Welcome to New York (2018 film)

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Welcome To New York
Welcome to New York.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Chakri Toleti
Written by Dheeraj Rattan
Produced by Deepshikha Deshmukh
Vashu Bhagnani
Jackky Bhagnani
Andre Timmins
Viraf Sarkari
Sabbas Joseph
Starring Diljit Dosanjh
Sonakshi Sinha
Karan Johar
Ritesh Deshmukh
Boman Irani
Lara Dutta
Sushant Singh Rajput
Rana Daggubati
Cinematography Santosh Thundiyil
Neha Parti Matiyani
Edited byRitesh Soni
Music by Sajid–Wajid
Meet Bros
Shamir Tandon
Production
company
Wiz Films
Distributed by Pooja Entertainment
Eros International
Magic Cloud Media & Entertainment
Release date
  • 23 February 2018 (2018-02-23)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Hindi
Box office6.95 crore [1]

Welcome To New York is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language 3D comedy film, directed by Chakri Toleti, produced by Vashu Bhagnani and Jackky Bhagnani, and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Sonakshi Sinha, Karan Johar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Boman Irani, Lara Dutta, Sushant Singh Rajput and Rana Daggubati. The film was released on 23 February 2018. [2]

Contents

Plot

Teji (Diljit Dosanjh), a sloppy recovery agent who dreams of being an actor, and Jeenal Patel (Sonakshi Sinha), a fashion designer, become part of a big Bollywood event (IIFA) in New York. In between Karan Johar gets kidnapped but it is revealed that he is not Karan but Arjun. [3]

Cast

Main cast

Cameo appearances

Soundtrack

Welcome To New York
Soundtrack album by
Released16 February 2018 (2018-02-16) [5]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length17:15
Language Hindi
Label Sony Music India
Sajid–Wajid chronology
Judwaa 2
(2017)
Welcome to New York
(2018)
Nanu Ki Jaanu
(2018)
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Ishtehaar"Charanjeet CharanShamir Tandon Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Dhvani Bhanushali 4:18
2."Nain Phisal Gaye" Kausar Munir Sajid–Wajid Payal Dev 3:39
3."Pant Mein Gun"Sajid Khan, Danish SabriSajid–Wajid Diljit Dosanjh, Sajid–Wajid 3:13
4."Meher Hai Rab Di" Kumaar Meet Bros Mika Singh, Khushboo Grewal 3:07
5."Smiley Song"KumaarShamir Tandon Boman Irani, Dhvani Bhanushali 2:58
Total length:17:15

Reception

Critical response

Rajeev Masand of News 18 severely criticized the film saying that, "Welcome to New York isn't merely a bad film, or even a terrible one. It's depressing. Not because the plot is all over the place (it is!), not because the actors appear to be doing whatever they like (they are!), and not because it has no vision or ambition (it doesn't!) – but because it's an exercise in sheer pointlessness. Really, this film has no reason to exist." and gave it a rating of 1 out of 5. [6] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 0.5 out of 5 and concluded his review by saying that, "Welcome To New York is totally lost in New York, and looks nothing more than an extended IIFA trailer. It's not worth wasting your time, money, patience and intelligence on this mind-numbing promotional video.". [7] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "Welcome To New York turns out to be a limp, lame tribute to Bollywood". [8]

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