Baar Baar Dekho Movie Details:
| Movie Name | Baar Baar Dekho |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi |
| Release Date | 9 September 2016 |
| Running Time | 2hr 21min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Cast | Katrina Kaif Sidharth Malhotra |
| Directed by | Nitya Mehra |
| Story by | Sri Rao |
| Screenplay by | Nitya Mehra Anuvab Pal Sri Rao Anvita Dutt Guptan (dialogues) |
| Produced by | Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar Ritesh Sidhwani Farhan Akhtar |
| Cinematography by | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Edited by | Amitabh Shukla |
| Music by | Score: Sameer Uddin Songs: Amaal Mallik Arko Pravo Mukherjee Badshah Bilal Saeed Jasleen Royal Prem Hardeep |
| Production Company | Dharma Productions Excel Entertainment |
| Distributor | Eros International |
| Budget | ₹53 crore |
| Box Office Collection | ₹62.670 crore |
Baar Baar Dekho Movie Cast & Characters:
- Katrina Kaif as Diya Kapoor
- Sidharth Malhotra as Jai Varma
- Sayani Gupta as Chitra
- Kirti Adarkar as Suman
- Taaha Shah as Tarun Bhalla
- Rohan Joshi as Raj
- Rajit Kapur as Panditji (special appearance)
- Ram Kapoor as Vinod Kapoor, Diya’s father
- Sarika as Varsha Varma, Jai’s mother
- Sagar Arya as Nikhil Khanna, Diya’s second husband in the flash-forward
- Sanjana Sanghi as a student in Jai’s classroom
- Tunisha Sharma as young Diya Kapoor
Storyline:
A math obsessed, Jay Varma is suddenly gifted with the power of time travel, which he has to use to mend things between him and his childhood sweetheart Diya Kapoor.
About Baar Baar Dekho Movie:
- In October 2013, it was announced that Nitya Mehra, assistant director to films Life of Pi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, would be making her directorial debut with Excel Entertainment on their new project.
- Aamir Khan and Deepika Padukone were initially attached, but both eventually left the project. Anushka Sharma was also offered the female lead but she turned it down as well.
- In September 2014, it was officially announced that the film will be co-produced by Karan Johar of Dharma Productions and with Sidharth Malhotra as the male lead. Later in April 2015, Katrina Kaif was confirmed to feature in the film, opposite Malhotra. The film was initially titled Kal Jisne Dekha.
- Principal photography began on 28 August 2015, in Glasgow, Scotland, and went for over a month. Filming then continued in Delhi and Mumbai from November 2015 onwards. On 22 February 2016, the team filmed “Sau Aasmaan” in Krabi, Thailand, for a week.
- The film was theatrically released worldwide on 9 September 2016.
- According to Box Office India, the film had a total budget of ₹530 million (equivalent to ₹760 million or US$9.5 million in 2023). However, The Indian Express stated that the budget was around ₹350 million (equivalent to ₹500 million or US$6.3 million in 2023) excluding the cost of printing & marketing which are generally not considered part of the budget.
- In August 2016, the film was granted a U/A certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). However, the examining committee of the board asked the producers to remove two visuals from the film which involved sequences depicting an actor wearing a brassiere and another referencing Savita Bhabhi, a popular Indian pornographic cartoon character.
- The Australian romantic comedy Long Story Short (2021) is loosely based on this film.
