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Dil Bole Hadippa!
a.k.a. : Dil Bole Hadipa, Haddipa

  • release date

    September 18, 2009 (India)

  • language

    Hindi

  • genre

    Comedy, Drama, Sport

Dil Bole Hadippa! tells the story of Veera (Rani Mukerji), a fire-cracker of a girl who lives in a small village but dreams of playing cricket in the big league. Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) is an accomplished captain of a county cricket team in England. Rohan returns to India to captain his father's cricket team which has been losing consecutively for the last 8 years. In a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera has to put on a turban and beard and become a man to fulfill her dreams. Her brilliance on the field earns her a place in Rohan's team.

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  • Taran Adarsh

    for Bollywood Hungama

    DIL BOLE HADIPPA tries to capture the spirit of the game and the aspirations of a sportsperson, who's keen to play for her pind. O…

  • Anand Vaishnav

    for Buzz 18

    Most of Dil Bole Hadippa relies on the confidence of the lead pair. Their charming enthusiasm and ability to infuse energy into th…

  • Rajeev Masand

    for Ibn Live

    Dil Bole Hadippa, produced by Bollywood's 'I-Proud-To-Be-A-Punjabi' film studio, Yash Raj Films, is an unimaginative and thoroughl…

  • Indiaglitz

    for India Glitz

    'Dil Bole Hadippa' carries nothing exceptional other than usual traits of what a Yash Raj banner would offer: colorful costumes, g…

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trivia

This is the second film where Rani Mukherjee is dressed up as a Punjabi. The first was in Hadh Kar Di Aapne (2000).


The film was originally to be called simple "Hadi[[a," but Sanjay Leela Bhansali had already bought the rights to use the title in his own film, and wasn't willing to give it up. So it had was announced that the movie title would be "Dil Bole Hadippa."


Urmila Matondkar was initially offered to play a cameo role in the film. Matondkar eventually opted out of the film and the role was given to Tabu.


Veera Kaur (Rani Mukherjee) takes the alias of Veer Pratap Singh. Rani Mukherjee had earlier starred in the Yash Raj Film Veer-Zaara (2004), which featured the title character of Veer Pratap Singh (Shahrukh Khan).


In one scene, Rohan (Shahid Kapur) is wearing a hat with a feather on it, and a leather jacket. This is a tribute to the Yash Raj Film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).


Poonam Dhillon's character's name is Noorie, after Dhillon's performance in the Yash Raj Film Noorie (1979).

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