Dream Girl (2019 film)
Dream Girl is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa in his directorial debut and produced by Ekta Kapoor. The film focuses on a cross-gender actor (played by Ayushmann Khurrana) whose female voice impersonation begets attention from others, and talks about depression and loneliness. It also stars Nushrat Bharucha, Annu Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Vijay Raaz and Abhishek Banerjee.
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| Directed by | Raaj Shaandilyaa |
| Written by | Nirmaan D Singh Raaj Shaandilyaa |
| Screenplay by | Nirmaan D Singh |
| Produced by | Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor |
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| Cinematography | Aseem Mishra |
| Music by | Songs: Meet Bros Background Score: Abhishek Arora |
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| Distributed by | Pen Marudhar Entertainment |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹28 crore |
| Box office | est. ₹200.8 crore |
Initially supposed to be titled Googly, it was renamed Dream Girl. The film was released on 13 September 2019 to a surprise blockbuster response and entered the 100 Crore Club. It was a commercial blockbuster, grossing around ₹148 crore net in India and over ₹200 crore (US$25 million) worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2019.
In August 2022, a spiritual sequel titled Dream Girl 2 entered production, and it was released in August 2023. It stars an ensemble cast of Ayushmann Khurrana, Ananya Panday, Annu Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Asrani, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Manjot Singh, Abhishek Banerjee and Seema Pahwa.