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Dolly Ahluwalia Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design.Adil Hussain, Lanuakum Ao, Tenzin Dalha, and Rohan Joshi. The film follows

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n migrants in

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, in their attempt to organize a wedding party. The film premiered at the

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on 2 October 2019.

Plot

The story tells of a group of migrants from

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to

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, Upasana, Chanbi, and Zorem, who are trying to help their friend Minam with her wedding preparations. Minam, who shares a flat with Upasana, Chanbi, and others from their region, is called away suddenly for an interview. Meanwhile, her friends try to find an ingredient to make ' Axone,' a special dish that they want for the wedding. The friends face various difficulties as they attempt to plan the wedding and prepare Axone. The other tenants object and the landlord's mother-in-law enforces her rule against parties or spicy cooking in the flat. They decide to hold the wedding at Chanbi's boyfriend Bendang's flat, but finding a way to cook Axone without drawing the attention of locals brings comical problems. Shiv, the landlord's son, and a friend of Zorem, lends his hand. His girlfriend breaks up with him when she sees him with Upasana, and later with Chanbi. As the wedding hour nears, the friends are discouraged at the thought of failing Minam (who has not yet returned). Zorem finally resolves to cook Axone on Upasana's landlord's terrace, and receives the landlord's permission in spite of his mother-in-law. The friends manage to prepare the Axone just in time for the wedding. The marriage begins with Minam opening a video conference with her groom and family at her native home. The friends had not realised it was a long-distance marriage, with the bride's sister standing proxy in Minam's place. They had gone through all the Axone trouble for a marriage that was not even happening in Delhi. After the wedding ceremony, Zorem proposes to Upasana and Chanbi decides to return to her native place with Bendang. Meanwhile, Bendang makes peace with a racist incident from his past. Finally, the friends treat themselves to Axone, while Shiv regrets that he can't find any mainland Indian cuisine.

Cast

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Sayani Gupta Sayani Gupta (born 9 October 1985) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. A graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, she made her feature film debut in 2012 in '' Second Marriage Dot Com''. She has since appeared in su ...

as Upasana *

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as Chanbi * Lanuakum Ao as Bendang * Rohan Joshi as Shiv * Merenla Imsong as Balamon * Tenzin Dalha as Zorem * Asenla Jamir as Minam *

Dolly Ahluwalia Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design.Vinay Pathak as Landlord * Samit Gambhir as Rakesh (eve teaser), Supporting/ Guest Appearance * Eliel R Famhoite as Lalrempui * Milo Sunka as Hayna * Aakash Bhardwaj as Hironya * Deepansha Dhingra as Shiv's Girlfriend * Jimpa Bhutia as Bunty *

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as Secretary's Daughter-in-Law * Vijay Kumar Dogra as Rowdy neighbor * Adil Hussain as the man outside Zorem shop (Special appearance).

Production

The film took 25 days to shoot on locations in New Delhi.

Release

The film premiered at the

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on 2 October 2019 and made its debut in India at the Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI) on 19 October 2019. The film was released on

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on 12 June 2020.

Soundtrack

The multi-lingual soundtrack includes Papon, M. Mangangsana, Mangka Mayanglambam and Tajdar Junaid with lyrics written by Vaibhav Modi and Kh. Mangi Singh.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 8747548 Indian direct-to-video films 2019 direct-to-video films 2019 films Films set in Delhi Films shot in Delhi Films about food and drink