Atrangi Re (2021) on Netflix
NR20212h 18mComedyDramaRomance
Rinku loves Sajjad, a magician. When her family forcibly marries her to Vishu, a doctor already engaged to Mandakini, the two agree to part ways and return to their own lives.
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- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb6.5/1029,566 votes
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Plot summary
Rinku Suryavanshi is caught at Siwan Junction while trying to run away with the man she loves, and her grandmother Dulhayen rules that she must be married off at once. Rinku's uncles abduct and drug Vishu, a Tamilian doctor on a short visit, and he wakes married to her. On the train to New Delhi the two agree that the marriage was forced: Vishu is due to be engaged to Mandakini in two days, and Rinku's own lover, the magician Sajjad Ali Khan, reaches Delhi within a week. Each of them means to go back to the life that was interrupted.
Cast
- Vijay Kumaras Matadin
- Bharti Golaas Rinku's Mami
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Atrangi Re (2021)
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- The title Atrangi Re was first registered by Salman Khan under his own production company, and he handed it to Aanand L. Rai on the condition that Rai direct the film himself.
- COVID-19 halted filming on 19 March 2020 and cost the production about six months; Dhanush said the first schedule was spent settling into the characters and that the stagnation was traumatic.
- Sara Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan were considered for the other leads in July 2019; Roshan denied being in the film, saying Rai never contacted him, and Ajay Devgn was approached before Akshay Kumar signed on as third lead.
- Aanand L. Rai said he tried casting Hindi film actors but none could play such a rooted character, and that Dhanush agreed to the film after a 10-minute script discussion in Mumbai.
- Nimrat Kaur was considered for a pivotal role and even joined the Delhi shooting schedule, but her portion was not included in the finished film.
- In March 2019, Filmfare reported that Varun Dhawan would star in the film and Alia Bhatt was considered for the leading role, but that casting never came to fruition.
- The film drew the highest opening-day viewership on its streaming service, breaking the viewership records of Laxmii (2020), Hungama 2 and Shiddat (2021).
