

Once the elections are over, Madhu and his friends are arrested on charges pressed by Ratan, who wins. Roop and Ratan thrash Madhu and his friends but later are told by Inspector Shekhawat to calm down and wait for the election results before any severe action.

They share a kiss at the party, but are discovered by Parthavi's father, Ratan Singh Rathore. Madhu asks Parthavi for a kiss, but she dares him to come to her brother Roop's birthday party. The two admit their love for each other and begin meeting secretly. Madhu ignores Parthavi at college, but she later confronts him for ignoring her. Madhu goes back to his family restaurant where his father makes him promise to stay away from Parthavi since she hails from a powerful, affluent upper-caste family. The two begin to have feelings for each other. Madhu impresses Parthavi but incurs a minor injury meanwhile. His friend Purshottam later finds Parthavi bathing in a lake and informs Madhu of the same. Madhukar "Madhu" Bhagla, a young college student hailing from a middle class family, wins a competitive eating contest and receives his prize from Parthavi Singh Rathore, a rich girl from a political family who also happens to be studying in the same college as Madhu. Dhadak emerged as a commercial success, grossing over ₹110.11 crore (US$15 million) worldwide. It received negative reviews from film critics for glossing over the subject of caste-based discrimination, which was present in Sairat, and for being a poor remake of the original, although Khatter's and Kapoor's performances were praised. The film was distributed internationally by Zee Studios.ĭhadak, which was originally scheduled to release on 6 July 2018, was postponed and had its worldwide theatrical release on 20 July 2018.

The soundtrack was composed by Ajay-Atul with lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and background score composed by John Stewart Eduri. Principal photography and it commenced in December 2017 while it was completed in April 2018. Johar had announced the production of Dhadak in November 2017 which marked the screen debut of Janhvi Kapoor, daughter of Sridevi and Boney Kapoor. A remake of the 2016 Marathi language film Sairat by Nagraj Manjule, also produced by Zee Studios, the film stars Ishaan Khatter and debutant Janhvi Kapoor, with Ashutosh Rana, Ankit Bisht, Shridhar Watsar, Kshitij Kumar and Aishwarya Narkar in supporting roles. Heartbeat) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romance film written and directed by Shashank Khaitan and jointly produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the Dharma Productions banner with Zee Studios as a sponsor producer.
