''Ardab Mutiyaran'' is a 2019 Indian Punjabi-language

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film directed by Manav Shah. The film is produced by Gunbir Singh Sidhu and

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under the banner White Hill Studios. Starring

Sonam Bajwa Sonampreet Bajwa (born 16 August 1989) is an Indian model and actress who predominantly appears in Punjabi language films. In addition to few Tamil and Telugu films. She participated in the Femina Miss India contest in 2012. Sonam Bajwa star ...

Mehreen Pirzada Mehreen Pirzada (born 5 November 1995) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Punjabi films. Pirzada made her acting debut in 2016 with the Telugu film '' Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha''. She ma ...

, Ajay Sarkaria and

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, the story of the film revolves around Babbu Bains (played by Sonam Bajwa), who fights evils of the society in her own style. She represents all the women, who fight for their own identity. It was released on 18 October 2019.

Plot

Babbu Bains, a young, spirited and bold girl finds her calling as a recovery agent in a finance company (Chaddha Finance) run by another headstrong girl, Shruti. Babbu’s partner Vicky is always at the receiving end of Shruti’s wrath. Owing to their constant clashes, Shruti sends Babbu for a false recovery to bring her down. This results in Babbu meeting Rinku Bansal, an only bachelor in his house dominated by his sisters-in-law. Rinku falls head over heels in love with her at first sight. Rinku and Babbu get married and Vicky ends up tying the knot with Shruti. Vickey's household is dominated by his mother Sudesh as his dad is a hen-pecked husband. Thus, begins the epic saga of power play between these women both at their workplace and their respective homes. While the men try to make peace between them but end up being pulled at both the ends in this tug of war.

Cast

as Babbu Bains Bansal: Vicky's friend, Rinku's wife. * Ajay Sarkaria as Rinku Bansal : Bittu's son, Babbu's husband. *

as Shruti Chadda Ahuja : Vicky 's wife. *Ninja as Vicky Ahuja: Anuja and Sudesh's son; Shruti's husband *

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as Ahuja *

Upasana Singh Upasana Singh (born 29 June 1975) is an Indian actress and stand-up comedian. Singh is known for her role as a deaf-mute in the 1997 film '' Judaai''. Later on, she got famous for her negative portrayal in '' Son Pari'' as Cruella/Kalipari, a ...

as Sudesh *

Sudesh Lehri Sudesh Lehri (born 27 October 1968) is an Indian stand-up comedian from Punjab, India, who often perform in humour related shows on Indian television and live stage shows. He participated in the 2007 comedy show '' The Great Indian Laughter Ch ...

as Bittu Bansal: Rinku's father; Babbu's father-in-law. *Rajeev Mehra as Sunil Bansal *

Navneet Nishan Navneet Nishan (also known as Navnit Nishan, Navnit or Navnit Singh) (born 25 October 1965) is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role as Tara in the soap opera '' Tara'', and ''Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. She has also worked in the TV s ...

as Darshana Chadda * Inderpal Singh as Chadda Financer * Chesta Bhagat as Saroj Bansal * Myra Singh as Mona Bansal

Production

The film was announced in July 2019, with lead cast of

, Ninja and Ajay Sarkaria. It marked as Ajay Sarkaria's debut film.

Release

The first look of the film was released on 17 September 2019. The official trailer of the film was released by White Hill Music on 19 September 2019. Dialogue promo was released on 4 October 2019. The film was theatrically released on 18 October 2019.

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by Desi Crew, Jassi Katyal, Goldboy, Beat Minister, The Kidd, Gur Sidhu and Cheetah on lyrics of Sidhu Moose Wala, Harmanjeet, Gur Sidhu, Sukh Sohal, Singa, Vicky Gill, Jassi Lokka, and Satta Vairowalia.

Reception

Critical reception

Manpriya Singh of ''

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'' praised the script as refreshing, having a good storyline and funny dialogues. Singh praised the performance of Bajwa, Ajay Sarkaria and the cameo by Navneet Nishan but concluded, "our Jatti

ajwa Ajwa is a reservoir located about 10 miles east of the city of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Construction and function It is an earthen dam that was built early 20th century by the then ruler of Vadodara, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. It ...

is loud and clear. This film belongs to her."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt11122316 2019 films Punjabi-language Indian films 2010s Punjabi-language films Indian romantic drama films Films set in Punjab, India Indian feminist films Films scored by Jassi Katyal