Meanwhile, she meets a musician, Rumi, and falls in love with him, but they break up before anything serious can happen when she realises they may not be the right fit for each other. She warms to Jug's unconventional methods, trying to use them to understand herself. Jehangir 'Jug' Khan, a psychologist, for her insomnia after inadvertently having heard him talk at a Mental Health Awareness Conference.

She ends up spending many sleepless nights in unhappiness and uncertainty. All this plus dissatisfaction with her prospects at work serves as a catalyst for Kaira's shift to Goa, where she now has to grudgingly live with her parents with whom she has some issues. Her landlord then turns her out of her apartment because the building association wants to rent apartments only to married couples. Kaira's life takes a downturn when Raghuvendra, a film producer for whom she breaks up with her childhood sweetheart Sid, a restobar owner, gets engaged to someone else. Blunt and cynical, she is most comfortable when with her three best friends, Fatima, Jackie and Ganju. It received a number of nominations at Bollywood award ceremonies.īased in Mumbai and Goa, Kaira is a promising cinematographer who wishes to direct her own films. The film features a score composed by Amit Trivedi and lyrics written mostly by Kausar Munir.ĭear Zindagi released on 23 November 2016 in North America, two days before its worldwide release on 25 November 2016 and received positive reviews, with particular praise directed towards the screenplay, dialogues, themes, direction, music and performances (especially those of Bhatt and Khan).The film grossed ₹1.39 billion (US$18 million) at the box office. Principal photography took place in Goa and Mumbai, in the period from 21 January to. The plot centres on a budding cinematographer who is discontented with her life and meets a free-spirited psychologist who helps her to gain a new perspective on her life.ĭevelopment of the film began in 2015, when Shinde signed Bhatt and Khan for a film to be made under her banner. The film also stars Shah Rukh Khan in an extended cameo role as Dr.Jehangir Khan. The film stars Alia Bhatt, with Ira Dubey, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi, Ali Zafar, Yashaswini Dayama and Rohit Suresh Saraf in supporting roles. It was produced by Gauri Khan, Karan Johar, and Shinde under the banners of Red Chillies Entertainment, Dharma Productions, and Hope Productions respectively. Dear life) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Gauri Shinde.

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