Cocktail (2012)


Cocktail is a 2012 Indian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Homi Adajania under the banner of Illuminati Films. The film stars Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty in lead roles, with Dimple Kapadia and Boman Irani appearing in supporting roles Randeep Hooda appears in a special appearance. Cocktail released worldwide on 13 July 2012 and received postive to mixed comments from critics, with major praise directed to Padukone's performance. The film also emerged as a major commercial success in both India and abroad. After its three week run, Boxofficeindia declared the movie a hit in India and abroad.



Distributed by Eros International
Release date(s)
  • July 13, 2012
Running time 146 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget INR35 crore (US$6.34 million)
Box office INR74.33 crore (US$13.45 million) nett (5 weeks domestic )

PLOT

When Veronica (Deepika Padukone) and Meera (Diana Penty) start living together during the summer in London, they have very different agendas. Meera is a shy, introvert and recovering from a hoax marriage to Kunal Ahuja (Randeep Hooda) who has relieved her of her life-savings under the pretence of setting up a base for them in London. She is spending her time under Veronica’s roof until she can get some footing and find a job in this foreign land. Veronica, on the other hand, is a wild-child, impulsive, constantly looking for distractions to escape facing issues of a troubled upbringing. Being poles apart brings the two close, forging a loyal and solid friendship. Life takes a new turn when Gautam Kapoor (Saif Ali Khan), a software engineer by profession, starts living with them in Veronica's house.

The sudden change of events lead to a panicked Gautam telling his mother (Dimple Kapadia) that Meera is the person with whom he is in a relationship. He takes Meera's name as she is the ideal Indian girl every mother would like to have as daughter-in-law when compared to Veronica. Soon they all go to a holiday in Cape Town. There Gautam and Meera develop feelings for each other and fall in love even though their characters are poles apart. Unexpectedly Veronica falls in love with Gautam. Soon Gautam realizes that he is in the horns of dilemma since he has to chose between Meera and Veronica. Veronica says she is willing to become an ideal Indian woman which Gautam's mom wants in her daughter in law. She is willing to change her modern personality. Meera on the other hand sacrifices her love for her best friend Veronica and moves away from Gautam's and Veronica's lives. Even though Gautam stayed with Veronica, he changes and he is never the flirt he used to be because of his love for Meera. Veronica realizes that Gautam's true love is Meera and she should not come between the two. Towards the end of the story, Gautam and Meera confess their love for each other and decide to get married and Veronica helps Gautam marry Meera.


 

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