''Sukhee'' is a 2023 Indian
Hindi
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-language
comedy drama
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film directed by Sonal Joshi in her directorial debut. It stars
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born Ashwini Shetty, 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Kannada and Telugu films. She made her screen debut in the thriller '' Baazigar'' (1993) which gained her first nomination for the Film ...
in the lead role with
Amit Sadh,
Dilnaz Irani
Dilnaz Irani is an Indian film, theatre and television actress. She started her Bollywood career as an actress in films such as ''68 Pages'' and ''Jodhaa Akbar'', and has appeared in the films ''Heroine'' in 2012 and ''Aligarh
Aligarh (; ...
,
Kusha Kapila
Kusha Kapila is an Indian social media personality, comedian, and actress from New Delhi.
Personal life
Kusha Kapila was born in New Delhi into a Punjabi family.
She married Zorawar Singh Ahluwalia, a former employee at Diageo in 2017. On ...
and
Pavleen Gujral
Pavleen Gujral is an Indian actress and stage host hailing from Delhi. She is known for her roles in Angry Indian Goddesses, Bhor, City of Dreams, Marzi, Gehraiyaan, Sukhee.
Early life
Gujral was born and raised in Delhi, India. She comple ...
. The film was released on 22 September 2023 to mixed reviews from critics.
Synopsis
A humorous slice-of-life tale about 38-year-old Punjabi housewife Sukhpreet "Sukhee" Kalra, who, sick of her routine existence, travels to Delhi to attend her high school reunion. Sukhee relives her teenage years while experiencing a variety of things over the course of just seven days, emerging reignited, reborn, and making the hardest shift of her life—from being a wife and mother to being a woman once more.
Cast
Production
Principal photography
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Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...
commenced in March 2022. Production
wrapped in June 2022.
Music
The music of the film is composed by
Badshah
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* Badshah (rapper) (Aditya Prateek Singh, born 1984), Indian rapper
* Badshah Begum (1703–1789), first wife and chief consort of ...
- Hiten,
Arko while lyrics written by Raja Dilwala and
Rashmi Virag
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.
Reception
The film received mostly mixed reviews from critics. On the
review aggregator
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website
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, 17% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6/10.
In ''
The Times of India
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'', Renuka Vyavahare gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''Sukhee'' has a heartfelt premise but it lacks pace, struggles to be engaging and gets too preachy to be perfect towards the end." On the website ''
OTTPlay
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'', Ishita Sengupta was negative, writing that, "''Sukhee'' joins an increasing list of outings that intends uncovering the feminist undertones of being a homemaker, something that traditionally has been looked down upon. But in doing so, it also sees it as a problem that needs solving."
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, tt18266472
''Sukhee''at
Bollywood Hungama
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The website provides n ...
2020s Hindi-language films
2023 comedy-drama films
Indian comedy-drama films