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Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Love comes in all sizes

20157.21h 51m

Overview

A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the annual wife-carrying race.

Directed by Sharat Katariya
Written by Sharat Katariya, Varun Grover
Produced by Maneesh Sharma, Aditya Chopra
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Top Cast

Bhumi Pednekar

Bhumi Pednekar

Sandhya Verma

Ayushmann Khurrana

Ayushmann Khurrana

Prem Prakash Tiwari

Sheeba Chaddha

Sheeba Chaddha

Nain Tara

Sanjay Mishra

Sanjay Mishra

Chandrabhan Tiwari

Seema Pahwa

Seema Pahwa

Subhadra Rani

Shrikant Verma

Shrikant Verma

Shakha Babu

Alka Amin

Alka Amin

Sashi Tiwari

Kumar Sanu

Kumar Sanu

Himself

Chandrachoor Rai

Chandrachoor Rai

Nirmal

V

V.K. Sharma

Raghuveer Nautiyaal

Themes & Keywords

overweight womanodd couple

About Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Dum Laga Ke Haisha is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2015 exploring themes of overweight woman, odd couple. Directed by Sharat Katariya, it stars Bhumi Pednekar, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sheeba Chaddha. A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the annual wife-carrying race.

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