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<p>The plot revolves around a struggling Rafi, based in , who works day and night to pay off an old family debt. His grandmother wishes to see him married and constantly pressures him to find a suitable match. He convinces his grandmother by showing her a picture of a shy stranger, Miloni. When Rafi’s grandmother further prods to introduce her to his fiancé, he tracks down Miloni, a student belonging to a middle-class family. Rafi convinces her to fake their relationship, to which Miloni readily agrees. Despite the , , status and economic background, the two form a unique bond. The film is a to Mumbai, bringing the city out as a character sheltering the two protagonists and their extraordinary journey. was filmed on several locations in . The shooting was finished in November 2017. The film also features the song “Tum Ne Mujhe Dekha” by and from (1966). was selected in Berlinale Special section of the . The film was screened on 14 February 2019 for its European premiere at the festival. The film was released in India on 15 March 2019 as announced with a new official poster unveiled on 14 February 2019. released the film in the United States on 17 May 2019. was made available as on in May 2019. On website , the film holds an approval rating of 79% based on 91 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website’s critics’ consensus reads, ” enriches the familiar arc of its love story by refreshingly refracting its characters’ budding bond through a sociocultural prism.” of gives 3 stars out of 5 and finds the film tender, meditative, and poetic. She says, “The film is so quiet and so still in some parts, that you will get impatient. But it is evocative and its tenderness will stay with you.” Guy Lodge of said that the film “has the same quiet streak of wistful sentimentality that made (2013) so globally beloved — and, for that matter, the same softly-softly humanity found in his two subsequent English-language efforts.” Caryn James of called it a “nuanced, slow-burn, will-they-or-won’t-they romance” and noted that Batra “turns a story that sounds tired and goofy into a lovely film with a tone of tender sadness.” Fionnuala Halligan of noted that the film’s “deliberate pace does bring some rich rewards for the patient viewer, while a lovely ending feels like a throwback to the old-fashioned big-screen romances of yore.” Rahul Desai of praised Malhotra’s performance and wrote: “The reason really works, despite an airy premise, is the character of Miloni, and especially Sanya Malhotra’s evolved performance.” Prahlad Srihari of felt that the film “fails to replicate s magic and called it a “slow-paced dramedy that can’t quite transcend its clever setup.”</p>