Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movie released in Navi Mumbai’ (Veere di wedding) that was published in Newsband

New movie released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Veere di wedding

Veere Di Wedding (English: Friend's Wedding) is a 2018 Indian Hindi female buddy comedy film, directed by Shashanka Ghosh. The film is co-produced by Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi and stars Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania in lead roles, as four friends attending a wedding.

Kalindi (Kareena Kapoor Khan), Avni (Sonam Kapoor Ahuja), Sakshi (Swara Bhasker) and Meera (Shikha Talsania) are childhood friends. Kalindi and Rishabh (Sumeet Vyas) are getting married, and the four gal pals come together for their veere’s wedding. But of course, there can be no shaadi without showsha and a lot of drama. This wedding celebration brings out skeletons from the closet, unspoken truths and some harsh realities as well.  Four friends are dealing with life, love, marriage and heartbreak. The four ladies who make their choices, stand by them and have the guts to live their life the they want. There’s nothing holding back these gutsy girls. They speak their mind with fearless abandon, while they’re talking about sex before marriage, the lack of it post marriage, about orgasms and sex toys. They giggle and laugh over it and analyse their own situations in life with a certain objectivity, which many may or may not agree with. These girls are unabashed using cuss words to express their angst or get high and happy to let their hair down. They don’t feel compelled to explain themselves or justify their actions. The story sheds light on their complexities. Kalindi can’t come to terms with the idea of marriages and the other challenges that come with it. She’s just going with flow because she’s in love. Avni can’t seem to find a soul mate though her nagging mom (Neena Gupta) is desperately trying to find her a suitable matrimonial match. Sakshi is a little too fiery to be tamed by relationships and Meera is married to a firang and they have a young child, but her marriage isn’t a cake walk either.  They are like any four millennial girls who live their life carefree. Kalindi’s story is at the centre of it all and gradually other characters and their sagas unfold. Sonam, Swara and Shikha rally around with their own set of problems. Kareena find her own answers and comes to terms with the idea of marriage.

The film has Kareena Kapoor as Kalindi Puri, Sonam Kapoor as Avni Sharma, Swara Bhaskar as Sakshi Soni, Shikha Talsania as Meera Sood, Sumeet Vyas as Rishabh Malhotra, Vishwas Kini, Ayesha Raza, Vivek Mushran, Edward Sonnenblick, Manoj Pahwa, Neena Gupta, Gavie Chahal, Sheeba Chadha and Alka Kaushal.

The music of the film is composed by Shashwat Sachdev, Vishal Mishra, QARAN and White Noise while the lyrics are penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Raj Shekhar, Qaran, Rupin Pahwa, White Noise, Shashwat Sachdev, Badshah, Shellee and Gaurav Solanki. The movie has songs like "Pappi Le Loon", "Bhangra Ta Sajda", "Laaj Sharam", "Veere", "Bass Gira De Raja", "Aa Jao Na", "Dagmag Dagmag" and "Tareefan".