Phillauri (film)
2017 Indian film by Anshai Lal
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- Phillauri is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language fantasy-comedy film directed by Anshai Lal and produced by Fox Star Studios with Anushka Sharma and her brother Karnesh Ssharma under their banner of Clean Slate Filmz.
- The film stars Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma and Mehreen Pirzada (in her Hindi debut) in the lead roles.
- The film was released on 24 March 2017.
- Plot A young man, Kanan, returns to India from Canada to marry his long-term girlfriend Anu, but learns that he is a Manglik (born under an unlucky star) and has to marry a tree before marrying her.
- As a result, from that day onward, he is haunted by the spirit of a woman named Shashi, who lived in the tree and hence claims to now be 'married' to him.
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WikipediaPhillauri is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language fantasy-comedy film directed by Anshai Lal and produced by Fox Star Studios with Anushka Sharma and her brother Karnesh Ssharma under their banner of Clean Slate Filmz. Director Navdeep Singh and writer Sudip Sharma are associated with the film as creative producers. The film stars Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma and Mehreen Pirzada (in her Hindi debut) in the lead roles. The film's first official poster was released on 3 February 2017. The film was released on 24 March 2017. It performed averagely at the box office.
A young man, Kanan, returns to India from Canada to marry his long-term girlfriend Anu, but learns that he is a Manglik (born under an unlucky star) and has to marry a tree before marrying her. He reluctantly marries the tree, which is duly chopped down after the completion of the ceremony. As a result, from that day onward, he is haunted by the spirit of a woman named Shashi, who lived in the tree and hence claims to now be 'married' to him.
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