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{{short description|2016 film by Aditya Chopra}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Befikre
| image = Befikre poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Aditya Chopra]]
| producer = Aditya Chopra
| writer = '''Story and Screenplay:''' Aditya Chopra '''Dialogues:''' Aditya Chopra [[Sharat Katariya]]
| starring = [[Ranveer Singh]] [[Vaani Kapoor]]
| narrator =
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Vishal–Shekhar]] '''Background Score:''' [[Mikey McCleary]]
| cinematography = Kaname Onoyama
| editing = [[Namrata Rao]]
| studio = [[Yash Raj Films]]
| distributor = Yash Raj Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2016|12|08|[[India]]}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}70 crores<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3437/ |title=Befikre – Movie – Box Office India |website=www.boxofficeindia.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>
| gross ={{INR}}103 crores<ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
| native_name =
}}

'''''Befikre''''' ({{translation|'Carefree'}}) is a 2016 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic comedy|romantic]] [[comedy-drama film]] written, directed, and produced by [[Aditya Chopra]] under his banner of [[Yash Raj Films]]. It features [[Ranveer Singh]] and [[Vaani Kapoor]] in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-befikre-when-ranveer-singh-experienced-d-j-vu-2132150 |title=Befikre: When Ranveer Singh experienced 'déjà vu'! |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |date=6 October 2015 |access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/vaani-kapoor-to-romance-ranveer-singh-in-befikre/ |title=Vaani Kapoor to romance Ranveer Singh in 'Befikre' |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=12 October 2015 |access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref> The film was shot over a period of 50 days in [[Paris]] and [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ranveer-singh-on-befikre-trailer-launch-at-eiffel-tower-3075812/ |title=It's surreal:Ranveer Singh on Befikre trailer launch at Eiffel Tower |date=10 October 2016 |website=Indianexpress.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> It released worldwide on 9 December 2016 to negative reviews and was a commercial failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/ranveer-singh-jokes-are-so-bad-that-theyre-good-befikre-aditya-chopra-paris-vaani-kapoor-madness|title=Ranveer Singh's 'Befikre' Sense of Humour is Worse Than Alia's PJS|date=10 November 2016}}</ref>

The film's songs has been composed by [[Vishal–Shekhar]] and [[Record producer|produced]] by [[Mikey McCleary]] with Vishal–Shekhar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/news/160623-mikey-mccleary-compose-befikre |title=Mikey McCleary to compose for Befikre |website=Radioandmusic.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> McCleary also composed the background score of the movie. This is Chopra's only directorial venture without [[Shah Rukh Khan]] in the lead role.

==Plot==
In Paris, Befikre starts with a nasty fight between Dharam ([[Ranveer Singh]]) and Shyra ([[Vaani Kapoor]]), which leads to a sudden break-up. Shyra leaves Dharam, and goes to her parents' house, asking them to let her in as long as they don't ask any questions about Dharam or their break-up. Dharam hails from Karol Bagh, New Delhi, and is a [[stand-up comedian]] working in his friend, Mehra's ([[Aru Krishansh Verma]]) doomed restaurant. The night of his break-up, he mocks people in relationships and praises being single.

The film then flashes back to the time when Dharam first came to Paris in search of work and adventure. To his surprise, he shares his room with a girl who is a lesbian. Mehra takes him to a party where he meets and hooks up with the fun-loving Shyra, a tourist guide, whose parents are Indian, but who was born and raised in France. He later asks Shyra out on a date. She promises to go out on a date with him if he accepts her dare to slap a police officer. He does so, and they start dating. During their relationship, they keep giving crazy dares to each other. Eventually, the couple decides to enter a live-in relationship and Dharam meets Shyra's parents, who are chefs in their own Indian restaurant. After many misunderstandings and fights (including the one shown at the beginning of the film), Shyra moves out and moves back in with her family.

In the present, Dharam is still mocking his broken relationship at the same restaurant. During the months that follow, Dharam and Shyra keep meeting accidentally, showing that they still haven't gotten over each other and miss each other's company. They finally decide to become friends again and celebrate their breakup anniversary on the Pont des Arts Bridge. They swear never to fall in love with each other again and tie a breakup lock.

Shyra starts dating Aney (Arrmaan Ralhan), an investment banker whereas Dharam starts dating Christine (Julie Ordon), a French model. They go for the holiday outside Paris. After coming back to Paris, Aney proposes to Shyra. Shyra asks Aney to give her time to think about it and asks Dharam for his advice at Place des Vosges Park. While Dharam is afraid to lose Shyra, he still advises her to marry Aney and be happy. Shyra accepts the proposal, while Dharam secretly feels miserable.

Dharam and Shyra both remain good friends until one day, when they get into a heated discussion when he tells her that he and Christine have decided to marry to which Shyra does not approve and she and Dharam become rivals. Soon, Dharam and Christine both decide to marry each other.

Knowing that both Dharam and Shyra are going to marry different people they still are emotionally attached to each other. They do a face-off dance at the 'Sangeet' ceremony, which leads to their reconciliation as friends. Dharam secretly tells Shyra that he is not ready for marriage and also wants to stop it. During the conversation, both start to realise they still love each other.

On the wedding day, Dharam, however, manages to stop the wedding and tells Shyra that he truly loves and cannot be a friend of her anymore. Eventually after a lengthy fight at the wedding where both leave their respective partners, Dharam and Shyra run away from their wedding ceremony. Dharam dares Shyra to marry him, which she accepts.

The film ends with Dharam and Shyra's wedding.

==Cast==

* [[Ranveer Singh]] as Dharam Gulati, a Delhi guy who moved to Paris to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian.
* [[Vaani Kapoor]] as Shyra Gill, a French tourist guide of Indian descent – born and raised in Paris.
* Arrmaan Ralhan as Anay, an investment banker who wants to marry Shyra.
* [[Julie Ordon]] as Christine, Dharam's French girlfriend.
* Akarsh Khurana as Jogi Gill, Shyra's father
* [[Ayesha Raza Mishra]] as Juhi Gill, Shyra's mother
* [[Aru Krishansh Verma]] as Mehra
* Elisa Bachir Bey as Nathalie<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2016/dec/09/befikre-is-another-cliched-entertainer-1547310--1.html |title='Befikre' is another cliched entertainer |website=Newindianexpress.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5108476/fullcredits/ |title=Befikre (2016) |access-date=7 December 2017 |website=IMDb.com}}</ref>


==Production==
===Development===
The film was announced by Yash Raj Films in September 2015 as Chopra's directorial comeback, scheduled for a December 2016 release.<ref>{{cite news |title=Befikre to release on December 9 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aditya-chopras-befikre-starring-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoor-to-release-on-december-9/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=4 February 2016 |access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> In October 2015, it was announced that [[Ranveer Singh]] and [[Vaani Kapoor]] would be cast in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gera |first=Sonal |title=Ranveer Singh will play lead in Aditya Chopra's directorial 'Befikre' |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/yrf-announces-ranveer-singh-as-male-lead-for-aditya-chopras-directorial-befikre/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=6 October 2015 |access-date=12 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vaani Kapoor will play lead in Aditya Chopra's directorial 'Befikre' |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/vaani-kapoor-gets-in-prep-mode-for-aditya-chopras-befikre/16707191 |work=[[Mid-Day]] |date=6 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>

In December 2015, Yash Raj Films announced that the songs of the film will be composed by [[Vishal–Shekhar]], and the lyrics will be written by [[Jaideep Sahni]], both of whom would return to collaborate with the banner after roughly 9 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vaani Kapoor will play lead in Aditya Chopra's directorial 'Befikre' |url=http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/introducing-music-mavericks-aditya-chopras-befikre-036 |work=[[The Asian Age]] |date=23 December 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref>

In March 2016, there were reports of Singh facing scheduling conflicts with Yash Raj Films after he was signed by [[Excel Entertainment]] for [[Zoya Akhtar]]'s next directorial film scripted by [[Farhan Akhtar]] and [[Reema Kagti]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt To Star in Zoya Akhtar's Next? |work=koimoi.com |date=18 August 2016 |access-date=20 August 2016 |url=http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/ranveer-singh-ranbir-kapoor-alia-bhatt-to-star-in-zoya-akhtars-next/}}</ref> Singh had earlier allotted both Q2 and Q3 of [[Fiscal year|Fiscal 2016]] to ''Befikre'' (including its Paris and Mumbai schedules). Akhtar's [[Coming-of-age story|coming-of-age]], [[Travel documentary|travel-diary]] Project requires Singh to film across all the 29 [[States and union territories of India|states of India]], in the same period.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Ranveer-Singh-and-Ranbir-Kapoor-to-share-screen-space/photostory/51357976.cms |title=Ranveer Singh and Ranbir Kapoor to share screen space? |work=The Times of India |access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>

===Filming===
The film was shot extensively in [[Paris]]. It was filmed in a period of 50 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestatesman.com/news/bollywood/ranveer-vaani-completed-befikre-in-50-days/170044.html#dzvuLfTfHL35MFtT.99 |title=Latest News, India, Bengal News, Breaking News, Opinion, Bollywood News, Cricket, Football – The Statesman |website=The Statesman |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>

Befikre will see a release across 2900 screens that comprises 2100 screens in the Domestic (Indian) market and another additional 800 screens in the International market.<ref name="[[Bollywood Hungama]]">{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/revealed-budget-screen-count-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoors-befikre/ |title=REVEALED: Budget and screen count of Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor's Befikre |work=Bollywood Hungama |date=8 December 2016 |access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''Befikre'' generally received mixed to negative reviews from critics. ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and said, "''Befikre'' has some honest, funny moments and the attempt to upgrade the genre is apparent, but you don't come away with anything new."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moviecollection.in/collection/box-office-2017 |title=Bollywood Box Office Report 2017 |website=moviecollection.in |access-date=7 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226235020/http://moviecollection.in/collection/box-office-2017|archive-date=26 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta from ''[[The Indian Express]]'' gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and commented, "''Befikre'' ticks practically every single box which constitutes the Yashraj canon. It's all there, and yet, ''Befikre'' never quite rises above its shiny surface. In its best moments, it has sparkle, but those few and far between; in the rest, it stays bland and familiar."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/befikre-movie-review-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoor-aditya-chopra-star-rating-4417053/ |title=Befikre movie review: Ranveer Singh, Vaani Kapoor film fails to rise above its shiny surface |date=9 December 2016 |website=Indianexpress.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] also gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "What the film lacks is genuine feeling. Yes, even the frothiest of rom-coms need something real to keep you invested in its characters. I’m going with one-and-a-half out of five for ''Befikre''. Aditya Chopra may have made one of Hindi cinema's most enduring love stories, but this is a soufflé that sinks like a stone."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rajeevmasand.com/reviews/our-films/kiss-sell/ |title=Kiss & sell – Rajeev Masand – movies that matter : from bollywood, hollywood and everywhere else |website=Rajeevmasand.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> [[Raja Sen]] rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and opined, "At a point when our mainstream cinema is beginning to grow up, ''Befikre'' is painfully childish drivel that proves to be a maddening waste of time. It starts out shrill, turns predictable, and ends up chaotic. To use the language of the youth Aditya Chopra is attempting to speak, let's call it Befi-cray-cray."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-befikre-is-a-maddening-waste-of-time/20161209.htm |title=Review: Befikre is a maddening waste of time |website=Rediff.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>

===Box office===
====India====
The film collected {{INRConvert|103.6|m|year=2016|lk=r}} on opening day becoming the tenth-highest opening Bollywood film of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-ranveer-singh-vaani-kapoors-befikre-becomes-10th-highest-opening-day-grosser-2016/ |title=Box Office: Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor's Befikre becomes 10th Highest opening day grosser of 2016 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=10 December 2016 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> The film became [[Ranveer Singh]]'s fifth highest opener, following ''[[Padmaavat]]'', ''[[Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela|Ram Leela]]'', ''[[Gunday]]'', and ''[[Bajirao Mastani]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/india-first-day.php?actorid=621&role=24&more=full |title=Ranveer Singh's top first day India |website=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> Befikre collected {{INRConvert|116|m|year=2016}} and {{INRConvert|124.7|m|year=2016}} on the second and third days after its release, respectively, taking its first domestic weekend net collection to {{INRConvert|344.3|m|year=2016}}<ref name="Bollywoodh"/> and became the eleventh-highest domestic weekend collecting Bollywood film of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boi_pages.php?year=2016&pageId=2 |title=Top first weekend India |website=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> In the next four days, the film collected {{INRConvert|143.2|m|year=2016}} taking its first domestic week's net collection to total of {{INRConvert|487.5|m|year=2016}}.<ref name="Bollywoodh"/> Befikre became the twelfth-highest first-domestic-week-collecting Bollywood film of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boi_pages.php?year=2016&pageId=3 |title=Top first week India |website=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> The film's net collection in India is {{INRConvert|602.6|m|year=2016}} becoming the sixteenth-highest net collecting Bollywood film in India of 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boi_pages.php?year=2016&pageId=4 |title=Total Nett India |website=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> while it grossed {{INRConvert|1.3|b|year=2016}} worldwide.<ref name="Bollywoodh"/> With a total net collection of {{INRConvert|602.6|m|year=2016}} in India, the film was declared as "Average" by [[Box Office India]].<ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/> The film was financially successful, earning a profit of {{INRConvert|500|m|year=2016}} for [[Yash Raj Films]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/box-office/ranveer-singh-and-vaani-kapoors-befikre-has-made-a-profit-of-rs-47-crore-already-heres-proof-855755/ |title=Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor's Befikre has made a profit of Rs 500 crore already |first=Karan |last=Shah |website=Bollywoodlife.com |date=14 December 2016 |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref>

====Overseas====
The film released across 2900 screens overseas on opening day and collected {{INRConvert|164.8|m|year=2016}} becoming the fifteenth-highest overseas-grossing Bollywood film of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boi_pages.php?year=2016&pageId=12 |title=TOP GROSSERS OVERSEAS 2016 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Bollywoodh">{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-worldwide-collections-day-wise-breakup-befikre/ |title=Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Befikre |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=24 December 2016 |access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Befikre
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1 December 2016
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=26|s=05}}
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[Yash Raj Films|YRF Music]]
| producer = [[Mikey Mccleary]]
| prev_title = [[Banjo (2016 film)|Banjo]]
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Complete soundtrack album was released on 1 December 2016 by [[Yash Raj Films|YRF Music]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jn7AhRausE |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=1 February 2017 |via=YouTube |title=<nowiki>Befikre Audio Jukebox | Full Songs | Ranveer Singh | Vaani Kapoor | Vishal and Shekhar</nowiki> |publisher=[[Yash Raj Films]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/befikre-original-motion-picture/id1181809037 |title=Befikre (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |publisher=[[Vishal–Shekhar]] |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=1 February 2017 |via=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>

The songs were composed by [[Vishal–Shekhar]] and produced by [[Mikey McCleary]]. The [[film score]] was composed by [[Mikey McCleary]].

===Track listing===
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = Minul Alom
| all_music =
| extra_column = Singer (s)
| title6 = Khulke Dulke
| length6 = 3:15
| extra6 = [[Vishal Dadlani]], [[Gippy Grewal]], [[Harshdeep Kaur]], Ankur Tiwari, [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
| title2 = [[Ude Dil Befikre]]
| length2 = 3:51
| extra2 = [[Vishal Dadlani]], [[Benny Dayal]]
| title3 = Je T'aime
| length3 = 4:01
| extra3 = [[Vishal Dadlani]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| title4 = You & Me
| length4 = 3:18
| extra4 = [[Nikhil D'Souza]], Rachel Varghese
| title5 = Labon Ka Karobaar
| length5 = 3:55
| extra5 = [[Vishal Shekhar]], [[Papon (Assamese singer)|Papon]]
| title1 = [[Nashe Si Chadh Gayi]]
| length1 = 3:58
| extra1 = [[Arijit Singh]], [[Caralisa Monteiro]]
| title7 = Love Is a Dare
| note7 = Instrumental
| length7 = 3:47
| extra7 = [[Vishal–Shekhar]]
| total_length = {{Duration|m=26|s=05}}
}}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Recipients and nominees
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[9th Mirchi Music Awards]]
| [[Mirchi Music Award for Male Vocalist of The Year|Male Vocalist of The Year]]
| [[Arijit Singh]] – "[[Nashe Si Chadh Gayi]]"
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2016/nominations/ |title=MMA Mirchi Music Awards |website=MMAMirchiMusicAwards|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|5108476}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|befikre}}

{{Aditya Chopra}}

[[Category:2016 films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Yash Raj Films films]]
[[Category:Films set in Paris]]
[[Category:Films shot in Paris]]
[[Category:2016 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Aditya Chopra]]

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