Daawat-e-Ishq

Daawat-e-Ishq
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Habib Faisal
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Written by	Habib Faisal Jyoti Kapoor
Starring	Parineeti Chopra Aditya Roy Kapur Anupam Kher
Music by	Songs: Sajid-Wajid Background Score: Hitesh Modak
Cinematography	Himman Dhamija
Edited by	Meghna Sen
Production company	Yash Raj Films
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	19 September 2014 (2014-09-19)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹320 million
Box office	est. ₹355.8 million

Daawat-e-Ishq (English: Feast of Love) is a 2014 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Habib Faisal and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It features actors Parineeti Chopra and Aditya Roy Kapur in the lead roles. The music was composed by Sajid-Wajid.

The film was released on 19 September 2014, to mostly positive reviews. The Hindu said Daawat-e-Ishq was a "potent recipe", and Times of India gave a 4.0 rating. The film collected ₹12.7 crore (US$1.9 million) at the box office in its first week run.

Gulrez "Gullu" Qadir (Parineeti Chopra) lives in a lower-middle class Hyderabadi mohalla and works at a mall as a shoe-sales girl with dreams of going to America. She lives along with her father Abdul Qadir (Anupam Kher) who is looking for a suitable match for her but can't afford to pay big dowry, which will only get her some uncouth crude fellow. This doesn't make Gullu lose her optimism and humour. In her quest to find her Mr. Universe, she falls in love with Amjad (Karan Wahi) and they decide to get married. Things do not work out as Amjad's parents ask for Rs. 80 lakhs in dowry. Enraged, Gullu plans to trap a dowry-hungry groom under IPC 498A (dowry act) and to recover lacs of money from him to fulfill her dream of going to America.

She and her father go to Lucknow with fake identities and comes up against "Big Boss Haidari Kebab," Tariq also known as "Taru" Haider (Aditya Roy Kapur). They choose Tariq as their target and when Tariq's parents ask for dowry from Gullu's father, she secretly records the entire conversation. During the three days before the wedding Taru and Gullu get to know each other and Gullu starts falling for Taru. To her surprise Taru gives her Rs. 40 lakhs in cash from his own savings, which his father asked for dowry. This way, Taru's father can maintain his conventions. And when Gullu's father gives Taru's father the 40 lakhs, it will not have been a real dowry.