''Welcome To New York'' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language 3D comedy film, directed by Chakri Toleti, produced by Vashu Bhagnani and Jackky Bhagnani, and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Sonakshi Sinha,

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, Ritesh Deshmukh, Boman Irani, Lara Dutta, Sushant Singh Rajput and

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. The film released on 23 February 2018.

Plot

Teji ( Diljit Dosanjh), a sloppy recovery agent who dreams of being an actor, and Jeenal Patel ( Sonakshi Sinha), a fashion designer, become part of a big Bollywood event ( IIFA) in New York. In between Karan Johar gets kidnapped but it is revealed that he is not Karan but Arjun.

Cast

Main cast

* Diljit Dosanjh as Teji * Sonakshi Sinha as Jeenal Patel *

as Himself/Arjun * Lara Dutta as Sophie * Boman Irani as Mr. Garry * Ritesh Deshmukh as Himself * Rajendra Shastri as Jeenal Patel's Grandfather * Sammy Jonas Heaney as Johnathon (Bollywood debut)

Cameo Appearances

* Preity Zinta * Akshay Kumar *

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* Sushant Singh Rajput *

* Salman Khan * Saif Ali Khan *

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* Katrina Kaif *

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* Varun Dhawan * Tiger Shroff * Aditya Roy Kapur * Disha Patani * Neha Dhupia * Taapsee Pannu * Shahid Kapoor *

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* Alia Bhatt * Arjun Kapoor * Sonu Sood * Arbaaz Khan * Sohail Khan * Kriti Sanon * Bipasha Basu * Pooja Batra * Priyanka Chopra

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by Sajid–Wajid, Shamir Tandon and Meet Bros while lyrics have been penned by Kausar Munir,

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, Charanjeet Charan, Sajid Khan and Danish Sabri.

Reception

Critical response

Rajeev Masand of News 18 severely criticized the film saying that, "Welcome to New York isn't merely a bad film, or even a terrible one. It's depressing. Not because the plot is all over the place (it is!), not because the actors appear to be doing whatever they like (they are!), and not because it has no vision or ambition (it doesn't!) – but because it's an exercise in sheer pointlessness. Really, this film has no reason to exist." and gave it a rating of 1 out of 5. Rohit Vats of '' Hindustan Times'' gave the film a rating of 0.5 out of 5 and concluded his review by saying that, "Welcome To New York is totally lost in New York, and looks nothing more than an extended IIFA trailer. It's not worth wasting your time, money, patience and intelligence on this mind-numbing promotional video.". Shubhra Gupta of '' The Indian Express'' gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "Welcome To New York turns out to be a limp, lame tribute to Bollywood".

References

External links

* * {{Chakri Toleti Indian comedy films Films scored by Sajid–Wajid Films shot in New York City Films scored by Shamir Tandon Films scored by Meet Bros Anjjan Films directed by Chakri Toleti 2018 comedy films 2010s Hindi-language films Hindi-language comedy films Indian films set in New York City