murders Jilaan by wounding him and having him thrown in the ocean. Saiba jumps into the ocean to save him, but to no avail. When she herself dies in the water, Kaabir slits his own throat, killing himself. The Muraaki ruler forebodes that these events will repeat.


However, this time, when Shiv shows up to get Saira back, Saira, convinced that Shiv loves her, decides to fight back against Zakir. When their previous lives' events repeat - Zakir throwing Shiv into the ocean - Shiv drags Zakir down with him and Zakir dies. Saira jumps into the water and is able to save Shiv this time.


The film ends with Shiv humorously telling their children to not believe Saira if she tells them any far-fetched stories about reincarnation, implying that he is still oblivious to the fact that they had a past life.

Cast

• Sushant Singh Rajput as Shiv Kakkar/ Jilaan
• Kriti Sanon as Saira Singh / Saiba
• Jim Sarbh as Zakir (Zak) Merchant / Kaabir
• Varun Sharma as Radha
• Nidhi Subbaiah (uncredited)
• Satendra Bagasi as Dhruv
• Navdeep Tomar as Gujjar
• Rahul Kohli as Kabir
• Karan Singh Chhabra as Happy
• Irrfan as the narrator
• Suneel Sinha as King
• Rajkummar Rao in a special appearance as the 324-year old Muraaki ruler
• Deepika Padukone in a special appearance in Raabta Title Song

Production

The film production began in 2015 and it was set to release in 2016. But the film was delayed for a year due to casting issues. In March 2016, a new release date of 9 June 2017 was announced. The film has been majorly shot in Budapest, Hungary and India. Title song Raabta was shot at Tata Castle in Tata, Hungary. The song Sadda Move was shot at Partition Muesum, Amritsar. Budget of the film Raabta is ₹33 Crores (₹330 Million). The total number of screen count in India is 1820 and 330 in overseas.

Casting

Alia Bhatt was initially considered to play the lead role opposite Sushant Singh Rajput, but turned down the role over scheduling conflicts. In December 2015, Asin was approached to play the lead role opposite Rajput but she turned down the offer because of her decision to not act post marriage, Kriti Sanon was signed on to play the leading female role in the film in February 2016.

Controversy

Raabta makers received a legal notice over plagiarism from Magadheera producer Allu Arvind, they offered to show him the film. They also offered to deposit an escrow amount with the court, but Arvind reportedly rejected both. A source says it was likely Arvind wanted Magadheera to be remade in Hindi, and was concerned no one would be interested after Raabta. On 8 June 2017, the courts ruled in favor of Raabta makers.

Critical reception

Bollywood Hungama rated it 3.5/5. The Times of India rated it 3.5/5, writing "If sparks flew more organically, it would have been easier to make a connection with this epic tale of love." Koimoi rated it 2/5, writing "Raabta is a confused film that never establishes a firm balance between its crossover love stories." Raabta Movie Review:Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express rated it 1.5/5, writing "Some questions arise after Raabta has been seen, chief amongst which is one that comes up every time Bollywood tries, and fails, to do a cracking romance. Why is Bollywood incapable of pulling off a full-length film with a pair of lovers connecting, pulling apart, coming together?" India Today rated it 1/5, calling it "A comet-crossed romance which never hits the target."

Soundtrack

The film's musc was composed by Pritam and JAM8 with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil and Kumaar. The first song of the film "Ik Vaari Aa" sung by Arijit Singh was released on 21 April 2017. The second track of the film "Raabta" (Title Track) is a remake from 2012 film Agent Vinod's "Raabta (Kehte Hain Khuda)" by Irshad Kamil, and by original makers Amitabh Bhattacharya and Pritam is sung Arijit Singh and Nikhita Gandhi and was released on 2 May 2017. The third song "Sadda Move" sung by Diljit Dosanjh and Pardeep Singh Sran and rapped by Raftaar was released on 9 May 2017. The fourth song titled "Lambiyaan Si Judaiyaan" sung by Arijit Singh, Shadab Faridi and Altamash Faridi was released on 18 May 2017. The fifth track of the film "Main Tera Boyfriend" from J Star's 2015 single "Na Na Na Na", originally written by Kumaar and composed Sohrabuddin and Sourav Roy has been recreated for this film and was released on 22 May 2017. The sixth and the last song titled as "Darasal" voiced by Atif Aslam was released on 1 June 2017. The full soundtrack album of the film consists of 7 songs and was released on 3rd June 2017.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ik Vaari Aa"	Amitabh Bhattacharya	Pritam	Arijit Singh	4:34
2.	"Raabta" (Title Track)	Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil	Pritam	Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi	4:57
3.	"Sadda Move"	Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil	Pritam	Diljit Dosanjh, Pardeep Singh Sran, Raftaar	3:31
4.	"Lambiyaan Si Judaiyaan"	Amitabh Bhattacharya	JAM8	Arijit Singh, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi	3:58
5.	"Main Tera Boyfriend"	Kumaar	Sohrabuddin, Sourav Roy	Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar, Meet Bros	4:36
6.	"Darasal"	Irshad Kamil	JAM8	Atif Aslam	4:34
7.	"Ik Vaari Aa" (Jubin Version)	Amitabh Bhattacharya	Pritam	Jubin Nautiyal	4:34

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Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017)

Badrinath Ki Dulhania (English: Badrinath's Bride) is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film, directed by Shashank Khaitan, and produced by Karan Johar under the Dharma Productions banner. Starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt in the lead, the film marks the second installment of a franchise that began with Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014). Principal photography for the film began in May 2016, and the film was released on 10 March 2017, on the Holi weekend.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
• 4 Themes
• 5 Soundtrack
• 6 Critical reception
• 7 Box office
  • 7.1 Domestic
• 8 External links

Plot

Badrinath "Badri" Bansal (Varun Dhawan) is the younger son of a wealthy family in Jhansi. In a flashback, we see that Badri's older brother, Alok (Yash Sinha) was in love with a girl and was going to leave the family for her (because their father disapproved), but decided against it after their father's first heart attack. Now Alok is married to Urmila (Swetha Basu Prasad) through an arranged marriage and she is not allowed to work despite being very intelligent and professionally trained, more than Alok himself. Alok is also depressed at having to leave his love and be forced into a marriage, so spends a lot of time drinking. Badri fears the same fate for himself so when he sees Vaidehi Trivedi (Alia Bhatt) at a wedding, he becomes obsessed with her and makes it his mission to marry her with his father's approval.


Vaidehi is also clearly more intelligent than Badri. She has a full education and is secretly training to become a flight attendant while Badri only passed the tenth grade. She's initially uninterested in getting married and is even offended by his marriage offer. But when Badri helps Vaidehi's older sister, Kritika find a husband and even resolves a dowry crisis, Vaidehi agrees to marry him. On their wedding day, however, Vaidehi never shows. Badri is heartbroken and his father is furious. He commands Badri to find Vaidehi and bring her back so that they can "hang her from the ceiling." Despite being afraid of his father's words, Badri goes to Mumbai to find Vaidehi, where he discovers that she's already moved to Singapore for a flight attendant training program.


Badri shows up on Vaidehi's doorstep in Singapore and kidnaps her. On the way, he pulls over and lets her out of the car trunk and they have an argument. Badri is furious at her for leaving him at the altar and she apologizes, trying to assure him that the reason she left was not because of him. Badri grabs her by the throat when a police car pulls up and takes them to the police station. At the police station, Vaidehi covers for Badri despite him having kidnapped her and attempted to choke her. Over the next few days, Badri stalks Vaidehi. When his father calls, Badri lies and tells him that he didn't find Vaidehi and his father tells him that he's started looking for other brides. This terrifies Badri and he attempts entry into Vaidehi's workplace. She stops him and tells him she'll marry him only if he can convince his father to let her work and live in Singapore. Badri gets drunk that night and causes a scene outside Vaidehi's residential building and they have to go to the police again, where this time Vaidehi has to pay $1500 to bail him out.


Badri moves into Vaidehi's apartment where she cares for him by cooking for him before leaving for work every day, which humbles him. They spend time together with friends and tour Singapore together. Over time Badri begins to respect Vaidehi's independence and grows impressed by her job and intelligence. He also remembers his sister in law and feels sorry that she doesn't get to work. When Badri is finally deported, Vaidehi comes to miss him and becomes depressed by his absence.
Back in Jhansi, Badri's sister-in-law is pregnant and the father holds a mega-pooja to ensure a boy is born. Badri feels sorry for his sister in law and finally understands why Vaidehi ran away. Before the pooja, he gets severely drunk and berates his father for being disrespectful to women. He blames his father for being the reason that he can't have Vaidehi when suddenly he sees Vaidehi from the corner of his eye. She tells him that she loves him and wants to marry him. Together they stand up to his dad and tell him that they will get married and Vaidehi will work as she pleases regardless of whether he agrees or not.


In the epilogue, it is shown that Badri and Vaidehi maintain a long distance relationship while she finishes her training program in Singapore before moving back to India and starting her own flight attendant training center. Badri's sister in law gives birth to twins, one boy and girl, and it is shown that insofar his father has been treating both of them equally. She also starts working in the family's car showroom with Alok and even gets her own office. Badri and Vaidehi promise not to collect any dowry for any of their children.

Cast

• Varun Dhawan as Badrinath Bansal (Badri)
• Alia Bhatt as Vaidehi Trivedi
• Sahil Vaid as Somdev
• Yash Sinha as Aloknath Bansal (Alok)
• Shweta Basu Prasad as Urmila Aloknath Bansal
• Sukhmani Lamba as Kritika Trivedi
• Aakanksha Singh as Kiran
• Gauahar Khan as Laxmi Shankar
• Aparshakti Khurana as Bhushan
• Rituraj Singh (actor) as Badrinath's father
• Swanand Kirkire as Vaidehi's father
• Kanupriya Pandit as Vaidehi's mother
• Atul Narang as Sagar
• Gaurav Pandey as Gurmeet

Production

Badrinath Ki Dulhania marks the second installment of a franchise that began with the romantic comedy Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014), which was also directed by Shashank Khaitan, produced by Karan Johar for Dharma Productions and starred Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles. The film was first announced on 3 May 2016 with the release of an online motion poster featuring Dhawan and Bhatt at a local village fair. Principal photography also began on the same day. Some of the scenes were also shot at the Ghatotkach Circle, Kishore Sagar Lake and Seven Wonders Park in Kota, Rajasthan.

Themes

Misogyny, patriarchy, and gender roles in India are the common themes with the film focusing on the dowry system and stigma against women in the workplace. There is also allusion to violence against women and honor killings as Badri's father makes multiple references to killing Vaidehi and Badri is violent towards her in one scene.

Soundtrack

 The music for the film has been composed by Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi, Akhil Sachdeva and Bappi Lahiri while the lyrics have been written by Kumaar, Shabbir Ahmed, Akhil Sachdeva and Badshah & Indeevar. The "Tamma Tamma" song which was originally composed by Bappi Lahiri from the 1990 film Thanedaar has been recreated by Tanishk Bagchi for this film. The music rights of the film are acquired by T-Series. The full soundtrack album which includes 6 songs was released on 14 February 2017.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aashiq Surrender Hua"	Shabbir Ahmed	Amaal Mallik	Amaal Mallik, Shreya Ghoshal	4:10
2.	"Roke Na Ruke Naina"	Kumaar	Amaal Mallik	Arijit Singh	4:39
3.	"Humsafar"	Akhil Sachdeva	Akhil Sachdeva	Akhil Sachdeva, Mansheel Gujral	4:29
4.	"Badri Ki Dulhania (Title Track)"	Shabbir Ahmed	Tanishk Bagchi	Dev Negi, Neha Kakkar, Monali Thakur, Ikka Singh, Rajnigandha Shekhawat	3:27
5.	"Tamma Tamma Again"	Indeevar, Badshah	Bappi Lahiri, Tanishk Bagchi	Bappi Lahiri, Anuradha Paudwal, Badshah	3:19
6.	"Humsafar" (Alia Bhatt Version)	Akhil Sachdeva	Akhil Sachdeva	Alia Bhatt, Akhil Sachdeva	2:50

Critical reception

Nihit Bhave from Times of India rated the film 3.5/5 and stated "Badrinath Ki Dulhania is a rucksack full of radioactive social issues handled cautiously". He also praised Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhat's chemistry saying, " Together, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt are the best thing that could have happened to our screens". Rohit Rats from Hindustan Times gave film 2.5/5 and noted that Varun Dhawan by portraying a Jhansi boy, reminds of Govinda. Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express gave film 3/5 saying, "Alia Bhatt is pitch-perfect as dulhania with a mind of her own. Varun Dhawan impresses as a boy-struggling-to-be-a-man. Together, they offer us a flavourful romance which takes down patriarchy." Tushar Joshi from DNA India described the film as light, entertaining and likeable. He writes, "Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt prove that on screen chemistry can be enough sometimes to keep you engaged in an average plot with a predictable narrative".

Box office

Domestic

The film collected ₹125.25 crore in the first week  of release becoming fourth highest Indian first week collecting film of 2017. The film was third highest domestic opener for both Bhatt and Dhawan. 

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Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017)

Bareilly Ki Barfi (English: Bareilly's Barfi) is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film, directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari. The film stars Rajkumar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana and Kriti Sanon. It was released worldwide on 18 August, 2017.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Soundtrack
• 4 External links

 

Plot

Bitti(kriti sannon)is a young contemporary girl in Uttar Pradesh, who works in complaint department of electricity board & is the apple of her father's eye. Like most Indian mothers, Bitti's mother wants to see her daughter get married to a nice man from a good family. Bitti however wants a husband who understands her and more importantly, who accepts her exactly the way she is. A suitor comes but after knowing his disgusting mindset , she lies about not being a virgin & gets rejected. Her mother gets irritated with constants rejections but father understands her. She gets heartbroken after hearing her parents conversation & later pours her heart out before her father who consoles & cheer her. That night she leave her house & despite not knowing to go anywhere takes a train. Meanwhile for time pass she also buys a book from the platform . She feels she's found that special someone when she reads a book called 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' and finds herself described and accepted in the pages of the book. She returns to her home same night. She longs to meet the writer and thus one day decides to search for the supposed writer of the book, Pritam Vidrohi (Rajkumar rao) She , along with her best friend Rama, goes back to the sane book store from where she had brought that book & asks about its writer. The owner in turn takes her name & address to inform them in case he get the writer. The book shop owner leads her to Chirag Dubey(Ayushmann khurana), who owns a printing press and who helped publish the book. What Bitti doesn't know, however, is that Chirag is, in fact, the true author of the book. The bookshop owner , also the best friend of chirag , knew that he is the actual writer.Chirag wrote That book 5 years ago, when he had a heartbreak when his girlfriend married someone else. He wrote that book describing his girlfriend & their love story . But since giving his own name as writer might destroy his ex-girlfriend's reputation, he coax his other meek so-called friend "pritam vidrohi" to have his name as writer of the book. Vidrohi agrees but gets so scared of the possible future scenarios , that he leaves the city without telling anyone. 5 years gone, that no one had purchased a single copy of that book except bitti on that day. Bitti tries to get vidrohi's whereabouts from chirag but chirag successfully manages to agree her on writing letters to that writer instead meeting personally. Bitti writes letters, give it to chirag to send it to vidrohi & chirag answer it for her as he is the original writer. In the meantime both becomes good friends. But now bitti is getting upset that despite repeated requests vidrohi is not agreeing to meet her, & requests chirag to arrange a meeting just once . Chirag agrees & as he has fallen for bitti , decides to tell her that truth that he is the actual writer. But later he learns that bitti's mother hates that writer for spoiling their daughter's mind & thus decides not to tell the truth , instead search for vidrohi & make him the scapegoat. They hunt down vidrohi , who now works as saree salesman in a saree shop & blackmails him to do as per their wish else they will tell his mother that he is a mere salesman not some big manager as she thinks. Vidrohi reluctantly agrees. They give a makeover to him & teaches him to behave , look & act exactly opposite of bitti's liking. On first meet with bitti, she gets repelled by vidrohi but her friend rama gets impressed by him. But on second meet, vidrohi impresses bitti's parents , irritating chirag.

Cast

• Rajkummar Rao as Pritam Vidrohi
• Ayushmann Khurrana as Chirag Dubey
• Kriti Sanon as Bitti Mishra
• Pankaj Tripathi as Narottam Mishra
• Seema Bhargava as Sushila Mishra
• Javed Akhtar as Narrator
• Naila Grewal as Babli
• Rohit Choudhary as Munna
• Swati Semwal as Rama

Soundtrack

 The soundtrack was released on 11 August 2017 by Zee Music Company which consists of 8 songs in total; composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Tanishk Bagchi, Samira Koppikar, Sameer Uddin and Vayu, while the lyrics of the film have been penned by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Tanishk Bagchi, Shabbir Ahmed, Puneet Sharma, Abhishek Verma and Vayu.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Sweety Tera Drama"	Shabbir Ahmed, Pravesh Mallick	Tanishk Bagchi	Dev Negi, Pawni Pandey, Shraddha Pandit, Pravesh Mallick	2:27
2.	"Nazm Nazm"	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	3:47
3.	"Twist Kamariya"	Tanishk Bagchi, Vayu	Tanishk Bagchi, Vayu	Harshdeep Kaur, Yaseer Desai, Tanishk Bagchi, Altamash Faridi	2:28
4.	"Bairaagi"	Puneet Sharma	Samira Koppikar	Arijit Singh, Samira Koppikar	4:12
5.	"Badass Babuaa"	Akshay Verma	Sameer Uddin	Abhishek Nailwal, Neha Bhasin, Sameer Uddin	2:47
6.	"Nazm Nazm" (Version 2)	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Ayushmann Khurrana	3:14
7.	"Bairaagi" (Version 2)	Puneet Sharma	Samira Koppikar	Samira Koppikar	3:44
8.	"Nazm Nazm" (Version 3)	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Arko Pravo Mukherjee	Sumedha Karmahe	4:01

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