Film

Shaandaar

Name: Shaandaar
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2015
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Kapur, Sanjay Kapoor, Kumud Pant

Comedy
Light-hearted

A Delhi wedding planner with a gift for chaos management tries to orchestrate a destination wedding in London while wrangling a fractured family back together. Bollywood romance meets romantic comedy mechanics: charming, earnest, occasionally messy, built on the bet that good humour and genuine warmth can smooth over almost anything. For anyone who loves weddings, Bollywood, or both.

TMDb rating

2.1

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