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    Dum Laga Ke Haisha is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Sharat Katariya starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar. Set in 1995 in Haridwar, the film follows Prem, a cassette shop owner who reluctantly marries the overweight Sandhya. Their relationship faces challenges due to Prem's lack of attraction to her. However, over time they start to understand each other better. The film received positive reviews for its story about a unconventional couple and the performances of its lead actors.

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    Dum Laga Ke Haisha is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Sharat Katariya starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar. Set in 1995 in Haridwar, the film follows Prem, a cassette shop owner who reluctantly marries the overweight Sandhya. Their relationship faces challenges due to Prem's lack of attraction to her. However, over time they start to understand each other better. The film received positive reviews for its story about a unconventional couple and the performances of its lead actors.

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    Dum Laga Ke Haisha is a 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Sharat Katariya starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar. Set in 1995 in Haridwar, the film follows Prem, a cassette shop owner who reluctantly marries the overweight Sandhya. Their relationship faces challenges due to Prem's lack of attraction to her. However, over time they start to understand each other better. The film received positive reviews for its story about a unconventional couple and the performances of its lead actors.

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    Dum Laga Ke Haisha

    Dum Laga Ke Haisha (English: Give In All Your Energy)


    is a 2015 Indian Hindi romantic comedy lm directed
    by Sharat Katariya and starring Ayushmann Khurana and
    Bhumi Pednekar in lead roles.[3][4][5] Italian composer
    Andrea Guerra composed the lms background score.[6]
    The lm was released on February 27, 2015 to good critical reception.[7][8][9][10] Box Oce India stated that the
    lm collected 29.17 crore (US$4.6 million) after a veweek run.[2]

    of the group.
    On the work front, a competing shop opens up selling music CDs in the same market, clearly eecting their business. Prems family, talks to the shop-owners family and
    the discussion ends with the other guy challenging Prem
    to participate and win the Dum Laga Ke Haisha contest. (The contest entails him picking up his wife on his
    shoulders and running a race). Meanwhile, Sandhya and
    Prem reach the court to le divorce. The court decides
    that the two must spend 6 months with each other and try
    to work it out. Both decide to live together just as a formality but ice breaks between the two, as they both start
    understanding each other.

    Plot summary

    Set in 1995,[11] Prem Prakash Tiwari (Ayushmann Khurrana) owns a cassette shop in the local market of
    Haridwar. His father is keen to get him married to an
    educated but overweight girl Sandhya (Bhumi Pednekar).
    In spite of him not liking her, the school drop out Prem
    must marry her because he is incapable of attaining a
    girl with 'Juhi-Chawla-level-of-looks.' In an elaborate
    community-wedding ceremony, Prem and Sandhya get
    married.

    Prems aunt successfully convinces him to participate in


    the wife heaving competition and the couple take a last
    chance to save their marriage. The d-day arrives and
    much to the surprise of the society members, Prem and
    Sandhya join the co-participants. Surprisingly, Prem
    shoulders the weight of his wife and surges past all other
    contestants who fall like nine pins. In the last lap, Sandhya
    confesses to Prem that she doesn't want to go to Meerut
    and wants Prem to get her to stay. Prem knows winning
    Prem shows his disinterest in the marriage very visibly. this competition is the only way to do this and pushes himWhile his sister, aunt and mother bicker about his non- self further to eventually win the race defeating his friend
    existent sex life, the guy whisks o to the akhara. Friends who owns the CD store.
    and seniors poke fun of him and he tells them about his But Prem does not let Sandhya get o his back even long
    anguish. His trainer suggests that he must run away but after the race is over. He takes her back all the way to his
    that isn't an option for him. Back home Sandhya tries to house where they seal their love with a kiss and witness
    get him attracted to her. But Prem is too embarrassed to their love blossoming for the rst time.
    even walk with her in market. Prem and Sandhyas relationship continues to remain strained. Over time, her
    frustration shows, when Prems aunt brings up a petty 2 Cast
    topic, the two have a heated exchange of words and she
    tells them how he doesn't treat her well.
    Ayushmann Khurrana as Prem Prakash Tiwari
    Amidst all this a close friend of Prems gets married. He
    Bhumi Pednekar as Sandhya Verma
    and Sandhya go for the ceremony where due to his excessive drinking and jealousy over his friends pretty wife, he
    Kumar Sanu as Kumar Sanu (Cameo)
    tells everyone that sleeping with her feels like hell. Sandhya hears that and slaps him in front of his friends and
    Sanjay Mishra as Chandrabhan Tiwari
    he slaps her back. Next morning at home, the incident
    Alka Amin as Sashi Tiwari
    becomes a big issue as Sandhya, with her ego bruised,
    goes back home. She blames her father-in-law for his lack
    Sheeba Chaddha as Nain Tara
    of respect towards women and not giving his son proper
    education. Sandhyas mother tries to pacify her that she
    Seema Pahwa as Subhadra Rani
    must return to her husband. But she is headstrong decides
    Shrikant Verma as Shakha Babu
    that she can live by herself. Meanwhile, Prem decides to
    channelizing his energy into studying and to clear his En Poorva Neeraj as Sandhyas Divorce Lawyer
    glish paper again, he en-rolls for the exam. His friends too
    Kunal S Malla as Bade Jijaji
    give up on him after a verbal squabble they throw him out
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    REFERENCES

    Sonali Sharma Anand as Hema

    Sunday to take the rst weekend nett. gross to 6.05


    crore (US$950,000).[28] The lm nett. grossed 1.05
    Chandra Choor Rai as Nirmal
    crore (US$160,000) on rst Monday.[29] On its rst Tuesday, the lm saw fall in collections as it managed to collect 1 crore (US$160,000) of 5th day,taking the ve
    3 Production
    day total to nett. 8.05 crore (US$1.3 million).[30][31]
    The lm nett. grossed 17.50 crore (US$2.7 million)
    [12]
    in 10 days.[32] Dum Laga Ke Haisha became one of the
    The story of the has been set Haridwar and Rishikesh.
    Dum Laga Ke Haisha is the rst Bollywood lm to be few Hindi lms, which earned more in second weekend
    entirely shot in the twin temple towns.[13] The script of ( 6.75 crore (US$1.1 million)) than the rst weekend
    [33]
    Dum Laga Ke Haisha
    Dum Laga Ke Haisha was written in 2007, almost seven ( 6.05 crore (US$950,000)).
    [14]
    recorded
    highest
    5th
    weekend
    in
    2015
    with ( 1.13 crore
    years before the release.
    (US$180,000)) nett. gross.[34][35][36] After a ve week
    run, the lm earned 29.17 crore (US$4.6 million).[2]

    Release

    The censor board muted the word Lesbian .[15][16] and


    replaced four words from the lm.[17][18] The lm had a
    platform release in India. Dum Laga Ke Haisha opened
    on 775 screens in India.[19] The lm is set to release in
    overseas markets from 6 March 2015. However, as of
    20 March 2015, this lm has not been released in North
    America. [20]

    Soundtrack

    Kumar Sanu has sung two songs in the lm, while


    Sadhana Sargam makes a comeback with this album.[21]
    Music of this movie is very melodious. This is one of
    the most successful album of the year. Other singers
    are Papon (Angaraag Mahanta), Kailash Kher, Nooran
    SistersJyoti and Sultana, Malini Awasthi, Rahul Ram
    and Monali Thakur. Monali Thakur has sung the song
    Moh Moh ke Dhage All lyrics written by Varun Grover,
    all music composed by Anu Malik.

    Critical reception

    8 References
    [1] Special Features: Box Oce: Worldwide Collections of
    Dum Laga Ke Haisha - Box Oce, Bollywood Hungama.
    Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
    [2] Dum Laga Ke Haisha Goes Into Record Territory. Box
    Oce India. 30 March 2015.
    [3] Bhumi Pednekar to keep low prole before 'Dum
    Laga Ke Haisha' - The Times of India.
    Timesondia.indiatimes.com. 2015-02-18. Retrieved 201503-12.
    [4] "'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' to have platform release - The
    Times of India. Timesondia.indiatimes.com. 2015-0222. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [5] Celebrating Bhumi Pednekar: Why hoopla around Dum
    Laga Ke Haisha shows ingrained fat-phobia. Firstpost.com. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [6] Dum Laga Ke Haisha - TRAILER - Ayushmann Khurrana - Bhumi Pednekar. YouTube. 5 February 2015.
    [7] "'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' tweet review: Love comes in all
    sizes and this movie makes you believe in it. IBNLive.
    [8] Review: Dum Laga Ke Haisha will win your heart. Redi. 27 February 2015.

    The Hindustan times stated that while " You know from
    the onset that the guy will get his girl , the lm " [9] Five times when you will get nostalgic watching Dum
    Laga Ke Haisha : Bollywood, News - India Today. Indibucks stereotypes in many, many ways.[22] Bollywood
    atoday.intoday.in. 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    Hungama praised the lms lead actors Bhumi and
    Ayushmans performances, but criticized direction by [10] "Dum Laga Ke Haisha: A feminist fable about weight of
    Sharat Kataria and editing of the lm.[23] Koimoi rated
    aspirational manhood.
    the lm 4 out of 5 stars.[24] Shubhra gupta of Indian Express gave it 3.5 stars.[25] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN [11] Flashback to the fashion faux pas '90s with Dum Laga
    Ke Haisha. First Post. March 9, 2015. Retrieved 2015gave the lm 3.5 stars.[26]
    03-16.

    Box oce

    Box Oce India stated the lm opened well, earning 3


    crore (US$470,000) in rst two days in India.[27] The
    lm nett. grossed around 3 crore (US$470,000) on rst

    [12] Indo-Asian News Service (21 February 2014). Haridwar


    stinks of religion: Ayushmann. The Times of India (The
    Times Group). Retrieved 13 January 2015.
    [13] Dum Laga Ke Haisha shot entirely in Haridwar - The
    Times of India. Timesondia.indiatimes.com. 2015-0217. Retrieved 2015-03-12.

    [14] Sharat Katariya: 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' took 7 years to


    be a reality - Entertainment. Mid-day.com. Retrieved
    2015-03-12.
    [15] Censors Mute 'Lesbian' In Dum Laga Ke Haisha; Even
    Ashoke Pandit Disagrees.

    9 External links
    Dum Laga Ke Haisha
    Database

    at the Internet Movie

    [16] We are a Ban Republic, if not a banana republic. 7 reasons why we love to ban. Indiatoday.intoday.in. 201503-04. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [17] Not Just Lesbian, Four Hindi Words Replaced in Dum
    Laga Ke Haisha - NDTV Movies. Movies.ndtv.com.
    2015-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [18] Censor Board muted lesbian and replaced four words in
    Ayushmann Khurranas Dum Laga Ke Haisha". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [19] Boxoce. Boxoceindia.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [20] "'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' to get international release.
    Dnaindia.com. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [21] Kumar Sanu post Dum Laga Ke Haisha success: Peoples
    tastes havent changed. Indianexpress.com. Retrieved
    2015-03-12.
    [22] 5 reasons why Dum Laga Ke Haisha wins your heart, and
    approval too.
    [23] Dum Laga Ke Haisha Review.
    hungama.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.

    Bollywood-

    [24] Dum Laga Ke Haisha Movie Review | Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar. Koimoi.com. 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [25] "Dum Laga Ke Haisha review: A couple that wins you
    over gradually but surely. Indianexpress.com. 2015-0301. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [26] Now Showing: Rajeev Masand reviews 'Ab Tak Chhappan 2', 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha', and 'Kingsman: The Secret
    Service' -Videos Movies News:IBNLive Videos. Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [27] Boxoce. Boxoceindia.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [28] Boxoce. Boxoceindia.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [29] Boxoce. Boxoceindia.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [30] Boxoce. Boxoceindia.com. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
    [31] Dum Lagake Haisha Tuesday 5th Day Box Oce Collection. Box Oce Earnings. 4 March 2015.
    [32] Boxoce. Boxoceindia.com. 2014-03-06. Retrieved
    2015-03-12.
    [33] Boxoce. Boxoceindia.com. 2014-03-06. Retrieved
    2015-03-12.
    [34] http://indianexpress.com/article/
    entertainment/bollywood/
    ayushmann-khurranas-dum-laga-ke-haisha-records-highest-5th-weekend-in-2015/
    [35] http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/
    report-dum-laga-ke-haisha-records-highest-fifth-week-collections-at-box-office-in-2015-2073310
    [36] http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/
    dum-laga-ke-haisha-5th-weekend-box-office-collections/

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