Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017)

A successful writer Abhimanyu Roy, stuck with writers block, returns to his roots to write an old-fashioned love story.

Director:

Akshay Roy

Writer:

Suprotim Sengupta

Stars:

Ayushmann Khurrana, Prakash Belawadi, Parineeti Chopra

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ayushmann Khurrana	...	Abhimanyu Roy
Prakash Belawadi	...	Bindu's Father
Parineeti Chopra	...	Bindu Shankarnarayanan
Nishant Dahiya	...	Dhruv
Aarnaa Sharma	...	Young Bindu
Abish Mathew
June Malia	...	Bindu's Mother
Amrita Bagchi	...	Maulshree
Chandrachoor Rai
Prabal Panjabi
Sameer Khakhar	...	Goan Uncle (as Sameer Kakkar)
Rajatabha Dutta	...	Abhi's Father (as Rajatava Datta)
Kharaj Mukherjee
Ishita Ganguly	...	Das Cabin Girl / Prospective Bride
Malvika Sitlani

Storyline

Fed up with the lack of critical appreciation despite being a successful writer, Abhimanyu Roy (Ayushmann Khurrana) returns to his roots in Kolkata to write more meaningful literature and decides on an old-fashioned love story - which was now, 3 years in the making. This writer's block is called Bindu (Parineeti Chopra). How do you contain this unpredictable, crazy, restless, larger than life, live wire in the pages of a book? As Abhi says ''You know when a song comes on and you just have to dance? Bindu was that song. That silly infectious joyful tune you couldn't get out of your head - even if you wanted to." So where should he begin? Where should he end? But when Abhi stumbles across an old audio cassette of their favorite playlist, it sends Abhi down memory lane - and as he waltzes in and out of his past and present through the songs in the mixed tape, he finally faces reality and reconnects with his roots, with his family and his novel starts writing itself. Of course, life in ...

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Plot Keywords:

love | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Parineeti made her singing debut with the song "Mana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin" in the movie.

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Connections

Referenced in The Kapil Sharma Show: Parineeti Chopra & Ayushmann in Kapil's Show (2017)

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Soundtracks

Haareya
Performed by Arijit Singh

User Reviews

'Meri Pyaari Bindu' belongs to a forgotten era where love used to happen over a cup of coffee, shared biryani and recorded audio cassettes...

Towards the end of the movie, Abhimanyu and Bindu keep staring at each other. Living the lives that they chose for themselves or rather, fate chose for them, they lovingly look at each other, ignoring their individual status quo.

That one moment defined the entire film for me.

'Meri Pyaari Bindu' belongs to a forgotten era where love used to happen over a cup of coffee, shared biryani and recorded audio cassettes. It's a bittersweet love story that brings a lump to the throat, yet you never lose that smile from the face. The characters are as real as the next door neighbours. The pain and the anguish that the couple face, is something that everyone can relate to. But the love can only be felt by those, who have loved and lost.

Kudos to Suprotim Sengupta for such exquisite writing.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

12 May 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wenn aus Freundschaft Liebe wird

Filming Locations:

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$268,067

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yash Raj Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min 136 min (uncut)

Color:

Color