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Hasee Toh Phasee (2014)

Hasee Toh Phasee poster
Original title
हँसी तो फसी
Directed by
Vinil Mathew
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 21m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 118 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A struggling businessman gets engaged to an actress but falls for her eccentric, intelligent sister. He must navigate family expectations and his own changing feelings.

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What happens

Hasee Toh Phasee (transl. If she smiles, she is trapped) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Vinil Mathew and produced by Karan Johar, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap under Dharma Productions and Phantom Films. The film stars Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra, along with Adah Sharma, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena and Neena Kulkarni. Marking Malhotra's reunion with Dharma Productions, as well as Chopra's first project outside her Yash Raj Films collaborations, Hasee Toh Phasee follows the story of Nikhil, a struggling businessman who, believing he is in love with Karishma, an actress he is engaged to, has to prove his worth to his father-in-law while grappling with the sudden return of his fiancée's geeky sister, Meeta, who he had an encounter with years ago, throwing all of them into uncharted waters as he gets to know Meeta better. Vishal–Shekhar composed the music, while lyrics were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Kumaar. The film was released on 7 February 2014. It mainly received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its story, music, humor, cinematography and cast performances, particularly Chopra's, and earned ₹63.38 crore worldwide, thus emerging as a moderate commercial success at the box office. At the 60th Filmfare Awards, Hasee Toh Phasee received 3 nominations, including Best Lyricist (Bhattacharya for "Zehnaseeb") and Best Male Playback Singer (Shekhar Ravjiani for "Zehnaseeb"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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