
The film was directed by Shinde, her second directorial after comedy-drama film, English Vinglish (2012). Made on a moderate budget, Dear Zindagi was produced by Gauri Khan of Red Chillies Entertainment, Johar of Dharma Productions and Shinde of Hope Productions. Kunal Kapoor as Raghuvendra, a film producerĪli Zafar as Rumi, a musician and singer-songwriterĪditya Roy Kapur as a furniture dealer (special appearance) Rohit Saraf as Kiddo, Kaira's younger brother Yashaswini Dayama as Jackie, Kaira's friend Ira Dubey as Fatima, Kaira's friend, who is also referred to as "Fatty". I have never played such a role in my entire career." He describes his role by saying, "I am a support in the film, more like an extended cameo. Jehangir "Jug" Khan, who helps Kaira in finding her true love. She said that playing the role of Kaira was altogether a very different experience. During her latest interview with Bombay Times, Bhatt spoke about her role.
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The movie ends with a viewing of Kaira's film where she meets a furniture dealer who might turn out to be a prospective lover.Īlia Bhatt as Kaira, who is also referred to as "Koko". He says, "Don't let the past blackmail your present to ruin a beautiful future." After this, Kaira makes an effort to reconcile with her parents and also works to finish her short film. He convinces her that she doesn't need to forgive her parents for abandoning her but she can as an adult see them as two regular people who made a mistake. She finally narrates the story of her abandonment to Jug who tells her that she fears abandonment so much that she doesn't allow herself to commit in relationships for fear of being abandoned. Matters with her family come to a head when Kaira has an outburst at a family get-together where she confronts her parents about them abandoning her for years at her grandparents' house. She also meets her younger brother, Kiddo. Meanwhile, she meets a musician, Rumi, whom she starts to develop feelings for, but ditches before anything serious can happen. Jehangir "Jug" Khan, a Goan psychologist after accidentally having heard him talk at a Mental Health Awareness Conference for her insomnia. All this ends up with her spending many sleepless nights. This serves as a catalyst for her shift to Goa to live with her parents, a fact she detests. Her landlord turns her out of her apartment because the building association wants to rent apartments only to married couples. Her cheerful life becomes a nightmare when the guy she loves, a film producer, Raghuvendra ends up engaged to someone else, and for whom she breaks up with a restobar owner, Sid, in between. Fatima, Jackie and Ganju are her three best friends. Dear Zindagi released on 23 November 2016 in North America, two days before its worldwide release on 25 November 2016, to positive critical notice, with major praise directed to Bhatt's performance and proved a good commercial success.

The lyrics for songs were written by Kausar Munir except for one song. The film features soundtrack album, which is composed by Amit Trivedi. The principal photography of the film took place in Goa and Mumbai.

He helps Kaira in gaining a new perspective about life.ĭevelopment began in 2015, when Shinde signed Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan for a film to be made under her banner. The plot centers on a budding cinematographer named Kaira, who is in search of a perfect life and meets Dr. Shah Rukh Khan plays an extended cameo role in the film. The film features Alia Bhatt in lead role, with Ira Dubey, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi and Ali Zafar in supporting roles.

It was produced by Gauri Khan, Karan Johar and Shinde under the banners of Red Chillies Entertainment, Dharma Productions and Hope Productions respectively. Dear Zindagi (English: Dear Life) is a 2016 Indian coming of age drama film written and directed by Gauri Shinde.
