Zara Hatke Zara Bachke

The story revolves around Kapil and Somya - a middle-class happily married couple from Indore who want to get a house of their own through the Indian government's flagship program, Awas Yojna scheme. The story starts with Kapil a yoga instructor and Somya a teacher living under a joint family with Kapil’s parents and his Aunt and uncle staying with them due to which they have to give up their room and sleep in hall. Somya a Sikh girl from background is often looked down by aunt as they are pure Brahmins but kapil always tries to intervene and make up to somya by taking out for lunch and her favorite food. Somya always wanted an house of her own and after looking for a house which they liked, the broker tries to get more money which was discussed when showcasing the house by giving all house rates are expensive. So then they learn about this awas yojna and kapil goes to inquire about it but returns empty handed as he has argument with the employee. Then the peon in the office who also has a side business of settlements and brokerage due to being a government employee gives advice to kapil and Somya about the scheme and tell them that to be eligible, kapil either has to be kicked out of their parents inheritance or Somya should divorce him in order to qualify as a single divorced lady. They initially brush off the idea but Somya wants her own home so badly that she convinces kapil to go with the divorce process. He reluctantly agrees and then a series of comedic events start as they are faking their divorce in front of all including their families. Finally their divorce is approved but then the broker is caught and the yojna (scheme ) draw results are halted due to which there is a argument between kapil and Somya as kapil says it was due to somya’s greed he is divorced and they are in this situation just to get some privacy and space of their own. After some time somya gets the papers of her new home from Government and she confesses all this to her parents and they all go to kapils house and they come clean. But kapils’s aunt faints and taken to hospital where it is revealed that her kidneys are failing and she needs urgent transplant. During this time Somya realizes the importance of family and now no longer wants her separate house. Soon they give the house keys and papers to the security guard of the society they were living as he has a young daughter and doesn’t have a house.

After sometime Somya and Kapil remarry and start a happy life.

• Vicky Kaushal as Kapil Dubey
• Sara Ali Khan as Somya Chawla Dubey
• Inaamulhaq as Ban Das Ishwardas Sahay
• Sushmita Mukherjee as Roshni Chawla
• Neeraj Sood as Purushottam Mama
• Rakesh Bedi as Harcharan Chawla
• Sharib Hashmi as Daroga Raghuvanshi
• Akash Khurana as Ved Prakash Dubey
• Kanupriya Pandit as Deepa Mami
• Anubha Fatehpura as Mamta Dubey
• Himanshu Kohli as Manoj Bhagel
• Srishti Ganguli Rindani as Mehjabeen
• Vivan Shah as Sajjan
• Dimpy Mishra as Dimpy Sir
• Atul Tiwari as Judge

The film's title was announced with a teaser by Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan on Instagram one day before the release of trailer.[9] There had been rumors that the film was set to be called Luka Chuppi 2.[10] The official trailer was released on 15 May 2023.[11] The trailer launch was accompanied by a visit to Juhu Chowpatty by Kaushal and Khan, where they interacted with the media and posed for photographs.[12] Khan and Kaushal enjoyed Indore’s famous Poha-Jalebi during promotions.[13][14][15]

The film's music was composed by Sachin–Jigar. Lyrics were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

The first single, "Phir Aur Kya Chahiye", was released on 16 May 2023.[16] The second single, "Tere Vaaste", was released on 22 May 2023. The third single, titled "Baby Tujhe Paap Lagega", sung by composer Himesh Reshammiya was released on 25 May 2023.[17] The fourth single, "Sanjha", was released on 29 May 2023.

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