Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana

<p>Aarti Shukla ( ) a PCS aspirant meets Satyendra “Sattu” Mishra ( ), a clerk in the Excise Department, on her parents’ persistence who are trying to fix her in an arranged marriage. Aarti finds Sattu’s off-traditional views convenient, while Sattu is mesmerized by Aarti’s beauty and intelligence. They fall in love and agree to marry. On the night of marriage, Aarti learns from her sister Abha that she has cleared the PCS Exam. Abha also conjectures to Aarti that her in-laws will not let her pursue her career. On Abha’s and her maternal uncle’s advice, Aarti flees from her house without informing Sattu, who is left heartbroken. Due to this incident, both Sattu as well as his family are disgraced by the society since the people assume there must be something wrong with him because of which the girl ran away on the night of the wedding. After 5 years, Aarti is now a PCS Officer in Lucknow and is accused of taking a bribe. Her investigation case is handled by the local district magistrate, who is revealed to be Satyendra, now an influential Officer. Now fuelled with immense hatred and unable to forget his heartbreak as well as his family’s disgrace due to Aarti, Satyendra uses his power and influence to torment her and outright tells her that he loathes her. Unable to endure Sattu’s emotional torment, Aarti confronts him and informs him that she left the marriage for her PCS training; but Satyendra retorts that she should have at least confided in him beforehand as he loved her so much. Later, Aarti meets Mr. Kukreja, who accuses her of taking the bribe. When Sattu learns about the meeting, he immediately orders for Aarti to be arrested. During the final hearing, it is revealed that Aarti’s friend Neelam was the one who took the bribe and Sattu had Aarti sent to the prison to protect her from an assassination attempt planned by Neelam and Mr. Kukreja. Aarti is found not guilty, and Sattu permits her to resume her work. Realising that Sattu’s hatred towards her stems from his heartbreak, Aarti spends the next few days attempting to win back Sattu’s love. However, when Sattu spurns her and tells her he has suffered a lot due to her, Aarti decides to move on and marry Sharad. Sattu becomes increasingly conflicted upon hearing this news and reluctantly attends Aarti’s wedding along with his family, but becomes distressed after witnessing her in her bridal dress. Sattu realises his mistake in rejecting Aarti and pleads with her to marry him instead. However, Aarti declines Sattu’s proposal and leaves. Later, Aarti’s brother reveals that the wedding is a ploy arranged by the Mishra and Shukla families to lure Sattu into marrying Aarti. Sharad is revealed to be Abha’s husband and Aarti’s brother-in-law. The film ends with Sattu laughing along with the families and marrying Aarti. In February 2017, producer Vinod Bachchan made the official announcement about his film with and in lead roles. Filmmaker Ratnaa Sinha, wife of marked her directorial debut with the film. was cast to play the lead, Satyendra Mishra, and was director Sinha’s first choice. Rao added, “My character has a journey that travels the phase from a small town guy falling in love with a girl to becoming a successful, rich guy. It is a revenge story and how love makes you do things that you cannot do otherwise.” was cast to play Aarti Shukla, the other lead. Kharbanda stated “script” as the reason behind choosing the film and added, ” is my most passionate project till date. I feel nothing but love for the characters of this film altogether.” For the role of Aarti, the first choice of Sinha was , who had reportedly came on board to do the film but later on decided against doing so citing lack of dates. and were cast to play Satyendra’s parents. and were cast to play Aarti’s parents. Nayani Dixit played Aarti’s sister, and were cast as Satyendra and Aarti’s uncle respectively. The of began in March 2017 in . A major portion of the film was shot at , and the . Following this, there was a 30-day schedule in , including at . The final schedule of the film took place in . A set worth 20 million was created in Lucknow by Arup Adhikari, Vivek Yadav Shabiul Haasan and their team to film the wedding sequence that formed the climax. The soundtrack album of comprises eleven songs composed by , Kaushik-Akash-Guddu (KAG) For , Zain-Sam-Raees, and while the lyrics were written by , , Gaurav Krishna Bansal, Arko and . Vocals on the album’s eight tracks were performed by several singers mainly , , and . It was produced under the Zee Music label. The song “Pallo Latke” is a remake of a popular . Lyrics of the song “Mera Intkam Dekheg” was written by officer Gaurav Krishna Bansal. gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and noted in its music review that, “What works for the music of Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana is the fact that there is a constant ‘sur’ right through its playing time which doesn’t cause a distraction. The sound is uniform and helps the album to play on well through its duration.” Vipin Nair of in his review said that the soundtrack is “entirely missable” and gave it a rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars. s first poster was released on 10 October 2017. The film’s trailer was released in the same month. was theatrically released on 10 November 2017. In December 2017, the film was also screened at the . Post its release, the film was made available on . of was impressed with the acting performances of all actors but criticized the implausible revenge story that the film becomes in its second half. Sweta Kaushal of gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and noted, “Rajkummar’s transformation is impressive and Kriti effortlessly essays her role. All other character actors are a treat to watch. The film, however, leans too much on clichés. Songs are abrupt and obstruct the narrative. The filmmakers have also relied heavily on melodrama but despite these minor hiccups, this is an invitation you must not miss.” Urvi Parikh of was critical of the weak storyline of the film and its slow pacing. The critic gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5. praised the concept of the film but criticized its uninspired execution and gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5. The website appreciated the acting performance of Rajkummar Rao but was critical of the writers for their confused presentation of his character. Kriti Tulsiani of praised the acting performances of all actors but criticized the poorly written script which she felt was not just unreasonable but also out-dated, and gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5. Rachit Gupta of applauded the makers for taking up issues that are very relevant to our society but was critical of the way they were handled. Rachit felt that the film suffers a lot from the usage of outdated [cliché]s and too much [melodrama] and gave it a rating of 2.5 out of 5. Meena Iyer of praised the acting performance of Rajkummar Rao but felt that the film lacked conviction and could not tap its entire potential. Meena gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5. collected 50 lakhs on its first date. In its first week, it collected 6.35 crore. By the end of its theatrical run, the film collected approximately 19.4 crore and became an “average grosser” at the box office. is regarded among the most popular films related to the . The film’s song “Mera Intkam Dekhegi”, became an anthem song for many aspirants preparing for and other competitive exams. The film brought recognition to and proved to be her breakthrough in Hindi films. She termed it the film that “changed her life”. is also noted for its fresh take on arrange marriage.</p>