''Middle Class Love'' is an Indian Hindi-language

romantic comedy film Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Romantic comedy e ...

directed by Ratnaa Sinha and based on a script jointly written by Ratnaa Sinha, Yash Keswani, Sima Agarwal and Suraj Gianani from a story by Ratnaa Sinha. Produced by

Anubhav Sinha Anubhav Sinha (born 22 June 1965) is an Indian film director, producer and writer known for his work in Hindi film industry. His films include ''Tum Bin'' (2001), ''Dus'' (2005) and ''Ra.One'' (2011) He also directed a series of socio-political ...

under the banner of

Benaras Media Works Anubhav Sinha (born 22 June 1965) is an Indian film director, producer and writer known for his work in Hindi film industry. His films include ''Tum Bin'' (2001), ''Dus'' (2005) and ''Ra.One'' (2011) He also directed a series of socio-political ...

in association with

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, which also serves as distributor, it stars

Eisha Singh Eisha Singh (born 24 December 1998) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She made her debut with Colors TV's soap drama ''Ishq Ka Rang Safed'' in 2015. She has since starred in the romantic dramas ''Ishq Subhan Allah'' and ''Sirf ...

Kavya Thapar Kavya Praveen Thapar is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film '' Ee Maaya Peremito'' in 2018 and has since appeared in ''Ek Mini Katha'' (2021), '' Middle Class Love'' (20 ...

and Prit Kamani. The film was theatrically released in India on 16 September 2022.

Plot

A young college boy is frustrated with being stuck in middle-class family mode and decides that love will be the ideal way to get out of it. However, the path to getting rid of middle-class thinking and probing parents isn't as easy as it seems initially.

Cast

as Ashna Tripathi (Ash) *

as Sysha Oberoi *

Prit Kamani Prit Kamani (born 28 February 1996) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi films and web series. He made his film debut with ''Hum Chaar'' (2019), produced by Rajshri Productions. He gained recognition for playing the lead role in the N ...

as Yudhishthir Sharma (Yudi) *

Manoj Pahwa Manoj Pahwa (born 8 December 1963), is an Indian film and television actor who is noted for his role as Bhatia in the comedy series '' Office Office'' (2001). Pahwa has acted in over 70 films as a character actor, including '' 7½ Phere'' (2005 ...

as Sharmaji * Sanjay Bishnoi * Sapna Sand * Omkar Kulkarni as Oshir Pannu

Production

The principal photography of the film began in 2019 in

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but was halted due to bad weather; it resumed in 2021.

Marketing and release

The trailer of the film was released on 7 August 2022. ''Middle Class Love'' was released theatrically on 16 September 2022. The cast promoted the film on

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Soundtrack

The film's music is composed by

Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, film and music producer, and actor in Hindi cinema, with over 1,300 songs to his credit as a music director. He started his career as a music direct ...

while lyrics were penned by Himesh Reshammiya, Shabbir Ahmed,

Shakeel Azmi Shakeel Azmi (born 20 April, 1971) is an Indian lyricist and poet. Born in Azamgarh, India, he writes in Urdu language and is primarily known for his contribution as a film lyricist in Bollywood. Most of his poetry revolves around ghazals, a g ...

and

Mayur Puri Mayur Puri is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film-maker working in Mumbai. His film songwriting and dialogue work includes Farah Khan-directed films ''Om Shanti Om'' (2007), and '' Happy New Year'' (2014), as well as the 3D dance fr ...

. The song "Apna Karenge" was composed by Prasanna Suresh and lyrics were written by Spitfire.

Reception

Archika Khurana of

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gave 2.5/5 and stated "It's alight and breezy coming-of-age drama".

Shubhra Gupta Shubhra Gupta is an Indian film critic who writes for ''The Indian Express''. She received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Writing on Cinema in 2012. She was a member of the Central Board of Film Certification from 2012 to 2015. She is the au ...

from

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gave it a 2/5 and stated that "Like in most Bollywood movies set in these kinds of ‘schools’, no studying is done, instead the setting is just an excuse for good-looking teenagers to learn life lessons." Sonil Dedhia of

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rated it 3/5 and stated it "a light-hearted coming-of-age story that every middle class person especially the college going kids would relate to." Subhash K. Jha of

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praised the film stating that "A surprisingly well-packaged, coming-of-age rom-com with a star turn by Prit Kamani."

References

External links

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