Bad Newz (film)

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Bad Newz
Bad Newz poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Anand Tiwari
Written by Ishita Moitra
Tarun Dudeja
Produced by Karan Johar
Hiroo Yash Johar
Apoorva Mehta
Amritpal Singh Bindra
Anand Tiwari
Starring Vicky Kaushal
Triptii Dimri
Ammy Virk
CinematographyDebojeet Ray
Edited by Shan Mohammed
Music bySongs:
Rochak Kohli
Vishal Mishra
DJ Chetas-Lijo George
Prem-Hardeep
Karan Aujla
Abhijeet Srivastava
Score:
Amar Mohile
Production
companies
Dharma Productions
Leo Media Collective
Amazon Prime
Distributed by AA Films
Release date
  • 19 July 2024 (2024-07-19)
Running time
140 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹80 crore (including marketing cost) [2]
Box officeest. ₹59.34 crore [3]

Bad Newz is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Anand Tiwari. [4] Produced by Amazon Prime, Dharma Productions and Leo Media Collective, the film inspired by true events stars Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri, and Ammy Virk. [5] It is a spiritual sequel to Good Newwz (2019), [6] and revolves around heteropaternal superfecundation, a reproductive process in which twins are born to the same mother, but from different biological fathers. [7]

Contents

Principal photography took place from March 2022 to July 2023. The film was theatrically released on 19 July 2024 and has grossed over ₹59 crore (US$7.1 million) worldwide in its first four days against a production and marketing budget of ₹80 crore (US$9.6 million).

Plot

Saloni Bagga is a chef who dreams of her restaurant win the Meraki Star. She meets Akhil Chadha and they hit it off immediately and get married soon. However, soon problems arise in their marriage, one of which causes her restaurant to lose its Meraki star and subsequently gets her fired. As a result of these problems, the couple decided to get divorced. Saloni then relocates to Mussoorie to work at a restaurant owned by Gurbir Singh Pannu. After a chain of events, a drunk Saloni ends up having a one-night stand with Gurbir. That same night, Akhil shows up at her room, wanting her back and they end up having a one-night stand as well.

As a result of these encounters, Saloni gets pregnant. After doing a paternity test to determine the baby’s father, she realizes that she is pregnant with twins. To make the matters worse, she is told by her doctor that as a result of a very rare phenomenon called heteropaternal superfecundation, the twins have different fathers.

This results in a chain of events where both men try to prove that one of them is a better partner and father than the other. During one such event, Saloni faints due to stress. She is admitted to hospital and the doctor reveals that Gurbir’s baby isn’t growing well but Akhil’s baby is growing normally and waiting longer to deliver the twins will cause Gurbir’s baby to not survive. In these circumstances, Akhil makes a selfless decision to bring forward the delivery of the babies since that would give both the babies a chance to survive.

Luckily the delivery goes well and Saloni delivers two healthy babies and is fine herself. Post delivery when she is informed of the selfless decision Alkhil made, she is touched. She asks Akhil to marry her again, which he accepts; and Gurbir gets back together with his ex-girlfriend. In the end, the two couples decide to raise the babies together; and after sometime Saloni’s restaurant also manages to win a Meraki star.

Cast

Production

Development

The films' arrival post production was announced on March 2024 by Karan Johar which was initially titled Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam, and was later changed to Bad Newz. [10] [11] [12]

Filming

Principal photography commenced in March 2022. [13] Production was wrapped in July 2023. [14] The song 'Rabb Warga' was shot in exotic locations of Croatia. [15]

Music

Bad Newz
Soundtrack album by
Rochak Kohli, Vishal Mishra, Lijo George-DJ Chetas, Prem-Hardeep, Karan Aujla and Abhijeet Srivastava
Released17 July 2024 [16]
Recorded2023–24
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length24:34
LanguageHindi
Label Saregama
Official audio
Bad Newz (Audio Jukebox) on YouTube

The music of the film is composed by Rochak Kohli, Vishal Mishra, Lijo George-DJ Chetas, Prem-Hardeep, Karan Aujla and Abhijeet Srivastava while the background score is composed by Amar Mohile. The first single titled "Tauba Tauba" was released on 2 July 2024. [17] The second single titled "Jaanam" was released on 9 July 2024. [18] The third single titled "Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam" was a remix of the original song from the 1998 film, Duplicate (orginally composed by Anu Malik) and was released on 14 July 2024. [19]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Tauba Tauba" Karan Aujla Yeah ProofKaran Aujla3:27
2."Jaanam"Vishal Mishra Vishal Mishra Vishal Mishra3:18
3."Rabb Warga"Shayra ApoorvaAbhijeet Srivastava Jubin Nautiyal 2:35
4."Haule Haule"Gurpreet Saini, Gautam G. Sharma Rochak Kohli Jubin Nautiyal3:32
5."Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam" Javed Akhtar Lijo-DJ Chetas Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 3:02
6."Raula Raula"Davvy SinghPrem-HardeepPrem-Hardeep, Romy2:54
7."Haule Sajna" (Ammy Virk Version)Gurpreet Saini, Gautam G. SharmaRochak Kohli Ammy Virk 2:55
8."Rabb Warga" (Neeti Mohan Version)Shayra ApoorvaAbhijeet Srivastava Neeti Mohan 2:51
Total length:24:34

Release

Theatrical

After multiple date changes and other delays, Bad Newz was theatrically released on 19 July 2024. [20]

Reception

Box office

As of 23 July 2024, the film has grossed ₹40.92 crore in India and ₹18.42 crore internationally, for a total worldwide gross of ₹59.34 crore. [3]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 25% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. [21]

Bollywood Hungama gave 4/5 and wrote "On the whole, Bad Newz is a fun-filled entertainer." [22] Dhaval Roy of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "With a hilarious premise and two funny men, this one’s a laugh riot. Even when the plot takes a familiar turn and stretches, the witty dialogues and spot-on comedic timing from the cast ensure you're consistently entertained." [23] Rishil Jogani of Pinkvilla gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Bad Newz is an unadulterated fun entertainer with potential that's left untapped. The concept of the film had much more scope for a deeper and broader messaging but it gets reduced to a movie you watch for a few laughs and gags, before getting on with your life." [24]

Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated 2.5/5 stars and notes "Pretty frames, gorgeously styled actors, easily resolved complex issues, Bad Newz has no wish to rise above its fluff objectives." [25] Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express rated the film 2.5/5 and wrote "If Bad Newz had stuck to its comedic guns, without resorting to the weepy saccharine bits which take over in the second half, it would have been gold." [26] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film at 2/5, saying "It is the absence of genuine crackle in the average, single-note confection that Bad Newz is that does the film in." [27]

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