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Dum Laga Ke Haisha

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Prem, a school dropout, hesitantly marries an educated but overweight girl, Sandhya. The two come closer when they take part in a race, which involves Prem carrying Sandhya on his back.

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Dum Laga Ke Haisha

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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 05/11/2015
3.5/5
The triumph of the film is Sandhya, beautifully played by Bhumi Pednekar. Go to Full Review
Namrata Joshi Outlook 05/11/2015
3/4
Life, for most of us, is a sum total of such minutiae. So is DLKH. Go to Full Review
Film Companion Staff Film Companion 10/27/2020
Sharat Katariya's delightfully sensitive romantic drama... Go to Full Review
Poulomi Das Qrius 07/17/2019
What made the film revolutionary wasn't just that it starred an overweight actor essaying its overweight heroine . It was the fact that for the first time, a young heroine completely refused to treat it as an inadequacy. Go to Full Review
Manjusha Radhakrishnan Gulf News (UAE) 09/13/2018
3.5/5
The pace is languid, but doesn't get tiring. Take the plunge and watch this romantic comedy. Go to Full Review
Shilpa Jamkhandikar Reuters 06/27/2017
This might not be your everyday Bollywood romance, but it is one that should be celebrated, because it is a love story that is rooted in reality. Go to Full Review
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11/12/2021 Love does not have perfect pairs. Making love makes a perfect one.💕💕 See more 12/14/2016 Dum Laga Ke Haisha: Prem is a 24-year-old high school dropout terrified of learning English who now works at an antiquated cassette tape music recording shop. When his family arranges for him to marry a large girl, his disappointing life seems to be going even worse. But this smart, confident girl turns out to be a big surprise, teaching Prem a thing or two about life. While the story doesn't break any new ground in the realm of relationships and inner beauty, it is cute, pretty realistic and has a crowd pleasing ending that will have you smiling as you stick around for the credits. B+ See more 03/30/2016 A totally underrated love story. Beautifully set, heart warming and has that all important chemistry. See more 02/03/2016 This movie stands out foremost because of the character of Sandhya - marvellously played by Bhumi Pednekar. Contemporary Bollywood doesn't reflect Indian women at all. It essentially reflects American led pop-idea of a woman- skinny with prominent chin and cheek-bones. I hope more Sandhya-like characters will be included in future Hindi movies. If Hollywood can give ample opportunities to plus sized actresses like Melissa McCarthy, Rebel Wilson, Gabourey Sidibe, Phyllis Smith etc., Bollywood can surely follow. There is one lacuna in the film though. The dialect of Hindi spoken by the actors is not matching with the geographical location of the plot. This dialect is prevalent in southern and central Uttar Pradesh. "Kachhu nahi hot hai" is a dialect found once you go cross Mathura going south. A chaste dialect of Hindi is prevalent in Haridwar where the story is set. Overall the movie is far better than the 'multi-million-star-studded-blockbusters' which Bollywood is so fond of. Thankfully there are no item songs, no fight scenes and no muscle-mongering. A piece heart-warming cinema steeped in Indian ethos. See more 01/22/2016 The first bollywood movie I enjoyed from start to finish. Extremely funny and great acting. Loved it. See more 08/02/2015 An awesome movie with unrelenting, unusual story line even with a predictable end. Awesome characterisation and great backdrop. Many moving or laughter-evoking moments. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Prem, a school dropout, hesitantly marries an educated but overweight girl, Sandhya. The two come closer when they take part in a race, which involves Prem carrying Sandhya on his back.
Director
Sharat Katariya
Producer
Maneesh Sharma
Screenwriter
Sharat Katariya
Production Co
Yash Raj Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 16, 2015
Runtime
1h 50m
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