Running Shaadi

Running Shaadi (previously known as: Runningshaadi.com^[1]) is an Indian romantic comedy film produced by Shoojit Sircar and Crouching Tiger Motion Pictures about the unique concept of helping people run away with the love of their life to get married. It was named RunningShaadi.com but later it was changed to Running Shaadi. The unlikely duo of a conscientious Bihari and a Sardarji geek stand up and create a platform providing “High Take Social Service“ to Indian couples who want to spend their lives with their soul mates. The film was released on 17 February 2017.^[2][3]

The Shoojit Sircar production stars Amit Sadh, Taapsee Pannu and Arsh Bajwa . It was released to an audience of over 1,100 screens with music from an assembled list of performers.^[4]

Plot

The story revolves around 3 characters Ram Bharose, Sarabjeet and Nimmi. Nimmi is the daughter of a bridal apparel shop owner. Bharose works in this shop named 'Singh & Singh' and his friend Sarabjeet aka Cyberjeet dreams of creating another facebook. A flashback to their school days shows Nimmi getting pregnant due to an acquaintance and she ends up asking her close friend Bharose for help. Cyberjeet helps her by creating a fake school application for a sports tournament which Nimmi uses as an excuse to go out of the town for a night. Then Bharose poses as her husband and helps Nimmi to get an abortion.

Time passes by and Bharose loses his job as a worker at Singh's shop due to a disagreement with him. During this time Bharose's uncle has set Bharose's marriage with his friend's daughter, Neha.

One evening Bharose and his friend Cyberjeet are having tea at a stall where they witness guy being beaten up for eloping with his girlfriend. Upon witnessing this incident, Bharose and Cyberjeet brainstorm a website which will help needy couples to elope.

They successfully help 49 couples to elope and await for helping the 50th couple as their platinum achievement. Nimmi decides to drop by and informs that the doctor who had performed her abortion had visited her father's shop. Her father finds out about her abortion and he decides to fix her marriage. She says that she needs Bharose's help in eloping with her friend Shunty who had gotten her pregnant when she was in school.

Bharose decides to help Nimmi and plans her eloping even after repeated warnings from Cyberjeet. After everything goes according to their plan, Nimmi informs Bharose that she planned to run away with Bharose and not Shunty. She admits to lying and blames Bharose for ignoring her repeatedly.

Bharose now completely shocked asks Nimmi to return back home but she says that she has already written a letter addressing her parents and they must be looking for her. They end up at Nimmi's aunt's house but Nimmi's family find her here and begin shooting at her. Nimmi gets hurt in this episode and Bharose brings her to a hospital. After that they travel to Dalhousie but her family reaches this place while looking for her and Nimmi unknowingly posts her photos online which informs Nimmi's family about her location.

So they plan to go in Patna where Bharose's uncle stays. Bharose meets his to-be-bride, Neha in Patna. She reveals to him that she already has a boyfriend and wishes to marry him but her father is against their marriage. Bharose and team find an opportunity and they convince Neha and her boyfriend to comply to their plan to get hitched.

Finally Neha's marriage day arrives. Due to some misunderstanding, Neha's boyfriend and Cyberjeet get wound up at a police station. Nimmi tries to help Neha run away but Neha's family finds her and brings her back to the mandap. Bharose goes to the bathroom while thinking something and finds a man whom he had previously helped to elope. This man helps him with Neha's elopement.

In the end Bharose gets tired of running along with Nimmi and he decides to confront her family and get married with their consent. The story ends with a happy note.

Cast

• Amit Sadh as Ram Bharose:

A matric-fail migrant Bharose used to work at Singh 'n' Singh bridals as the owner's right-hand man. Being close to the family, he also becomes a confidant to the owner’s daughter Nimmi. Although he is illiterate he is very smart and business minded. His background makes his character comic. He is a dependable yet impulsive lad, who despite facing rejections from his love has the desire and conviction to be with her, though he remains confused by her behaviour.

• Taapsee Pannu as Nimmi:

A loud-spoken, typical Punjabi girl, who lives on her own terms. She wants to enjoy her life without boundaries. She continuously has her share of squabbles with Cyberjeet. She finds herself asking Bharose for favors as she finds him to be a very dependable guy. Her character is that of Amritsar's Patakha Queen.

• Arsh Bajwa as sarabjeet Sidhana ('Cyberjeet'):

A teenage whiz kid, who idolizes Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs. His life revolves around his computer and his idols. He is a street-smart computer geek who, with the help of his friend Bharose, creates one of its kind portal. Being a good friend, he is also very protective of Bharose and stands with him through thick and thin.

Soundtrack

The music of Shoojit Sircar’s films has always received high critical and commercial success. His film Vicky Donor was not just commercially successful but its audio too was hugely popular. The music of his film Madras Cafe & Piku is very unconventional as well.

The music from Running Shaadi.com has been created by an assembled team taking the feel of mixed cult. The music is by Anupam Roy, Abhishek-Akshay & Zeb and features the voices of singers like Bappi Lahiri,^[5] Papon, & Labh Janjua. The full movie soundtrack^[6][7] released on 27 January consists 7 songs in total. The music rights are bought by Times Music.^[8]

References

External links

• Running Shaadi on IMDb