Dil Bechara Story, Cast, Release Date, Trailer, Review

Dil Bechara is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic drama film which is the directorial debut of Mukesh Chhabra. Based on John Green's 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars, it stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Saif Ali Khan, and debutante Sanjana Sanghi, and was initially titled Kizie Aur Manny ( Kizie and Manny).

Filming commenced on 9 July 2018 in Jamshedpur. The film's release has been postponed multiple times, due to post-production delays and then again due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It will release on 24 July 2020 on Disney+ Hotstar.

Mukesh Chhabra launched the film in October 2017, making his directorial debut and announcing that it is the film adaptation of John Green's 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars, with Sushant Singh Rajput as the male lead. In March 2018, A. R. Rahman was confirmed as the music composer. Later, newcomer Sanjana Sanghi was selected opposite Rajput and Sony Music India acquired the music rights, with Amitabh Bhattacharya as a lyricist.

Chhabra was suspended from his services after being accused of sexual harassment in October 2018. Eventually, he returned, after receiving a clean chit from ICC on the allegations. This resulted in the delay of the final schedule and completion of post-production.

While the film was initially titled Kizie Aur Manny, in February 2019 the title was officially changed to Dil Bechara. This was felt to perfectly embody the theme and had been chosen from lyrics penned by Bhattacharya and composed by Rahman as one of the tracks in the film

Principal photography began on 9 July 2018 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. On 29 August 2018, Farah Khan shot a song with Rajput. The few remaining portions in the last schedule were filmed across Paris, France.

The film score is composed by A. R. Rahman. Rahman's apprentice group Qutub-E-Kripa, provided an additional score for the film. Recording of the original score happened in three of Rahman's studios, Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios in Chennai and AR Studios in Mumbai.

Dil Bechara Cast

• Sushant Singh Rajput as Manny
• Sanjana Sanghi as Kizie
• Saif Ali Khan as Aftab Khan
• Milind Gunaji
• Javed Jaffrey

Dil Bechara Music

The film score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The music rights of this film have been bought by Sony Music India. The title track of the film has been sung by Rahman; the title of the movie was changed to Dil Bechara in early 2019 because the lyrics of this song embodied the theme of the movie perfectly.

Chhabra had worked with Rahman on several films previously and wanted a fresh music album in his debut film for that he approached Rahman, whose film 99 Songs he was working as a casting director in.

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama; when asked how Rahman was convinced to take up the film, Chhabra revealed that Rahman agreed to compose film in just five minutes saying, "I love the way you do narrate to me and I like your honesty, let's do it." Rahman agreed to compose music in early 2018. This is Bhattacharya's third collaboration with Rahman

Dil Bechara Release Date

The initial premiere date of 29 November 2019 was shared by Rajput via his Twitter handle. However, the film was postponed in the post-production phase. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh announced on 15 November 2019 that the film would be released on 8 May 2020.

However, it was again postponed as the cinemas were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India as of 17 March 2020. On 25 June 2020, Fox Star Studios announced that the film would be streamed for free, irrespective of subscriptions, on Disney+ Hotstar from 24 July 2020. On 6 July, the official trailer of the film was launched by Fox Star Studios

Dil Bechara Trailer

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