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Movie Review

Movie Title: Dil Dhadakne

DoReview By: Anirudh Jain

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Synopsis

Dil dhadakne do i a 201! indian co"ed#$dra"a %il" directed #'o#a Akhtar and (roduced # Riteh )idhwani and *arhan Akhtar.+he %il" %eature an ene"le cat o% Anil ,a(oor- )he%ali )hah-ri#anka /ho(ra- Ranveer )inh- and Anuhka )har"a. *arhan

 Akhtar "ake a ca"eo a((earance- and Aa"ir ,han (er%or" avoice role. +he %il" tells the story of a dysfunctional Punjabi

family who invite their family and friends on a cruise trip to

celebrate the parents' 30th weddin anniversary. +he %il" wareleaed worldwide on ! June 201!.

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Movie /redit

!irected by: 'o#a Akhtar Produced by: Riteh )idhwani *arhan Akhtar "ritten by: *arhan Akhtar Dialoue Javed Akhtar Additional DialoueScreenplay by: Ree"a ,ati 'o#a Akhtar Story by: Ree"a ,ati 'o#a Akhtar Starrin: Anil ,a(oor 

)he%ali )hahri#anka /ho(ra

Ranveer )inh*arhan Akhtar  Anuhka )har"a*arhan Akhtar 

Music by: )hankar$Ehaan$3o##inematoraphy: /arlo /atalan

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$dited by: Anand )ua#a- MananMehtaProduction company: Junlee icture-Ecel Entertain"ent!istributed by: Ero International

Release dates: ! June 201!Runnin time% 152 "inute#ountry: India&anuae: 6indiBudet: ! crore 8)91 "illion;1<Bo office: 144 crore 8)922 "illion₹

Movie /redit/ontd.

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roduction

!evelopment+he %il" wa %irt announced a a tor# aed on the rother and iter relationhi( etween 'o#aand her rother *arhan Akhtar- he had een workin on the cri(t a%ter her 2011 %il" 'indai =aMilei Doara. +he cat conited o% 6rithik Rohan- ,areena ,a(oor- Ranir ,a(oor and ,atrina,ai%. A%ter Ranir> date iue were a((arent- Akhtar a((roached Ranveer )inh to (la# the role o%the rother o((oite ,areena with ,atrina a hi love interet. ,areena had decided to turn downthe o%%er a he wa keen to work with couin Ranir. In June 201 it wa ru"oured ri#anka

/ho(ra will e re(lacin ,areena a Ranveer> iter and in ?ctoer 201 it wa con%ir"ed. Aloannounced wa Anuhka )har"a a Ranveer> love interet and Anil ,a(oor in a (ivotal role. A%ter%eaturin in 'o#a> 3uck @# /hance and 'indai =a Milei Doara- rother *arhan Akhtar wacon%ir"ed to (la# a role in the %il". Actor Madhuri Diit- +au and Raveena +andon were allconidered %or the role o% Ranveer> and ri#anka> "other on creen until )he%ali )hah wacon%ir"ed.(ilmin

)hootin o% the %il"> %irt chedule ean on 17 Ma# 2014. +he cat and crew %il"ed on aull"antur /ruie Deck 7 throuhout Euro(e- (eci%icall# in *rance- )(ain- +uniia and Ital# %or a"onth. )hootin then (roceeded on land in +urke# and wa wra((ed on 1 Jul# 2014. +he hootino% the %il"> econd and %inal chedule ean on ! Auut 2014 in Mu"ai and wa o%%iciall#wra((ed on 2 )e(te"er 2014.

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/ritical Rece(tion

In a 4 tar review %or Mu"ai Mirror- critic ,unal uha co"(ared Akhtar> direction to that o% Bood# Allenand Be Anderon- and (raied Ranveer )inh> (er%or"ance in it.;17< /onverel#- )hil(a Ja"khandikaro% Reuter called it CAkhtar> weaket %il" #et- ecaue he trie to tell too "an# torie at once and tellnone entirel#C.;1< )aial /hatteree o% =D+ criticiFed the %il" a well- callin it Can overl# cara"eliedand %lak# d#%unctional %a"il# dra"a that trive $ and %ail $ to trike a alance etween the l# and the#ru(#C- and ave the %il" 2.! tar.;1G< @oll#wood 6una"a cored the %il" .! tar- (articularl#(raiin Akhtar> direction %or C;(ullin< o%% uch a "ani%icent %il" with uch ut"ot eae.C;20< )uhah ,.

Jha alo (raied the direction- writin that Akhtar (roved that he wa the C"ater o% d#%unctionalel%ervin relationhi(C and ave the %il" 4 tar.;21< Rohit at o% 6indutan +i"e- however- ave the%il" 2 tar- writin that Cthere i hardl# an# takeawa# %ro" Dil Dhadakne Do and it character are notlikel# to ta# with #ou %or lonC.;22<*il" critic Raeev Maand o% /==$I@=- who (articularl# (raied the (er%or"ance o% the lead actor andthe hu"our in the creen(la#- concluded that the %il" i Cea# and reeF#- and (acked with terri%ic actorwho a((ear to e eno#in the"elveC- althouh he did criticiFe the (acin and cli"a o% the %il".;2<)riana Mitra Da o% +he +i"e o% India ave the %il" 4 tar- alo (raiin the (er%or"ance o% the lead

actor- e(eciall# )inh>- and reviewed- C?n thi hi(- a %ew olt could e tihter. @ut thee are %leetincloud on an otherwie eauti%ul ea- hotin a cruie...while earchin e#ond @oll#wood> e"otional@oto %or a %a"il#> wart $ and it heart.C;24< Rachit u(ta o% *il"%are decried the %il" a a C(unk#co"ed#- traiht %ro" the heartC- attriutin the (er%or"ance o% the lead actor a the (ri"e reaon %orthe %il"> ucce.;2!< )huha )hett#$)aha o% Mid$Da# ave the %il" 4 tar- and (raied the tor#-tatin- CI% thi %il" look like an entertainin- eca(it %il" at the outet- it i- ut it i alo "uch dee(erthan thatC

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