Gehraiyaan and Badhaai Do releases on February 11.Gehraiyaan, starring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ananya Panday, releases on Friday on Amazon Prime Video. Directed by Shakun Batra, the film is a complex relationship drama bankrolled by Dharma Productions.
Talking about the film, Deepika earlier told indianexpress.com, “Gehraiyaan has been my most memorable film experience because you don’t often work with a crew, director and cast who are of a similar age group, think alike, have similar tastes and interests. I am glad for the synergy that happened, as a lot of love this film is receiving already has to do with that. That honesty, fun and transparency we had together, it reflects on screen.”
Badhaai Do, starring Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao and Chum Darang, releases in theatres on Friday. Directed by Harshvardhan Kulkarni, the film follows two queer characters, who get married to each other just so they can get their parents to stop interfering in their lives.
The film is based on the concept of lavender marriage, and seems like a comedy. Talking to indianexpress.com, Kulkarni spoke about the film’s comedy aspect and said, “You are laughing but you are feeling the pain inside, it is very delicately woven into this film. I wouldn’t say it is a funny film or a comedy film. It’s the way you might be moved by it despite you laughing all the way.”
Soni Razdan attended the screening of Gehraiyaan along with daughter Shaheen Bhatt.
Sanya Malhotra was in awe of Gehraiyaan. She took to her Instagram stories and wrote, "Gehraiyaan, I feel in love with every frame of this beautiful film. @deepikapadukone is so effortless and so layered as Alisha. You are truly an inspiration. @SiddhantChaturvedi I have seen you evolve like never before your journey from Gully Boy to Gehraiyaan has been beautiful one. @ananyapanday You are brilliant as Tia so so so good! And @dhairyakarwa you are spectacular. You made me smile everytime you came on screen. All in All."
The music of Gehraiyaan has been composed by Kabeer Kathpalia (OAFF) and Savera Mehta.
Bhumi Pednekar, who will next be seen in Harshvardhan Kulkarni’s Badhaai Do, is playing a queer character in the film. We are living in 2022 but a mainstream Hindi film heroine playing a homosexual character is still considered a bold, risky move. Bhumi, however, hasn’t picked such a role for the first time.
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Gehraiyaan stars actors Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Dhairya Karwa.
Here's a look at its star cast.