''Khandaani Shafakhana'' () is a 2019 Indian

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

-language comedy-drama film directed by debutante Shilpi Dasgupta, and starring

Sonakshi Sinha Sonakshi Sinha (; born 2 June 1987) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After working as a costume designer in independent films, she made her acting with the action film ''Dabangg'' in 2010, which won her the Filmfare Award for Be ...

and Badshah. The supporting cast includes

Varun Sharma Varun is an Indian male given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Varun Aaron (born 1989), Indian cricketer * Varun Agarwal (born 1987), Indian entrepreneur * Varun Badola (born 1974), Indian actor * Varun Singh Bhati (born 1995), ...

and

Annu Kapoor Annu Kapoor (born Anil Kapoor; 20 February 1956) is an Indian actor, singer, director, radio disc jockey, and television presenter who has appeared in over a hundred films, as well as television series. His career has spanned over 40 years as a ...

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...

began on 25 January 2019, and it was theatrically released in India on 2 August 2019. It was considered as a box office disaster due to its poor commercial performance.

Plot

Babita "Baby" Bedi, a middle class Punjabi girl, is working as a medical representative and the only earner in the house. She gets constantly shouted at by her boss and is unhappy with her job. Her uncle, who had lent them money earlier, has his eyes fixed upon Baby's house, which is the only remainder of her dead father. One day she inherits her uncle, Mamaji's wealth after he is killed by a man. His will states that Baby is the sole heir of his property and that she has to run a

fertility clinic Fertility clinics are medical clinics that assist couples, and sometimes individuals, who want to become parents but for medical reasons have been unable to achieve this goal via the natural course. Clinics apply a number of diagnosis tests and s ...

for six months in order to sell it or else she will lose everything. She will have to face many obstacles of this society that is

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

towards women. In order to deal with her old job, she sends Bhooshit, her brother, in place of her, claiming 6 months' sick leave. How she manages to run the clinic for the six months she has to forms the crux of the story.

Cast

as Babita "Baby" Bedi * Badshah as Gabru Ghatack *

as Bhooshit Bedi *

as Tagra * Priyansh Jora as Lemon Hero *

Kulbhushan Kharbanda Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in '' Shaan'' (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group 'Yatrik' in the 1 ...

as Hakim Tarachand aka Mamaji * Rajesh Sharma as Judge Joshav Agarwal *

Nadira Babbar Nadira Babbar (born 20 January 1948) is an Indian theatre actress, director and an actress in Hindi cinema, who is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001. Nadira founded a Mumbai-based theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in H ...

as Mrs. Bedi * Rajiv Gupta as Chachaji * Shirin Sewani as Sheetu *

Diana Penty Diana Penty (; born 2 November 1985) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films. She began her modelling career in 2005 when she was signed up by Elite Models India. Penty made her acting debut with the romantic comedy film ''C ...

as Sunita (special appearance in song "Shehar Ki Ladki") * Suniel Shetty (special appearance in song "Shehar Ki Ladki") *

Raveena Tandon Raveena Tandon (born 26 October 1972) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. The daughter of director Ravi Tandon, she made her acting debut in the 1991 action film '' Patthar Ke Phool'', which won her the Filmfare Award for New Face ...

(special appearance in song "Shehar Ki Ladki")

Production

The

principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...

of the film began in

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

in the end of January 2019. The film also marks the acting debut of Badshah.

Marketing and release

The film was slated to release on 2 August 2019, after the initial release dates were changed. The film certified with a runtime of 136 minutes by

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, was released on 2 August 2019.

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by

Tanishk Bagchi Tanishk Bagchi (born 23 November 1980) is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist in Hindi films. He is known for tracks like "Bolna", "Ve Maahi", "Aankh Maarey"(recreated), " Dilbar" (recreated), "Jehda Nasha" (recreated) and "L ...

Rochak Kohli Rochak Kohli is an Indian music director for Bollywood films. He made his music debut in Shoojit Sircar's romantic comedy ''Vicky Donor'' with ''Pani Da Rang "Pani Da Rang" ( en, "The Colour of Water") is a song from the 2012 Indian film ...

, Badshah and

Payal Dev Payal Dev is an Indian playback singer and music composer who sings and composes music for Bollywood films. She sang "Ab Tohe Jane Na Doongi" from the film ''Bajirao Mastani,'' as well as "Bhare Bazaar" from '' Namaste England''. Dev made her de ...

and lyrics written by Badshah, Tanishk Bagchi, Kumaar, Mellow D, Shabbir Ahmed Gautam G Sharma and Gurpreet Saini. The song "Koka" is the remake of a song of the same name sung by Jasbir Jassi. The recreated version is also sung by Jassi, co-voiced by Badshah and Dhvani Bhanushali. The song "Shehar Ki Ladki" which is picturised on

, is a recreated song from ''

Rakshak ''Rakshak'' () is 1996 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ashok Honda, starring Sunil Shetty, Karisma Kapoor, Raghuvaran, Sonali Bendre, Alok Nath and Aruna Irani. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Honest Raj''. Plot Raj a ...

'' (1996), originally pictured on Raveena Tandon. It was revealed that the original cast of

and Suniel Shetty that featured in song sequence will appear in this song sequence to create nostalgic moments. The song was originally sung by

Abhijeet Bhattacharya Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 30 October 1958), better known as Abhijeet, is a Bollywood playback singer. Abhijeet has sung 6034 songs in over 1000 films. Personal life Abhijeet was born to a Kanpur-based Bengali businessman turned editor Dhir ...

and

Chandana Dixit Chandana Dixit is a Bollywood playback singer who started her career as a dubbing artist and later went on to sing popular songs such as "Husn Hain Suhana" ( ''Coolie No. 1''), "Shahar Ki Ladki" (''Rakshak''), "Chumma Chumma" (''Daanveer''), "Tu ...

and composed by

Anand–Milind Anand and Milind Srivastava are a duo of Indian film music composers. Born to composer Chitragupt, they have composed music for over 200 Bollywood films. The brothers debuted in 1984 with ''Ab Ayega Mazaa'' and had their major breakthrough with ' ...

in 1996. Playback singer

made her debut as a composer in the song "Dil Jaaniye".

Reception

Critical reception

Raja Sen of The ''

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Ly ...

'' wrote, "As a nation, we need to talk about sex. We're obviously having enough of it to not be scandalised this easy. It's not all shock and haww".

Namrata Joshi Namrata Joshi is an Indian film critic based in New Delhi. Originally working for ''Outlook'', she remained there from 1999 till 2015, when she joined ''The Hindu''. She won the National Film Award for Best Film Critic in 2004 Career Joshi is ...

of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' wrote, "Khandaani Shafakhana may have a laudable message at its core, but gets bogged down by its own overly righteous attempt to 'educate' – that sex is not gandi baat, ashleel aur aapattijanak (bad thing, obscene and unacceptable), nothing to be shameful about." Ronak Kotecha of ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

'' wrote, "In the past, we have seen films like 'Vicky Donor' and 'Shubh Mangal Savadhan' handle sensitive subjects (read sperm donation and erectile dysfunction) with class, tact and comedy. While this film's intent is bang on, what it really needed was a heavier dose of humour and entertainment".

Box office

''Khandaani Shafakhana'' had the opening day collection of 75 lacs and the second day collection of 80 lacs, whereas the third day collection was 1.20 crore, taking its total opening weekend collection to 27.5 million. , with a gross of 3.27 crore in India and 0.71 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of 39.8 million.

References

External links

* * * {{Rotten Tomatoes, m/khandaani_shafakhana 2010s Hindi-language films 2019 films Films shot in Punjab, India T-Series (company) films