Meri Pyaari Bindu

Meri Pyaari Bindu
Meri Pyaari Bindu
Soundtrack album by Sachin-Jigar
Released	20 April 2017
Recorded	2016–2017
Genre	Feature Film Soundtrack
Length	30:26
Language	Hindi
Label	YRF Music

Meri Pyaari Bindu
Meri Pyaari Bindu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by	Suprotim Sengupta
Screenplay by	Suprotim Sengupta; Dialogues:; Suprotim Sengupta; Soumik Sen
Story by	Suprotim Sengupta & Tamojit Das
Produced by	Aditya Chopra; Maneesh Sharma
Starring	Parineeti Chopra; Ayushmann Khurrana
Cinematography	Tushar Kanti Ray
Edited by	Shweta Venkat Mathew
Music by	Sachin–Jigar
Production; company	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	12 May 2017;
Running time	119 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹220 million
Box office	₹177.9 million

Meri Pyaari Bindu (transl. My Dear Bindu) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film, written by Suprotim Sengupta and directed by . It features Parineeti Chopra and Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead roles.

The principal photography of the film began in Kolkata in May 2016 and was wrapped in October 2016. The film was released on 12 May 2017.^[2]^[3]

Plot[]

Abhimanyu Roy (Ayushmann Khurrana) and Bindu Shankarnaryanan (Parineeti Chopra) are best friends since childhood. Abhimanyu has always been in love with Bindu much to his mother's dismay. He never conveys his real feelings to Bindu and is happy being just friends with her. One day, Bindu's mother (June Malia) dies in an accident. Heartbroken Bindu blames her father as he was driving the car while drunk. Her growing resentment towards her father forces her to leave college and go to Melbourne. Meanwhile, Abhimanyu graduates from his college and goes to Bangalore to study Master of Business Administration. After a few years, Abhi goes to Goa, where he meets Bindu. Bindu tells him that she is engaged. Heartbroken Abhimanyu now goes to Mumbai and starts working in a bank. Bindu calls him to a restaurant and tells him that she did not marry that man as he fled. Abhimanyu tries to reconcile their friendship and goes out of his way to tend to Bindu's needs. He even leaves his girlfriend. Bindu now starts working as a dubbing artist and both fall in love with each other. Bindu's dream comes true as she gets a chance to become a singer. Bindu's album is released and upon its release the album is not received well. Bindu is devastated and their relationship is strained because of her failure. Abhimanyu proposes Bindu for marriage, but Bindu leaves him and goes to Bangalore. Now Abhimanyu becomes a writer who writes erotic horror novels, his first novel becomes a hit. But the manager forces him to write novels quickly. Thus he takes a break and moves to his house in Kolkata. A birthday party is organised and Bindu comes to Kolkata as well. Bindu is now married to Mr.Nair and has a daughter as well. Both of them visit the place where they used to go to since they were children and start remembering their past memories. The film ends as Abhimanyu and Bindu dance together at the birthday party.

Cast[]

Parineeti Chopra as Bindu Shankarnarayanan
Ayushmann Khurrana as Abhimanyu "Abhi" Roy aka Bubla
Rajatabha Dutta as Bubla's father
Aparajita Adhya as Bubla's mother
Prakash Belawadi as Bindu's father
June Malia as Bindu's mother
Kharaj Mukherjee^[4] as over-excited relative
Biswajit Chakraborty as a neighbor
Kamalika Banerjee as Boobi Mashi
Abish Mathew as Bubla's friend in Mumbai
Lama Halder as shopkeeper
Prabal Punjabi
as Abhimanyu's girlfriend
Priya Mondal

Box office[]

The film had a total gross collection of ₹178 million (US$2.5 million).^[1]

Soundtrack[]

The film soundtrack of Meri Pyaari Bindu is composed by Sachin–Jigar with lyrics by Kausar Munir and Priya Saraiya. The songs in the film has been sung by Arijit Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonu Nigam, Parineeti Chopra, Clinton Cerejo, Dominique Cerejo, Monali Thakur, Nakash Aziz, Sanah Moidutty, Jigar Saraiya and Jonita Gandhi. Chopra recorded her first song "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin" for the film. The full soundtrack, which consists of a total of 7 songs was released on 20 April 2017.

All music is composed by Sachin-Jigar.

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin"	Kausar Munir	Parineeti Chopra	4:25
2.	"Hareyaa"	Priya Saraiya	Arijit Singh	3:35
3.	"Ye Jawaani Teri"	Kausar Munir	Nakash Aziz, Jonita Gandhi	3:15
4.	"Iss Tarah"	Kausar Munir	Clinton Cerejo, Dominique Cerejo	3:03
5.	"Khol De Baahein"	Kausar Munir, Rana Mazumder	Monali Thakur	3:09
6.	"Afeemi"	Kausar Munir	Jigar Saraiya, Sanah Moidutty	4:09
7.	"Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin" (Duet)	Kausar Munir	Sonu Nigam, Parineeti Chopra	5:27
8.	"Hareyaa (Reprise)"	Priya Saraiya	Ayushmann Khurrana	3:23
9.	"Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin (Arijit Singh Version)"	Kausar Munir	Arijit Singh	5:26
10.	"Titli Trippin"	Vayu	Arijit Singh, Neeti Mohan	2:15
Total length:				37:15

Reception[]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 44% based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 5.38/10.^[5]^[6]

Accolades[]

Award Ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.(s)
10th Mirchi Music Awards	Song of The Year	"Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin"	Nominated	^[7]
	Music Composer of The Year	Sachin-Jigar – "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin (Duet)"
	Lyricist of The Year	Kausar Munir – "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin (Duet)"
	Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year	Parineeti Chopra – "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin"
	Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging)	Sachin-Jigar – "Haareya"