Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sharat Katariya
Produced by	Aditya Chopra Maneesh Sharma
Starring	Ayushmann Khurana Bhumi Pednekar
Music by	Songs: Anu Malik Background Score: Andrea Guerra
Production company	Yash Raj Films
Release dates	27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	150 million (US$2.4 million)[1]
Box office	300 million (US$4.8 million)[2]

Dum Laga Ke Haisha (English: Give In All Your Energy) is a 2015 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Sharat Katariya and starring Ayushmann Khurana and Bhumi Pednekar in lead roles.^[3][4][5] Italian composer Andrea Guerra composed the film's background score.^[6] The film was released on 27 February 2015 to good critical reception.^{[7][8][9][10]} Box Office India stated that the film collected 292 million (US$4.6 million) after a five-week run.^[11] Dum Laga Ke Haisha celebrated 50 days of its theatrical run on 16 April 2015.^[12]

Plot summary

Set in 1995,^[13] 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.

Prem shows his disinterest in the marriage very visibly. While his sister, aunt and mother bicker about his non-existent sex life, the guy whisks off to the akhara. Friends and seniors poke fun of him and he tells them about his anguish. His trainer suggests that he must run away but that isn't an option for him. Back home Sandhya tries to get him attracted to her. But Prem is too embarrassed to even walk with her in market. Prem and Sandhya's relationship continues to remain strained. Over time, her frustration shows, when Prem's aunt brings up a petty topic, the two have a heated exchange of words and she tells them how he doesn't treat her well.

Amidst all this a close friend of Prem's gets married. He and Sandhya go for the ceremony where due to his excessive drinking and jealousy over his friend's pretty wife, he tells everyone that sleeping with her feels like hell. Sandhya hears that and slaps him in front of his friends and he slaps her back. Next morning at home, the incident becomes a big issue as Sandhya, with her ego bruised, goes back home. She blames her father-in-law for his lack of respect towards women and not giving his son proper education. Sandhya's mother tries to pacify her that she must return to her husband. But she is headstrong decides that she can live by herself. Meanwhile, Prem decides to channelising his energy into studying and to clear his English paper again, he en-rolls for the exam. His friends too give up on him after a verbal squabble they throw him out of the group.

On the work front, a competing shop opens up selling music CDs in the same market, clearly effecting their business. Prem's family, talks to the shop-owner's 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 file 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.

Prem's 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 this competition is the only way to do this and pushes himself further to eventually win the race defeating his friend who owns the CD store.

But Prem does not let Sandhya get off his back even long after the race is over. He takes her back all the way to his house where they seal their love with a kiss and witness their love blossoming for the first time.

Cast

• Ayushmann Khurrana as Prem Prakash Tiwari
• Bhumi Pednekar as Sandhya Verma
• Kumar Sanu as Kumar Sanu (Cameo)
• Sanjay Mishra as Chandrabhan Tiwari
• Alka Amin as Sashi Tiwari
• Sheeba Chaddha as Nain Tara
• Seema Pahwa as Subhadra Rani
• Shrikant Verma as Shakha Babu
• Poorva Neeraj as Sandhya's Divorce Lawyer
• Kunal S Malla as Bade Jijaji
• Sonali Sharma Anand as Hema
• Chandra Choor Rai as Nirmal
• Jahidul Islam Shuvo as Shuvo

Production

The story of the has been set Haridwar and Rishikesh.^[14] Dum Laga Ke Haisha is the first Bollywood film to be entirely shot in the twin temple towns.^[15] The script of Dum Laga Ke Haisha was written in 2007, almost seven years before the release.^[16]

Release

The censor board muted the word "Lesbian" .^[17][18] and replaced four words from the film.^[19][20] The film had a platform release in India. Dum Laga Ke Haisha opened on 775 screens in India.^[21] However, as of 20 March 2015, this film has not been released in North America.^[22] The film released in UAE on April 23 ,2015.^[23]

Soundtrack

Kumar Sanu has sung two songs in the film, while Sadhana Sargam makes a comeback with this album.^[24] 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 Sisters—Jyoti 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

The Hindustan times stated that while " You know from the onset that the guy will get his girl" , the film " bucks stereotypes in many, many ways".^[25] Bollywood Hungama praised the film's lead actors Bhumi and Ayushman's performances, but criticised direction by Sharat Kataria and editing of the film.^[26] Koimoi rated the film 4 out of 5 stars.^[27] Shubhra gupta of Indian Express gave it 3.5 stars.^[28] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film 3.5 stars.^[29] NDTV gave positive review with 3.5 stars.^[30] Anuj Kumar of The Hindu praised the movie saying "Dum Laga Ke Haisha: A well-rounded effort".^[31]

Box office

Box Office India stated the film opened well, earning 30 million (US$480,000) in first two days in India.^[32] The film nett. grossed around 30 million (US$480,000) on first Sunday to take the first weekend nett. gross to 60.5 million (US$960,000).^[33] The film nett. grossed 10.5 million (US$170,000) on first Monday.^[34] On its first Tuesday, the film saw fall in collections as it managed to collect 10 million (US$160,000) of 5th day,taking the five-day total to nett. 80.5 million (US$1.3 million).^[35][36] The film nett. grossed 175 million (US$2.8 million) in 10 days.^[37] Dum Laga Ke Haisha became one of the few Hindi films, which earned more in second weekend (67.5 million (US$1.1 million)) than the first weekend (60.5 million (US$960,000)).^[38] Dum Laga Ke Haisha recorded highest 5th weekend in 2015 with (11.3 million (US$180,000)) nett. gross.^[39][40][41] After a five-week run, the film earned 29.17 crore (US$4.6 million).^[11]

References

External links

• Dum Laga Ke Haisha at the Internet Movie Database