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''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' () is a 2020
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film written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya. It is a
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to ''
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan ''Shubh Mangal Saavdhan'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by R. S. Prasanna and produced by Krishika Lulla and Aanand L. Rai. Starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar, it is the remake of the director's ...
'' (2017). The film stars
Ayushmann Khurrana Ayushmann Khurrana (born Nishant Khurrana; 14 September 1984) is an Indian actor and singer who works in Hindi films. Known for his portrayals of ordinary men often battling social norms, he is the recipient of several awards, including a Na ...
and Jitendra Kumar, with Gajraj Rao,
Neena Gupta Neena Gupta (born 4 June 1959) is an Indian actress and television director who works in Hindi films and television along with few Malayalam films. She has received several awards including three National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award and two ...
, Pankhuri Awasthy, Maanvi Gagroo and
Manu Rishi Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January, 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award in 2009 for ...
in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a gay man and his partner, who have trouble convincing the former's parents of their relationship. ''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' was released worldwide on 21 February 2020, and became a commercial success. At the
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, it received nominations for Best Actor (Khurrana), Best Supporting Actor (Rao), and Best Supporting Actress (Gagroo and Gupta).


Plot

Aman Tripathi is an advertiser from an orthodox middle-class family in Allahabad. His family consists of his mother Sunaina—a housewife, father Shankar—a conservative agricultural scientist who recently created a new variety of black cauliflowers; aunt, uncle and cousins. Aman lives with his boyfriend, Kartik Singh, in
Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
. One day, Sunaina asks him to attend Goggle's (Aman's cousin sister) wedding. Sunaina and Shankar intend to have Aman marry a family friend's daughter, Kusum Nigam, and are planning on having Aman meet Kusum at Goggle's wedding. Aman and Kartik board the train "Vivah Express", on which Aman's family are already present. On the train, Aman and Kartik share a kiss, but are caught by Shankar. Kartik suggests that Aman should come out to his father. Shankar asks Aman to stay away from Kartik. At Goggle's wedding, Shankar tries to keep Kartik and Aman away from each other but fails. Kartik and Aman share a kiss publicly, leaving everyone shocked. Shankar and Sunaina confront Aman, who in turn confronts them but they remain unconvinced of his sexuality. Meanwhile, Ashok refuses to marry Goggle due to Aman's sexuality. Kartik is whisked away by Chaman (Aman's paternal uncle) to the railway station to make him leave; while Shankar blackmails Aman into agreeing to marry Kusum. Goggle runs away to the railway station and attempts suicide there, but Kartik stops her. Kartik convinces Goggle that marriage is not the most important thing in the world, and that she has a family who supports her. Goggle, in turn, convinces Kartik to win back Aman and reveals that she knew from childhood that Aman was gay. While returning to
Allahabad Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...
, Kusum tells Aman that she is already in love with another man called Rakesh. She gives a proposition: they will marry, but continue to live with their respective lovers in
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. Shankar and Sunaina decide to rechristen Aman in order to cleanse him of his "sins". Returning to Allahabad, the family is in the middle of rechristening when Goggle and Kartik appear at their home. Shankar beats Kartik up with a stick, rendering him unconscious. Goggle at the same time fights with her parents and protests that she does not want to marry. Finally, Aman agrees to marry Kusum in order to save Kartik. The family starts the wedding preparations. Kartik tries to convince Aman to not marry Kusum, but Aman is unable to fight against his family. On the day of the wedding, Shankar and Sunaina learn that the
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is going to deliver its judgment on the
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of
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the next day. They fight over their past lovers and realize that they have been living with each other half-heartedly. They feel that they do not want the same for their son, but decide to proceed with the wedding anyway, thinking that everything will be fine after the wedding. Kartik opens up one of Shankar's black cauliflowers and shows him that it is full of worms. He personifies the cauliflower as Shankar and the worms as his nature. Meanwhile, Kusum steals all of Sunaina's jewelry and escapes, leaving behind a letter in Aman's room. Kartik reads the letter and disguises as the 'bride'. Goggle finds this out and decides to help Aman and Kartik. During the ceremony, Shankar suspects something is wrong, and inadvertently chases the "bride", when Kartik suddenly reveals himself to everyone's surprise. Goggle then hands over Kusum's note to Sunaina, shocking everyone. Aman confesses his love for Kartik in front of his family, and says that he knew his family were never going to understand him. He asks Shankar if their father-son relationship will change in any way just because he loves Kartik. He tells Sunaina that she had lost her son long before she lost her jewellery. At that moment, the police arrive to arrest Aman and Kartik, they caught Kusum trying to board a bus with the stolen jewellery, who in turn revealed to the police that Aman and Kartik are gay. Chaman steps up and gives a powerful statement supporting Aman and Kartik to the police, it also makes Shankar and Sunaina start reconsidering their beliefs. However the police refuse to leave that night as they are duty-bound to follow the law. Kusum returns the jewellery to Sunaina, who realizes that her son's happiness is more important and gives all of the jewellery to Kusum. Goggle's parents realize that marriage is not the most important thing in the world and give her their approval to stay single if she wants to. Shankar opens up more of his black cauliflowers and realizes that all of them are full of worms, which in turn makes him realize that his beliefs need to change. The next day, the Supreme Court in its landmark judgement, decriminalizes homosexuality. Aman and Kartik reconcile with the family, and leave for Delhi. Shankar burns all of his black cauliflowers and drops Aman and Kartik at the railway station and tells them that even if he may not understand their love, he does not want Aman to stop living his life to its fullest. The final scene shows that Aman and Kartik will run until they can live their life happily.


Cast

*
Ayushmann Khurrana Ayushmann Khurrana (born Nishant Khurrana; 14 September 1984) is an Indian actor and singer who works in Hindi films. Known for his portrayals of ordinary men often battling social norms, he is the recipient of several awards, including a Na ...
as Kartik Singh * Jitendra Kumar as Aman Tripathi * Gajraj Rao as Shankar Tripathi, Aman's father *
Neena Gupta Neena Gupta (born 4 June 1959) is an Indian actress and television director who works in Hindi films and television along with few Malayalam films. She has received several awards including three National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award and two ...
as Sunaina Tripathi, Aman's mother *
Manu Rishi Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January, 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award in 2009 for ...
as Chaman Tripathi, Aman's uncle and Goggle's father *
Sunita Rajwar Sunita Chand Rajwar is an Indian actress known for working in film, television and stage productions. She graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 1997. She is known for her performance in the films including '' Ek Chali ...
as Champa Tripathi, Aman's aunt and Goggle's mother * Maanvi Gagroo as Rajni "Goggle" Tripathi, Aman's cousin * Pankhuri Awasthy Rode as Kusum Nigam, Aman's former fiancée * Neeraj Singh as Keshav Tripathi, Aman's cousin *
Bhumi Pednekar Bhumi Pednekar ( born 18 July 1989) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Known for her portrayals of headstrong small-town women, she is the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards. After working as an assistant ...
as Devika Bhatt, Kartik and Aman's friend in Delhi * Haardik Gabbi as Pintu * Mahesh Seth as Suryakant Bhatt, Devika's father * Brij Kumar Pandey as Pandit * Ajit Singh Palawat as Police Officer *
Bappi Lahiri Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da, was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...
in a special appearance in the song ''Arey Pyaar Kar Le'' as himself


Release

The film was released on 21 February 2020. After Indian theatres shut down mid-March due to
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, The film released on
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.


Soundtrack

The film's songs are composed and written by
Tanishk Bagchi Tanishk Bagchi (born 23 November 1980) is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist in Hindi films. He is known for tracks like "Vaaste", "Bolna", "Ve Maahi", " Aankh Maarey" (recreated), " Dilbar" (recreated), "Jehda Nasha" (recr ...
,
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and
Tony Kakkar Tony Kakkar (born 9 April 1984) is an Indian singer known for his cringe pop songs. Kakkar made his debut in Bollywood in 2012, as a music director with the film ''Mr. Bhatti on Chutti'', for which he composed the song "Good Boys Bad Boys". He i ...
. The song "Gabru" was originally composed by
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. The song was released in 2011 in the album '' International Villager''. The song is sung by Romy & music was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi. The song "Arey Pyaar Kar Le" was a remake of the song "Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re" from the 1985 film
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, was originally composed by
Bappi Lahiri Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da, was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...
, lyrics by Anjaan and sung by Bappi Lahiri and
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then was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi. The song "Kya Karte Thay Sajna" was originally sung by
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and Udit Narayan, composed by
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and written by
Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi language film industry. He wrote lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was one of the dom ...
from the
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film Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka. It is recreated by Tanishk Bagchi, voiced by Zara Khan and written by Vayu.


Box office

''Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan'' earned 95.5 million net at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected ₹110.8 million. On the third day, the film collected ₹120.3 million taking total opening weekend collection to ₹326.6 million. , with a gross of 72.36 crore in India and 14.03 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of 870 million.


Reception

The film holds an approval rating of based on reviews on the review aggregator website
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, with an average rating of . Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of ''
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'' praised the cast, writing that "if Ayushmann highjacks the film with his infectious energy, a mellow Jitendra balances it out with his poker-faced humour and the relatability factor that he maintains throughout the film" and "it is noteworthy as to how well the supporting cast renders its complete (and able) support to the lead pair," while critiquing that "since the film is primarily invested in the small-town drama pertaining to the taboo around same-sex relationships, the writer-director fails to tap on the elements exclusive to small cities like Allahabad" and that "while the first half is engaging, the second half loses its sheen pretty early on and could have been trimmed down by a good 20 minutes."
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of ''Film Companion'' noted that, "''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' wants to be both – an impassioned defense of same-sex love as well as a family entertainer. But the writing can't seamlessly blend the disparate elements." Saibal Chatterjee of ''
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'' proclaimed that "The comic flights of fancy do not always take off in the right direction or land smoothly, but with the actors going all out to make the film work, some parts of ''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' are genuinely funny and quirky. The film may be erratic in parts, but its entertainment quotient is delightfully high for a film tackling a clash between conservatism and freedom, between tradition and modernity." Monika Rawal Kukreja of ''
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'' commented that "''Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan'' is an important film that talks about an important subject conveyed in the simplest manner without sounding preachy at any given point. It touches your heart, makes you laugh and stays with you for a long time." Devesh Sharma of ''
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'' gave the film a rating of 4/5 and urged the audience to "Watch the film for its hilarious comedy, slick all around performances and ultimately for its powerful message of love and acceptance."


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External links

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