

Pappy Kamal Mehra (Anil Kapoor) is the quintessential patriarch business magnate, acrimoniously married to Momma Neelam (Shefali Shah). The Mehras are a leading business family. Rich people have problems too, and Dil Dhadakne Do proves that if written and directed well, it is possible for a First World film to connect with Third World audiences. The conflicts in the film are authentic and they’re rendered with genuine emotion. However this time, in DDD, nothing seems corny. Being from the third world, it was difficult to give a damn about the people in the film. It certainly did in director Zoya Akhtar’s last film, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, which felt like the Bollywood definition of First World Problems. This could come across as corny rather than heartfelt. Her brilliance on the field earns her a place in Rohan’s team and Veera Kaur becomes Veer Pratap Singh.Īnd then begins a roller-coaster journey of Veera, Rohan and Veer filled with music, romance and comedy through Punjab and beyond.In Dil Dhadakne Do, a bunch of incredibly rich folks go on a foreign trip, trying to find themselves, and indulge in some thumb wrestling in the process.

In a village where girls don’t play cricket, Veera has to put on a turban and beard and become a man to fulfill her dreams. Rohan returns to India to captain his father’s cricket team which has been losing consecutively for the last 8 years. While Veera dreams on in India, Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) is an accomplished captain of a county cricket team in England. Yes, believe it or not, she wants to play with Tendulkar and Dhoni for India. She works in a local theatre group but dreams of playing cricket in the big league. Veera (Rani Mukerji) is a fire-cracker of a girl who lives in a small village but dreams in 70mm. Here, for the first time, the dynamic duo of Shahid Kapoor & Rani Mukerji, take you on a hide and seek game of romance, passion and dreams. DIL BOLE HADIPPA is a celebration of the never say die spirit of India.
