“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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Why Nawab Wajid Ali Shah appointed his lovers to important positions in his court
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A restaurant menu from 1935 is a reminder of how much Bombay has changed
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Interview: Why Indian Americans have moved slightly towards the Republicans
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‘I Want to Talk’ trailer: Abhishek Bachchan plays a terminally ill man reassessing his life
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A book on Delhi’s histories recounts how Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s shrine became a pilgrimage site
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Living with cats can be great for physical and mental health – but is not without some risks
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How did Surat become the setting for an 18th-century French story?
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How restricting meals to a window can help manage blood sugar levels
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Folk tales for children: How the Myntdu, Myntang and Umiurem rivers in Meghalaya came to be
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‘Iru’: A biography in motion about anthropologist Irawati Karve, who lived life on her own terms