Jabariya Jodi

Jabariya Jodi is an upcoming Indian romantic comedy film starring Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra. The film is based upon the tradition of groom kidnapping, prevalent in Bihar. Malhotra is playing a Bihari thug in the film,  which is co-produced by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor and Shailesh R Singh and is directed by Prashant Singh. Principal photography of the film began on 10 August 2018 in Lucknow, and it is scheduled for theatrical release on 12 July 2019.

Cast

 * Sidharth Malhotra as Abhay Singh
 * Parineeti Chopra as Babli Yadav
 * Javed Jaffrey as Abhay's father
 * Sanjai Mishra as Babli's father
 * Aparshakti Khurana as Balbir
 * Ruslaan Mumtaz as Kush
 * Chandan Roy Sanyal as Guddu
 * Neeraj Sood as Verma ji
 * Arfi Lamba as Jeetu
 * Yogita Rathore as Abhay’s sister
 * Sheeba Chaddha as Abhay's mother
 * Aaryan Arora as Young Abhay
 * Gurket Kaur as Young Babli
 * Alankrita Sahai in a dance number
 * Elli Avram in a dance number
 * Mohit Baghel as Halla

Development
The film was conceived by writer Sanjeev K Jha who is from Bihar and is familiar with forced marriage practice in his native state. He was surprised to see the official data that said that more abductions happened in Bihar for the purpose of forced marriage than ransom in recent years. He said in a statement, “We always knew such forced marriages happen, but we didn’t know the magnitude of it." It was an eye-opener for him so he created a comic world and a love-story using this bizarre practices.

Filming
Filming began on 10 August 2018 in Lucknow, Barabanki and Raebareli. The film was wrapped up in mid April 2019.

Marketing and release
The first look of the film was revealed by Ekta Kapoor on her Twitter account on 20 August 2018 and explained what the title Jabariya Jodi actually means. It showed Parineeti and Sidharth lost in each other but in between them, there is a groom tied and unconscious.

The 2nd teaser of the film was shared by Sidharth Malhotra on his official Instagram account on 6 December 2018 announcing the release date of 17 May 2019.

On 4 March 2019 with release of a new official theatrical posters new release date of 12 July 2019 was announced.