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, and Rajesh Kumar in pivotal roles, and follows a plot involving a script narration on one end and four immature kids trying to correct a plan gone wrong on the other. The film was released on 10 December 2021.

Plot

Riya, a school principal's daughter and her gang of high school friends, Rahul, Rambo, and Raju, lead carefree lives full of mischief. However, when she's warned away from the others by her father, the group decides to teach him a lesson. Elsewhere, Rishi, a writer, plans to narrate a film to budding actress Rohini, who develops an attraction towards him.

Cast

Production

Filming started from 10 July 2021 in Gautam Budh Nagar UP. A majority of filming took place in Greater Noida and Noida and the shoot was completed in August 2021.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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, and Yug Bhusal. Lyrics were written by Siddharth–Garima, Bipin Das,

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, and Aditya Sharma.

Reception

Critical Response

Hiren Kotwani from

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gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and summed up saying, "The first half seems to be taking the film’s title too seriously and is a little too ‘chilled out’ and meandering. It’s only at the interval point when more things happen, and the movie moves into higher gear. And the second half more than makes up for the ‘vellapanti’-filled first and also keeps you glued to the screen proceedings even though you half-anticipate them."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt13131636 2021 films 2021 comedy films 2020s Hindi-language films Indian crime comedy films Films scored by Rochak Kohli Films scored by Sohail Sen Films scored by Jasleen Royal Films scored by JAM8 Hindi remakes of Telugu films 2020s crime comedy films