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Dream Girl (2019)

Dream Girl poster
Original title
ड्रीम गर्ल
Directed by
Raaj Shaandilyaa
Genre
romance, comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 22m
Rated
12
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 90 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man with a talent for impersonating a female voice takes a job at a call center. His pitch-perfect phone conversations draw in lonely callers who fall for his character.

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What happens

Dream Girl is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa in his directorial debut and produced by Ekta Kapoor. It stars Ayushmann Khurrana as a cross-gender actor whose female voice impersonation begets attention from others, talking about depression and loneliness. Released on 13 September 2019, Dream Girl was a major critical and commercial success, entering the 100 Crore Club in India. It grossed ₹148 crore net in India and over ₹200 crore (US$21 million) worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2019 and Khurrana's highest-grossing film in India. A spiritual sequel titled Dream Girl 2 was released in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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