''Guest iin London'' is an Indian
Hindi
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comedy film
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, written and directed by
Ashwni Dhir.
It stars
Kartik Aaryan
Kartik Aaryan Tiwari (born 22 November 1990), is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. After pursuing a degree in engineering, he made his acting debut with Luv Ranjan's buddy film ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' (2011). He went on to star in the ...
,
Kriti Kharbanda,
Paresh Rawal and
Tanvi Azmi
Tanvi Azmi is an Indian film and television actress.
Early life and career
She was born to Marathi-Hindi actress Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher.
Azmi portrayed a troubled doctor in the tele-series, ''Jeevanrekha'' and as a young widow in telefil ...
.
[ Produced by ]Panorama Studios
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and co-produced by Nishant Pitti. It was released worldwide on 7 July 2017, to negative reviews from critics.
Plot
The film revolves around Aryan Shergill (Kartik Aaryan
Kartik Aaryan Tiwari (born 22 November 1990), is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. After pursuing a degree in engineering, he made his acting debut with Luv Ranjan's buddy film ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' (2011). He went on to star in the ...
) and his girlfriend Anaya Patel ( Kriti Kharbanda) life, which takes a turn when uninvited guests visit them in London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
.
Aryan Shergill is a migrant worker
A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have the intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work.
Migrant workers who work outsi ...
in the UK, but his working visa expires. He resolves to arrange a sham marriage
A sham marriage or fake marriage is a marriage of convenience entered into without intending to create a real marital relationship. This is usually for the purpose of gaining an advantage from the marriage.
Definitions of sham marriage vary b ...
in order to obtain indefinite leave to remain
Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) or permanent residency (PR) is an immigration status granted to a person who does not hold the right of abode in the United Kingdom (UK), but who has been admitted to the UK without any time limit on their stay ...
, and ultimately British citizenship. He chooses Anaya (a taxi driver), promising to give her £7,000 in return. They conspire to have a fake marriage by lying to the court. Aryan takes Anaya to his home to make the court believe them. A few days later, Gangasharan and Guddi (Chacha and Chachi ji) visit them, telling them that they are Aryan's relatives. He takes them home, and makes Anaya somehow accept them for a few days. Chacha and Chachi ji get Aryan and Anaya married. On their marriage night Aryan gets drunk and confesses his love to Anaya. Some days later Anaya also tells him that she loves him and things start smoothening somewhat.
Aryan then introduces Chacha ji to his boss. When Chacha ji subsequently visits Aryan's office, he accidentally turns on the filter, which is out of order, making the boss have a current shock. The next day, Aryan-Anaya and the guests are invited to his office party, where Chacha ji notices Aryan's boss harassing his secretary, and stops him, bywhich Aryan loses his job. Shortly thereafter the couple starts getting irritated by the visit of Chacha and Chachi and try multiple methods to send them away. One day Aryan and Anaya spot something mysterious about them, seeing them lying about their whereabouts, and visiting some other place and other person. They check their luggage and find old newspapers detailing the 9/11 attacks, which makes the two suspicious. So Aryan, one day takes them to a cafe and leaves them there, and returns home. By then, Anaya gets a courier from neighbours and they open to find that Chacha and Chachi ji came to collect their son's belongings. The couple visit their son's boss and they learn that he died in the 9/11 World Trade Center attack and 100000 pounds given in insurance was transferred by Chacha ji to Aryan's bank account. The couple feels guilty and starts searching for them. Finally, they meet them in New York and they apologise to each other.
A few months later Chacha and Chachi ji visits them again, when Anaya is pregnant making the couple feel uncomfortable again.
Cast
*Kartik Aaryan
Kartik Aaryan Tiwari (born 22 November 1990), is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. After pursuing a degree in engineering, he made his acting debut with Luv Ranjan's buddy film ''Pyaar Ka Punchnama'' (2011). He went on to star in the ...
as Aryan Shergill
* Kriti Kharbanda as Anaya Patel Shergill
* Paresh Rawal as Gangasharan Gandotra/Chachaji
*Ajay Devgn
Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four ...
as Ajay Gandotra (Special Appearance)
* Sanjay Mishra as Habibi/Qureshi
*Tanvi Azmi
Tanvi Azmi is an Indian film and television actress.
Early life and career
She was born to Marathi-Hindi actress Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher.
Azmi portrayed a troubled doctor in the tele-series, ''Jeevanrekha'' and as a young widow in telefil ...
as Guddi/Shazia Khan Gandotra
*Sharad Kelkar
Sharad Kelkar (born 7 October 1976) is an Indian film actor and voice artist from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He works primarly in Hindi films, Marathi films. Kelkar has appeared as lead in television serials for brief period of time, now he do web se ...
as CODE Company Owner, Ajay's friend (Special Appearance)
*Mohit Chhabra as Jassi
*Shafaq Naaz
Shafaq Naaz is an Indian television actress and trained Kathak dancer, known for her role of Kunti in ''Mahabharat'' and Mayuri in ''Chidiya Ghar''. She is the sister of actress Falaq Naaz.
Career
In 2019, Shafaq acted in web series Halala f ...
as Sherry, Anaya's friend
*Lucinda Nicholas as Terry, Anaya's friend
*Naveen Kaushik as Kit/Kaalia, Aryan's boss
*Vishwa S. Badola as Mr. Mehta
*Diljohn Singh as Manish Mehta, Mr. Mehta's grandson
* Nidhi Mathur as Pony Singh, neighbour
Production
Development
The film was officially announced in July 2016. The title of the film was said to be ''Atithii iin London''.[
]
Casting
The makers of the film initially finalized Lisa Haydon
Elisabeth Marie Haydon is an Indian actress, TV presenter and model, who mainly appears in Hindi films. Haydon made her acting debut with the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010) and received critical praise for her performance in the ...
to cast in the film, though eventually Kirti Kharbanda was finalized for the role of Kartik's wife. Paresh Rawal and Tanvi Azmi have been confirmed to play as lead roles in the film. Shafaq Naaz
Shafaq Naaz is an Indian television actress and trained Kathak dancer, known for her role of Kunti in ''Mahabharat'' and Mayuri in ''Chidiya Ghar''. She is the sister of actress Falaq Naaz.
Career
In 2019, Shafaq acted in web series Halala f ...
, who played Kunti in Star Plus Mahabharat, will also be seen in this movie she will be seen as one of the friends of Kriti Kharbanda.
Filming
Principal photography of the film commenced on 1 October 2016. Film was shot in London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
and Birmingham
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, England
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also New York City
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, United States
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.[
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Soundtrack
The music is composed by Raghav Sachar
Raghav Sachar (born 24 July 1981, in India) is an Indian singer, composer and film scorer.
Early life and career
Sachar was born to father, R. K. Sachar, and mother, Usha Sachar in Calcutta
. He is the youngest of three children. He started ...
and Amit Mishra
Amit Mishra (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. He is an right-arm leg-break bowler and right-handed tail-ender batsman. He plays for Haryana in the domestic Ranji Trophy and currently appears for the T20 franchise Delhi Capitals ...
while the lyrics have been penned by Kumaar, T.S. Jarnail, Navendu Tripathi, Amit Mishra
Amit Mishra (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. He is an right-arm leg-break bowler and right-handed tail-ender batsman. He plays for Haryana in the domestic Ranji Trophy and currently appears for the T20 franchise Delhi Capitals ...
and Saint Shah Hussain. The first song of the film ''Frankly Tu Sona Nachdi'' sung by Raghav Sachar
Raghav Sachar (born 24 July 1981, in India) is an Indian singer, composer and film scorer.
Early life and career
Sachar was born to father, R. K. Sachar, and mother, Usha Sachar in Calcutta
. He is the youngest of three children. He started ...
and Tarannum Malik was released on 18 May 2017. The second song of the film titled as ''Dil Mera'' sung by Ash King
Ashutosh Ganguly, better known by his stage name Ash King, is a British-Indian singer, songwriter and composer. He made his playback singing debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi-6. He is a relative of prominent Indian singer Kishore Kumar. ...
, Prakriti Kakar and Shahid Mallya
Shahid Mallya is an Indian playback singer who has sung in various films. He prominently sings Hindi, Punjabi and Telugu songs
Career
Initially performing playback singing for Indian TV serials, Mallya debuted in Bollywood with the song "Gurban ...
was released on 25 May 2017. The third single to be released was ''Daru Vich Pyaar'' which is a recreated version of the song itself from the 2001 film Tum Bin
''Tum Bin'' (), also known as ''Tum Bin... Love Will Find a Way'', is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha, Himanshu Malik and Raqesh Bapat. T ...
and sung by Taz and Arya Acharya was released on 30 May 2017. The soundtrack was released by T-Series on 2 June 2017 which includes 5 songs.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=6173826
2017 films
2017 romantic comedy films
2010s Hindi-language films
Films set in London
Indian romantic comedy films