Sweetiee Weds NRI

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Sweetiee Weds NRI
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Directed byHasnain Hyderabadwala
Written byTariq Mohammad
Produced byAshutosh Behera
Tariq Mohammad
Sada S. Bhuvad
Cyrus F. Dastur
Sharad Patel [1]
Starring Himansh Kohli [2]
Zoya Afroz [3]
Darshan Jariwala,
Kiran Juneja
Babloo Mukherji
CinematographyUdaysingh Mohite
Madhukar S. Rao
Edited bySandeep Singh Bajeli
Music bySongs
Arko Pravo Mukherjee
Palash Muchhal
Jaidev Kumar
Raaj Aashoo
Shah Jahan Ali
Background Score
Amar Mohile
Production
companies
Asmiy Entertainment
Grand Motion Picture
SP Cinecorp
Release date
  • 2 June 2017 (2017-06-02)
Running time
116 minutes [4]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Sweetiee Weds NRI is a 2017 Indian Hindi film directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala, and produced by Asmiy Entertainment and Grand Motion Picture. It stars Himansh Kohli and Zoya Afroz [5] in the lead roles along with Darshan Jariwala, Kiran Juneja in Supporting roles and had its theatrical release on 2 June 2017. [4]

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Plot

Sweetiee Desai is a happy go lucky Gujarati girl of around 22 years, born to a wealthy business man of Baroda. Her father is a jolly good person with only one ambition – to get his daughter married to an NRI from England. The reason being he was deported from the UK many years back. [6]

Cast

Soundtrack

Sweetiee Weds NRI
Soundtrack album by
Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Palash Muchhal, Jaidev Kumar, Raaj Aashoo and Shah Jahan Ali
Released24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) [7]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length45:52
Language Hindi
Label T-Series
External audio
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The music of the film is composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Palash Muchhal, Jaidev Kumar, Raaj Aashoo and Shah Jahan Ali while the lyrics were written by Banjara Rafi, Muchhal, Mukherjee, Shakeel Azmi, Dr. Devendra Kafir and Shyam Bhateja. Its first song titled as "O Saathiya" sung by Armaan Malik and Prakriti Kakar was released on 10 May 2017. The second song "Musafir" sung by Atif Aslam and Muchhal was released on 16 May 2017. The third song titled as "Kudi Gujrat Di" which is sung by Akasa Singh, Jasbir Jassi and Sonia Sharma and Rapped By KD was released on 18 May 2017. The fourth song to be released was "Musafir (Reprise)" which is sung by Arijit Singh was released on 22 May 2017. The soundtrack was released on 24 May 2017 by T-Series. [8]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."O Saathiya"Arko Pravo Mukherjee [9] Arko Pravo Mukherjee Armaan Malik, Prakriti Kakar 3:54
2."Musafir"Palak Muchhal [10] Palash Muchhal Atif Aslam, Palak Muchhal 5:10
3."Kudi Gujarat Di"Dr. Devendra Kafir, Shyam Bhateja Jaidev Kumar [11] Akasa Singh, Jasbir Jassi, Sonia Sharma Rap: KD3:42
4."Wedding"Palak MuchhalPalash MuchhalPalak Muchhal, Shahid Mallya 3:37
5."Shiddat"Shakeel AzmiRaaj AashooArmaan Malik5:38
6."Zindagi Bana Loon"Banjara RafiShah Jahan AliPalak Muchhal4:56
7."Kinara"Palak MuchhalPalash MuchhalPalak Muchhal4:30
8."Musafir (Reprise)"Palak MuchhalPalash Muchhal Arijit Singh 5:14
9."Musafir (Remix)"Palak MuchhalPalash MuchhalAtif Aslam, Arijit Singh3:33
10."Shiddat (Reprise)"Shakeel AzmiRaaj Aashoo Mohammed Irfan 5:38
Total length:45:52

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