“She lives in Bareilly, she breakdances, and she watches English films – she is Bitti”: a novel’s character reminds the real-life Bitti of herself. Bitti (Kriti Sanon) sets out to meet the author of the novel along with her prospective groom Chirag Dubey (Ayushmann Khurrana). Chirag props up a mild-mannered sari salesman (Rajkummar Rao) to become the man of Bitti’s dreams.
A riff on Cyrano de Bergerac that has been adapted from the French novel The Ingredients of Love, Bareilly Ki Barfi has been directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari of Nil Battey Sannata fame. The romantic comedy has been written by Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jain (Dangal), and will be released on August 18.
Reading
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A Hindu festival called Christmas: Encounters between a non-practising Hindu and Roman Catholicism
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Five of the best international nonfiction books of 2024 – according to expert readers
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The best Indian web series of 2024, led by ‘Raat Jawaan Hai’
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The best films we watched in 2024
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‘Baby John’ review: What a way to end the year
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Who was Santram, the forgotten Shudra radical who critiqued caste and advocated reform?
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‘The Surti is a rangila’: In her memoir, a former IAS officer reflects on her posting in Surat
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Bapsi Sidhwa, one of Pakistan’s most acclaimed writers, dies at 86
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‘Fear, fear and only fear’: Muslims in Sambhal are on edge as government turns against them
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Why does red wine sometimes cause headaches?