Dum Laga Ke Haisha
2015 · Movie · 111 min · ★ 7.2 · 87% critics
A young man is pushed into an arranged marriage with a woman he barely knows, and their mismatched expectations quickly test the relationship. As family pressures and everyday life pile up, they’re drawn into a local wife-carrying race that forces them to face pride, prejudice, and what partnership really means.
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Details
- Original title
- दम लगा के हईशा
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-02-27
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (140 votes)
About
If you enjoy warm, grounded family romances with humor, social commentary, and a nostalgic 90s vibe, this should click; Not for you if you dislike arranged-marriage drama or broad shouting matches, like in Piku or Hum Tum.
Pros: heartfelt social message; strong performances; nostalgic 90s setting | Cons: predictable story beats; some loud family drama; ending feels rushed
Themes
- overweight woman
- odd couple
Cast & crew
Bhumi Pednekar
as Sandhya Verma
Ayushmann Khurrana
as Prem Prakash Tiwari
Sheeba Chaddha
as Nain Tara
Sanjay Mishra
as Chandrabhan Tiwari
Seema Pahwa
as Subhadra Rani
Shrikant Verma
as Shakha Babu
Alka Amin
as Sashi Tiwari
Kumar Sanu
as Himself
Chandrachoor Rai
as Nirmal
- VS
V.K. Sharma
as Raghuveer Nautiyaal
Directed by Sharat Katariya