''Dolly Ki Doli'' () is a 2015 Indian

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-language

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, directed by debutant Abhishek Dogra and produced by actor

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under his production house

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. The film stars

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in the title role and also features

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and

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. The film was released on 23 January 2015. The trailer for the film was released in December 2014, on the anniversary of Malaika and Arbaaz. It is a remake of the 2013 Punjabi film ''R.S.V.P. - Ronde Saare Vyah Picho''. Kapoor's performance was praised, earning her a Best Actress nomination at the

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Plot

The film centres around a young woman, Dolly (

), who is a con artist. She marries men from different religions and runs away with their wealth on the night of the wedding with their money. Her entire family consists of con artists. The first man she cons is Sonu Sherawat (

). After conning a number of rich men, she gets media attention, who label her as a "looteri dulhan" (bride thief). Officer Robin Singh (

) is assigned the duty to catch Dolly. When she tries to con an innocent Delhi boy Manjot (

), she mistakenly lets people take a picture of her which are then splashed all over the media, forcing them to hide from public for a few months. After 6 months, when Dolly and her gang again try to con Prince Aditya Singh (

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), who recently came from abroad, they are arrested by Robin Singh. Then it is revealed that Robin Singh and Dolly have a past which provoked Dolly to be a con artist in the first place. She is put behind bars but she escapes with Robin's help and they get married. But she leaves him too and regroups with her old gang members and goes in search of their next victim.

Cast

as Dolly Singh/Dolly Dubey/Madhuri Chawla/Bhagyashree Sherawat/Priya Saluja/Kisi Kaam Ki Nahin Nalli *

as Inspector Robin Singh *

as Sonu Sherawat *

as Manjot Singh Chadda * Dilraj Singh Hada as Peter *

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as Jagdish “Raju” Dubey/Jagdish Singh, Dolly's fake brother * Manoj Joshi as Dubeyji/Major SK Singh, Dolly's fake father * Rajesh Sharma as Ramesh Sherawat, Sonu's Father *

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as Gauri Sherawat, Sonu's Mother *

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as Manjot's Mother * Mubeen Saudagar as Ibrahim *

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as Sub-Inspector Khan *

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as Commissioner Kiran Chaudhary *

in a cameo appearance as Prince Aditya Singh *

Malaika Arora Khan Malaika Arora (born 23 October 1973) is an Indian actress, dancer, model, Video Jockey ( VJ ) and television personality who appears in Hindi-language films. She made her debut as a film producer in 2008 with her former husband Arbaaz Khan, f ...

in a special appearance in the song "Fashion Khatam Muhjpe"

Soundtrack

Reception

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described the film "a solid entertainer that will surely entertain the masses and classes alike" and gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

References

External links

* {{Portal, India, Film, Bollywood 2015 films 2010s Hindi-language films 2010s Indian films 2015 comedy-drama films Films about Indian weddings Films shot in Mandawa Films scored by Sanjoy Chowdhury Indian comedy-drama films 2015 directorial debut films Hindi remakes of Punjabi films