Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShelly Chopra Dhar
Screenplay by
Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring
CinematographyHimman Dhamija
Edited byAshish Suryavanshi
Music byRochak Kohli
Production
company
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹300 million[2]
Box officeest. ₹398.6 million[3]

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (transl. How I felt when I saw that girl)[4] is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar. The screenplay was written by Dhar and Gazal Dhaliwal, with the story inspired by the 1919 novel A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse.[5] It stars Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, and Juhi Chawla, and features Regina Cassandra, Abhishek Duhan, Madhumalti Kapoor, Seema Pahwa, Brijendra Kala, Alka Kaushal and Kanwaljit Singh in supporting roles. Akshay Oberoi makes a special appearance in the film. The film tells the story of Sweety Chaudhary, a closeted lesbian, and her attempts to come out to her conservative and traditional Punjabi family.[a]

The film is the first collaboration between real-life father and daughter, Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor [6] and marks the Hindi film debut of Regina Cassandra.[7] It was released worldwide on 1 February 2019. The screenplay was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its library's Core Collection.[8]

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  4. ^ "Bollywood's first major LGBTQ film". BBC News. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  5. ^ McCahill, Mike (2 February 2019). "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga review - lesbian groundbreaker is crowdpleaser". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. ^ Sharma, Priyanka (13 October 2017). "Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor team up for Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga". The Indian Express. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  7. ^ Aiyappan, Ashameera (20 February 2018). "Regina Cassandra to make Bollywood debut, bags an important role in Sonam Kapoor's film". The Indian Express. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Screenplay of Sonam Kapoor's Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga To Be Part of Oscars Library". News18. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.


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