| Baar Baar Dekho | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Nitya Mehra |
| Screenplay by | Nitya Mehra Anuvab Pal Sri Rao Anvita Dutt Guptan (dialogues) |
| Story by | Sri Rao |
| Produced by | Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar |
| Starring | Katrina Kaif Sidharth Malhotra |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Edited by | Amitabh Shukla |
| Music by | Score: Sameer Uddin Songs: Amaal Mallik Arko Pravo Mukherjee Badshah Bilal Saeed Jasleen Royal Prem-Hardeep |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Eros International |
Release date |
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Running time | 141 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹53 crore |
| Box office | ₹62.670 crore[2] |
Baar Baar Dekho (transl. Look again and again) is a 2016 IndianHindi-languagescience-fictionromantic drama film directed byNitya Mehra which marks her debut in Hindi cinema.[3] It is produced byKaran Johar andFarhan Akhtar underDharma Productions andExcel Entertainment respectively. The film starsKatrina Kaif andSidharth Malhotra withRam Kapoor andSarika playing supporting roles.[4]
The film was released in India on 9 September 2016 worldwide and grossed₹626.7 million against a production budget of₹530 million becoming an average success at box office.
Diya Kapoor and Jai Varma are childhood sweethearts. Jai is a mathematics professor and Diya an artist. While Jai hopes to get a fellowship at Cambridge University, Diya wishes for she and Jai to get married. Jai reluctantly agrees to marry her but changes his mind because of the thought of the seven vows and the many rituals, as well as the fear of divorce. Jai protests that these rituals are meaningless and talks negatively about his wedding. He tells Diya that he has other plans for his bright future and she may not be a part of it. She walks away heartbroken. Jai gets drunk and passes out only to wake up inThailand on his honeymoon. He discovers that it's been ten days since he married Diya, but he has no memory of it.
In 2018, Jai wakes up in Cambridge, finding Diya about to deliver their child. He discovers that it has been two years since his marriage, and realizes that he has been time traveling and has no control over it.
The next morning, Jai wakes up in 2034, and is a professor atCambridge University. It has been eighteen years since his marriage, but his horror, Jai realizes that it is the day when he and Diya are divorced. Heartbroken, he returns home and pleads to return to the past to set things right.
Jai wakes up the next day, in 2023, realizing he is in the past, seven years after his marriage. He juggles between taking care of his family and career. However, Jai gives more priority to work and instead of going to Diya's first art exhibition, and he goes to his friend Chitra's place to help her with her breakup, where Chitra tries to seduce Jai. Believing it to be the cause of his divorce, Jai hastily returns home, but his family is unhappy with him.
Jai remains convinced that he has set things right. The next day, he wakes up in 2047 to find himself 60 years old. He finds out that his mother has died and everyone has gathered for her funeral. After the funeral, Jai is shocked that he and Diya are still divorced and that Diya has married art gallery owner Nikhil Khanna, her show opener, who enjoys the love of Jai's mother and children.
Reeling from this blow, Jai comes across the priest who had conducted his marriage, who warns him of the importance of time. Jai is given another opportunity to set things right as he goes back to 2023 on time to the same day, seven years after his marriage. This time, he sets things right. He spends time with his children, does his work well and makes Diya feel special, and attends her art exhibition. At the end of the day, Jai is a happy man.
Jai wakes up back into the present, the day after he argued with Diya about his life and his career, got drunk, and began the long mental voyage into his future while. Jai rushes back to Diya, cherishing every moment along the way, also glad to see his mother again. Jai reconciles with Diya and promises to be true to her. The film ends with them marrying and everyone dancing.
In October 2013, it was announced that Nitya Mehra, assistant director to filmsLife of Pi andThe Reluctant Fundamentalist, would be making her directorial debut withExcel Entertainment on their new project.[5]Aamir Khan andDeepika Padukone were initially attached, but both eventually left the project.[6]Anushka Sharma was also offered the female lead but she turned it down as well.[7] In September 2014, it was officially announced that the film will be co-produced byKaran Johar ofDharma Productions and withSidharth Malhotra as the male lead.[8] Later in April 2015,Katrina Kaif was confirmed to feature in the film, opposite Malhotra. The film was initially titledKal Jisne Dekha.[9]
Principal photography began on 28 August 2015, in Glasgow, Scotland, and went for over a month.[10] Filming then continued in Delhi and Mumbai from November 2015 onwards.[11] On 22 February 2016, the team filmed "Sau Aasmaan" in Krabi, Thailand, for a week.[12]
According toBox Office India, the film had a total budget of₹530 million (equivalent to₹760 million or US$8.7 million in 2023).[1] However,The Indian Express stated that budget was around₹350 million (equivalent to₹500 million or US$5.8 million in 2023) excluding the cost of printing & marketing which are generally not considered part of the budget.[13]
| Baar Baar Dekho | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2 August 2016 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 21:12 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Zee Music Company |
Distributed and released byZee Music Company in its first of a string of collaborations withExcel Entertainment, the soundtrack ofBaar Baar Dekho is composed byAmaal Mallik,Arko,Badshah,Jasleen Royal,Bilal Saeed, and Prem-Hardeep, making it the firstExcel Entertainment production to feature a multi-composer soundtrack.[14] The sixth song "Kala Chashma", a recreation of an earlier Punjabi song, was released on 27 July 2016.[15]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kho Gaye Hum Kahan" | Prateek Kuhad | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal,Prateek Kuhad | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Sau Aasmaan" | Kumaar | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik,Neeti Mohan | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Dariya" | Arko | Arko | Arko | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Nachde Ne Saare" | Aditya Sharma | Jasleen Royal | Jasleen Royal,Harshdeep Kaur,Siddharth Mahadevan | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Teri Khair Mangdi" | Kumaar, Bilal Saeed | Bilal Saeed | Bilal Saeed | 3:45 |
| 6. | "Kala Chashma" | Amrik Singh,Kumaar | Prem Hardeep,Badshah | Amar Arshi,Badshah,Neha Kakkar | 3:07 |
| Total length: | 21:12 | ||||
In August 2016, the film was granted a U/A certificate by theCentral Board of Film Certification (CBFC). However, the examining committee of the board asked the producers to remove two visuals from the film which involved sequences depicting an actor wearing abrassiere and another referencingSavita Bhabhi, a popular Indian pornographic cartoon character.[16][17]
Baar Baar Dekho released alongsideSohail Khan'ssportsromantic comedyFreaky Ali and collected₹68.1 million (equivalent to₹98 million or US$1.1 million in 2023) on its opening day inIndia[18] beatingFreaky Ali's₹25.5 million (equivalent to₹37 million or US$420,000 in 2023). On the second day, the film showed growth in its occupancy and collected₹76.5 million (equivalent to₹110 million or US$1.3 million in 2023) before its breakdown on the third day where it collected₹67 million (equivalent to₹96 million or US$1.1 million in 2023) and reached the first weekend collection of₹211.6 million (equivalent to₹300 million or US$3.5 million in 2023).[18] The film then started its break down as it collected₹83.4 million (equivalent to₹120 million or US$1.4 million in 2023) in the next four days and with that the film made its first collection of₹295 million (equivalent to₹420 million or US$4.9 million in 2023).[18] In the second week it collected₹17.5 million (equivalent to₹25 million or US$290,000 in 2023) and then₹600,000 (equivalent to₹860,000 or US$9,900 in 2023) and₹200,000 (equivalent to₹290,000 or US$3,300 in 2023) in the third and fourth week, respectively.[18] The film's net collection was₹312.4 million (equivalent to₹450 million or US$5.1 million in 2023) while its grossing in India was₹433.9 million (equivalent to₹620 million or US$7.1 million in 2023).[18]
The film showed impressive grossing internationally collecting₹65.4 million (equivalent to₹94 million or US$1.1 million in 2023),₹29.9 million (equivalent to₹43 million or US$490,000 in 2023), and₹26.7 million (equivalent to₹38 million or US$440,000 in 2023) fromNorth America (USA &Canada),UK, andUAE, respectively.[18] The film also collected₹5 million (equivalent to₹7.2 million or US$82,000 in 2023) fromPakistan,₹9.1 million (equivalent to₹13 million or US$150,000 in 2023) fromAustralia, and₹2.8 million (equivalent to₹4.0 million or US$46,000 in 2023) fromNew Zealand.[18]
Rediff.com gave the film 1 out 5, calling it "catastrophically stupid," and commenting that "a feeble script is built on constant, relentless revelations with artlessly expository dialogues."[19]Subhash K. Jha fromNDTV gave the movie 4/5, and mentioned that there "is plenty to celebrate inBaar Baar Dekho, not the least of its virtues being the ability to deliver marital home truths without sermons or soliloquies."[20] Writing forThe Hindu,Namrata Joshi commented that the movie features "passionless performances and cardboard characters" that lack depth. "There are no standout performances, no scenes that can pack in an emotional wallop and the conversational dialogue turns banal beyond a point."[21]The Indian Express gave the movie 1.5 out of 5, noting that "Katrina Kaif's limited emoting abilities, Sidharth Malhotra's one-note performance, and a banal script" make watching the film once "way more than enough."[22]India Today criticized the performance of the lead actors in the film: "Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra both seem to think they are in the film to make it look good. There's hardly any acting on the part of either. While Katrina's moments of frustration and sorrow invoke the stray laugh from the theatre, Sidharth's neither-here-nor-there Jai hardly makes an impact."[23]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Filmfare Awards | Best Female Playback Singer | Neeti Mohan for "Sau Aasmaan" | Nominated |
| Stardust Awards | Best Female Playback Singer | Nominated | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Choreography | Bosco-Caesar for "Kala Chashma" | Won | |
| Mirchi Music Awards | Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year | Arko Pravo Mukherjee for "Dariya" | Nominated |
The Australianromantic comedyLong Story Short (2021) is loosely based on this film.
