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, Parineeti Chopra, Amrita Bagchi

4 nominations.

Cast

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

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

Afeemi
Written by Kausar Munir
Performed by Jigar Saraiya, Sanah Moidutty and Jake Charkey

User Reviews

A confused script that battles with sense to improve

A confused script that battles with sense to improve. It's only the actors that pick this movie with their amazing charm and screen presence. The direction and writing are the let downs here.

Storyline Rating: 2

Acting Rating: 3 Parineeti Chopra: 3 Ayushmann Khurrana: 3

Direction Rating: 2

Music Rating: 3

Cinematography: 3

Editing: 3

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