Badhaai Ho

Awards

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Trivia

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• The film was surrounded by controversy over its writing credits. While its story was credited to Shantanu Srivastava and Akshat Ghildial, a separate "Story (Junglee Pictures)" credit was given to Jyoti Kapoor. Jyoti Kapoor claimed that the film's original story was hers. She had registered the story in March 2015 with the title "Hum Do Hamaare Chaar". Junglee Pictures had engaged her in April 2015 to develop its screenplay. She later found out that director Amit Sharma was working on a film with a similar premise but with different writers. Junglee Pictures sent her a termination notice when she objected to this. Kapoor signed the termination agreement on the condition that she would be given credit for the story. She was not associated with the film thereafter. The film went on to become a critical and commercial success and Shantanu Srivastava, Akshat Ghildial, and Jyoti Kapoor were nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Story. The film made news when Kapoor claimed that her name had been removed from the nomination. Eventually, Srivastava and Ghildial withdrew their nomination saying that they would not be willing to share the award with Kapoor if they did win it. They claimed that the premise of their story may have been similar to Kapoor's but their work was original. Director Amit Ravindernath Sharma stood by the writers and asserted that Jyoti Kapoor had nothing to do with the film. As this controversy raged, there were also allegations that the film was inspired by the Malayalam film "Pavithram" (1994). It was reported in 2019 that the success of this film had resulted in a production house planning a remake of "Pavithram" (1994) in Tamil and Telugu.[1][2][3]
• Director Amit Ravindernath Sharma had initially approached Tabu and Irrfan Khan to play the role of an elderly couple surprised by an unexpected pregnancy. Both actors felt that they would not fit the role and that actors older than them would work better. Tabu suggested Neena Gupta for the role she had been approached for. Sharma then finalised Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao for these roles.[4]
• Veteran actress Surekha Sikri's role in the film was widely acclaimed. She won several Best Supporting Actress awards for the film including the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award. Sikri had made a comeback the previous year in "Sniff" (2017) after more than a decade.[5]

Song

• Morni Banke - This was rapper Mellow D's debut Hindi film song as a lyricist.
• Nain Na Jodeen - The hook line of this song was taken from a popular song sung by the Pakistani artist Reshma. The original song was composed by Nathoo Khan and its lyrics were written by Manzoor Jhalla. This hook line was used in another Hindi film song, "Kithe Nain Na Jodin" ("Himalay Putra", 1997).[6][7]

1. ^ Badhaai Ho co-writer Jyoti Kapoor on why her name was dropped from Filmfare Awards nominations
2. ^ Badhaai Ho director Amit Sharma supports film's writers for withdrawing names from Filmfare Awards
3. ^ Pavithram remake on the cards; Siva or Dulquer to play the lead
4. ^ Badhai Ho director says Irrfan Khan, Tabu were first choices to play elderly couple expecting a baby
5. ^ Sniff (2017)
6. ^ Kithe Nain Na Jodeen - Reshma
7. ^ Kithe Nain Na Jodin (Himalay Putra, 1997)