Befikre

Plot

Set in Paris, Befikre begins 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 parent’s house, asking them to let her in without any questions about Dharam. Dharam hails from Karol Bagh, New Delhi, and is a stand-up comedian working in his friend, Mehra’s (Aru Krishansh Verma) doomed restaurant, where he mocks people in relationships and single bachelors.

The film travels back in time when Dharam came to the French capital 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, who is an Indian by origin and French by nature. He later asks Shyra out on a date when she dares him to slap a police officer. Thereafter, they keep giving crazy dares to each other.

In the present, Dharam mocks his broken relationship at the same restaurant. The two keep meeting accidentally, showing that they still haven’t gotten over each other. In another flashback, they decide to enter a live-in relationship and Dharam meets Shyra’s parents, who are chefs in their own restaurant. After many misunderstandings and fights, Shyra moves out and shifts with her family. They celebrate their breakup anniversary on the famous Love Padlock Bridge and swear never to fall in love with each other.

Now dating other people, the two remain good friends until one day, when they get into a heated discussion and become rivals. Only when they are getting married to different people do they realize that they still are tied to each other emotionally. They do a face-off dance at the ‘Sangeet' ceremony, which leads to their reconciliation as friends, and they find love in each other at last.

Cast

Development

The film was announced by Yash Raj Films in September 2015 as Chopra's directorial comeback, scheduled for a December 2016 release. In October 2015, it was announced that Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor would be cast in the lead roles.

On 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.

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. Singh had earlier allotted both Q2 and Q3 of Fiscal 2016 to Befikre (including its Paris and Mumbai schedules). Akhtar's coming-of-age, travel-diary Project requires Singh to film across all the 29 states of India, in the same period.

Filming

The film was shot extensively in Paris. It was filmed in a period of 50 days.

Release

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.

India

The film collected ₹10.36 crores on opening day becoming tenth highest opening Bollywood film of 2016. The film became Ranveer Singh's fourth highest opener following Ram Leela, Gunday and Bajirao Mastani. Befikre collected ₹11.60 crores and ₹12.47 crores on second and third day of release respectively taking its first domestic weekend net collection to ₹34.43 crores, and became eleventh highest domestic weekend collecting Bollywood film of 2016. In next four days, the film collected ₹14.32 crores taking its first domestic week's net collection to total of ₹48.75 crores. Befikre became Twelth highest first domestic week collecting Bollywood film of the year. The film's net collection in India are ₹60.26 crores becoming Sixteenth highest net collecting Bollywood film in India of 2016, while it grossed ₹130.25 crores worldwide.

Overseas

The film released across 2900 screen in overseas on Opening day and collected ₹16.48 crores becoming fifteenth highest overseas grossing Bollywood film of the year.

Soundtrack

Complete soundtrack album was released on 1 December 2016 by YRF Music.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Jaideep Sahni; all music composed by Vishal–Shekhar.