Veere Di Wedding (translation: friend's wedding) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language female buddy comedy film, directed by Shashanka Ghosh and co-produced by Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. It stars Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania in lead roles, as four friends attending a wedding.
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| Directed by | Shashanka Ghosh |
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| Cinematography | Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti |
| Edited by | Shweta Venkat Matthew |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ?42 crore |
| Box office | ?138.80 crore |
Veere Di Wedding released theatrically on 1 June 2018 and received mixed reviews from critics, with praise towards the chemistry and performances of the cast. Made on a budget of ?42 crore (US$6.1 million), the film earned over ?138 crore (US$20 million) worldwide to emerge as one of the highest-grossing Hindi films featuring a female lead.The movie takes inspiration from the 2008 romantic comedy Sex and the City for its main plot.
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Plot
The story revolves around four friends from high school - Kalindi (Kareena Kapoor Khan), Avni (Sonam Kapoor), Sakshi (Swara Bhaskar), and Meera (Shikha Talsania) and is set in Delhi in India. Years later the friends (veere) reunite when Kalindi gets engaged to be married.
Kalindi has been living with her boyfriend, Rishabh (Sumeet Vyas) in Australia. He proposes to her and she is shocked. She agrees ultimately when he convinces her. Coming from a broken home, Kalindi is averse to the idea of marriage. Her parents got divorced when she was young and her father remarries another woman. Avni is a blossoming divorce lawyer in Delhi but her mother is constantly looking for suitable grooms for her. Sakshi is living with her parents after moving out from her husband's as her marriage is on the rocks. Even though she retaliates, she gets upset of the taunts she has to hear because of her impending divorce. Meera has eloped with an American man, John, whom she has a son with. She is estranged from her foster father but her husband always asks her to get in touch with him. Even though Meera misses him, she refuses to call him till he accepts John.
When Kalindi goes to Delhi with Rishabh to get married, she is overwhelmed by Rishabh's family and their involvement with making the wedding a big event. She lives with her gay uncle and his partner. Her "veere" come to meet her and they bond over glasses of champagne. Avni realizes she wants to get married too and under her mother's influence meets a few prospective grooms. Kalindi's father tries to get involved in her wedding along with his wife, but she rebuffs their advances. She is torn between Rishabh's family and hers and becomes extremely anxious. During her engagement party, Rishabh's makes a comment about her family's instability to which Kalindi breaks off the engagement with him. Avni is drunk and vulnerable after her prospective groom rejected her kiss, she sleeps with Bhandari (Vishwas Kini) who is Rishabh's cousin. The next day, Kalindi is found in her old house, reminiscing her mother's pictures. Rishabh's apologizes to her and she forgives him. After realizing that they have different expectations from each other, they decide to break up. Her friends, are not supportive of her decision and try to reason with her. Kalindi, being set on her way gets into an argument with them and leaves. A month later, Sakshi, buys all her veere an all paid vacation to Thailand. They reconnect with each other just like old times and talk about their issues. Kalindi talks about her commitment issues stemming from her broken family problems. Avni talks about wanting to do the right thing by marrying the right guy and confesses having sex with Bhandari. Sakshi talks about why her husband wants to divorce her. Sakshi and her husband were facing a lot of problems in their marriage and were always fighting. One day, he walks in on her masturbating and appalled, decides to divorce her. She is very embarrassed to tell her parents the reason of why she moved out of his house. Meera tells them she hasn't had sex in a year and the birth of her son has taken her away from it. Everyone decides to go back and face their problems. Kalindi proposes to Rishabh and decides to marry him in a small intimate ceremony. Avni, in spite of rejecting Bhandari initially, decides to give him a chance. Sakshi tells her parents the truth about her divorce and they are very supportive. Avni, Sakshi and Meera also resolve the problems between Kalindi's father and uncle regarding the will of the old house. They bequeath the entire ownership of the house to Kalindi as a way to show her that they have mended ways.
On the day of the wedding, Kalindi wears her mother's old wedding gown and the ceremony is a small event with fewer guests in contrast to the old one. John finally calls Meera's foster father and tells them about their son. He comes to the wedding and is reunited with Meera and her son. The film ends with everyone dancing to Kalindi and Rishabh's wedding reception.
Cast
- Kareena Kapoor as Kalindi Puri
- Smriti Setya as Young Kalindi
- Sonam Kapoor as Avni Sharma
- Muskaan Khubchandani as Young Avni
- Swara Bhaskar as Sakshi Soni
- Muskaan Malhotra as Young Sakshi
- Shikha Talsania as Meera Kaur Sood Stinson
- Kashish Kanwar as Young Meera
- Neena Gupta as Avni's mother
- Sumeet Vyas as Rishabh Malhotra, Kalindi's fiancé
- Vishwas Kini as Bhandari
- Vivek Mushran as Cookie Chacha, Kalindi's uncle
- Ayessha Raza as Rishabh's mom
- Manoj Pahwa as Rishabh's dad
- Alka Kaushal as Santosh aunty, Bhandari's mother
- Ekavali Khanna as Paromita, Kalindi's stepmother
- Sukesh Arora as Keshav, Cookie's boyfriend
- Anjum Rajabali as Kishan Puri, Kalindi's father
- Ishwak Singh as Nirmal
- Suraj Singh as Vineet
- Edward Sonnenblick as John Stinson, Meera's husband
- Kamlesh Gill as Jhaaiji
- Bubbles Sabharwal as Sakshi's mother
- Babla Kochar as Sakshi’s father
- Kalpana Jha as Shanti
- Kavita Ghai as Kalindi’s mother
Production
Development
In December 2015, Sonam Kapoor indicated that she would be working on a project with her sister Rhea Kapoor. The project was officially announced in June 2016.
The project was delayed due to Kareena Kapoor's pregnancy. Principal photography began in September 2017. The movie was shot in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangkok. Swara Bhaskar, Kareena Kapoor and Shikha Talsania agreed to act in the film. Sumeet Vyas was cast as Kareena's boyfriend.
The project underwent three major schedules in Delhi, Mumbai and Phuket.
The trailer was released on April 25. The first song from the movie, Tareefan, was released on May 2.
Controversy
Another Hindi film with a similar title Veerey Ki Wedding, starring Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda and Jimmy Shergill appeared while the movie was in production. Legal action brought by father-daughter duo Anil Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor to challenge the use of such a similar name was unsuccessful.
The film was banned in Pakistan and Kuwait for its explicit language and sexuality. When asked about the ban in Pakistan, Swara Bhaskar responded that it's evident that it would be banned in a non-secular nation states run by Sharia Law, like Pakistan and further elaborated that the people of Pakistan would in fact watch the movie citing tweets from them.
Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Shashwat Sachdev, White Noise, Vishal Mishra and Qaran | ||||
| Released | 8 May 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2017-2018 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:10 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Zee Music Company | |||
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The music of the film is composed by Shashwat Sachdev, Vishal Mishra and White Noise while the lyrics are penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Raj Shekhar, Qaran, Rupin Pahwa, White Noise, Shashwat Sachdev, Badshah, Shellee and Gaurav Solanki. The first song of the film, Tareefan which is sung by Badshah was released on 2 May 2018. The soundtrack was released by Zee Music Company on 8 May 2018.
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