Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan | |
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Cinematography | Sudeep Chatterjee |
Edited by | Ritesh Soni |
Music by | Sohail Sen |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Networks |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹220 million (US$2.8 million) |
Box office | ₹856 million (US$11 million) |
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (transl. My Brother's Bride) is a 2011 Indian
In the film, Dimple Dixit (Kaif) and Luv Agnihotri (Zafar) are due to get married, but difficulties arise when Dimple and Kush (Khan) develop feelings for each other in the days leading up to the wedding.Mere Brother Ki Dulhan entered development in August 2010 after Zafar, then known as an
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan was set for release in July 2011, but was unexpectedly postponed. It was theatrically released in India on September 9 the same year. Mere Brother Ki Dulhan grossed ₹856 million (US$11 million) worldwide, making it the ninth highest grossing Indian language film of 2011.[2] It received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise directed towards Kaif's performance as well as its screenplay, soundtrack and humor. At the 57th Filmfare Awards, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan received 2 nominations – Best Actress (Kaif) and Best Music Director (Sohail Sen).
Plot
After breaking up with his girlfriend, Piyali Patel in London, Luv Agnihotri insists his younger brother Kush, an assistant film director and photographer in Mumbai, to find him a bride. Kush reaches home to meet his army veteran father, Col. (Retd.) Swarnik Agnihotri and homemaker mother, Kanak and travels with them all over India to find a bride suitable for Luv but in vain. His friends come up with an idea to advertise this in a newspaper. A certain Dilip Dixit responds to the advertisement, claiming that he is looking for a suitable groom for his daughter. However, when Kush travels with his parents to Delhi to meet the Dixit family, he is shocked to find out that the prospective bride is none other than Dimple "D" Dixit, who he had previously met during a chance encounter on a college outing five years ago.
Obnoxious and loud, Dimple is everything that Kush is not, but he pleads not to create a scene and asks her to consider the alliance. After meeting Luv, Dimple agrees to marry him. Her brother Ajay wants them to get married at a place in Agra from where the Taj Mahal is visible. However, during the wedding preparations, Kush realizes he has feelings for Dimple, and she initially responds by slapping him as to why he didn't tell her before. Later, they try to elope, but it doesn't work out and they return, planning to distract Luv. Eventually, on the eve of the wedding, Dimple brings Piyali, a mutual friend, to Agra. Luv, figuring out he still has feelings for Piyali, the two elope the next day and get married. Luv then send letters to the Agnihotri and Dixit families explaining the reason behind his elopement.
After reading the letters, Dilip and Swarnik have a bitter fight but figure that the only way to protect their respect and pride is to get Kush and Dimple married. However, Kush maintains a condition that he will marry Dimple only if Luv and Piyali are accepted. The family agrees, with both couples enjoying a proper, lavish wedding. They live happily ever after together.
Cast
- Imran Khanas Kush Agnihotri
- Katrina Kaif as Dimple "D" Dixit
- Ali Zafar as Luv Agnihotri
- Tara D'Souza as Piyali Patel / Piya
- Sufi Malhotraas Robin
- Parikshit Sahni as Colonel Swarnik Agnihotri
- Kanwaljit Singh as Dilip Dixit
- Suparna Marwah as Kanak Agnihotri
- Karmveer Choudhary as Hariyanvi girl's father
- Marhu Sheikh as Lata Dixit
- Arfeen Khan as Ajay Dixit
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Shobhit
- Tariq Vasudeva as Rohit
- Brijendra Kala as Salman Bhai
- John Abraham in a special appearance as himself[3]
- Iain Fraser as Scottish tourist pushing airport cart
- Kyra Dutt in a special song appearance in the title track
Production
Development
Like many
Casting
On 17 October 2010, several media outlets reported on the casting of Preity Zinta in an unspecified "glamorous role".[15] The actress however quickly denied the report on her official Twitter page.[16]
Filming
Filming started on 25 September 2010 and was scheduled to be completed by November. and Pataudi,[17] before moving on to Chandigarh,[18] Agra,[13] Dehradun,[19] Mussoorie,[20] Haridwar,[5] Dhanaulti,[19] Punjab[20] and Himachal Pradesh[20] for a total of 45 days of filming in northern India and finally finishing the film in Mumbai.[21] Juggling between this film and the final shots of Tees Maar Khan and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara,[22] Kaif joined the shoot on 27 September.
A bloody incident happened very early in the shoot, on 29 September, while the crew was filming at
Release
Yash Raj Films were first aiming for a July 2011 release,[28][29] but the release date was later pushed to 16 September 2011. The studio drastically changed their marketing tactics with this film by revealing the title and two stills a week into filming, whereas they have previously been very secretive about sharing such information until about a couple of months before the theatrical release. It was released in Pakistan on 9 September 2011.
Critical reception
The film received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise directed towards Kaif's performance.
Box office
India
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan has had a good opening with first day of 75.0 million net,[43] It had a good first weekend of 255.0 million net.[44] the film held up well on Monday with business of the 37.5 million net mark, taking its four-day business to Rs 290 million net.[45] It grossed ₹378 million (US$4.7 million) net in the first week of its release. Thus it became the ninth highest-grossing film of 2011. At the end of its theatrical run the film grossed ₹772 million (US$9.7 million) Cr in India and a world-wide gross of ₹938 million (US$12 million) against a budget of ₹320 million (US$4.0 million).[46]
Overseas
The film collected ₹200 million (US$2.5 million) from overseas markets.
Soundtrack
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan | ||||
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Mumbai, India | ||||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 35:21[47] | |||
Label | YRF Music | |||
Producer | Sohail Sen | |||
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Source | Rating |
Bollywood Hungama | [48] |
The score and soundtrack of the film was composed by Sohail Sen, best known for being the man behind the music of What's Your Raashee? (2009).[49] Lyrics are penned by Irshad Kamil, the first working between Sohail Sen and Irshad Kamil. Ali Zafar sings one song in the film.[50] "Madhubala", the song picturized on Katrina Kaif was a tribute to yesteryear's popular actress Madhubala. The music was released on 9 August 2011. The album contains six original tracks and two remixes.
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" | Sreeram Chandra, Neha Bhasin | 4:39 |
Total length: | 35:51 |
Reception
The soundtrack of the film received positive reviews from music critics. Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama rated the album favorably, awarding it 3.5/5, stating "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan is a winning album by all means and has in it to be widely popular in days to come. As expected, the entire soundtrack follows a fun approach without anything becoming overtly mushy or mellow. Composer Sohail Sen can be assured that he would now have a successful soundtrack to his name as well that would find a wide audience for itself."[48] This is the music director's third work so far, the first two being What's Your Raashee and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010).[51] Nikhil Hemrajani of Hindustan Times wrote, "That all eight songs in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan's (MBKD) soundtrack are high-energy thumpers probably makes sense for the coming festive season. But there's nothing special about the music, so to speak."[52]
Accolades
Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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Filmfare Awards | Best Actress | Katrina Kaif | Nominated |
Best Music Director | Sohail Sen | Nominated | |
Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Actress | Katrina Kaif | Nominated |
Stardust Awards | Best Actress in a Comedy or Romance | Nominated | |
Best Debut Director | Ali Abbas Zafar | Won | |
4th Mirchi Music Awards | Female Vocalist of The Year |
Neha Bhasin – "Dhunki" | Nominated[53] |
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