Dolly Ki Doli

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Dolly Ki Doli
Directed by	Abhishek Dogra
Written by	Umashankar Singh Abhishek Dogra
Produced by	Arbaaz Khan Malaika Arora Khan
Starring	Sonam Kapoor Pulkit Samrat Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub Manoj Joshi Rajkummar Rao Varun Sharma
Cinematography	Saurabh Goswami
Edited by	Hemal Kothari
Music by	Songs: Sajid–Wajid Background Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Production company	Arbaaz Khan Productions
Distributed by	Kinesis Films
Release date	23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
Running time	93 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	est. ₹19.21 crores[2]

Dolly Ki Doli (transl. Dolly's palanquin) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film, directed by debutant Abhishek Dogra and produced by actor Arbaaz Khan under his production house Arbaaz Khan Productions.^[3] The film stars Sonam Kapoor in the title role and also features Pulkit Samrat, Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma. The film was released on 23 January 2015.^[4] The film's trailer was unveiled on Malaika's and Arbaaz's anniversary in December 2014.^[5] It is a remake of the 2013 Punjabi film R.S.V.P. - Ronde Saare Vyah Picho.^[6]

Though the film was an average grosser, Kapoor's performance was praised, earning her a Best Actress nomination at the 61st Filmfare Awards.

Plot[]

The film centres around a young woman, Dolly (Sonam Kapoor), who is a con artist. First she married Sonu Sherawat (Rajkummar Rao). She marries men from different religions and runs away with their wealth on the night of the wedding with their money.^[5][7] Her entire family consists of con artists. After conning a number of rich men, she gets media attention, who label her as "looteri dulhan" (bride thief). A cop Robin Singh (Pulkit Samrat) decides to catch Dolly. When she tries to con Delhi boy Manjot (Varun Sharma), she slips and her photographs are splashed all over the media.

When Dolly and her gang try to con Prince Aditya Singh (Saif Ali Khan), they are arrested by Robin Singh. Then it is revealed that Robin Singh and Dolly have a past. She is put behind bars but she escapes with Robin's help and they get married. But she leaves him too and regroups with her old gang members and goes in search of their next victim.^[8]

Cast[]

• Sonam Kapoor as Dolly Singh/Madhuri Chawla/Bhagyashree/Priya
• Pulkit Samrat as Inspector Robin Singh
• Dilraj Singh Hada as Peter
• Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Jagdish “Raju” Dubey/Jagdish Singh, Dolly's fake brother
• Manoj Joshi as Dubeyji/Major SK Singh, Dolly's fake father
• Rajkummar Rao as Sonu Sherawat
• Varun Sharma as Manjot Singh Chadda
• Rajesh Sharma as Ramesh Sherawat, Sonu's Father
• Gulfam Khan as Sonu's Mother
• Archana Puran Singh as Manjot's Mother
• Mubeen Saudagar as Ibrahim
• Brijendra Kala as Sub-Inspector Khan
• Vibha Chibber as Commissioner Kiran Chaudhary
• Saif Ali Khan in a cameo appearance as Prince Aditya Singh
• Malaika Arora Khan in a special appearance in the song "Fashion Khatam Muhjpe"

Soundtrack[]

All music is composed by Sajid–Wajid and lyrics are penned by Irfan Kamal.

Reception[]

The film received mixed reviews from critics.^[9] Bollywood Hungama described the film "a solid entertainer that will surely entertain the masses and classes alike" and gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.^[10]

In its first Friday, it collected 20 million, a result which Koimoi called "poor".^[9] At the end of its second weekend, it had collected 192.1 million, performing well in the north, but failing in multiplexes and single screens.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Dolly Ki Doli at IMDb