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Cocktail (2012)

Cocktail poster
Original title
कॉकटेल
Directed by
Homi Adajania
Genre
comedy drama, romantic comedy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 26m
Rated
15
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 127 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three young Indian people in London navigate friendship, love, and complicated relationships. A man becomes entangled with two very different women who are best friends.

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What happens

Cocktail is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film written by Imtiaz Ali, directed by Homi Adajania, and produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan under their respective banners Illuminati Films and Maddock Films. It stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty, in her acting debut. The film's soundtrack was composed by Pritam and Yo Yo Honey Singh. Cocktail was released on 13 July 2012 and received positive reviews from mixed to positive reviews from critics. It emerged as a commercial success, grossing ₹126 crore worldwide, to rank as one of the highest grossing Hindi films of 2012. At the 58th Filmfare Awards, Cocktail received four nominations including Best Actress (Padukone) and Best Female Debut (Penty). A spiritual sequel titled Cocktail 2 starring Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna was released on 19 June 2026 with Adajania returning as the director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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