''14 Phere'' () is a 2021 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Devanshu Singh and produced by

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. The film stars

Vikrant Massey Vikrant Massey is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi television, Hindi films and web series. He made his acting debut with the role of Aamir Hassan in ''Dhoom Machaao Dhoom'' and became a household name with his roles of Dharam in '' Dharam V ...

and Kriti Kharbanda. It premiered on 23 July 2021 on

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Plot

Sanjay Lal Singh and Aditi Karwasra, two individuals belonging to different

castes Caste is a form of social stratification characterised by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultura ...

, fall in love and wish to get married. However, knowing their parents will disapprove, they hatch a plan to convince them.

Cast

as Sanjay Lal Singh a.k.a. Sanju * Kriti Kharbanda as Aditi Karwasra *

Gauahar Khan Gauahar Khan (born 23 August 1983) is an Indian model and actress who appears in Hindi films and television. She started her career as a model and participated in the Femina Miss India contest in 2002. After appearing in dance songs, Khan made ...

as Zubina *

Jameel Khan Jameel Khan is an Indian actor famously known for his tv series Gullak. Born in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, Khan was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital and Aligarh Muslim University. He moved to Mumbai to pursue his acting career, and has ac ...

as Amay * Yamini Das as Sarla Lal Singh *

Vineet Kumar Vineet Kumar is an Indian actor. The veteran actor from National School of Drama, is known for his works in Hindi, Telugu, and English language films and Television. He is best known for his works in films such as '' Masaan'','' Drohkaal'', ' ...

as Kanhaiya Lal Singh *

Priyanshu Singh ''Maddam Sir'' is an Indian Hindi-language comedy action television series that premiered on 24 February 2020 on Sony SAB, digitally streamed on SonyLIV. Produced by Jay Mehta under Jay Production, it stars Gulki Joshi, Yukti Kapoor, Sonal ...

as Chhotu Singh * Manoj Bakshi as Banwari Mama * Govind Pandey as Dharampal Karwasra * Sumit Suri as Vivek Karwasra * Sonakshi Batra as Sneha Karwasra * Bhupesh Singh as Jayant Mishra * Kritika Pande as Rashmi * Geet Sagar as Anuj Mathur (Aditi and Sanjay's Boss) * Shivani Shivpuri as Mrs Gupta

Production

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commenced on 26 November 2020 in Mumbai, and was wrapped up in January 2021.

Reception

Shubhra Gupta of

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gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "Between the long-drawn, wholly preposterous idea of fake ‘baraatis’, and two ‘shaadis’, there's just confusion in this Vikrant Massey-Kriti Kharbanda film."

Saibal Chatterjee Saibal Chatterjee is an Indian film critic, an author of a book on Gulzar, co-editor of a book on films; and a documentary scriptwriter. He was a columnist at BBC News, Business Standard, Hindustan Times and Financial Express. And a staff writer of ...

NDTV New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching t ...

gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "Notwithstanding the serviceable chemistry between the lead actors and a few performances from the supporting cast, the film goes around in circles." Rahul Desai of

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gave the film a negative review and stated that the film "loses its spirit and identity" and is "half-funny, half-serious And fully confused". Stutee Ghosh of

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gave the film a mixed review and stated, "Given that the humour is pretty flat, the narrative would have benefited with some intense emotional moments and by showing some spine and vision. It almost feels like the message is that as long as one can show off an ostentatious display of wealth and dowry, one can hush up about caste- a rather problematic resolution!" Anita Aikara of

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gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "''14 Phere'' delivers on the feel-good factor, but if you are looking for ground-breaking humour, it will fail to work its way into your hearts." Nandini Ramnath of Scroll gave the film a negative review and criticized the screenplay, performance, the leads, but praised Jameel Khan's performance.

Soundtrack

The music of film was composed by Rajeev V Bhalla and

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while lyrics written by Rajeev. V. Bhalla, Pallavi Mahajan, Geet Sagar and Shloke Lal.

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