Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana

Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017)

शादी में ज़रूर आना

Satyendra aka Sattu and Aarti meet for a proposed arranged marriage and fall in love in the process. On the night of their marriage, an unexpected turn of events turns their world upside down. Set in the backdrop of India's civil services, Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana explores the challenges that Satyendra and Aarti face as a middle-class couple in India.

Date of release
2017-11-10
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (99)
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
Romance, Family
Director
Ratnaa Sinha

Casting

Interesting facts

Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romance drama comedy film directed by Ratnaa Sinha and written by Kamal Pandey. Produced by Vinod and Manju Bachchan, the film features Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda, alongside K. K. Raina, Alka Amin, Vipin Sharma, Govind Namdev, Navni Parihar, Nayani Dixit, and Manoj Pahwa.

Production

In February 2017, producer Vinod Bachchan made the official announcement about his film Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana with Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda in lead roles. Filmmaker Ratnaa Sinha, wife of Anubhav Sinha marked her directorial debut with the film.

Rajkummar Rao was cast to play the lead, Satyendra Mishra, and was director Sinha's first choice. Rao added, "My character has a journey that travels the phase from a small town guy falling in love with a girl to becoming a successful, rich guy. It is a revenge story and how love makes you do things that you cannot do otherwise."

Kriti Kharbanda was cast to play Aarti Shukla, the other lead. Kharbanda stated "script" as the reason behind choosing the film and added, "Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana is my most passionate project till date. I feel nothing but love for the characters of this film altogether." For the role of Aarti, the first choice of Sinha was Taapsee Pannu, who had reportedly came on board to do the film but later on decided against doing so citing lack of dates.

K. K. Raina and Alka Amin were cast to play Satyendra's parents. Govind Namdev and Navni Parihar were cast to play Aarti's parents. Nayani Dixit played Aarti's sister, Vipin Sharma and Manoj Pahwa were cast as Satyendra and Aarti's uncle respectively.

The principal photography of Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana began in March 2017 in Allahabad. A major portion of the film was shot at Hanuman Mandir, Civil Lines, Lord Curzon Bridge and the Triveni Sangam. Following this, there was a 30-day schedule in Lucknow, including at Ambedkar Memorial Park. The final schedule of the film took place in Kanpur.

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