Dharma Productions is an Indian production company established by Yash Johar in 1976. [1] As of 2024, the company has produced 63 Hindi films, including three that have yet to be released. A large number of the films were co-produced with companies such as Red Chillies Entertainment and Star Studios. In addition, Dharma Productions has presented six other-Indian language films from other companies. The most frequent collaborations of the company have been with the actors Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Sidharth Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Sanjay Dutt.
Dharma Productions' first release came in 1980 with the Raj Khosla–directed Dostana , starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha and Zeenat Aman, which was a commercial success. [2] However, their subsequent releases, Duniya (1984) and Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987) performed poorly at the box office. [3] Their first release of the 1990s, the Bachchan-starring thriller Agneepath (1990) garnered critical acclaim but was a commercial failure. [4] The company's next releases were the thriller Gumrah (1993) and the comedy Duplicate (1998), both directed by Mahesh Bhatt. [3] In 1998, Yash Johar's son, Karan Johar made his directorial debut with the romantic drama Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji and Salman Khan. The film was the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1998, and established Dharma Productions as a leading production company in India. [5] [6] Their subsequent releases, the ensemble family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), and the romantic dramas Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), all starring Khan, were top-grossing Hindi films in domestic and overseas markets. [7] [8]
From 2008 onwards, in addition to directorial ventures from Karan Johar, the company introduced several new directors, including Ayan Mukerji, Punit Malhotra, Karan Malhotra, and Shakun Batra. [9] The romantic comedy Dostana (2008) was the first mainstream Hindi film to take a homosexual storyline. [10] In 2012, Karan Johar directed the teen romance Student of the Year , which marked the debut of Malhotra, Dhawan and Bhatt. [11] The following year, the company co-produced the critically acclaimed drama The Lunchbox , which was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. [12]
Dharma Productions' greatest successes in the next decades came with the social drama My Name Is Khan (2010); action drama the 2012 remake of Agneepath; the romantic dramas Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), 2 States (2014), Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016), and Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017); the family drama Kapoor & Sons (2016); the spy film Raazi (2018); the action films Simmba (2018) and Sooryavanshi (2021); the comedy Good Newwz (2019); the war film Shershaah (2021); the fantasy film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022); and the romantic comedy film Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). [13] [14] [15] [16]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Title | Year | Director | Producer(s) | Cast | Synopsis | Ref. |
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Dostana | 1980 | Raj Khosla | Yash Johar | Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman | A police officer and a lawyer are best friends. Trouble arises when they both fall in love with the same girl. | [17] |
Duniya | 1984 | Ramesh Talwar | Yash Johar | Dilip Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Saira Banu | An honest man is wrongly imprisoned by criminals. He later avenges his humiliation with the help of a man who was hired by the criminals to spy on him. | [18] |
Muqaddar Ka Faisla | 1987 | Prakash Mehra | Yash Johar | Raaj Kumar, Raakhee, Raj Babbar, Meenakshi Seshadri, Tina Munim | A Hindu priest is wrongly imprisoned for rape. When he returns from prison, he tries to locate his family and exact revenge for his humiliation. | [19] |
Agneepath | 1990 | Mukul S. Anand | Yash Johar | Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, Madhavi | A common man seeks revenge from an unscrupulous man for wrongly framing and murdering his father. | [20] |
Gumrah | 1993 | Mahesh Bhatt | Yash Johar | Sridevi, Sanjay Dutt, Rahul Roy | An aspiring singer is wrongly accused of drug trafficking, and is sent to prison. She escapes, and seeks revenge from the people who framed her. | [21] |
Duplicate | 1998 | Mahesh Bhatt | Yash Johar | Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Sonali Bendre | An aspiring chef is the doppelganger of a gangster. Comic situations arise when they mistakenly swap places with each other. | [22] [23] |
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Karan Johar | Yash Johar | Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Salman Khan | An eight-year-old girl attempts to fulfill her late mother's wish to unite her father with a woman who used to secretly love him in college. | [24] [25] | |
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | 2001 | Karan Johar | Yash Johar | Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor | A rich industrialist severs ties with his adopted son after he marries a poor girl. Years later, his younger son plots to unite them. | [26] [27] |
Kal Ho Naa Ho | 2003 | Nikhil Advani | Yash Johar , Karan Johar | Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan | A man with a fatal heart disease tries to play matchmaker to a troubled young woman and her best friend, despite being in love with her. | [28] [29] |
Kaal [lower-alpha 1] | 2005 | Soham Shah | Karan Johar , Shah Rukh Khan | Ajay Devgn, John Abraham, Vivek Oberoi, Esha Deol, Lara Dutta | A group of tourists in a national park are traumatised by an unexplained force, and they seek support from a mysterious local man. | [30] [32] |
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | 2006 | Karan Johar | Hiroo Johar | Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Kiron Kher | An extra-marital affair between a bitter football coach and an unhappy schoolteacher destroy their respective marriages. | [33] [34] |
Dostana | 2008 | Tarun Mansukhani | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Bobby Deol | Two men in Miami pretend to be gay to share an apartment with a young woman, but they both eventually fall in love with her. | [35] [36] |
Wake Up Sid! [lower-alpha 2] | 2009 | Ayan Mukerji | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma | The life of a lazy young man changes for the better when he begins living with an aspiring writer. | [37] [43] |
Kurbaan [lower-alpha 2] | Rensil D'Silva | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi | A terrorist dupes a woman into marrying him, so he can enter the United States. He keeps her under house-arrest, but she attempts to foil his plans. | [38] [44] | |
My Name Is Khan [lower-alpha 3] | 2010 | Karan Johar | Hiroo Johar, Gauri Khan | Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol | In post-9/11 America, an Indian-born Muslim man with Asperger syndrome travels to meet the President of America on the insistence of his wife. | [45] [46] |
I Hate Luv Storys [lower-alpha 2] | Punit Malhotra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Ronnie Screwvala | Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Sammir Dattani | An engaged woman develops a one-sided attraction towards a commitment-phobic co-worker. | [39] [47] | |
We Are Family [lower-alpha 4] | Siddharth Malhotra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal | A man's newly married wife must look after his kids from his first marriage, after his ex-wife is diagnosed with cancer. | [48] [49] | |
Agneepath | 2012 | Karan Malhotra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Hrithik Roshan, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra | A common man seeks revenge from an unscrupulous man for wrongly framing and murdering his father. | [50] [51] |
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu [lower-alpha 2] | Shakun Batra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Ronnie Screwvala | Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor | An under-confident man accidentally marries a free-spirited woman. After deciding to annul the marriage, she helps him overcome his insecurities. | [40] [52] | |
Student of the Year [lower-alpha 1] | Karan Johar | Hiroo Johar, Gauri Khan | Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Rishi Kapoor | The friendship of three school students is tested when they have to compete with each other in an annual school competition. | [31] [53] | |
Gippi [lower-alpha 2] | 2013 | Sonam Nair | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Riya Vij, Divya Dutta, Taaha Shah | An overweight teenage girl from a broken home must overcome her inhibitions and stand against a popular girl for the annual school elections. | [41] [54] |
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani [lower-alpha 2] | Ayan Mukerji | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone | A man and a woman of contrasting personalities fall in love during the course of a common friend's wedding. | [42] [55] | |
The Lunchbox [lower-alpha 5] | Ritesh Batra | Guneet Monga , Anurag Kashyap, Arun Rangachari | Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui | An unhappy housewife and a lonely widower correspond through letters in hope of a better future with each other. | [56] [57] | |
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein | Punit Malhotra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor | To woo his lady love, a social worker, a man must travel to a remote village in India where she is working on a project. | [58] [59] | |
Hasee Toh Phasee [lower-alpha 6] | 2014 | Vinil Mathew | Karan Johar , Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap | Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, Adah Sharma | A struggling businessman is sympathetic to his fiancé's sister, a drug abusing scientist, and helps her mend fences with her family. | [60] [62] |
2 States [lower-alpha 7] | Abhishek Varman | Karan Johar , Sajid Nadiadwala | Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt | Two recently graduated students, belonging to different parts of India, face trouble in convincing their parents to approve of their relationship. | [63] [64] | |
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania | Shashank Khaitan | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Shukla | A girl's marriage is arranged by her father to a successful NRI doctor, but she engages in an affair with another man. | [65] [66] | |
Ungli | Rensil D'Silva | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Emraan Hashmi, Sanjay Dutt, Randeep Hooda, Kangana Ranaut | Four friends, impacted by the corruption among politicians, moonlight as vigilantes. A police officer tries to catch them. | [67] [68] | |
Brothers [lower-alpha 8] | 2015 | Karan Malhotra | Karan Johar Hiroo Johar | Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez | The younger son of an alcoholic former boxer competes in a MMA tournament against his older brother. | [69] |
Shaandaar [lower-alpha 6] | Vikas Bahl | Karan Johar , Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap | Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapur | Two insomniacs fall in love during a destination wedding. | [70] | |
Kapoor & Sons [lower-alpha 9] | 2016 | Shakun Batra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta | Rishi Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt | Two brothers return home to their dysfunctional family when their grandfather suffers from a cardiac arrest. | [72] |
Baar Baar Dekho [lower-alpha 10] | Nitya Mehra | Karan Johar , Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani | Sidharth Malhotra, Katrina Kaif | A mathematician develops cold feet before his marriage and finds himself valuing family life after travelling forward in time. | [74] | |
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil [lower-alpha 9] | Karan Johar | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar | Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Anushka Sharma | An aspiring musician develops a one-sided attraction towards a woman, but she is intent on keeping the relationship platonic. | [75] | |
Dear Zindagi [lower-alpha 11] | Gauri Shinde | Karan Johar Gauri Khan, Gauri Shinde | Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan | A therapist helps a troubled cinematographer resolve conflicts with her parents. | [77] | |
Ok Jaanu [lower-alpha 12] | 2017 | Shaad Ali | Karan Johar Mani Ratnam | Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor | A couple in a live-in relationship face difficulties when they need to make a choice between their career and their relationship. | [79] |
Badrinath Ki Dulhania [lower-alpha 9] | Shashank Khaitan | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta | Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt | An independent young woman refuses to conform to patriarchal expectations from her chauvinistic fiancée. | [80] | |
Ittefaq [lower-alpha 13] | Abhay Chopra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Gauri Khan, Renu Chopra | Sidharth Malhotra, Akshaye Khanna, Sonakshi Sinha | A writer and a housewife become suspects in the homicide of their respective spouses. | [82] | |
Raazi [lower-alpha 14] | 2018 | Meghna Gulzar | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Vineet Jain, Apoorva Mehta | Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal | An Indian woman is married off to spy on a Pakistani policeman prior to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. | [83] |
Dhadak [lower-alpha 15] | Shashank Khaitan | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta | Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi Kapoor | Two young lovers from different socio-economic backgrounds must learn to survive when they face political opposition. | [85] | |
Simmba [lower-alpha 16] | Rohit Shetty | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Rohit Shetty, Apoorva Mehta | Ranveer Singh, Sonu Sood, Sara Ali Khan | A corrupt policeman rethinks his approach after a woman close to him is raped. | [87] | |
Kesari [lower-alpha 17] | 2019 | Anurag Singh | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Aruna Bhatia, Sunir Khetarpal | Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra | In 1897, 21 Sikh soldiers fight the Pashtuns in the Battle of Saragarhi. | [89] |
Kalank [lower-alpha 18] | Abhishek Varman | Karan Johar , Sajid Nadiadwala | Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay Dutt | A married Hindu woman and a Muslim blacksmith with a dark past fall in love prior to the partition of India. | [91] | |
Student of the Year 2 [lower-alpha 9] | Punit Malhotra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta | Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria, Ananya Panday | A college student competes with a wealthy rival for a sporting title and a personal recognition award. | [92] | |
Drive [lower-alpha 19] | Tarun Mansukhani | Karan Johar Hiroo Johar | Sushant Singh Rajput, Jacqueline Fernandez | As the police chase an infamous gold robber, an undercover agent infiltrates a street racing gang who are also looking for the thief. | [93] | |
Good Newwz [lower-alpha 20] | Raj Mehta | Karan Johar , Aruna Bhatia, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shashank Khaitan | Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh, Kiara Advani | Two couples with the same surname discover that sperm samples for their in vitro fertilisation have been mixed up. | [94] | |
Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship [lower-alpha 15] | 2020 | Bhanu Pratap Singh | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shashank Khaitan | Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar | A bereaved private investigator attempts to unearth the mystery behind a mysterious abandoned ship. | [95] |
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl [lower-alpha 15] [lower-alpha 19] | Sharan Sharma | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Zee Studios | Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Manav Vij, Vineet Kumar Singh | The inspiring true story of a simple girl with big dreams who stood her ground to rule the skies. | [96] [97] | |
Shershaah [lower-alpha 21] [lower-alpha 22] | 2021 | Vishnuvardhan | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shabbir Boxwala, Ajay Shah, Himanshu Gandhi | Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani | PVC awardee brave Indian soldier – Capt. Vikram Batra, his courage remains eternal and his memory indelible in the Indian psyche. His contributions count as blessings in India's win over the enemy in the Kargil War of 1999. | [98] |
Sooryavanshi [lower-alpha 23] | Rohit Shetty | Karan Johar , Rohit Shetty, Aruna Bhatia | Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif | A policeman tries to bring down a terrorist organisation with which he has a history. | [99] [100] | |
Gehraiyaan [lower-alpha 24] [lower-alpha 22] | 2022 | Shakun Batra | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shakun Batra | Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday, Dhairya Karwa | A journey into the deep rooted intricacies of modern human relationships. | [101] |
Jugjugg Jeeyo [lower-alpha 25] | Raj Mehta | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta | Varun Dhawan, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Neetu Kapoor | A family and its values, unresolved yearnings, and unexpected reconciliations. | [102] | |
Liger [lower-alpha 26] | Puri Jagannadh | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Puri Jagannadh, Charmme Kaur | Vijay Deverakonda, Ananya Panday | The journey of Liger and how he becomes an international level MMA fighter. | [103] [104] | |
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva [lower-alpha 27] | Ayan Mukerji | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Ranbir Kapoor, Namit Malhotra, Marijke DeSouza, Ayan Mukerji | Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna | The life of Shiva, an orphan who possesses the power of the Agnyastra, (the astra of fire) within himself and shares a history with the most powerful astra, Brahmastra. | [105] | |
Govinda Naam Mera [lower-alpha 28] | Shashank Khaitan | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta Shashank Khaitan | Vicky Kaushal, Kiara Advani, Bhumi Pednekar | Wedged between a court case, a bad marriage and his girlfriend, Govinda Waghmare gets further entangled in incidents complicating his already tangled world. | [106] | |
Selfiee [lower-alpha 29] | 2023 | Raj Mehta | Karan Johar Prithviraj Sukumaran, Aruna Bhatia, Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta | Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Diana Penty | Actor Vijay Kumar, famous for his driving skills, loses his licence. However, the issue spins out of control after he locks horns with a motor inspector, Om Prakash Aggarwal, who happens to be a fan of the actor. | [107] [108] |
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani [lower-alpha 30] | Karan Johar | Karan Johar Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta | Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt | A couple with contrasting personalities decide to live with each other's families for three months before getting married. | [109] | |
Kill [lower-alpha 31] | Nikhil Nagesh Bhat | Karan Johar , Apoorva Mehta, Guneet Monga, Achin Jain | Laksh Lalwani, Raghav Juyal, Tanya Maniktala | Amrit, a commando in the Indian army and his friend Viresh, travelling in Rajdhani Express train with Amrit's girlfriend Tulika, but the plan goes awry as the train gets stormed by Beni and his gang of bandits. With the passengers' lives at risk, Amrit and Viresh set out to rescue the passengers by taking out Beni and the bandits using violent ways. | [110] | |
Yodha [lower-alpha 32] | 2024 | Sagar Ambre Pushkar Ojha | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Shashank Khaitan | Sidharth Malhotra, Raashii Khanna, Disha Patani | After terrorists hijack a passenger plane, an off-duty soldier aboard devises a strategy to defeat the hijackers and ensure the passengers' survival when the engine fails. | [111] |
Mr. & Mrs. Mahi [lower-alpha 33] | Sharan Sharma | Karan Johar , Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta | Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor | A married couple who share a love for cricket begin training in the game due to her natural talent. | [112] | |
Bad Newz [lower-alpha 34] | Anand Tiwari | Karan Johar Hiroo Johar, Apoorva Mehta Amritpal Singh Bindra Anand Tiwari | Vicky Kaushal, Tripti Dimri, Ammy Virk | A woman's love life becomes more complicated than she ever imagined when she learns that she's expecting twins with different biological fathers. | [113] [114] | |
Jigra [lower-alpha 35] | Vasan Bala | Karan Johar , Apoorva Mehta, Alia Bhatt | Alia Bhatt, Vedang Raina | TBA | [115] | |
Shankara† | 2025 | Karan Singh Tyagi | Karan Johar , Apoorva Mehta, Anand Tiwari | Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan, Ananya Panday | TBA | [116] |
Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari† | Shashank Khaitan | Karan Johar , Shashank Khaitan | Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor, Sanya Malhotra, Rohit Saraf | TBA | [117] |
In addition to the Hindi films produced, the following films were presented by the company:
Year | Title | Language | Ref. |
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2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Telugu | [118] |
2017 | The Ghazi Attack | [119] | |
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | [120] | ||
2018 | Bucket List | Marathi | [121] |
2.0 | Tamil | [122] | |
2024 | Devara: Part 1 | Telugu | [123] |
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Mohit Marwah is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He is best known for his debut feature film Fugly (2014) and Raag Desh (2017). He has also appeared in short films such as Strangers in the Night produced by Dharma Productions and directed by Shakun Batra and in Love Shots produced by Yash Raj Films.
Shashank Khaitan is an Indian film writer, director, actor and producer who works in Hindi films. He is known for his association with Dharma Productions.
Kesari (transl. Saffron) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language war film written and directed by Anurag Singh. It was jointly produced by Aruna Bhatia, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Sunir Khetarpal under the banners of Dharma Productions, Cape of Good Films, Azure Entertainment, and Zee Studios. The film stars Akshay Kumar with Parineeti Chopra, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Sarwar, Vansh Bhardwaj, Jaspreet Singh, Vivek Saini, Vikram Kochhar, and Rakesh Sharma in supporting roles. It follows the events leading to the Battle of Saragarhi, a battle between 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army and 10,000 Afridi and Orakzai Pashtun tribesmen in 1897.
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy family drama directed by Karan Johar and written by Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan and Sumit Roy. The film stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt as a couple with contrasting personalities who decide to live with each other's families for three months before getting married. Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Churni Ganguly, Aamir Bashir, and Kshitee Jog play their family members.