Half Girlfriend (2017) on Netflix
Madhav Jha, a basketball player from Bihar who speaks little English, enters St Stephen's College in Delhi on a sports quota and meets Riya Somani. She offers friendship; he wants more.
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- Netflix1.7/5
- IMDb4.7/108,811 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes22%
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Plot summary
A sports quota brings Madhav Jha from Bihar to St Stephen's College in Delhi, though his English is weak. There he meets Riya Somani, a Delhi girl admitted on a quota too, and the pair spend their evenings on the basketball court. Madhav's roommate Shailesh and his other friends push him to ask Riya out; she refuses and wants only friendship, but they keep encouraging him. One night out ends with Riya kissing him at her gate, and at her birthday party Madhav asks her what they are to each other. Uncomfortable, she says she is not his girlfriend, then proposes a compromise and offers to be his half girlfriend.
Cast
- Adam Davenportas Bar Owner
- Aaron Latta-Morissetteas Performers' Enthusiast
- Paula McGlynnas Samantha
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Half Girlfriend (2017)
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- Half Girlfriend became the first Bollywood movie to be shot at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, with other locations including St. Stephen's College in New Delhi and Times Square.
- A digitally superimposed likeness of Bill Gates appears in Half Girlfriend, in the scenes where he comes to visit Madhav Jha's village in Bihar.
