133-464: Band Baaja Baaraat ( transl. Band, Music, and Party ; also known as Wedding Planners ) is a 2010 Indian Hindi -language romantic comedy film directed by Maneesh Sharma in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Habib Faisal , and produced by Aditya Chopra for Yash Raj Films . It stars Ranveer Singh in his debut lead acting role and Anushka Sharma . In the film, Shruti Kakkar (Sharma) and Bittoo Sharma (Singh) team up to create
266-537: A Non-governmental organization that helps empower women. In 2013, alongside other Bollywood actors, she pledged to support the education of India's young girls as part of NDTV's "Our Girls, Our Pride" fundraiser. That same year, she appeared alongside other celebrities in a commercial, produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India , to create awareness about the 'Right to Education' for children. In December 2014, Sharma auctioned
399-696: A wedding planning enterprise. Band Baaja Baaraat was released worldwide on 10 December 2010, and proved to be a commercial success, despite initial competition from No Problem and Tees Maar Khan . Upon release, it received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for its novel setting, screenplay, soundtrack and the leads' performances. At the 56th Filmfare Awards , Band Baaja Baaraat received 6 nominations, including Best Film , Best Director (Maneesh Sharma) and Best Actress (Anushka Sharma), and won 2 awards – Best Male Debut (Singh) and Best Debut Director (Maneesh Sharma). A Tamil remake titled Aaha Kalyanam also produced by Aditya Chopra under
532-494: A "perfect love ballad", "Dum Dum" as a "unique, unabashed item number with a Sufi-rock feel", "Mitra" as "cool and contemporary", "Baari Barsi" as a "superbly re-orchestrated" traditional Punjabi wedding song and "Band Baaja Baaraat (Theme)" as "a pulsating track which perfectly represents the spirit of the movie". Critical reception for the soundtrack was mixed-to-positive, with "Ainvayi Ainvayi" receiving particular praise ( SawfNews even stated that one would "probably want to see
665-400: A "quality album" with "a good collection of songs". "We’re like a tiny paan shop if you compare us with the other releases in the same week or month, but this paan shop is the best of the lot" — Anushka Sharma As with all films from the studio since Mohabbatein (2000), publicity design was handled by Fayyaz Badruddin. Stills were taken by Abhay Singh and Zahir Abbas Khan. Prior to
798-402: A campaign aimed at sensitising people about the adverse effects of noise, air, water and soil pollution on animals. In October 2017, Sharma launched her own clothing line, named Nush. Anushka was fined through rider for bike ride without helmet on Mumbai roads. Priya Gupta of The Times of India has said that "the best part of [Sharma's] stardom is that she does not have the trappings of
931-573: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of
1064-406: A couple would win a trip to Switzerland and visit the filming locations of the various Yash Raj Films productions to have been shot there. In addition to the website, Yash Raj Films also had regularly updated official pages on Facebook and Twitter and a Blogspot blog in an effort to reach the widest audience possible. The company finally uploaded a number of videos on their YouTube account, including
1197-533: A full-time career as a model. She made her acting debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the top-grossing romantic film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) and rose to prominence with starring roles in Yash Raj Films ' romances Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012); winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. Sharma went on to earn praise for playing strong-willed women in
1330-612: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Anushka Sharma Anushka Sharma ( pronounced [əˈnʊʃka ˈʃərma] ; born 1 May 1988)
1463-531: A list based on the income and popularity of Indian celebrities. In 2018, she peaked at the 16th position with an estimated annual earning of ₹ 45.83 crore (US$ 5.5 million), making her the third highest-paid actress and female celebrity in the country. Sharma appeared in the Forbes Asia ' s 30 Under 30 list of 2018. In Times 50 Most Desirable Women list, she was placed 21st in 2010, 5th in 2011 and 26th in 2012 and 2013. Times Celebex named her
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#17328585492981596-529: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what
1729-650: A loud and loquacious girl; Raja Sen noted that she "is great in a couple of scenes near the climax," though Kanika Sikka of Daily News and Analysis was more critical and found her "unconvincing". In 2014, Sharma played a television journalist who befriends an alien (played by Aamir Khan ), in Rajkumar Hirani 's religious satire PK . Critic Saibal Chatterjee wrote that Sharma plays "a feisty poetry-loving girl who knows her mind far more than most Hindi film heroines are allowed to" and praised her for "hold[ing] her own" against Khan. Critically acclaimed, PK emerged as
1862-576: A loveless relationship in Karan Johar's romantic drama Ae Dil Hai Mushkil , alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai . Mike Maccahil of The Guardian took note of how much Sharma "terrific spikiness" and her chemistry with Kapoor helped a mediocre picture. In another typical mixed review, Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times praised Sharma's empowered female lead. Sukanya Verma ranked her performance number four in Rediff 's list of top ten performances of
1995-427: A man alternatively described as a 29-year-old called Uday Khanolkar or a 30-year-old called Uday Sahay. The incident occurred on Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 331 from Mumbai to Delhi, where both Singh and Anushka Sharma were travelling in business class to promote the movie. The two actors noticed a passenger taking pictures of them with his cellphone, and demanded that he hand over his phone so that they could delete
2128-523: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It
2261-558: A neighbourhood wedding goes off with style. Soon, their calendar starts filling up, and they are able to move to a permanent location, where Bittoo sets up his bachelor pad. Having tasted success with modest budgets, they break into a higher market segment , successfully planning a wedding for an industrialist couple. The event goes off well, and the Shaadi Mubarak team celebrates late into the night. Hungover from partying, Bittoo and Shruti end up sleeping together. Things become awkward for
2394-470: A new wedding-planning venture, called Shaadi Mubarak . Bittoo is unimpressed, but has to choose between teaming up with Shruti or returning home to work in the fields as a farmer. He decides to partner with Shruti, and the two get jobs with a well-known planner to gain experience. Bittoo and Shruti's employer turns out to be a fraud, who dupes clients with substandard arrangements. They quit and start their Shaadi Mubarak venture, becoming an instant hit after
2527-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in
2660-557: A producer, she's constantly seeking to push mainstream boundaries." Sharma featured on Rediff.com ' s "Bollywood's Best Actors" list for Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), NH10 (2015) and Pari (2018). Sharma was also featured on their list of "Bollywood's Best Dressed Actresses" in 2012–13. She was also placed in Times of India ' s "50 Beautiful Faces" list. Since 2012, she has appeared in Forbes India ' s Celebrity 100 ,
2793-547: A producer. In 2022, Sharma announced that she would step away from her producing duties for her banner Clean Slate Filmz, and that her brother would be the sole owner of the company. In the same year, Sharma had filmed the part of cricketer Jhulan Goswami in the biopic Chakda 'Xpress , but as of 2024, it has not been picked up for distribution. Sharma started practicing vegetarianism in 2015. The Times of India has listed her as one of "Bollywood's hottest vegetarian celebrities". She has also been named as "The Person of
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#17328585492982926-554: A production budget of ₹ 180 million (US$ 2.2 million). Sharma next played a biographer documenting the life of the troubled actor Sanjay Dutt in Rajkumar Hirani's biopic Sanju , starring Ranbir Kapoor in the title role. Rajeev Masand commended the film's ensemble but was critical of Sharma's performance, writing that she "sticks out with strange hair and stranger accent". Even so, it emerged as her third release to earn over ₹ 5 billion (US$ 60 million) worldwide. In
3059-485: A range of moods as she moves from the vulnerable to the fearless in a battle in which the odds are stacked heavily against her", and Prarthana Sarkar of International Business Times credited her for breaking away from her romantic comedy image. The film also emerged as a box office success. In Anurag Kashyap 's period crime drama Bombay Velvet (2015), (based on the historian Gyan Prakash 's book Mumbai Fables ) co-starring Ranbir Kapoor and Karan Johar , Sharma
3192-446: A romantic sports drama from the writer-director Ali Abbas Zafar . She took on the role of Aarfa Hussain, a wrestler from Haryana who inspires the title character (played by Salman Khan ) to take up the sport. Sharma was initially hesitant to play the part as she did not have the physique of a wrestler; she researched on different weight categories to "beat people's perception that all wrestlers are huge." She trained for six weeks in
3325-462: A scam business enterprise, received mixed reviews. Later in 2010, Sharma completed her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films by starring in Band Baaja Baaraat , a romantic comedy directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh . Her role was that of Shruti Kakkar, an ambitious middle-class Punjabi girl who starts her own wedding planning business. In preparation for
3458-544: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take
3591-592: A song in it. She next collaborated with Shah Rukh Khan for the third time in Imtiaz Ali 's Jab Harry Met Sejal , a romance about a Gujrati tourist (Sharma) in Europe who falls in love with her tour guide. Commenting on Sharma's performances in Phillauri and Jab Harry Met Sejal , Uday Bhatia of Mint praised her ability for "straight-faced com[edy]". Bhatia, however, criticised her pairing with Khan, 22 years her senior, in
3724-480: A spark to the film", but Raja Sen disagreed and said that "while Anushka can indeed play spunky, she needed here to tone it down several notches". For her role, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress . Jab Tak Hai Jaan proved to be the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2012 . Sharma next appeared in Vishal Bhardwaj 's Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola (2013), a political satire set in
3857-569: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in
3990-444: A star." Kalpana Nair of Firstpost stated: "actresses like Sharma command the respect they do in a largely conservative and male-dominated industry and the fact that their fan base grows when they take on roles that are not conventional is good reason for us to beam widely and walk with a spring in our step". Samar Srivastava, writing for Forbes , called her "unafraid", and added: "you would be hard-pressed to associate Sharma with
4123-490: A three-film contract with the actor. Singh, who took acting classes, and hung out at Delhi University prior to shooting said about his casting "I’m the first solo hero Yash Raj is launching. It’s a huge deal for me. I don’t know how I got here. I guess I happened to be in the right place at the right time". As such, this marks the first time a film rests mainly on Sharma's shoulders, as opposed to her prior films Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Badmaash Company (2010) where she shared
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4256-465: A village in Haryana . Co-starring alongside Pankaj Kapur , Imran Khan and Shabana Azmi , Sharma played the titular role of Bijlee Mandola, a strong-headed girl who engages in a romantic affair with Khan's character despite being engaged to another man. The film received positive to mixed reviews from critics, and underperformed at the box office. Several critics noted that Sharma was being stereotyped as
4389-431: A week, but the two soon revert to their old ways, after Shruti realises their encounter meant nothing to Bittoo. After another successful contract for wealthy clients, Shruti lashes out at Bittoo in resentment over his treatment of her as a one-night stand. The two decide to break up their partnership. Shruti retains Shaadi Mubarak , while Bittoo sets up a rival company called 'Happy Wedding'. Both ventures fail, as neither
4522-458: Is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to
4655-543: Is a homemaker. Her father is a native of Uttar Pradesh, while her mother is a Garhwali . Her elder brother is film producer Karnesh Sharma, who earlier served in the Merchant Navy . Sharma has stated that being a military brat played an important role in shaping her as a person and contributing to her life. In an interview with The Times of India in 2012, she said, "I take pride in saying that I am an army officer's daughter even more than being an actor." Sharma
4788-642: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi
4921-563: Is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films . Her awards include a Filmfare Award . She has appeared in Forbes India ' s Celebrity 100 in the 2010s and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2018. Born in Ayodhya and raised in Bangalore , Sharma had her first modelling assignment for the fashion designer Wendell Rodricks in 2007 and later moved to Mumbai to pursue
5054-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there
5187-542: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became
5320-623: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As
5453-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised
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5586-547: Is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi
5719-579: Is crisp, the execution of the material [director: Maneesh Sharma] is worthy and the lead actors [Anushka, Ranveer] steer the film to the destination smoothly. Of course, there are minor hiccups halfway through the film, but the fact remains that Band Baaja Baaraat is, without doubt, one of the most appealing films to come out of the production house. Final word? Band Baaja Baaraat is honest, fresh, youthful and extremely entertaining. Recommended!" Pankaj Sabnani of Glamsham gave it 4.5/5 stars and wrote, "There's an interesting blend of humour, drama and romance in
5852-566: Is her family's spiritual guru and the actress is a regular visitor to the ashram. Sharma's romantic relationship with the cricketer Virat Kohli has attracted substantial media coverage in India, though she has been reluctant to publicly talk about it. The couple married in Italy on 11 December 2017. Sharma gave birth to a girl, Vamika, on 11 January 2021, followed by a boy, Akaay, on 15 February 2024. On 14 June 2022, Anushka Sharma publicly criticized
5985-624: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and
6118-597: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English
6251-513: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as
6384-713: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in
6517-523: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as
6650-445: Is the ambassador for brands and products, has designed her own line of clothing for women, named Nush, and supports various charities and causes, including gender equality and animal rights . Sharma is married to the cricketer Virat Kohli , with whom she has two children. Anushka Sharma was born on 1 May 1988 in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh . Her father, Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer, and her mother, Ashima Sharma,
6783-416: Is the best co-star I have ever worked with! It's also because she is the only co-star I have ever worked with!". Namrata Rao edited the film. The score and songs of the film were composed by the duo Salim–Sulaiman who've composed music for many other Yash Raj Films productions before, including Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , which had already united lead actress Anushka Sharma with director Maneesh Sharma, who
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#17328585492986916-854: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary
7049-615: Is used to handling the other's responsibilities. Eventually, they get offered a large contract from a wealthy client, who insists they work together. Having significant debt to pay, Shruti and Bittoo agree to do so for one last event. During the wedding celebrations, being held at a palace in Rajasthan , Bittoo finds out that Shruti is engaged. He starts behaving recklessly, and even calls up Shruti's fiance without her permission. Shruti realises that Bittoo actually loves her despite pretending indifference following their night together. The two kiss on
7182-566: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,
7315-483: The 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی 'of or belonging to
7448-603: The Elite Model Management , and was groomed by the style consultant Prasad Bidapa . In 2007, Sharma made her runway debut at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Wendell Rodricks 's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be his finale model at the Spring Summer 2007 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for the brands Silk & Shine, Whisper , Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio . Sharma later said, "I think I
7581-575: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,
7714-472: The Times Group for sharing a photo of her daughter taken on vacation without her permission. Anushka is extremely private about her personal life and has repeatedly requested the media and paparazzi to not share pictures of her daughter. In 2023, Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their new philanthropic venture "SEVVA", with their daughter Vamika as a partner. In September 2013, Sharma participated and walked
7847-814: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share
7980-411: The Yash Raj Films studio and refused to do an impromptu one. She was signed for a three-film deal with the company and landed the leading role of Tani Sahni, a young bride to a middle-aged man, portrayed by Khan. Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times found her to be "assured and upright" in the film, but Nikhat Kazmi thought that she "lacks all chutzpah and can barely hold your attention". The film
8113-660: The Yash Raj Studios in Andheri , Mumbai, and was commercially released on 3 November with a launch event happening at the Reliance TimeOut store in Bandra . The album consists of nine tracks, including two remixes and Yash Raj Films issued a press release giving a description of each track. They described the opening song "Ainvayi Ainvayi" as "a funky, energetic number", "Tarkeebein" as a "youthful song with cool lyrics", "Aadha Ishq" as
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#17328585492988246-422: The highest-grossing Bollywood film with a worldwide revenue of over ₹ 7 billion (US$ 84 million). Sharma received various accolades for her performance including a nomination for IIFA Award for Best Actress . Sharma also became the highest grossing Hindi film actress of the year, as reported by Bollywood Hungama . Sharma launched a production company named Clean Slate Filmz in 2013, whose first release
8379-715: The "Box Office Queen" in 2014. Sharma maintains a Twitter and Instagram account and has an official Facebook page. She is cited as one of the most popular Indian celebrities on social media. In 2015, she appeared on The Huffington Post ' s list of "100 most influential women on Twitter". The same year, she also topped the Times Celebex list of Bollywood stars, in terms of highest box-office collection. In 2016, she featured on The Times of India ' s 'Most Engaging on Twitter' list of Hindi film actors. Filmfare magazine's fashion poll of 2015 voted her as being "Amazing with Androgyny" and said that "...[she] has carved
8512-612: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of
8645-623: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on
8778-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What
8911-563: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi
9044-530: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for
9177-542: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as
9310-480: The Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with
9443-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that
9576-483: The Yash Raj Films banner, starring Nani and Vaani Kapoor in the lead roles was released on 21 February 2014. Shruti is an aspiring wedding planner , working on local weddings on a small scale. She comes across Bittoo at a wedding, after he has gatecrashed and poses as the videographer. The next day, Bittoo brings a video of Shruti's dance the previous night to impress her, and she ends up sharing her plans to start
9709-619: The Year" by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on multiple occasions. She is an avid practitioner of Transcendental Meditation . Sharma has confessed to being a victim of anxiety disorder and seeking treatment for it. A practicing Hindu , Sharma, along with her family, is a follower of Anant Dham Atmabodh Ashram in Haridwar . The ashram is headed by Maharaj Anant Baba, who
9842-535: The crime thriller NH10 (2015), and the dramas Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016), and Sui Dhaaga (2018). Her highest-grossing releases came with the sports drama Sultan (2016), and Rajkumar Hirani 's films PK (2014) and Sanju (2018). The poorly received Zero (2018) was followed by a hiatus from acting. Sharma was the co-founder of the production company Clean Slate Filmz , under which she produced films and series such as NH10 , Paatal Lok (2020) and Bulbbul (2020). She
9975-402: The envelope, right from her initial days." Filmfare further stated, "Anushka has portrayed that women can be confident, self-reliant, ambitious and free-spirited to take their own life decisions." Subhash K. Jha of Rediff.com termed her a "natural-born scene stealer". GQ termed her "feisty and fearless" and wrote, "She's been lauded for her powerhouse performances as an actor, and as
10108-462: The film "scatter-brained" and added that "nothing can rescue it, not even a leading lady who is determined to do something different with her producing heft", Sukanya Verma featured her performance in Rediff.com's annual list of best actresses, writing, "going from unhinged to ghastly to mesmeric, here's an actress who's game for everything." It earned ₹ 400 million (US$ 4.8 million) worldwide against
10241-733: The film industry. In 2016, she supported India's first transgender band, the 6-Pack Band (initiated by Y-Films ), by providing a voice over in their first single, "Hum Hain Happy." Sharma has also spoken up for animal rights on social media. In April 2014, she took to Twitter to ask for a ban on horse-drawn carriages in Mumbai. In June 2015, she condemned the Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China, and urged her fans to sign an online petition aimed at stopping it. In October 2015, she launched 'Pawsitivity',
10374-500: The film was a moderate success at the box office. In 2012, Sharma played a supporting role alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif in Yash Chopra 's " swan song ", the romance Jab Tak Hai Jaan , which marked her fifth collaboration with Yash Raj Films and her second with Khan. She was cast as Akira Rai, a Discovery Channel reporter who harbours ambitions of being a documentary filmmaker. Rajeev Masand wrote that Sharma "brings
10507-423: The film would be successful, citing the middling response to Yash Raj Films' last few productions, the lack of a male star and the fact that the female lead, Anushka Sharma, was by then an "almost-forgotten" actress. Some have even speculated that the 22-year-old's career might not thrive for much longer with her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films being over. On 24 September 2010, Yash Raj Films announced that
10640-473: The film would release worldwide on 10 December of that year, almost two years since the release of Anushka Sharma 's debut Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi . Some people have speculated that this was not coincidence but an attempt to repeat the success of her first film. Upon release, Band Baaja Baaraat received universal critical acclaim. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 4/5 stars commenting, "Thankfully, Band Baaja Baaraat works on every level. The writing
10773-421: The film's production designers while Niharika Khan was the costume designer . Several rumours surrounded the film's shoot, such as speculation that the lead pair were more than just friends. Early media reports alternatively titled the film Shaadi Mubarak or Shaadi Mubarak Ho , however Yash Raj Films eventually issued a press release in late April claiming that this was not the film's title, and that film
10906-442: The film's release, Anushka Sharma referred to it as her "best film till date". Band Baaja Baaraat ' s trailer and official website were both unveiled on 19 October 2010, a couple of months before the theatrical release. In addition to the film's synopsis and trailer, the website initially also contained five wallpapers and a press kit for visitors to download . The number of available wallpapers later grew to twenty-five and
11039-461: The film, Sharma received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Sharma's first venture not to be produced by Yash Raj Films was the drama Patiala House (2011) directed by Nikkhil Advani and co-starring Akshay Kumar . The film tells the story of a budding cricketer (played by Kumar) who encounters trouble in convincing his father of his profession; Sharma was cast as
11172-481: The film. It's replete with great scenes. Make sure you join the celebrations and groove with this Band Baaja Baaraat . Strongly recommended!" Anupama Chopra of NDTV awarded it 4/5 stars and commented, " Band Baaja Baaraat is reasonably entertaining. It's definitely the most fun you'll have in a theater this weekend." Rajeev Masand gave it 3/5 stars writing, " Band Baaja Baaraat works because it’s invested with an earnestness that’s become increasingly rare to find at
11305-453: The lack of a male star, and saying that by then Sharma was an "almost-forgotten" actress. However, Band Baaja Baaraat earned positive reviews and emerged as a sleeper hit . Sharma's performance was praised by critics, many of whom cited it as her best work to that point. The critic Anupama Chopra wrote that Sharma "comes into her own as the ambitious Delhi girl, who dreams of upgrading to multi-crore Sainik Farms weddings". For her work in
11438-531: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains
11571-403: The latter film. Unlike her 2016 releases, both these films were box office flops. Sharma's first film release of 2018 was the horror film Pari , which she starred in and produced. It tells the story of Rukhsana (Sharma), a battered young woman living in the wilderness, who is rescued by a benevolent man (played by Parambrata Chatterjee ). Though Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express found
11704-578: The leather jacket she wore in Jab Tak Hai Jaan on eBay, with proceeds going to the redevelopment of the flood-ravaged states of Kashmir and Assam. Sharma had also fronted a campaign to collect donations for the victims of the April 2015 Nepal earthquake . She supports the annual Mumbai Film Festival , and donated money in its cause in 2015. Sharma has been vocal about the disparity in the pay that actresses command, in comparison with their male counterparts in
11837-556: The love interest of Kumar's character. Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com praised Sharma's work and labelled her a "metaphor for energy". That same year, she re-united with co-star Ranveer Singh and director Maneesh Sharma for the comedy-drama Ladies vs Ricky Bahl . She featured as Ishika Desai, a salesgirl hired to outwit a conman (essayed by Singh), who ends up falling in love with him instead. The film and Sharma's performance received mixed reviews, with Piyali Dasgupta of NDTV calling her "believable but not endearing". Despite mixed reviews,
11970-467: The model-turned-actress was a very feisty person, and a natural actress who didn't like doing multiple takes. She described the film as "very much, a young love story set in Delhi". The male lead was given to Mumbai -native Ranveer Singh , a complete newcomer with no prior acting or modelling experience whatsoever, who impressed producer Aditya Chopra so much that he cast him after his first audition, signing
12103-447: The movie just for this song") and agreeing that the album was a superior effort than the composing duo's previous solo soundtrack for Teen Patti (2010), while several criticized the track "Dum Dum" and lamented the similarity to previous Salim–Sulaiman scores. Writing for ApunKa Choice , Usha Lakra titled her review "Band, Baaja, Bland" and noted that while "the album has its moments" and "the tracks are composed strictly keeping in mind
12236-512: The movies I’m going with 3/5 for director Maneesh Sharma’s Band Baaja Baaraat . It’s a romantic comedy done correctly. Fun, but with warmth at its heart. Don’t miss it!" Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India gave the film 3/5 stars and opined,"As long as you view Band Baaja Baaraat as a loving, heartfelt take on what makes Delhi go dhak-dhak, the film holds your attention. Band Baaja Baaraat engages you with its fond look at fun-loving Dilliwalas." Sonal Dedhia of Rediff gave it 3/5 commenting, "On
12369-400: The music as "one of the better soundtracks that one has heard from the house of Yash Raj Films in the last couple of years", "one of the best works of Salim-Sulaiman" and "much more than just a regular fun album". He selected "Ainvayi Ainvayi", "Aadha Ishq" and "Dum Dum (Sufi Mix)" as the disc's best tracks. Moviehattan ' s Gurpreet Bhuller also liked the soundtrack, which he described as
12502-400: The mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in the world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to
12635-641: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for
12768-569: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi
12901-482: The part, Sharma learned to speak in the Punjabi dialect, which she cited as the toughest part of her role; she described the way the lead characters in the film interact as "crude but cute" and it required her to "talk fast, sometimes mix words and even omit words completely". Trade analysts expressed doubt on Band Baaja Baaraat ' s financial prospect, citing the middling response to Yash Raj Films' last few productions,
13034-407: The pictures. The man refused and claimed to be an IAS officer. The ensuing argument grew so heated that the cabin crew had to intervene and both parties went to the police station upon arrival and stayed there for over an hour and a half, eventually sorting the matter out amicably without lodging any complaints. Prior to Band Baaja Baaraat ' s release, some pundits have expressed doubts that
13167-483: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in
13300-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi
13433-447: The ramp in a fashion show that was held in memory of the late filmmaker, Yash Chopra. She participated in the opening ceremony of the 2015 Indian Premier League held at Kolkata, along with other celebrities including Hrithik Roshan , Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Farhan Akhtar and composer Pritam . Apart from acting, Sharma supports a number of charities and causes. She walked the ramp to support Shabana Azmi's Mijwan Welfare Society,
13566-484: The roof of the venue and return to complete their contract. Later, they get married themselves, in a wedding planned by Shaadi Mubarak . " Anushka Sharma and I have been friends for a long time, and we have a very comfortable love-hate relationship – more hate and less love from her side!" —Maneesh Sharma Anushka Sharma was given the female lead in the film, completing the three-film contract she signed to do Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), her first film. Her role
13699-495: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi
13832-733: The same year, Sharma featured in the supporting role of a dancer aboard a cruise ship in Zoya Akhtar 's Dil Dhadakne Do , an ensemble comedy-drama in which she was featured opposite Ranveer Singh. The song sequence "Pehli Baar" was choreographed by her and Singh; Shilpa Jamkhandikar of Reuters praised their on-screen chemistry and described it as "crackling". Her performances in NH10 and Dil Dhadakne Do earned Sharma Filmfare Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Sharma next reunited with Yash Raj Films in Sultan (2016),
13965-587: The same year, Sharma teamed with Yash Raj Films for the eighth time in Sui Dhaaga , a comedy-drama co-starring Varun Dhawan , about a poor, young couple who begin their own small-scale clothing industry. Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India praised the subtle chemistry between the leads and credited Sharma for playing the restrained role effortlessly. She received a nomination for the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress . Sharma's final film appearance of
14098-461: The screen with more experienced co-stars, Shah Rukh Khan and Shahid Kapoor respectively, a fact the actress remarked upon, stating "some people will refer to Band Baaja Baaraat as Anushka Sharma’s film because they have seen me in another film before". Filming started in Delhi on 4 February 2010, the same day the production company announcement was made. Singh was very nervous about his first day but
14231-660: The set from curious onlookers, however some expressed discontentment at having to be out in the cold despite both lead actors being virtual unknowns. The film features a kiss between the lead actors, which only necessitated a single take. Reportedly, Singh accidentally hit Sharma while filming an undisclosed intense scene. Other than Subhash Nagar DDA Market, locations in Delhi include Janakpuri , Delhi University , North and West Delhi, Ring Road , Mehrauli Farms and Akbar Road. Some scenes were also shot in director Maneesh Sharma's almamater, Hans Raj College in University campus. The film
14364-403: The similarities with previous Salim-Sulaiman efforts such as Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009) and Aaja Nachle (2007). The Economic Times writer Ruchika Kher gave a positive review, describing the album as a "fun-filled soundtrack" and noting the similarities between "Tarkeebein" and compositions by A. R. Rahman . Music Aloud also published a positive review, noting that while
14497-415: The soundtrack wasn't Salim–Sulaiman's best, it was still "a definite winner with some fantastic tracks". The reviewer however did dislike the song "Dum Dum", and remarked that while "Ainvayi Ainvayi" resembled the song "Dance Pe Chance" from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , it was "far more engaging". One of the album's most enthusiastic reviews was written by Joginder Tuteja for Bollywood Hungama . Tuteja described
14630-595: The sport, learned to speak the Haryanvi dialect, and interacted with female wrestlers from the state. The film and her performance received mixed reviews. Critics were appreciative of her substantial role in an androcentric film; Filmfare ' s Rachit Gupta described Sharma as "the best thing in the film" and noted that "[e]ven though she doesn't have the physique of a wrestler, her spirited performance makes you believe in her tough but emotional character." However, Suprateek Chatterjee of The Huffington Post felt that she
14763-600: The stereotype of a mainstream leading lady." Sandipan Dalal of Femina praises Sharma for her "amazing resolve and clarity". The Times of India published that "..she never shies away from putting [her opinion] across." Sharma has been considered among the most popular and highest paid actresses in India, as of 2024. The actress' roles and performances have been studied by critics. She has been credited for her portrayals of strong and independent women. Writing for Filmfare , Devesh Sharma noted, "Sharma wants more author-backed material to come her way. She has always pushed
14896-432: The theme of the movie", all-in-all "Ainvayi Ainvayi" was the only chartbuster of the album. Lakra listed "Ainvayi Ainvayi", "Aadha Ishq" and "Band Baaja Baaraat (Theme)" as the album's best tracks. Prateeksha Khot of Bolly Spice only truly disliked "Dum Dum" and praised the "unconventional" lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya, but felt the album failed "to live up to the expectations generated by the initial tracks" and criticized
15029-569: The trailer but also several videos promoting the songs "Tarkeebein" and "Ainvayi Ainvayi". On 21 October, lead actors Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh went to the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with director Maneesh Sharma to take part in their annual festival and promote the film. The next day, the trio appeared at the GIP Mall in Noida . On 26 October, a fight broke out between Ranveer Singh and
15162-471: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became
15295-478: The website eventually allowed visitors to send e-cards to their acquaintances, with the virtual cards dubbed " Band Baaj-O-Grams ". A number of contests were organized by Yash Raj Films , including one where the company, along with partners Radio Mirchi and BIG Cinemas , offered the winning couple a free wedding in December, in time for the film's release and supposedly planned the film's heroes, and another in which
15428-490: The whole, Band Baaja Baaraat is a refreshing film—very different from the usual romantic comedy movies we're so used to. It is a well-made film that should connect with the audience. Give this one a chance, you won't regret it." The movie had an opening of below ₹ 60 million. It grossed ₹ 280.0 million in the first weekend. The movie grossed ₹ 340.0 million in week 2, taking 2 weeks collection to ₹ 620 million. It earned ₹ 700.1 million. The film
15561-608: The year was in Zero , a drama about a dwarf's romantic tribulations involving two women, which reunited her with Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif. She played a NASA scientist with cerebral palsy , for which she met with an occupational therapist and an audiologist; she also stayed in character and chose to use a wheelchair between shots. Anupama Chopra considered her portrayal of the condition to be "inconsistent and clumsy" but Namrata Joshi of The Hindu found her "earnest and invested". As with her previous collaboration with Khan, Zero
15694-500: The year. The film earned over ₹ 2 billion (US$ 24 million) worldwide, and Sharma received a Best Actress nomination at the 62nd Filmfare Awards . With two top-grossing films in 2016, Bollywood Hungama ranked Sharma as the most successful Bollywood actress of the year. The 2017 fantasy comedy Phillauri , co-starring Suraj Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh , featured Sharma as a friendly ghost who wants to reunite with her lover. In addition to acting and producing, Sharma also sang
15827-457: Was Navdeep Singh 's thriller NH10 (2015), in which she also played the lead role. Screened at the 5th Beijing International Film Festival , it tells the story of a married couple whose lives are endangered after an encounter with a group of criminals. In preparation, Sharma underwent interval training for three months to build her stamina. Saibal Chatterjee found the film to be a "taut and riveting thriller" and praised Sharma for "conveying
15960-415: Was a commercial failure. In 2020, Sharma served as executive producer for her company's crime thriller series Paatal Lok , which was released on Amazon Prime Video , and produced the horror film Bulbbul for Netflix . Anna M. M. Vetticad found recurring themes of "feminism and the paranormal" in several of her company's projects, and credited Sharma for her "courageous, non-conformist" choices as
16093-446: Was a major commercial success, emerging as the second-highest grossing Hindi film of that year , and earned Sharma Filmfare Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Female Debut . Two years later, Sharma played the leading lady in the crime-comedy Badmaash Company , directed by Parmeet Sethi and co-starring Shahid Kapoor , Vir Das and Meiyang Chang . The film, which tells the story of four underachieving friends who begin
16226-418: Was actually still untitled. The title was eventually revealed to be Band Baaja Baaraat in late July. Lead actors Sharma and Singh got along well during the shoot, and are strongly believed to have dated and broken up before the film's release. Speaking about his co-star, Singh declared "She’s intelligent, well-read and great to hang out with. Actually, she’s pretty close to my dream girl". Later, he joked "She
16359-853: Was additionally shot in Mumbai in March and Rajasthan in April. The assistant directors for the film were Akshat Kapil and Rohit Philip who'd previously held the job on Aaja Nachle (2007) and Do Dooni Chaar (2010) respectively. Aseem Mishra handled the cinematography after working on such films as Contract (2008), New York (2009) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010). The various dance sequences were choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant , who has previously worked on countless films including such hits as Lagaan (2001), Devdas (2002), Veer-Zaara and Swades (both 2004). Sonal Choudhry and T. P. Abid were
16492-474: Was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'give us a blank look.' It was really difficult, not to smile". Whilst modelling, Sharma also joined an acting school and began auditioning for film roles. Sharma made her acting debut in Aditya Chopra 's romantic drama Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), opposite Shah Rukh Khan . She took a day to prepare for her screen test at
16625-459: Was cast as a jazz singer, Rosie Noronha. Her character was referenced from the actresses Brigitte Bardot , Helen and Waheeda Rehman . To prepare, Sharma watched films of the 1950s and 1960s, and documentaries about hair and make-up. She also used temporary lip enhancers for the part, citing it as the reason behind her changed appearance on a chat show in 2014, and refuted media speculation about having undergone plastic surgery . Bombay Velvet
16758-444: Was declared an "hit" by Box Office India . It earned approx ₹ 965.1 million in its full theatrical run. Hindi Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi , is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India . Hindi
16891-440: Was described as "challenging" by media publications prior to the film's release. Describing the way the lead characters in the film talk as "crude but cute", the actress declared that the hardest part of her job was speaking like a typical Delhi wali girl, which called for her to "talk fast, sometimes mix words and even omit words completely". Director Maneesh Sharma, with whom she's been great friends since her first film, said that
17024-555: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of
17157-562: Was eventually proud that his first scene only took three takes to shoot. An 18 February article by Minakshi Saini for the Hindustan Times ' entertainment supplement HT City reported that during the previous day's early morning shoot in West Delhi 's Subhash Nagar, Singh's newcomer status led many to speculate on whether he was Ranbir Kapoor , Ranvir Shorey or even Riteish Deshmukh . Police officers were eventually called in to secure
17290-531: Was raised in Bangalore . But she did her primary schooling at St. Mary's School, Margherita, Assam. Sakshi Dhoni, the wife of M.S Dhoni , was her classmate in that school. She completed her schooling at Army School , Bangalore. She then did her graduation in arts from Mount Carmel College , Bangalore . Sharma originally intended to pursue a career in modelling or journalism and had no aspirations to be an actress. After graduation, Sharma moved to Mumbai to further her modelling career. She enrolled herself at
17423-466: Was screened at the Locarno and Bucheon film festivals; critical opinion was mixed. Writing for Business Standard , Ritika Bhatia praised Sharma's performance in the song "Dhadaam Dhadaam": "she fills the stage with such raw emotion that her mascara-laden tears and fake eyelashes flutter with arresting passion". However, the film failed to recoup its ₹ 1.2 billion (US$ 14 million) investment. In
17556-415: Was then still an assistant director . The lyrics to the various songs were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and playback singers include Sunidhi Chauhan , Benny Dayal , Shreya Ghoshal , Natalie Di Luccio , Himani Kapoor , Harshdeep Kaur , Labh Janjua , Shrraddha Pandit , Master Saleem , Sukhwinder Singh , Amitabh Bhattacharya and Salim Merchant . The soundtrack was revealed on 19 October 2010, at
17689-400: Was unconvincing as a wrestler, writing that "she possesses literally zero muscles and somehow always finds the time to get her make-up just right." With earnings of over ₹ 5 billion (US$ 60 million) worldwide, Sultan ranks among Indian cinema's biggest grossers. Sharma achieved further success later that year when she played the lead female role of Alizeh Khan, a free-spirited girl in
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