SONU KI TITU KI SWEETY
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| Directed by | Luv Ranjan |
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| Produced by | |
| Written by | Rahul Mody Luv Ranjan |
| Story by | Luv Ranjan |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Score: Hitesh Sonik Songs: |
| Cinematography | Sudhir K. Chaudhary |
| Edited by | Akiv Ali |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | AA Films, T-Series |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹20 crore[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹152.75 crore[2] |
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (transl. Sonu's Titu's Sweety) is a 2018 Indian Hindi comedy film directed and written by Luv Ranjan whose banner Luv Films co-produced it along with T-Series.[1] The film was jointly distributed by T-Series and AA Films with editing by Akiv Ali.[3] Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety features Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha and Sunny Singh in main roles of Sonu, Sweety and Titu respectively.[4] Supporting starcast includes Alok Nath and Ishita Raj Sharma with a cameo appearance by Sonnalli Seygall.[5] The film marks the fourth collaboration of Bharucha and Aaryan with Ranjan, as well as the third time Singh and Sharma team up with the trio.[6]
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety premiered in global cinemas on 23 February 2018, and became a surprising blockbuster.[7] The film surprised the audience and critics by surpassing 100 Crore Club domestically net, and wrapped up its Indian net gross at ₹1.09 billion.[8] Earning over ₹1.52 billion against budget of ₹200 million, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2018 and also emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film not featuring well-known and most popular superstars globally.[9]
In April 2020, co-producer and distributor T-Series owner Bhushan Kumar confirmed that a sequel named as Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety 2 is in works.[10]
Plot[edit]
A desolate Titu Sharma is grief-stricken because his girlfriend Pihu Khanna refuses to talk to him. Sonu Sharma, his best friend, tells him that she is not meant for him, as Titu is loving and caring while Pihu is possessive and callous. Sonu gives an ultimatum to Titu to choose between Pihu and him and Titu chooses his best friend. Six months after his breakup, Titu's family tells him that a family has shown interest in getting him married to their daughter Sweety Sharma. He agrees to meet Sweety and they instantly hit it off. Sweety is extremely caring, sensitive, and clever and is seemingly the 'ideal partner'. Sonu finds this very fishy, though he admits to Titu that she seems nice but he can't really say whether or not the two should marry just yet.
He later finds out that Sweety was in fact going to marry another man named Rahul but that did not work out as she became dominating, possessive, and once even got drunk and created a scene in Goa. He reveals this to the family, who question Sweety regarding the same and she tells her version of the story in which she does not seem to be at fault. Titu tells Sonu that she had told him all of this in the first meeting itself and he did not want the family to know about all of this. On the night of the engagement, Sonu begins warming up to the idea of Titu and Sweety's wedding. However, Sweety reveals that she in fact is a gold digger and challenges him that she will throw him out of Titu's life and home very soon. Sonu confides in his grandfathers Ghasitaram and Lalu about the revelation. They bet between themselves to see if Sonu can save Titu from Sweety.
Titu is now engaged to Sweety and this brings a lot of compromises for Sonu who was earlier used to living a bachelor's life. Sweety changes their care-taker, she walks in on Sonu making out with a girl. She also manipulates the family members and Titu into buying and naming a house after her and Titu. She turns the house into a vegetarian household and controls Ghasitaram by threatening to reveal his dirty lies to Dadi. Sonu foresees Titu's imminent downfall and to protect him he plans a bachelor party for Titu at Amsterdam, where he arranges his ex-girlfriend Pihu to "accidentally" run into them after convincing her that Titu is still in love with her and he wants to help them get back together. They return to India along with Pihu and Sonu is happy to see a bothered Sweety after witnessing the growing closeness between Titu and Pihu. But Sweety reveals the truth to Pihu that it was in fact Sonu who broke Titu and Pihu up in the first place and that Sonu is using her. At this point, Titu is visibly angry with Sonu.
He once again confides with Ghasitaram and Lalu and they volunteer to sort the situation but Sonu interjects saying his best friend should decide for himself. Sonu helps prepare for the wedding, dances in the Baraat but during the garland ceremony, he makes a final attempt and gives Titu the ultimatum again to choose between him and Sweety and walks away from the wedding, crying. Sweety attempts to turn the tide but Titu, in a fit of epiphany, reveals to Sweety that this is barely the second time he has ever seen Sonu cry, first time being three days after his mother's death, when he was thirteen. Hence, Sonu's tears reveal that he is a lot more to Titu and firmly announces that if it is between Sonu or her, it will always be his best friend. The scene switches to Sweety standing in the mandap and coming to terms that her malicious tactics cannot always work.
After the narrow escape, Sonu, Titu, Ghasitaram, and Lalu are seen sitting and drinking by the pool, whilst Sonu discusses his own marriage plans, to the disgust of others.
Cast[edit]
- Kartik Aaryan as Sonu Sharma
- Nushrat Bharucha as Sweety Sharma
- Sunny Singh as Titu Sharma
- Ishita Raj Sharma as Pihu Khanna
- Alok Nath as Ghasitaram Sharma
- Virendra Saxena as Lalu Kaka, Ghasitaram's best friend
- Madhumalti Kapoor as Sushmita Devi Sharma, Titu's grandma
- Ayesha Raza Mishra as Maya Sharma, Titu's mother
- Pawan Chopra as Dharmendra Kumar Sharma, Titu's father
- Deepika Amin as Renu Sharma, Sweety's mother
- Rajesh Jais as Arjun Sharma, Sweety's father
- Sonnalli Seygall as Sonu's girlfriend (special appearance)
- Sakshi Malik in the song "Bom Diggy Diggy"
- Collins Twins in the song "Bom Diggy Diggy"
- Pritam Jaiswal as Babu, House help
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Luv Ranjan made the announcement about the film through his official Twitter account on 6 December 2016.[11][12] The shooting for the film began on 12 December 2016[13] while the title of the film was officially announced by Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha and Sunny Singh through a YouTube video on 16 June 2017.[14]
Filming[edit]
The shooting of the film has been done in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Mumbai, Rishikesh and Georgia. The shooting of the film in Ghaziabad has been done in Rajnagar Sector 5. The shooting of this movie has also been done in Gurugram DLF CyberHub. Some of the scenes were shot in Noida at Mahagun Moderne and Mahagun Marvella.[16][17]
Soundtrack[edit]
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| Soundtrack album by Rochak Kohli, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Zack Knight, Saurabh-Vaibhav and Rajat Nagpal | |||||
| Released | 14 February 2018[18] | ||||
| Recorded | 2017–2018 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 30:13 | ||||
| Language | Hindi | ||||
| Label | T-Series | ||||
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The music of the film has been composed by Rochak Kohli, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Zack Knight, Saurabh-Vaibhav and Rajat Nagpal while lyrics have been penned by Kumaar, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Swapnil Tiwari, Zack Knight, Guru Randhawa, Singhsta and Oye Sheraa. The score is composed by Hitesh Sonik. The video of the song, "Dil Chori", which is a remake of the Hans Raj Hans' song "Dil Chori Sada Ho Gaya" was released on YouTube on 26 December 2017.[19] This song marks the comeback of Yo Yo Honey Singh after two years of suffering from bipolar disorder. The song "Subah Subah" was sung by Arijit Singh, Prakriti Kakar and Amaal Mallik was released on 3 January 2018. The song "Chhote Chhote Peg", which was a remake of the Hans Raj Hans' song "Dil Tote Tote Ho Gaya" from the movie Bichhoo, was sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh, Neha Kakkar and Navraj Hans, was released on 18 January 2018.[20]
The song, "Bom Diggy Diggy", which is a party song, is a remake of the 2017 Punjabi-English song "Bom Diggy" by British-Pakistani singer Zack Knight and British-Indian singer Jasmin Walia, and the chorus samples a Bengali folk song. The song was released on 8 February 2018.[21] The music album of the film was released by T-Series on 14 February 2018 on Valentines Day.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dil Chori" | Yo Yo Honey Singh, Singhsta, Oye Sheraa | Yo Yo Honey Singh | Yo Yo Honey Singh, Simar Kaur, Ishers | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Subah Subah" | Kumaar | Amaal Mallik | Arijit Singh, Prakriti Kakar, Amaal Mallik | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Chhote Chhote Peg" | Yo Yo Honey Singh | Yo Yo Honey Singh | Yo Yo Honey Singh, Neha Kakkar, Navraj Hans | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Bom Diggy Diggy" | Zack Knight, Kumaar | Zack Knight | Zack Knight, Jasmin Walia | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Kaun Nachdi" | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa, Rajat Nagpal | Guru Randhawa, Neeti Mohan | 3:03 |
| 6. | "Lakk Mera Hit" | Kumaar | Rochak Kohli | Sukriti Kakar, Mannat Noor, Rochak Kohli | 3:54 |
| 7. | "Tera Yaar Hoon Main" | Kumaar | Rochak Kohli | Arijit Singh | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Sweety Slowly Slowly" | Swapnil Tiwari | Saurabh-Vaibhav | Mika Singh | 3:07 |
| Total length: | 30:13 | ||||
Box office[edit]
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety collected ₹156.46 crore worldwide.
India[edit]
In India, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety grossed ₹6.42 crore nett on its opening day. It earned ₹9.34 crore and ₹10.81 crore in its next two days respectively,[22] taking total opening weekend collection to ₹26.57 crore. It managed to hold in working days, subsequently collecting ₹45.94 crore in its first week. The film grossed ₹29.77 crore and ₹17.93 crore in its second and third week respectively, thus having a three weeks total of ₹93.64 crore.[23] Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety entered the 100 Crore Club in its fourth week on 25th day and collected ₹8.88 crore in that week. It ran for a total of 63 days (nine weeks) in cinemas and collected ₹4.25 crore, ₹1.69 crore, ₹0.37 crore, ₹0.10 crore and ₹0.02 crore in its fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth week respectively, thus taking its total nett lifetime collection to ₹108.95 crore in India. Box Office India declared Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety a blockbuster. The gross collection of the film in India is ₹139.46 crore.
Reception[edit]
While some commentators praised the humour, some were critical of the misogynistic plot.[8] On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval score of 40% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10.[24]
Rajeev Masand of CNN-News18 gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that, "Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety has a strange kind of earnestness in its juvenile ambitions. I was uncomfortable with its decidedly women-bashing stand, but I enjoyed the film's silly, relentless humor."[25] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 2 stars out of 5; she wrote that the film was "breezey enough", and provides some laughs, some of which escape involuntarily. She responded negatively to the film's misogyny: "Luv Ranjan's fourth feature is as simplistic and sexist as it has been right from his first." She was also critical of the performances of the central duo of Singh and Aaryan.[26] Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 saying that, "Despite its misogynistic nature, Ranjan's lighthearted approach to counter gender stereotypes in modern relationships makes his take fascinating."[27] Sweta Kausal of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "Nushrat Barucha, Karthik Aryan and Sunny Singh return in an unfunny tale with misogyny as its reigning feature."[28] Sameeksha of News18 gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 saying that, "the film is a great entertainer in the anti-women genre, but sadly for Ranjan, it is not a proper category yet and thus the film deserved to called a sexist, 'eye-roll' worthy ride which will leave you frustrated and angry by the end of it.".[29]
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Date Of Ceremony | Awards | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Reference |
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| December 2018 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards India | Dynamic Performer Award | Kartik Aaryan | Won | [30] |
| December 2018 | 25th Screen Awards | Best Music | Amaal Mallik, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Saurabh–Vaibhav, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Zack Knight – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety | Nominated | [31] |
| December 2018 | Masala! Awards | Best Actor | Kartik Aaryan | Won | [32] |
| 16 February 2019 | Mirchi Music Awards | Listener's Choice Album of the Year | Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety | Won | [33][34] |
| Listener's Choice Song of the Year | Dil Chori | Won | |||
| Song of The Year | "Bom Diggy Diggy" | Nominated | |||
| Album of The Year | Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety | Nominated | |||
| Lyricist of The Year | Kumaar – "Tera Yaar Hoon Main" | Nominated | |||
| Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year | Jasmin Walia – "Bom Diggy Diggy" | Nominated | |||
| 23 March 2019 | Filmfare Awards | Best Music Director | Rochak Kohli, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Amaal Malik, Guru Randhawa, Zack Knight, Saurabh-Vaibhav and Rajat Nagpal | Nominated | [35] |
| Best Lyricist | Kumaar – Tera Yaar Hoon Main | Nominated | |||
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Tera Yaar Hoon Main – Arijit Singh | Nominated |
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