''Badhaai Ho'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language

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film directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma and produced by Sharma, Aleya Sen and Hemant Bhandari under Chrome Pictures and

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under

Junglee Pictures Junglee Pictures is a film production and distribution company that was established by Vineet Jain of The Times Group in 2014. As of 2022, the company has produced nine Hindi films Their first release came in 2015 with Zoya Akhtar's family dra ...

. It stars Ayushmann Khurrana and

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with

Gajraj Rao Gajraj Rao is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi films. He is widely known for his performance in the comedy drama film ''Badhaai Ho'' for which he also won a Filmfare Award. He debuted in 1994 with a minor role in Shekhar Kapur' ...

, Surekha Sikri, Shardul Rana and

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in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a middle-aged couple who get pregnant, much to the disappointment of their sons. Based on a script written by Shantanu Srivastava and Akshat Ghildial and a story conceived by Jyoti Kapoor. ''Badhaai Ho'' received positive reviews and was a commercial success. With earnings of over against a budget of , it emerged as the ninth-highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2018. The film won four awards at the

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, including Best Actress (Critics) for Gupta, Best Supporting Actress for Sikri, and Best Supporting Actor for Rao. It also won two

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: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, the first time where two films featuring the same lead actor (Khurrana) has won both Best Film awards at the National Awards as

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won Best Film, and Best Supporting Actress for Sikri. A spiritual successor titled ''

Badhaai Do ''Badhaai Do'' () is a 2022 Indian Hindi comedy drama film depicting a couple in a lavender marriage. It stars Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar and is written by Suman Adhikary and Akshat Ghildial and directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni. The fi ...

'', released on 11 February 2022.

Plot

Nakul Kaushik is a 26-year-old boy and is in a stable relationship with his colleague, Renee. Her mother Sangeeta likes him and approves of their relationship. His father Jeetender 'Jeetu' Kaushik, is a middle-aged man working in the Railways. His mother Priyamvada is a typical housewife. His younger brother Gullar is a high school student. His grandmother Durga always quarrels with Priyamvada and dominates over her son Jeetu. One day, she taunts Priyamvada, who gets upset. Jeetu consoles his wife and they get intimate. 19 weeks later, Priyamvada realizes she is pregnant. She finds it sinful to abort the child. Jeetu announces Priyamvada's third pregnancy to the family. The two sons are embarrassed and start to avoid their parents, friends, and society. Durga shocked and upset as well. The news becomes viral and they are made fun of by family, friends, relatives, and society. Nakul begins to avoid Renee. Jeetu and Priyamvada ask Nakul and Gullar to accompany them to Meerut for their cousin's wedding. Both of them refuse by making excuses, not wanting to interact with anyone. This makes Jeetu angry at them and he leaves with Priyamvada and Durga. Meanwhile, Renee offers a room date to cheer Nakul up. But he is unable to get intimate with her as it reminds him of Priyamvada's pregnancy. Sangeeta gets to know about Priyamvada's pregnancy from Renee. She is shocked and speaks ill about the Kaushik family. Nakul overhears this, delivers a harsh monologue to Sangeeta, and breaks up with Renee. While in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar, Jeetu's elder sister-in-law and sister ridicules Priyamvada for her late pregnancy. For the first time, Durga defends Priyamvada for her dutifulness and makes them realize their selfishness and mean attitude towards her. Gullar reveals to Nakul that some boys made fun of him at school and when he responded to them, one of them hit him. Nakul goes to the school the next day and Gullar slaps the boy thrice. Nakul meets own friends and when one of them taunts him, he gives a befitting reply. He reconciles with his parents and begins to fulfill his duties as a son. Priyamvada realizes that Nakul has broken up with Renee, and she tells him to apologize to Renee's mother. Nakul reluctantly agrees. As the baby shower preparations begin, Priyamvada goes into labor pain and is immediately taken to the hospital. Sangeeta tells Renee about Nakul's apology and also that she has forgiven Nakul. Renee rushes to Nakul's home and then to the hospital. After the delivery, the doctor announces the birth of a baby girl. 15 months later, Nakul and Renee get engaged in the presence of their families including his baby sister.

Cast

* Ayushmann Khurrana as Nakul Kaushik *

as Priyamvada "Babli" Kaushik *

as Jitendra "Jeetu" Kaushik * Surekha Sikri as Durgamati Kaushik *

as Renee Sharma *

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as Sangeeta Sharma * Shardul Rana as Vishwas Kaushik *

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as Guddan Kaushik * Alka Amin as Kokila Kaushik *

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as Virendra Kaushik * Arun Kalra as Sunil Ji

Production

The film was shot in two schedules. Principal photography began on 29 January 2018 and the first schedule, in Mumbai, wrapped on 11 February. The second schedule began on 16 February 2018 in Delhi around Street No1, Darya Ganj Ansari Road and ended on 21 March 2018.

Reception

Box office

Badhaai Ho had a positive first day, earning ₹7.35

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at the box office, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. The movie collected ₹56.85 crore in 6 days and went on to collect ₹135.95 crore at the Indian Box Office by the 7th week of its release. Its eventual worldwide gross was ₹221.48 crore.

Remakes

The film is set to be remade in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam by

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. The Tamil remake is titled ''

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''. The film is set to be remake in Indonesian by Falcon Pictures entitled ''Keluarga Slamet'' with cast Dessy Ratnasari, Indro Warkop and Widyawati.

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by

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and Sunny Bawra-Inder Bawra. The lyrics are written by Vayu, Kumaar and MellowD. The song ''Morni Banke'' was originally composed by

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Awards and nominations

Sequel

announced in March 2020 that

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and

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will star in the official

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of ''Badhaai Ho'', titled ''

''. Initially set to go on floors in June 2020, it was delayed due to the

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finally commenced on 5 January 2021 in

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, as announced by Rao & Pednekar on their

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accounts.

References

External links

* * * {{National Film Award Wholesome Entertainment Indian comedy-drama films Indian pregnancy films 2010s Hindi-language films Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award winners Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress National Film Award-winning performance 2018 comedy-drama films Films directed by Amit Sharma (director) Hindi films remade in other languages