Badhaai Do

Badhaai Do (transl. Felicitations Due) is a 2022 Indian Hindi comedy drama film written by Suman Adhikary and Akshat Ghildial and directed by Harshavardhan Kulkarni.[4] The film is produced by Junglee Pictures, and serves as a spiritual sequel of the 2018 film Badhaai Ho. It stars Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar as a couple in a lavender marriage.[5][6] The principal photography began on 5 January 2021 in Dehradun.[7] Badhaai Do was theatrically released on 11 February 2022.[8]

Not to be confused with Badhaai Ho.

Badhaai Do
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHarshavardhan Kulkarni
Written by
  • Suman Adhikary
  • Akshat Ghildial
  • Harshavardhan Kulkarni
Produced byVineet Jain
Starring
CinematographySwapnil Sonawane
Edited byKirti Nakhwa
Music byScore:
Hitesh Sonik
Songs:
Production
company
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
Running time
147 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹35 crore [2]
Box office₹28.33 crore[3]

Plot

Shardul Thakur is a police officer whose widowed mother pesters him to get married. On the other hand, Suman Singh, also known as Sumi, is a physical education teacher who meets a woman on a lesbian dating app. The woman from the app requests Sumi to meet her in a café - to which she agrees. On reaching the café, Sumi realizes that she was chatting with a boy all along. Afraid, Sumi leaves the place but the boy continues following her and keeps on threatening her about her sexual orientation. Fed up with his blackmail, Sumi reports it to Shardul, who works in a women's police station. Shardul meets Sumi and tells her that the boy from the dating app has been warned. He immediately asks Sumi to marry him, saying that he is gay himself. He wants to marry her only to get free from their family's pressure on them to get married. Sumi accepts the deal and they both get married.

They go on a honeymoon where Shardul introduces his boyfriend Kabir to Sumi. She feels happy seeing both of them having a good bond. After returning from the trip, Shardul and Sumi move into a police quarter. Later, Sumi gets to know Rimjhim who works in a hospital. They go out on a date, where Rimjhim opens up about being rejected by her family for being a lesbian. They start a relationship immediately after, and eventually fall for each other. Eventually, Rimjhim moves into Sumi's room. When Shardul's superior's wife questions them about Rimjhim they brush it off saying that she is their cousin.

Meanwhile, Shardul gets to know that Kabir is just passing time with him and is not really in love with him. He feels devastated and days pass when he finally finds Guru Narayan, a queer lawyer (his exact sexuality is left ambiguous and up for interpretation throughout the movie). He immediately takes a liking to Shardul while the latter is controlling the mob during a gay marriage. They both like each other and start dating shortly after, post a period of casual flirtation.

Later, Shardul and Sumi go to Shardul's home for a festival. When questioned about her not being pregnant yet, Shardul tells them that Sumi has some problem with her reproductive tract. They go to a checkup but the result turns out to be normal. Shardul's mother moves into their quarters to make sure that they have a physical relationship. While talking about this, Sumi tells her mother-in-law that Shardul is not fit to be a father. Listening to this, Shardul's and Sumi's family advises them to adopt a baby for which Sumi feels so happy as that was her dream. Done with her work, Shardul's mother leaves for her home but returns back as she misses the train only to see Sumi and Rimjhim being intimate. She tells this to both the families and knowing this, Shardul asks Sumi to not reveal his sexual identity. Sumi's family admonishes her for being that way while Shardul's family is furious with Sumi for being a lesbian. Shardul then confesses to his family that he is gay in a show of solidarity. His mother accepts the fact which Shardul shares with Sumi with great joy.

Sumi and Shardul decide to get divorced but Shardul receives a message stating that their adoption plea has been accepted and conveys the same to Sumi. They slip off the idea of getting divorced and decides to adopt a baby and lead a life in the way they wanted, thus reclaiming lavender marriages.

One year later, Shardul and Sumi adopt a baby and perform an adoption ritual in which Rimjhim too participates as Sumi and Rimjhim are going to be the parents of the baby. Shardul's superior and his wife visit their home for the ritual seeing which Rimjhim leaves Sumi's side. Seeing this, Sumi's father tells Rimjhim to continue the ritual stating that the ritual needs the mother's presence. Shardul too invites Guru Narayan to accompany him in the ritual. The superior remains confused seeing this, but the four smile vibrantly.

Cast
  • Rajkummar Rao as Shardul Thakur, a policeman[9]
  • Bhumi Pednekar as Suman "Sumi" Singh, a physical education teacher
  • Chum Darang as Rimjhim Jongkey, Suman's girlfriend
  • Seema Pahwa as Shardul's taiji
  • Sheeba Chaddha as Mrs. Thakur, Shardul's mother[10]
  • Gulshan Devaiah as Guru Narayan, Shardul's boyfriend
  • Loveleen Mishra as Mrs. Singh, Suman's mother
  • Nitesh Pandey as Prem Singh, Suman's father
  • Vyom Yadav as Naman Singh, Suman's brother
  • Abhay Joshi as DSP
  • Durga Sharma as DSP's wife
  • Shireesh Dobriyal as Tau Ji
  • Sarita Rana as Sho
  • Nindhi Bhati as Naaznin
  • Krishan Kumar as Sirohi, Police Constable
  • Gurleen Kaur as Urvasi
  • Chetan Dhawan as Raju
  • Karuna Prakash as Priya Masi
  • Babita Anand as Priya Masi's Friend
  • Ananya Gaur as Pigu
  • Mitisha Arora as Sarita
  • Arti Shahi as Udita
  • Prabhu Bhatt as Priyanshu
  • Shashi Bhushan
  • Deepak Arora as Kabir, Shardul's ex-boyfriend
  • Apeksha Porwal as Komal, Suman's ex-girlfriend[11]
  • Ritesh Singh as Aariv Dimri, Police Constable

Production

The first schedule was wrapped on 25 February.[12] The film was wrapped up on 6 March 2021.[13][14]

Soundtrack
Badhaai Do
Soundtrack album by
Amit Trivedi, Tanishk Bagchi, Ankit Tiwari and Khamosh Shah
Released1 February 2022[15]
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length48:50
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music Company
Official audio
Badhaai Do Full Album on YouTube

The music of film was composed by Amit Trivedi, Tanishk Bagchi, Ankit Tiwari and Khamosh Shah while lyrics written by Varun Grover, Vayu, Anurag Bhumia, Azeem Shirazi and Anvita Dutt.[15]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Badhaai Do - Title Track"VayuTanishk BagchiNakash Aziz, Rajnigandha Shekhawat, Raja Sagoo[16]2:53
2."Atak Gaya"Varun GroverAmit TrivediArijit Singh, Rupali Moghe3:19
3."Atak Gaya" (Acoustic)Varun GroverAmit TrivediAmit Trivedi3:10
4."Hum Thay Seedhe Saadhe"Varun GroverAmit TrivediRaj Barman4:24
5."Hum Thay Seedhe Saadhe" (Female Version)Varun GroverAmit TrivediShashaa Tirupati4:24
6."Gol Gappa"Anvita DuttAmit TrivediNeha Kakkar, Amit Trivedi3:39
7."Bandi Tot"Anurag BhomiaAnkit TiwariAnkit Tiwari, Nikhita Gandhi3:33
8."Hum Rang Hai"Varun GroverAmit TrivediShashaa Tirupati, Nakash Aziz, Amit Trivedi4:19
9."Hum Thay Seedhe Saadhe"Varun GroverAmit TrivediAbhay Jodhpurkar4:24
10."Maange Manzooriyan" (Female Version)Azeem ShiraziKhamosh ShahMaalavika Manoj4:18
11."Maange Manzooriyan" (Male Version)Azeem ShiraziKhamosh ShahAbhay Jodhpurkar4:18
12."Atak Gaya" (Abhijeet Version)Varun GroverAmit TrivediAbhijeet Srivastava, Rupali Moghe3:19
13."Atak Gaya" (Palak Muchhal Version)Varun GroverAmit TrivediPalak Muchhal2:50
Total length:48:50

Reception

Box office

Badhaai Do earned ₹1.65 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected ₹2.72 crore. On the third day, the film collected ₹3.45 crore, taking total weekend domestic collection to ₹7.82 crore.[3]

As of 10 March 2022, the film grossed ₹24.55 crore in India and ₹3.78 crore overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of ₹28.33 crore.[3]

Critical response

Rachana Dubey of The Times of India gave the film 4/5 and wrote "Badhaai Do attempts to normalise the big-screen depiction of the gay and lesbian community and their romantic relationships. The film sensitively portrays the immense loneliness and sense of isolation that a gay person feels, especially when they lack a window to communicate openly with their family, and are forced to deal with issues on their own"[17] Prathyush Parasuraman of Firstpost gave the film a rating of 4/5 and wrote "Badhaai Do is largely, and rightfully preoccupied with the sexuality of the characters, characters who are not paragons but people, they burp and fart and have loose anger and dark circles".[18] Devesh Sharma of Filmfare gave the film a rating of 4/5 and wrote "The film makes a point that all kinds of love exists in the world and we shouldn’t just pick one colour out of the rainbow but embrace the whole spectrum".[19]

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote "The film unequivocally champions the cause of individuality and inclusivity while delivering an engaging story that is funny, thought-provoking and intriguingly angular in one fell swoop".[20] Zoom gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 and wrote "Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar and team shoulder this bold film to show that ‘love is love’"[21] Stutee Ghosh of The Quint gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Badhaai Do Has Solid Performances, But Seems Overeager to Impress".[22] Mohar Basu of Mid-Day gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Badhaai Do is an honest effort in the right direction, and one of the reasons it works is because it makes you wonder why the law doesn't allow members of LGBTQiA+ community to marry and have children".[23] Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri of The Free Press Journal gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "the film is eminently watchable, thanks in no mean manner to the two lead actors and the occasional throwaway line like being a lesbian ‘hamare life ka hissa hai, puri life thodi na hai".[24]

Pinkvilla gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Badhaai Do strives to start a conversation but shines light on the actuality that we have a long way to go by holding a mirror to the society".[25] Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Rajkummar Rao is solid in what we've come to recognise as strictly Ayushmann Khurrana territory".[26] Ankita Bhandari of Zee News gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Badhaai Ho' appears to be just another take on LGBTQ+ issues, this time adding the adoption angle to the otherwise commonplace matter of coming out of the closet and making your families understand".[27] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote ‘Badhaai Do’ falls into the same trap films with ‘brave subjects’ gravitate towards[28] Monika Rawal Kukreja of The Hindustan Times wrote "Rajkummar Rao is in full form and on point as a gay cop. Bhumi Pednekar, too, delivers an excellent performance.[29]

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