Summary
Madhukar and Parthavi fall head over heels in love with each other, but the fact that they belong to different castes of society, becomes an obstacle in their romance. The lovers dare to go against societal norms and battle all odds for the sake of love.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+26)
Critics 27Audiences 53GoodWatch 35
Tomatometer27%
Audience score57%
IMDb4.8
Box office
2.7×its budget
- Budget
- $5 M
- Worldwide
- $13 M
Worldwide it earned $8 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 18 min
Longer than most romances, +31 min on the typical 107
typical 107138Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Reach
Streams in 78 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
+68Released
2018
July 20, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
RomanceDramaComedyLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
India
14 of 14
Ishaan KhatterMadhukar
Janhvi KapoorParthavi
Ashutosh RanaRatan Singh, Parthavi's father
Aditya KumarRoop, Parthavi's brother
Aishwarya NarkarMadhukar's mother
Kharaj MukherjeeSachin Bhowmick
Shubhaavi ChokseyPromila Bhowmick (as Shubhavi Harshal Choksey)
Shalini KapoorParthavi's Mother- IGIshika GagnejaAmbika
- ABAnkit BishtGokul
- JDJanhavi DaveAnuradha
Durgesh KumarBheema
Shridhar WatsarPurshottam- VCVishwanath ChatterjeeInspector Shekawat
Directing · 1
- Shashank Khaitan Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
Writing · 1
- Nagraj Popatrao Manjule Original Story
Production · 7
- Sumit Chawla Executive Producer
- Karan Johar Producer
- Hiroo Johar Producer
- Apoorva Mehta Producer
- Mukesh Chhabra Casting
- Sujay Kutty Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Vishnu Rao Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Monisha R Baldawa Editor
Sound · 3
- Boloy Kumar Doloi Sound Designer
- Karnail Singh Foley Artist
- Sohel Sanwari Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 2
- Shashank Tere Production Design
- Debashis Debnath Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Manish Malhotra Costume Design
- Natascha Charak Costume Design
- Nikita Mohanty Costume Design
Other crew · 2
- Farah Khan Choreographer
- Tushar Kalia Choreographer
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