''Yeh Dooriyan'' () is a 2011

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film directed, produced and written by

Deepshikha Nagpal Deepshikha Nagpal, simply known as Deepshikha, is an Indian actress and film director who mainly works in Hindi films and Hindi television productions. She has starred in several successful Hindi films including the films ''Koyla'', '' Baadshah ...

. It stars

, Keshav Arora,

Inder Kumar Inder Kumar (26 August 1973 – 28 July 2017) was an Indian actor best known for playing supporting roles in Hindi films such as '' Wanted'', '' Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge'', '' Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye'' and '' Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi''. He was a c ...

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, and

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in the lead roles.

Plot

Simi Nagpal (

), a 35-year-old independent and beautiful woman, runs a dance academy for a living. She is divorced and left with 2 children by her husband, Aditya Nagpal (

), to look after; the only problem is the societal pressures that ask her to remarry. She is clear that only if a man named Raj Arora (Keshav Arora) accepts her children will she marry.

Cast

as Simi Aditya Nagpal * Keshav Arora as Raj Arora *

as Abhay *

as Aditya Nagpal: Simi’s ex–husband *

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as Pammi Vishal Mathur *

Rajesh Khera Rajesh Khera (''Rājēśa Khērā'') is an Indian television actor and voice actor who has acted in many Hindi films and is remembered for the role of fashion designer Maddy in '' Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin''. He was recently seen as a contender ...

as Vishal Mathur: Pammi’s husband *

Chitrashi Rawat Chitrashi Rawat (born 29 November 1989) is an Indian model, national level athlete and actress known for her role of Komal Chautala in ''Chak De! India'' in 2007. Chitrashi is a real life hockey player. She started playing hockey at the age o ...

as Nikki *

as Mrs. Arora: Raj's Mother * Delnaaz Paul as Bobby *

Salman Khan Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; born 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who predominantly works in Hindi films. In a career spanning over three decades, his awards include two National Film Awa ...

as himself *

Shishir Sharma Shishir Sharma (born 10 January 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He appeared in Zee TV's ''Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann'', and is known for playing the role of Jagmohan Prasad in '' Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli''. Currently, he can be ...

as Simi's father * Anita Wahi as Simi's mother * Baby Vidhir as Guddu Nagpal: Simi and Aditya's son * Master Vivak * Bharat Bohra as Manager

Reception

Critical reception

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of Koimoi gave it half out of five stars and wrote in his review – "On the whole, Yeh Dooriyan is a poor fare which will meet with a disastrous fate at the box-office windows". Nikita Kapoor of FilmiTadka rated it with 1 out of 5 stars and said – "Yeh Dooriyan has nothing new or unique, out of the various departments that Deepshikha has tried to handle though this film, acting is the only part she has got right. We at FilmiTadka give Yeh Dooriyan 1 out of 5 stars".

Nikhat Kazmi Nikhat Kazmi (1958/59 – 20 January 2012) was a senior correspondent and well-known film critic from, born Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, who had been writing for ''The Times of India'' since 1987. She died of breast cancer Breast cancer is a c ...

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gave it 2 out of 5 stars and wrote – "Deepshikha, on her part, does put in a restrained act as the suffering heroine, but can't say the same for the male acts. The men in the film are either hysterical (husband) or plastic (boyfriend) and the girlie gang (Delnaaz and Chitrashi) are borderline bimbettes". Taran Adarsh gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5, but called it "a decent attempt".

Music

Track listings

Accolades

References

External links

Official Website
* {{IMDb title, 1826051 2010s Hindi-language films 2010s Indian films 2011 comedy films 2011 films Films scored by Sanjoy Chowdhury Films shot in India Hindi-language comedy films Indian comedy films Cultural depictions of Salman Khan