Dukaan

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Dukaan
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Directed by Siddharth–Garima
Written by
  • Siddharth Singh
  • Garima Wahal
Produced by
  • S K Ahluwalia
  • Siddharth Singh
  • Garima Wahal
  • Srujan Yarabolu
Starring
Cinematography
  • Anirban Chatterjee
Edited by
  • Satya Sharma
Music by
  • Shreyas Puranik
Production
companies
  • Waveband Productions
  • Kalamkaar Picture Productions
Distributed by UFO Moviez
Release date
  • 5 April 2024 (2024-04-05)(India)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹0.18 crore [1]

Dukaan is a 2024 Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by Siddharth Singh and Garima Wahal, and produced by S K Ahluwalia, Siddharth Singh, Garima Wahal, and Srujan Yarabolu, under the banner of Waveband Productions and Kalamkaar Picture Productions. [2] The film features Monika Panwar, Monali Thakur and Soham Majumdar as lead characters. [3]

Contents

Cast

Soundtrack

Dukaan
Soundtrack album by
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length13:50
LanguageHindi
Label Music Garage

All lyrics are written by Siddharth-Garima; all music is composed by Shreyas Puranik

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Maa Banne Wali Hoon" Shreya Ghoshal, Aishwarya Bhandari2:17
2."Rang Maar De Holi Hai" Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani, Bhoomi Trivedi, Osman Mir3:03
3."Moh Na Laage" Arijit Singh, Shreyas Puranik 2:47
4."Love Story Natthi" Mohit Chauhan, Osman Mir, Aishwarya Bhandari2:33
5."Train Song"Ananya Wadkar, Prajakta Shukre, Meenal Jain, Apurva Nisshad, Divya Kumar 3:10
Total length:13:50

Release

Dukaan was released theatrically on 5 April 2024. [6] A special screening was organized in Ahmedabad and more than 300 surrogates were invited. [7]

Reception

Dhaval Roy of The Times of India rated the film 3 stars out of 5 stars and noted "Dukaan is an intriguing concept with a strong lead performance, but the execution falters, leaving one wanting more." [8] Sonal Pandya of Times Now rated the film 2 stars out of 5 stars and noted "From its unwieldy introduction to the syrupy closing scenes, Dukaan isn't quite sure about how to handle its initial message about found families and parenthood." [9]

Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal said "If you are up for some Garba dance moves, want to delve into Gujarati culture, or want to watch a fresh face Monika Panwar at her best, risk it for yourself, else, Mimi and Chori Chori Chupke Chupke are a still far better bets." [10]

Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated 1/5 stars and asserts "Its callous perspective and comical treatment of a sensitive matter makes a complete hash of things." [11]

Ishita Sengupta of OTTPlay commented "The Year’s Worst Film Is Possibly Here" and "Dukaan centres on surrogacy, but unfolds as a cautionary tale on how not to make a film". [12]

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