“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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‘The Shudra Rebellion’: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd studies the vital role of oppressed castes in India
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Cash transfers, caste calculus: What was behind the Mahayuti’s sweep in Maharashtra?
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How an Indian monk contributed to the understanding of Buddhism in China
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’ is all the rage
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A new book shows why the super-rich in India must strive to alleviate poverty and reduce inequality
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Did Indian culture recognise an independent field of study called philosophy?
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Why the imagined opposition between academic and public historians needs to be questioned
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Amazon Karigar for ‘Made in India’ handicrafts a bust for artisans
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Adivasi voters rejected BJP’s infiltration narrative in Jharkhand, election results show
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Gulzar on his daughter Meghna: ‘A piece of sun mingles in my blood, day and night’