Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania

Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shashank Khaitan
Produced by	Karan Johar
Written by	Shashank Khaitan
Starring	Varun Dhawan Alia Bhatt Ashutosh Rana Siddharth Shukla
Music by	Original songs: Sachin-Jigar Sharib-Toshi Background Score: John Stewart Eduri
Cinematography	Neha Parti Matiyani
Edited by	Manan Sagar
Production company	Dharma Productions
Distributed by	AA Films
Release date	11 July 2014 (2014-07-11)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est.₹290 million
Box office	est.₹1.1 billion

Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (English: The bride of Humpty Sharma, abbreviated as HSKD) is a 2014 Hindi romantic comedy film written and directed by Shashank Khaitan and produced by Karan Johar. It features Varun Dhawan as Humpty Sharma and Alia Bhatt as Kavya Pratap Singh in the lead roles.HSKD was released on 11 July 2014 and became a box office success.

The story revolves around the exciting love story of Kavya Pratap Singh and Rakesh Sharma aka Humpty, who meet in Delhi when Kavya comes shopping for her wedding lehenga. After helping her friend getting her money back from a blackmailer. At her best friend wedding they fall in love and made love at night. Kavya returns to Ambala for her wedding.

When Humpty goes after her with his friends Shonty and Poplu, he finds out about her seemingly perfect NRI fiancé, Angad. After many attempts to prove Kavya's dad wrong and Angad asks Kavya for date. On the date some goons tease Kavya and Humpty shows and starts beating them up. Kavya's father shows up and tells him to go away and never come back again.

After Humpty fails the challenge Angad and Kavya are to be wed. After explaining to her father that a local groom will be the best for her, Kavyas father gets Humpty and her married.

In August 2013, Dharma Productions confirmed that Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt would be portraying the main leads. This was the second time the pair will be seen together in a movie after Student of the Year. And it was also their second time working with the producer Karan Johar, who directed Student of the Year. Karan Johar in a press conference said that the movie is a tribute to the cult romantic classic Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.

Filming took place in Mumbai with a second schedule completed on 12 March in Punjab. Filming took place in Vaseela in March 2014 with more planned for Ambala and Chandigarh. The filming was completed in Ambala, Chandigarh, Khan Market and Delhi University, at a budget of ₹17.5 crore (US$2.6 million).