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Dil Dhadakne Do
File:First Look Poster of Dil Dhadakne Do.jpg
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byZoya Akhtar
Written byReema Kagti
Zoya Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar (dialogue)
Javed Akhtar (additional dialogue)
Produced byRitesh Sidhwani
Farhan Akhtar
Starring
CinematographyCarlos Catalan
Edited byAnand Subaya
Manan Mehta
Music byShankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Production
companies
Junglee Pictures
Excel Entertainment
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Dil Dhadakne Do (English: Let the Heart Beat) is an 2015 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar. The film features an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and Farhan Akhtar and tells the story of a dysfunctional Punjabi family on a cruise trip.[1] The film released worldwide on 5 June 2015.[2]

Synopsis

Millionaire Kamal Mehra (Anil Kapoor) is facing bankruptcy, and to revive credibility, he along with wife Neelam (Shefali Shah) take a bunch of friends on a Mediterranean cruise. This include son Kabir (Ranveer Singh), daughter Ayesha (Priyanka Chopra), her husband Manav (Rahul Bose), his mother ( Zarina Wahab).

Cast

Production

Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma filming in Turkey

Development

The film was first announced as a story based on the brother and sister relationship between Zoya and her brother Farhan Akhtar, she had been working on the script after her 2011 film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.[4] The cast consisted of Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. After Ranbir's date issues were apparent, Akhtar approached Ranveer Singh to play the role of the brother opposite Kareena with Katrina as his love interest.[5] Kareena had decided to turn down the offer as she was keen to work with cousin Ranbir.[6] In June 2013 it was rumoured Priyanka Chopra will be replacing Kareena as Ranveer's sister and in October 2013 it was confirmed.[7][8] Also announced was Anushka Sharma as Ranveer's love interest and Anil Kapoor in a pivotal role. After featuring in Zoya's Luck By Chance and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, brother Farhan Akhtar was confirmed to play a role in the film.[9] Actors Madhuri Dixit, Tabu and Raveena Tandon were all considered for the role of Ranveer's and Priyanka's mother on screen until Shefali Shah was confirmed.[10]

Filming

Shooting of the film's first schedule began on 17 May 2014. The cast and crew filmed on a Cruise Liner Deck 7 throughout Europe, specifically in France, Spain, Tunisia and Italy for a month.[11] Shooting then proceeded on land in Turkey and was wrapped on 18 July 2014.[12] The shooting of the film's second and final schedule began on 5 August 2014 in Mumbai and was officially wrapped on 23 September 2014.

Marketing

The film is scheduled to be released 5 June 2015. The first movie poster was released 22 July 2014.[13] On 10 April 2015 individual posters of the main cast, featuring Kapoor, Shah, Singh, Chopra, Sharma and (Farhan) Akhtar were released. The trailer was screened on 13 April 2015 privately by the team for their families owing to the theme of the film. The trailer was made publicly available on 15 April 2015.[14]

Critical reception

Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave the film 2 stars out of 4, writing that "there is hardly any takeaway from Dil Dhadakne Do and its characters are not likely to stay with you for long".[15] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV also criticised the film, calling it "an overly caramelised and flaky dysfunctional family drama that strives - and fails - to strike a balance between the sly and the syrupy".[16] In a 2½ star review, Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote that the characters in the film "do not cut and bleed, just burble and weep, and some crucial sharpness goes missing".[17] Shilpa Jamkhandikar of Reuters called it "Akhtar's weakest film yet, because she tries to tell too many stories at once and tells none entirely".[18] In a 2 star review, Ananya Bhattacharya of India Today wrote, "Zoya Akhtar tells her simple tale well, but weighs it down with too many relationships and too much of drama. So much so, that after a point, you're no longer interested in the goings-on in front of you".[19] Uday Bhatia of Mint also gave a negative review, calling the film "pretty but never dazzling, busy but never riveting, glib but never wise".[20] Sarita A. Tanwar of Daily News and Analysis gave the film 2½ stars out of 5 and wrote that the film would have "been a lot of fun had it been shorter, crisper and less indulgent".[21] Critic Udita Jhunjhunwala of Business of Cinema criticised the long runtime of the film, the poor characterisation, and termed the climax as "unconceivable".[22] Ritika Bhatia of Business Standard wrote that the film "does have its enjoyable moments, but with a three-hour runtime, it fails to sail the high seas", terming the film "ambitious" but "meandering".[23]

Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com wrote that Dil Dhadakne Do "unravels like an entire season of soap opera condensed into a nearly three-hour movie" but found it "too facile to rise above the charming fluff".[24] Srijana Mitra Das of The Times of India wrote: "Dil Dhadakne Do goes behind the glossy grins of Indian family life, presenting screaming, sobbing dysfunction, heart-ripping extramarital affairs, bitter gender discrimination and heavy parental control".[25] Bollywood Hungama scored the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, particularly praising Akhtar's direction.[26] In a 4 star review for Mumbai Mirror, critic Kunal Guha compared Akhtar's direction to that of Woody Allen and Wes Anderson, and praised Ranveer Singh's performance in it.[27] Mayank Shekhar found the film "long, languid" but also termed it "intensely real & likeable".[28]

Soundtrack

Untitled

The Soundtrack of the album is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Lyrics are penned by Javed Akhtar.

Track listing

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Dil Dhadakne Do"Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra03:48
2."Pehli Baar"Sukriti Kakar, Siddharth Mahadevan04:23
3."Gallan Goodiyaan"Yashita Sharma, Manish Kumar Tipu, Farhan Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh04:56
4."Girls Like To Swing"Sunidhi Chauhan04:03
5."Phir Bhi Yeh Zindagi"Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani, Divya Kumar, Alyssa Mendosa04:27

References

  1. ^ "Zoya Akhtar's film is about a dysfunctional Punjabi family". Times of India. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ^ Adivarekar, Priya. "Zoya's next titled Dil Dhadakne Do". India Express. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Zoya Akhtar to launch Ridhima Sud in Bollywood". Times of India. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Farhan and Ritesh announce Excel's line-up". bollywoodhungama.com. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Hrithik, Kareena, Katrina and Ranveer to Star in Zoya Akhtar's Next Film?". IB Times. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Kareena Kapoor turns down Zoya Akhtar's next!". DNA India. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Priyanka To Play Ranveer's Sister In Zoya Akhtar Film?". boxofficecapsule.com. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Priyanka, Ranveer to play siblings in Zoya's film". bollywoodhungama.com. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Farhan Akhtar in sister Zoya's film". bollywoodhungama.com. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Raveena didn't want to play Ranveer's mother?". timesofindia.com. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Zoya Akhtar's film is about a dysfunctional Punjabi family". Times of India. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  12. ^ "A birthday surprise for Priyanka Chopra". Mid Day. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Dil Dhadakne Do's first poster out". Patrika Group. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  14. ^ "Anil Kapoor and Ranveer Singh to host a party together". Times Of India. 6 April 2015.
  15. ^ Vats, Rohit (5 June 2015). "Dil Dhadakne Do review: This star-studded cruise trip isn't docking nowhere". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  16. ^ Chatterjee, Saibal (5 June 2015). "Dil Dhadakne Do Movie Review". NDTV. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  17. ^ Gupta, Shubhra (5 June 2015). "Dil Dhadakne Do review: Heart develops a big beat for Mr and Mrs Mehra, remains attentive to Ranveer Singh". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  18. ^ Jamkhandikar, Shilpa (5 June 2015). "Movie Review: Dil Dhadakne Do". Reuters. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  19. ^ Bhattacharya, Ananya (5 June 2015). "Dil Dhadakne Do review: Cruising through relationships". India Today. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  20. ^ Bhatia, Uday (5 June 2015). "Film Review: Dil Dhadakne Do". Mint. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  21. ^ Tanwar, Sarita A (5 June 2015). "Dil Dhadakne Do review: Would have been more fun had it been shorter, crisper and less indulgent". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  22. ^ Jhunjhunwala, Udita (5 June 2015). "Dil Dhadakne Do Review: A Watery Designer Drama". Business of Cinema. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  23. ^ Bhatia, Ritika (5 June 2015). "Movie Review: Dil Dhadakne Do is a meandering tale of luxe angst". Business Standard. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  24. ^ Verma, Sukanya (5 June 2015). "Review: Dil Dhadakne Do is charming fluff". Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  25. ^ Mitra Das, Srijana (4 June 2015). "Dil Dhadakne Do's Times Of India Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  26. ^ "Dil Dhadakne Do Review". Bollywood Hungama. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  27. ^ Guha, Kunal (5 June 2015). "Film Review: Dil Dhadakne Do". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  28. ^ Shekhar, Mayank (5 June 2015). "Film review: Dil Dhadakne Do: Long, languid, but intensely real & likeable". ABP News. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
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