Trailer
Plot summary
Rani Mehra is a sheltered 24-year-old from a traditional Punjabi family in Delhi, two days from her wedding when her fiancé Vijay Dhingra backs out. He says that living abroad has changed his lifestyle and that her habits no longer suit him. After a day shut in her room, Rani asks her parents for permission to use the honeymoon booking on her own, and they agree. Paris overwhelms her at first and she considers flying home, until Vijayalakshmi, a hotel employee, takes her around the city and introduces her to things Vijay had forbidden, among them dancing and drinking. She then travels to Amsterdam, where her hostel room is shared with Taka from Japan, Tim from France and Oleksander from Russia, and the four explore the city together.
Cast
- Jeffrey Hoas Taka
- Alka Badola Kaushalas Rani's mother
- Guithob Josephas Tim
- Yogendra Tikkuas Rani's father
- Tripta Lakhanpalas Rani's grandmother
- Chinmay Chandraunshuhas Bada Chintu
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Queen (2013)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- When 90 percent of Queen had been shot, cinematographer Bobby Singh died suddenly of an asthma attack on 25 December 2012, just after finishing a schedule in Delhi; Anurag Kashyap, after seeing the rushes, volunteered to edit the film himself.
- The lead role of Rani was first offered to Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, and both actresses turned the film down.
- Vikas Bahl took a crew of 25 people from India and shot the film across about 145 locations in 40 days, booking locations only a couple of hours in advance as the crew shot three or four spots a day.
- Joseph Guitobh, who played Rani's third roommate Tim, won his part after being spotted singing on a street and asked if he would work in a Hindi film, even though he could not speak English.
- Kangana Ranaut wrote a lot of her own dialogue and was given credit for the additional dialogue; on set the director let all the actors improvise to add realism.
- Queen popularised solo trips and inspired many women to travel around Europe alone; in 2019 Megha Sharma of Vogue India published a guide to a solo European holiday inspired by the film.
- The remixed version of the song "Hungama Ho Gaya" was shot at Club NL in Amsterdam, where a Hindi song was played for the first time.
