Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySharat Katariya
Written bySharat Katariya
Produced byManeesh Sharma
StarringAyushmann Khurrana
Bhumi Pednekar
CinematographyManu Anand
Edited byNamrata Rao
Music bySongs:
Anu Malik
Score:
Andrea Guerra
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 27 February 2015 (2015-02-27) (India)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget14 crore (US$1.7 million)[1]
Box office113.85 crore (US$14 million)

Dum Laga Ke Haisha (transl.Give it all your force), released internationally as My Big Fat Bride, is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sharat Katariya, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar (in her feature film debut), Sanjay Mishra and Seema Pahwa in the lead roles.[2][3][4] The film's background score is composed by Italian composer Andrea Guerra.[5] The film was released on 27 February 2015 to good critical reception.[6][7][8][9] Box Office India stated that the film collected 42 crore (US$5.0 million) domestically after a five-week run.[10] The film celebrated 50 days of its theatrical run on 16 April 2015.[11] The film's final worldwide gross was 71.85 crore (US$8.6 million).

Dum Laga Ke Haisha received five nominations at the 61st Filmfare Awards, winning two, Best Female Debut for Pednekar and Best Cinematography. The song "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" got three nominations for its lyrics by Varun Grover and vocals by Papon and Monali Thakur. The film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film is inspired from 2010 marathi movie Agadbum which is loosely inspired from 2006 Telugu movie Kithakithalu and is also uncredited remake of the same films.

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