92-559: Haseen Dillruba ( transl. Beautiful Beloved ) is a 2021 Indian Hindi -language romantic thriller film directed by Vinil Mathew and written by Kanika Dhillon . It stars Taapsee Pannu , Vikrant Massey and Harshvardhan Rane . The film premiered on 2 July 2021 on Netflix . It received mixed reviews from critics. Haseen Dilruba emerged as the most-watched Hindi film on Netflix of that year, reaching top 10 in 22 countries. A sequel titled Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba premiered on Netflix on 9 August 2024. Rani Kashyap Saxena,
184-512: A real life couple and that alone becomes the winning shot." A review from India Today rated it with 3/5 stars, stating, " Hasee Toh Phasee is a refreshing, much-needed entry in the contemporary romcom genre, which has lately seen a series of uninspiring films. It's largely to do with the presence of an unseen pairing with great chemistry - Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra - and Mathew and writer Harshvardhan Kulkarni's perky take on love." Tushar Joshi of Daily News and Analysis gave
276-617: A brief encounter with seven years ago. Meeta, an IITian in Chemical Engineering and PhD, is a super-intelligent geek with unusual habits and tics. She ran away seven years ago to China after stealing money for her project from Devesh, leading him to suffer a heart attack on the day of Karishma's elder sister's wedding. Now, just a week before Nikhil and Karishma's wedding, Meeta has turned up to meet Devesh, but Karishma, fearing that Meeta's sudden appearance might ruin their wedding, assigns Nikhil to watch over Meeta and keep her away from
368-573: 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
460-433: A decent ₹ 275 million (US$ 3.3 million) in the first week. In the second week, the movie's screen count fell due to the release of Yash Raj Films ' Gunday . However, it still grossed a figure of ₹ 47.5 million (US$ 570,000), taking the 10-day total to ₹ 320 million (US$ 3.8 million). Overseas, the opening weekend gross of film was approx $ 1.027 million ( ₹ 64.1 million). Hasee Toh Phasee remains one of
552-412: A fun-filled score, but Vishal-Shekhar have gone beyond that to bring us some soulful melodies as well." Seema Sinha of Times of India stated, "The music of the film also seems to be refreshing, with a nice blend of foot-tapping dance numbers and romantic ballads." NDTV noted, "The musical duo Vishal-Shekhar have ensured the songs capture the right essence to mesmerise the young crowd. All in all,
644-405: A housewife, is outside her home, feeding dogs, when her house suddenly explodes, presumably killing her husband, Rishab "Rishu" Saxena. The police find a body charred-beyond-recognition, with a severed hand which Rani identifies as Rishu's. The movie alternates between the past (narrated in flashback) and the present; the reality of the explosion is interwoven with the police investigation going on in
736-597: 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: Hasee Toh Phasee Hasee Toh Phasee ( transl. If she smiles, she
828-529: 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
920-523: 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
1012-410: 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
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#17329015222691104-587: A passionate affair. Rani falls in love and even learns how to cook mutton , despite being a vegetarian. Some time later, she tells Neel that she would like to marry him. Afraid of commitment, Neel panics and flees. Hurt, Rani blurts out the truth to Rishu. He develops a dislike of her but still protects her from others who chastise her actions. Meanwhile, in present-day, the police, aware of the history between Rani and Rishu, are convinced that she and Neel planned and killed Rishu. They use polygraphs and various methods to find out her motive. They find footage where Neel
1196-566: A rating of 1/5 describing it as an "illogical crime saga wrapped in a clichéd ode to violent, frenzied love". She criticized the writing of the film, "the pallid writing explains Pannu’s deadpan performance in the film whereas Massey who has been consistently superb in his work so far is only marginally interesting" but praised Rane's performance and wrote, "Harshvardhan Rane plays the only attention-grabbing character in Haseen Dillruba ". Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express gave Haseen Dilruba
1288-477: A rating of 2/5 and wrote, "The film has sex, lies and a smutty video, but no frisson". She praised Massey's performance by stating, "Pannu’s delivery is exactly the same in all her films, only the costumes change; Rane is appropriately heavy-lidded; The only one who tries valiantly to rise, and succeeds in most places is Vikrant Massey". Tanul Thakur of The Wire called the film “is a collection of obvious tropes and recycled characters” adding that “ Haseen Dillruba
1380-456: A reasonable start in major metros in most parts of the country. Hasee Toh Phasee grossed around ₹ 40 million (US$ 480,000) on its first day. The movie showed a 35% growth on Saturday, earning about ₹ 55 million (US$ 660,000). The weekend collections (according to Box Office India) were approximately ₹ 170 million (US$ 2.0 million), while trade analyst Taran Adarsh claimed it to be ₹ 185 million (US$ 2.2 million). The movie grossed
1472-462: A romantic comedy together. The film is directed by Vinil Mathew in his directorial debut. The film was initially titled Hasta la vista Su Badam Pista . But it was later changed to Hasee Toh Phasee . Anurag Kashyap said, "The story works with fresh faces, but requires a high level of chemistry and maturity in the performances. After spending months shortlisting various actors, we finalised Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra." Sidharth Malhotra
1564-544: 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
1656-569: 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
1748-642: 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
1840-403: Is afflicted by familiar flaws tainting mainstream Bollywood. The film wants to reach a certain point, but its journey is devoid of convincing reasons or considered nuance.” Rohan Naahar from Hindustan Times called Haseen Dilruba a "hot mess" and described it as an "illogical" and "ill-conceived" film. Criticizing the performances he wrote, "Pannu’s performance as a bored housewife named Rani
1932-436: Is all over the place", "Massey is a good actor, but severely let down by a script" and described Tripathi, "a complete waste of Rane's considerable screen presence". Mugdha Kapoor Safaya from DNA India gave Haseen Dilruba a rating of 3/5 and described the film as an "not-so-nail-biting whodunit ". She praised the performance of Massey and called him the "saving grace" of the film but criticized others by stating, "Taapsee on
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#17329015222692024-409: 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
2116-542: 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
2208-623: 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
2300-455: 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
2392-561: Is escaping from the house moments before the explosion. They also catch Rani cheating during one of the polygraph tests by manipulating her blood pressure . In the past, after Rani tells Rishu the truth about her and Neel, Rishu transforms into a sadist and deliberately causes physical harm to Rani multiple times while also trying to kill Neel, who knocks Rishu out when he tries to kill him. Having fallen in love with Rishu, Rani endures it all as repentance. Over time though, they reconcile and genuinely fall in love, becoming intimate. Narrating
2484-568: Is if we unequivocally surrender to its pulpy universe". The Statesman review wrote that "it’s smart in the way it invests 135 minutes of storytelling to mix suspense and wry humour." Manisha Lakhe of Moneycontrol compared the film to the Billie Eilish song All the Good Girls Go to Hell and found it to be "delightful and different from the usual ‘Indian Originals’ fare we get to see on OTT platforms like Netflix". Devesh Sharma of Filmfare
2576-624: 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
2668-597: 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
2760-513: 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
2852-399: Is revealed that when Neel came over, he tried to blackmail them using Rani's Sex tapes . Angered by this, Rishu attacked him and both men got into a physical fight. Rani hit Neel over the head with a mutton leg when he had the upper hand and was strangling him. Not wanting to be jailed, they dress the crime-scene with Rishu cutting off his own hand and placing it next to Neel's body. They rig
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2944-713: 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
3036-523: 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
3128-461: Is the character arc of its two leads. Each moment is made touching, especially when paired with Vishal–Shekhar’s timeless music." Chopra's character Meeta has been noted for being a different female lead in Bollywood with Chopra adding, " Hasee Toh Phasee is a very special film in my filmography. Meeta’s character is very close to my heart as I got to play the role of a quirky scientist in the film! She
3220-854: 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
3312-541: Is trapped ) is a 2014 Indian Hindi -language romantic comedy - drama film directed by Vinil Mathew and produced by Karan Johar , Anurag Kashyap , Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl under Dharma Productions and Phantom Films . The film stars Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra , along with Adah Sharma , Manoj Joshi , Sharat Saxena and Neena Kulkarni . Marking Malhotra's reunion with Dharma Productions, as well as Chopra's first project outside her Yash Raj Films collaborations, Hasee Toh Phasee follows
3404-566: 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 ,
3496-455: The lingua franca of North India . Hindi 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
3588-483: 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
3680-575: 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,
3772-814: 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
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3864-612: 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
3956-674: 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
4048-402: 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
4140-563: 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
4232-530: 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
4324-542: 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
4416-545: The Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi 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
4508-488: The Solanki family. Nikhil and Meeta become close during the seven days preceding Nikhil's wedding. He learns that Meeta has returned, intending to steal again, and has taken a hefty loan of ₹100 million from a Chinese investor for her research by forging her father's signature. The deadline for payback is over, and an extension of three days was given, during which she has to steal money from her father's account to save him from
4600-480: 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
4692-460: 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
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#17329015222694784-401: The airport, scheduled to travel to Germany . Meeta tells him that there is another problem waiting for them there, as Meeta tells Nikhil, he will be safe but Nikhil says he wants Meeta to be safe with him as well, and they have a fun banter. Karan Johar 's Dharma Productions along with Anurag Kashyap , Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl 's Phantom Films , announced that they would make
4876-514: The album. It was placed fifth in the list of "Bollywood music report Jan – Sept 2014", by The Times of India . The song was also placed tenth in Radio Mirchi ' s list of "Top 20 songs of 2014". Hasee Toh Phasee ' s first look and poster was released in December 2013. The film's trailer was released in the same month. It was theatrically released on 7 February 2014. Hasee Toh Phasee
4968-594: The dark nature of human relationships explored in the script. Actress Taapsee Pannu agreed to the film as she liked the blend of the thriller and romance genres in the script. Principal photography began on 18 January 2020 in Haridwar . In March 2020, the shooting was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The shooting wrapped up on 29 October 2020 in Mumbai . The film score was composed by Amar Mangrulkar who previously composed
5060-411: The events of the day-of-explosion, Rani tells the police that Neel came over to visit and got into an argument with them. Rishu, subsequently, wanting to settle things with him, asked Rani to wait outside. The explosion occurred soon after. The police know that she is lying but fail to find any evidence or misdoing in her polygraph. Rani is subsequently acquitted and leaves the police station smirking. It
5152-479: The first day of shoot because he is so sorted and knows exactly what he wants. He made us rehearse a lot during a two-month workshop before shooting began". The fact that Adah Sharma was involved in the cast was supposed to be kept a secret before official announcement. But, it was later revealed as Adah was seen shooting at the Bandra Bandstand Promenade . Filming began on 18 April 2013. The film
5244-413: The gas stove to blow up and Rishu leaves through the backdoor, dressed as Neel. Rani goes out and gets the mutton leg chopped, which she later feeds to the dogs. The explosion occurs and covers up their evidence of murder. Five years later, the police inspector, while leaving town, buys a copy of a murder-thriller book that Rani had talked about multiple times in her statement. Reading the book, he realises
5336-530: The investor's goons. Nikhil helps Meeta hack her father's account but advises her to apologise to her family. Meeta apologizes and reunites with her family. Meeta cannot gather the courage to steal her father's money and tells Devesh the truth; in response, he forgives her and gives her the money. She later meets Nikhil and proposes an elopement, but unwilling to betray Karishma, he backs off. Meanwhile, Mukesh Adnani, an investor, shows his interest in Nikhil's idea, which
5428-531: 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
5520-588: The most popular romantic dramas in Hindi cinema . It was named as one of the Bollywood's top romantic films by Rediff.com and Film Companion . Hasee Toh Phasee is cited as a milestone in Chopra and Malhotra's career. While, it was Malhotra's first solo success, it was Chopra's fourth consecutive success. Their performance in the film, has been noted as one of their most notable works. Vibha Maru from The Indian Express noted, "What makes Hasee Toh Phasee unique
5612-453: The movie with 3/5 stars, writing, "The lead pair of Chopra and Malhotra make Hasee Toh Phasee enjoyable and believable. This odd pairing works only because these two actors take an effort to play their characters with utmost sincerity. Watch it if you want to see a different take on modern day romance. Hasee Toh Phasee is worth a watch for a solid act put together by its lead pair.". According to Box Office India , Hasee Toh Phasee had
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#17329015222695704-443: The mundane stuff on matters of heart". Sukanya Verma of Rediff with the same ratings wrote, " Hasee Toh Phasee is that rare film that allows you to know the two people you're investing in. And the closer you get, the more they win you over. Parineeti sinks her teeth into this misunderstood kook without a trace of self-consciousness or exaggeration. If that's not magical enough, what Hasee Toh Phasee celebrates certainly is. That
5796-400: 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
5888-641: 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
5980-569: 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
6072-404: The only high you need is life, love and smiles." Mohar Basu of Koimoi gave it 3/5 stars and wrote, "The film is both pleasantly surprising and utterly baffling in equal amounts. Hasee Toh Phasee will definitely win your heart for the symbiotically arranged, pitch perfect chemistry of Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra. It was passionate and compelling, almost to make me wish that they were
6164-498: The other hand does not bring anything new to the table; From her dialogue delivery to her expressions, it's like watching her in any of her previous films. The supporting characters and Rane aren't great either; They deserve better". Srivatsan S from The Hindu wrote, " Haseen Dilruba has the aesthetics of a raunchy B-Grade movie, and has a crime-thriller premise at the centre, resulting in something that looks cluttered and inconsequential". A sequel titled Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba
6256-483: 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
6348-697: The present-day. A flashback reveals the arranged marriage between the two, where Rishu fell for Rani instantly, while she married him only because her boyfriend had abandoned her. There remain tensions and awkwardness between her, Rishu, and his family after the marriage. To add to the tense atmosphere, a nervous Rishu fails to consummate . The next day, he overhears her telling her mother and aunt about his failure to have sex. Hurt, he stops acknowledging her completely and their relation deteriorates. His well-built and charming cousin Neel Tripathi comes over to visit, and Rani gets attracted to him. They subsequently begin
6440-522: 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
6532-461: The quirks in human nature subtly and provides humour in everyday situations; in the family and amongst friends. If you're looking to rediscover the magic of goofy love around Valentines , give HTP a shot." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 3.5/5 stars and said, " Hasee Toh Phasee dares to be distinctive. This one's *not* merely about opposites falling in love. This one's a quirky love tale involving two individuals, shades different from
6624-413: The real story but can no longer do anything about it. The ending shows the couple reuniting, Rishu without his left hand. Screenwriter Kanika Dhillon approached director Vinil Mathew to make a film based on the script she had written. Vinil, whose last film, the romantic comedy Hasee Toh Phasee released in 2014, was eager to make a film based on a different genre. He agreed to direct the film due to
6716-543: 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
6808-399: The score for the director's feature debut Hasee Toh Phasee , besides having composed for most of his television commercials. Mangrulkar's score earned him a Filmfare nomination for best background score . The songs featured in the film were composed by Amit Trivedi with lyrics written by Varun Grover , Kshitij Patwardhan and Sidhant Mago. Trivedi also earned a Filmfare nomination for
6900-729: The seven-year period covered in the film. Mathew added that while Chopra was always on his "wish list", it was Johar who suggested Malhotra for the film. In an interview, Harshavardhan Kulkarni revealed that Meeta's character was based on his friend's intelligent brother. Adah Sharma was cast as Karishma, Meeta's sister and the second lead, opposite Malhotra. Manoj Joshi was cast as Meeta's father, Sharat Saxena and Neena Kulkarni were cast as Nikhil's parents. Sameer Sharma , Anil Mange , Sameer Khakhar and Lily Patel played other prominent roles. Producers Karan Johar , Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena appeared in special appearances. On director Mathew, Malhotra said, "It didn't feel like
6992-407: The songs of Hasse Toh Phasee are youthful, peppy, entertaining and enthralling." Bollywood Hungama liked the songs "Manchala" and "Zehnaseeb", but added, "Vishal-Shekhar have done better than in some recent soundtracks, they should get more serious about their do's (strength and freshness in compositions) and don'ts (poor mixing and over-orchestration)." Zehnaseeb became the most popular song of
7084-513: The songs. The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 58% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5/10. Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 and called it "a delectably dark and defiant love story with a thrilling twist", while praising Pannu's "pitch-perfect expressions". Stutee Ghosh of The Quint awarded 3.5 stars out of 5 and praised and added that "the only way Haseen Dillruba truly works
7176-470: The story of Nikhil, a struggling businessman who, believing he is in love with Karishma, an actress he is engaged to, has to prove his worth to his father-in-law while grappling with the sudden return of his fiancee's geeky sister, Meeta, who he had an encounter with years ago, throwing all of them into uncharted waters as he gets to know Meeta better. Vishal–Shekhar composed the music, while lyrics were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Kumaar . The film
7268-471: 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
7360-399: The wedding, she asks Nikhil to leave, to which Nikhil hesitantly obliges. Heartbroken, Meeta tries to run away, but soon gathers enough courage to go back and profess her love for Nikhil. She and Nikhil reunite at the same place and predicament they first met 7 years ago. They both express their love for each other and share a kiss. The film ends with Nikhil, now an IPS officer and Meeta, at
7452-494: The years, it has since attained cult status among the audience. Nikhil Bhardwaj is a struggling businessman who loves Karishma Solanki, an actress. Nikhil believes that once committed to a girl, there should be no straying, so he asks Karishma's father, Devesh, to help him with ₹50 million before marriage to earn a contract. However, Devesh sidesteps his request, thus forcing him to prove his worth on his own. Sometime later, Nikhil meets Meeta, Karishma's younger sister, whom he had
7544-474: Was announced in January 2023, starring Pannu and Massey alongside Sunny Kaushal , with a release scheduled for 9 August 2024 on Netflix. 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
7636-461: Was cast as the businessman Nikhil. Malhotra said tha Nikhil is not the "typical hero" but a shy, sweet and a committed guy. Parineeti Chopra was cast as the quirky scientist Meeta. Chopra said that her character was a quite "difficult one" and added that Meeta, shattered stereotypical representation of a heroine on-screen. The film marked their first project together. Vinil Mathew stated that he wanted Chopra to have different hairstyles, to capture
7728-424: Was entirely written and composed by Khamosh Shah, which is there in the film but not on the soundtrack. The "Punjabi Wedding Song" was choreographed by Karishma Chavan. The music of the film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Joginder Tuteja of Rediff.com termed "Ishq Bulava" the best love song and noted, "The music of Hasee Toh Phasee delivers more than it promised at the outset. One expected just
7820-555: 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
7912-400: Was later made available on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video . Hasee Toh Phasee received positive reviews from critics, with particular praises directed towards the lead cast performances, direction and story. Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave it 3.5/5 stars, stating, " Hasee Toh Phasee is for the romantics who like their martinis stirred not shaken. This romantic comedy mirrors
8004-420: Was launched on 23 December 2013. The song "Zehnaseeb", sung by Chinmayi Sripaada along with Shekhar Ravjiani , was launched on 3 January 2014. There are six original tracks and a remix track in the album. The complete soundtrack album was released on 6 January 2014. The remix version of "Drama Queen" was later uploaded as a single on the official YouTube channel of Dharma Productions . A Gujarati rap song
8096-435: Was made to make people "experience the essence" of the film online. Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy were initially signed on as composers for the film. But eventually they opted out, and songs featured in the film were composed by Vishal–Shekhar , while the lyrics are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya , except for "Ishq Bulaava", which is written by Kumaar . The first single "Drama Queen", sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Vishal Dadlani ,
8188-452: Was originally proposed by Meeta. On the wedding day, Meeta leaves her house without informing anyone, leaving her mobile phone in Karishma's room. Nikhil tries to call her and sends many texts, which go unanswered. On reaching the mandapa, Devesh informs Nikhil that she has left for China. Karishma finds Meeta's phone in her room, reads Nikhil's messages, and realises she has lost Nikhil. During
8280-435: Was pleased by the use of film noir tropes by Mathew and Dhillon and concluded, "Watch it for its dark take on love and for the brilliant performances by the entire ensemble cast." In a mixed review, Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV called the film "sometimes good, sometimes not" like the relationship between the central characters, and considered Massey's performance to be the best in it. Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave
8372-497: Was released on 7 February 2014. It mainly received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its story, music, humor, cinematography and cast performances, particularly Chopra's, and earned ₹63.38 crore worldwide, thus emerging as a moderate commercial success at the box office. At the 60th Filmfare Awards , Hasee Toh Phasee received 3 nominations, including Best Lyricist (Bhattacharya for "Zehnaseeb") and Best Male Playback Singer ( Shekhar Ravjiani for "Zehnaseeb"). Over
8464-504: Was shot in and out Mumbai including, places such as Lokhandwala and Marine Drive . Chopra was also injured, while shooting for the film. Malhotra completed shooting for the film in September 2013. During the post-production phase, Hasee Toh Phasee was promoted in a unique way. The makers of the film created a web application through which people across the country will try to make Chopra laugh under her co-star Malhotra’s guidance. It
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