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Badhaai Ho

2018 · 125 min

A warm, gently comic look at family embarrassment that turns into a heartfelt celebration of acceptance and love.

Overview
A 25-year-old man tries to suppress his embarrassment when his mother announces that she is pregnant.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • love
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Amit Sharma
Written by
Akshat Ghildial
Starring
Ayushmann Khurrana, Neena Gupta, Gajraj Rao, Sanya Malhotra, Surekha Sikri, Sheeba Chaddha, Alka Kaushal, Alka Amin
Music
Rochak Kohli, Inder Bawra
Cinematography
Sanu John Varghese
Runtime
125 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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