Dolly Ki Doli

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Dolly Ki Doli
Directed by	Abhishek Dogra
Produced by	Arbaaz Khan Malaika Arora Khan
Written by	Umashankar Singh Abhishek Dogra
Starring	Sonam Kapoor Rajkummar Rao Pulkit Samrat Varun Sharma
Music by	Songs: Sajid-Wajid Background Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Cinematography	Saurabh Goswami
Edited by	Hemal Kothari
Production company	Arbaaz Khan Productions
Distributed by	Kinesis Films
Release dates	23 January 2015
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	19.21 crore(US$3.0 million)[2]

Dolly Ki Doli is a 2015 Indian comedy-drama film, directed by debutant Abhishek Dogra and produced by actor Arbaaz Khan under his production house Arbaaz Khan Productions.^[3] The film stars Sonam Kapoor in the title role and also features Pulkit Samrat, Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma. The film was released on 23 January 2015. The film's trailer was unveiled on Malaika's and Arbaaz's anniversary on December 2014.^[4] A majority of Kapoor's wedding attire for the movie was designed by the Delhi-based label, MadSamTinZin.^[4]

Plot[edit]

The movie centres around a young woman, Dolly (Sonam Kapoor), who is a young con artist. First she married Sonu Sherawat (Rajkummar Rao). She marries men from different religions and runs away with their wealth on the night of the wedding.^[4][5] Her entire family consists of con artists. After conning quite a few number of rich men, she gets media attention, who label her as "looteri dulhan". A cop Robin Singh (Pulkit Samrat) decides to catch Dolly. When she tries to con Delhi boy Manjot (Varun Sharma), she slips and her photographs are splashed all over the media.

When Dolly and her gang try to con a prince (Saif Ali Khan), they are arrested by Robin Singh. Then it is revealed that Robin Singh and Dolly have a past. She is put behind bars but she escapes with Robin's help and they get married. But she leaves him too and regroups with her old gang members and goes in search of their next victim.^[6]

Cast[edit]

• Sonam Kapoor as Dolly/Madhuri/Priya/Bhagyashree
• Rajkummar Rao as Sonu Sherawat
• Pulkit Samrat as Robin Singh
• Varun Sharma as Manjot Singh Chadda
• Rajesh Sharma as Ramesh Sherawat, Sonu's Father
• Manoj Joshi as Dubeyji, Dolly's Fake Father
• Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Raju
• Gulfam Khan as Sonu's Mother
• Archana Puran Singh as Manjot's Mother
• Brijendra Kala as Sub-Inspector Khan
• Saif Ali Khan as Prince Kunwar Aditya Singh (cameo appearance)
• Malaika Arora Khan as a dancer in Sonu-Dolly's reception (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack[edit]

All music composed by Sajid-Wajid.

Dolly Ki Doli
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Phatte tak nachana"	Sunidhi Chauhan	04:42
2.	"Dolly Ki Doli"	Divya Kumar	04:56
3.	"Fashion Khatam Mujhpe"	Mamta Sharma, Wajid, Shabab Sabri	04:24
4.	"Mere Naina Kafir Hogaye"	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan	04:55
5.	"Babaji Ka Thullu"	Wajid, Danish Sabri	04:48

Reception[edit]

The film received mixed reviews from critics.^[7] Bollywood Hungama described the film "a solid entertainer that will surely entertain the masses and classes alike" and gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.^[8]

In its first Friday, it collected 2 crore, a result which Koimoi called "poor".^[7] At the end of its second weekend, it had collected 19.21 crore, performing well in the north, but failing in multiplexes and single screens.^[2]