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{{Short description|2017 film by Mohit Suri}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Half Girlfriend
| image = Half_Girlfriend_Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Mohit Suri]]
| producer = [[Shobha Kapoor]] [[Ekta Kapoor]] [[Mohit Suri]] [[Chetan Bhagat]]
| writer = '''Screenplay:''' [[Tushar Hiranandani]] '''Dialogues:''' [[Ishita Moitra]]
| story = [[Chetan Bhagat]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Half Girlfriend]]''|[[Chetan Bhagat]]}}
| starring = [[Arjun Kapoor]] [[Shraddha Kapoor]]
| music = '''Score:''' [[Raju Singh]] '''Songs:''' [[Mithoon]] [[Tanishk Bagchi]] [[Rishi Rich]] [[Farhan Saeed]] [[Ami Mishra]] Rahul Mishra
| cinematography = [[Vishnu Rao]]
| editing = Devendra Murdeshwar
| studio = ALT Entertainment
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Balaji Motion Pictures]]
* NH Studioz
}}
| released = {{film date|2017|5|19|df=y}}
| runtime = 130 minutes<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/half-girlfriend-film | title=''Half Girlfriend'' | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | access-date=12 May 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805135043/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/half-girlfriend-film | archive-date=5 August 2017 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}58 [[crore]]<ref name=boxoffice>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3527|title=Half Girlfriend – Movie – Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121043430/http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3527|archive-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}97.73 crore<ref>{{cite news |title=Half Girlfriend Box Office Collection till Now {{!}} Box Collection |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/half-girlfriend/box-office/ |access-date=3 February 2021 |work=Bollywood Hungama |language=en}}</ref>
}}

'''''Half Girlfriend''''' is an Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama film]] based on the [[Half Girlfriend|novel of the same name]] written by [[Chetan Bhagat]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Half Girlfriend' not a frivolous rom-com, says Arjun Kapoor|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/half-girlfriend-not-a-frivolous-rom-com-says-arjun-kapoor/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=12 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311110948/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/half-girlfriend-not-a-frivolous-rom-com-says-arjun-kapoor/|archive-date=11 March 2016}}</ref> The film is directed by [[Mohit Suri]] and stars [[Arjun Kapoor]] and [[Shraddha Kapoor]] in lead roles. The film also places [[Vikrant Massey]] and [[Rhea Chakraborty]] in important roles.

[[Principal photography]] commenced in June 2016 and filming locations include [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Patna]], [[Dumraon]], [[Varanasi]], [[New York City]] and [[Cape Town]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Madhav Jha: Arjun Kapoor begins shooting for 'Half Girlfriend'|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-meet-madhav-jha-arjun-kapoor-begins-shooting-for-half-girlfriend-2221213|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=8 June 2016|access-date=8 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609050556/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-meet-madhav-jha-arjun-kapoor-begins-shooting-for-half-girlfriend-2221213|archive-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> The film was released worldwide on 19 May 2017.<ref>{{cite web | title = Half Girlfriend to release on May 19, 2017 | work = The Indian Express | date = 6 August 2016 | access-date = 6 August 2016 | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/half-girlfriend-to-release-on-may-19-2017-2957696/ | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160806131610/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/half-girlfriend-to-release-on-may-19-2017-2957696/ | archive-date = 6 August 2016 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

==Plot==
{{Long plot|section|date=January 2018}} 

Madhav is a good basketball player who cannot speak English well. He gets accepted into University based on a sports quota where he meets Riya Somani, an upper-class young girl who is allowed temporary admission based on a sports quota. They become good friends and play basketball every evening on the college court. When Madhav tells his roommate Shailesh and friends about Riya, they push him to ask Riya out for a date, but she stops him and asks him just to be a friend. Madhav's friends still encourage him to pursue Riya in the hopes that she will eventually date him.

One day Madhav and Riya hang out at night. Madhav picks her up from her house, and after spending the night, when she comes back home, she kisses Madhav before entering her house.

When Madhav attends Riya's birthday, he questions her about the nature of their relationship. Uncomfortable, Riya says that she is not his girlfriend, but they can maybe reach a compromise since they have reached halfway, and she offers to be his "[[Half Girlfriend]]." But after on afternoon after a game Madhav asks Riya if she would like to rest in his room in a boys only dorm, (goaded by his peers and feeling humiliated by Riya’s uncertainty) Madhav tried to force himself upon Riya upset and hurt a few days, Riya tells Madhav that she is leaving college and getting married. Madhav tries to stop her but she doesn't.

After completing his college, Madhav goes back to his village where Madhav's mother runs a school where only boys study because of girls' absence of toilets. Madhav learns that [[Bill Gates]] is coming to Patna and will be funding grants to schools. Madhav decides to apply for a grant, for which he goes to Chanakya hotel in Patna.

After the meeting, Madhav meets Riya, who was residing in the hotel and works for Closeup. They meet and hang out for some time, where Madhav comes to know that Riya has divorced because her husband and his mother tried to beat her. As Madhav needs to give a speech in English for Bill Gates, Riya helps him prepare for it. One day, he takes her to his house, where Madhav's mother asks her about her past- her marriage. She acts rudely with her upon knowing that she is a divorcee. A few days before the speech, when Riya had to go back to Patna, Madhav's mother requests her to stay away from Madhav. She, however, attends Madhav's speech, where he is successful in getting a grant from the [[Bill Gates Foundation]]. After the speech had ended, a small girl from the school hands a letter from Riya for Madhav. He learns from the letter that Riya has been diagnosed with blood cancer and will die in three months. She requests him not to search for her as she herself does not know where she will go. In the present day, Madhav is seen going to Riya's house to deliver her belongings to her mother, who starts crying on learning about Riya's disease. Madhav recalls that she wanted to become a singer at a bar in [[New York (state)|New York]]. Unprepared, Madhav goes to New York to visit his friend Shailesh.

Shailesh and his wife Rutvi learn about the whole incident and try to deviate Madhav's attention from Riya. Rutvi tries to set him up with Anshika, her friend. They spend some time together. Madhav tries to find Riya for three months continuously, and his time runs out.
On the last day, when he was attending his farewell party, he saw a video where Anshika, who had fallen in love with him, thanked him for being a part of his life. While she thanked him over a song while sitting at a bar, Madhav sees a blurred picture of the singer who somewhat looked similar to Riya, and the song was the same as the one which Riya sang. Desperate, he runs for the café amidst falling snow and without any transport. Upon reaching the café, he requests the guard to allow him to enter. He enters the bar and finds out the singer is indeed Riya. Riya and Madhav reconcile and consummate their relationship. Riya had lied to Madhav about being sick as his mother didn’t want Riya, a divorcee to be with her son.

A few years later, Madhav is seen talking to his mother about opening a new school, and Riya helps their daughter learn to play basketball, who is unable to do it. Riya tells her daughter never to give up.

==Cast==
* [[Arjun Kapoor]] as Madhav Jha, a boy from [[Bihar]] who hardly knows to speak English and ends up attracted towards Riya Somani.
* [[Shraddha Kapoor]] as Riya Somani, a rich girl from [[Delhi]] who comes from an entrepreneur background. A singer, she loves to enjoy her own company and sings at a bar in [[New York City|New York]].
* [[Vikrant Massey]] as Shailesh, Madhav's college mate who is protective of him.
* [[Rhea Chakraborty]] as Anshika, who loves Madhav but lets him go for Riya.
* [[Seema Biswas]] as Rani Sahiba, Madhav's Mother, who runs a school in Bihar.
* Shree Dhar Dubey as Hemant the estate agent.
* [[Anisa Butt]] as Rutvi, Sailesh's Wife
* [[Jiten Lalwani]] as Basketball Coach
* [[Adam Davenport]] as Bar Owner in New York City, USA
* [[Dalip Sondhi]] as Mr. Somani/Riya's Father
* [[Sujata Sehgal]] as Mrs. Somani/Riya's Mother
* [[Tvisha Shah]] as Tvisha Jha/Daughter of Riya and Madhav
* [[Kashvi Kothari]] as Shabnam/a village girl
* [[Vikas Mandaliya|Vikas B Mandaliya]] as Rohan Chandak/Riya's Husband

Additionally, a digitally superimposed likeness of [[Bill Gates]] appears in the movie in scenes where he comes to visit Madhav's village in Bihar.

==Production==
The film went into production in March 2016. Prominent shooting locations included [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] in [[New Delhi]] and [[Times Square]] and the [[UN Headquarters]] in [[New York City]]. It is the first Bollywood movie to be shot at the UN headquarters. The basketball action in the film is by Rob Miller, [[NBA]] and the ReelSports team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shraddha Kapoor learns to play basketball for her next|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shraddha-Kapoor-learns-to-play-basketball-for-her-next/articleshow/52340371.cms|work=The Times of India|date=28 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213160531/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shraddha-Kapoor-learns-to-play-basketball-for-her-next/articleshow/52340371.cms|archive-date=13 February 2017}}</ref> Around 200 students from different colleges were roped in to play extras as some of the scenes demand Delhi University students in the film.<ref>{{cite web|title=200 DU students join Arjun and Shraddha in Delhi for Half Girlfriend's shoot|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/180616/200-students-from-du-join-arjun-and-shraddha-in-delhi-to-shoot-half-girlfriend.html|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|date=18 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427011555/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/180616/200-students-from-du-join-arjun-and-shraddha-in-delhi-to-shoot-half-girlfriend.html|archive-date=27 April 2017}}</ref> The trailer was released on 10 April.

==Box office==
The film was released on 20 May 2017 worldwide. The film collected ₹120 million on its opening day and ₹104 million on second day. On its first weekend, the total collection was noted as ₹320 million. On its second weekend, the total collection of the film stood at ₹540 million. Its lifetime worldwide gross is estimated to be {{INR}}86–90 crore, with {{INR}}72–77 crore earned domestically and {{INR}}13–14 crore outside India.<ref name=boxoffice/><ref name="BH Girlfriend">{{cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-half-girlfriend-nearing-100-crore-mark-worldwide-box-office/|title=Box Office: Half Girlfriend nearing the 100 crore mark at the worldwide box office – Bollywood Hungama|work=Bollywood Hungama|date=29 May 2017|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014130244/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-half-girlfriend-nearing-100-crore-mark-worldwide-box-office/|archive-date=14 October 2017}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{main|Half Girlfriend (soundtrack)}}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:14%;"|Date of ceremony
! style="width:20%;"|Award
! style="width:20%;"|Category
! style="width:15%;"|Recipient
! style="width:18%;"|Work
! width=9%|Result
! width=5%|Ref.
|-
! rowspan="7" | 30 December 2017
| rowspan="7" | ''[[Zee Cine Awards]]''
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Track of the Year|Song of the Year]]
| [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Baarish (song)|''Baarish'']]
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/zee-cine-awards-2018-winners-list-alia-bhatt-varun-dhawan-akshay-kumar-4990849/|title=Zee Cine Awards 2018 complete winners list: Secret Superstar, Golmaal Again and Toilet Ek Prem Katha win big|date=20 December 2017|work=Indian Express|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130700/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/zee-cine-awards-2018-winners-list-alia-bhatt-varun-dhawan-akshay-kumar-4990849/|archive-date=26 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male|Best Playback Singer (Male)]]
|[[Ash King]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="6" |<ref name="freepressjournal.in">{{cite news|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/zee-cine-awards-2018-check-out-the-nominations-list/1184074|title=Zee Cine Awards 2018: Check out the nominations list |work=Free Press Journal|date=8 December 2017|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214071427/http://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/zee-cine-awards-2018-check-out-the-nominations-list/1184074|archive-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[Arijit Singh]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]]
|[[Manoj Muntashir]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Female|Best Playback Singer (Female)]]
|[[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Thodi Der]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Zee Cine Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
| [[Farhan Saeed]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Mithoon]]
|''[[Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
!3 December 2017
| ''[[Star Screen Awards]]''
| [[Screen Award for Best Background Music|Best Background Music]]
|''The "Love Theme"''|''The "Love Theme"''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/screen-awards-2017-nominations-announced/5122899.article|title=Screen Awards 2017 nominations announced|date=3 October 2017|work=Screen Daily|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130205018/https://www.screendaily.com/news/screen-awards-2017-nominations-announced/5122899.article|archive-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="3" |20 January 2018
| rowspan="3" |''[[Filmfare Awards]]''
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Album]]
|Various
|''Music Album''
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/heres-the-official-list-of-nominations-for-63rd-jio-filmfare-awards-2018/articleshow/62554021.cms|title=63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018: Official list of nominations|date=23 January 2018|work=Times of India|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121061417/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/heres-the-official-list-of-nominations-for-63rd-jio-filmfare-awards-2018/articleshow/62554021.cms|archive-date=21 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|[[Ash King]]
|[[Baarish (song)|''Baarish'']]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Thodi Der]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
! rowspan="9" |[[10th Mirchi Music Awards|28 January 2018]]
| rowspan="9" |''[[Mirchi Music Awards]]''
|[[Mirchi Music Award for Female Vocalist of The Year|Female Vocalist of The Year]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref name="indiatimes.com1">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/10th-royal-stag-mirchi-music-awards-complete-list-of-winners/articleshow/62686528.cms|title=10th Royal Stag Mirchi Music Awards: Complete list of winners – Times of India|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305174534/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/10th-royal-stag-mirchi-music-awards-complete-list-of-winners/articleshow/62686528.cms|archive-date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mirchi Music Award for Song of The Year|Listener's Choice Song of the Year]]
|[[Mithoon]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Mirchi Music Award for Male Vocalist of The Year|Male Vocalist of The Year]]
|[[Arijit Singh]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="7" |<ref name="mirchimusicawards.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2017/nominations/|title=MMA Mirchi Music Awards|website=MMAMirchiMusicAwards|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072454/http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2017/nominations/|archive-date=23 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ash King]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Baarish (song)|''Baarish'']]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Mirchi Music Award for Song of The Year|Song of The Year]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Tanishk Bagchi]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Mirchi Music Award for Lyricist of The Year|Lyricist of The Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Mirchi Music Award for Music Composer of The Year|Music Composer of The Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Mithoon]]
|''[[Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year|Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year]]
|Anushka Shahaney
|''Stay a Little Longer''
|{{nom}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |3 March 2018
| rowspan="2" |''Bollywood Journalist Awards''
| Best Supporting Actor (Male)
| [[Vikrant Massey]]
|
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>[http://www.powerbrands360.com/images/bollywoodawards/FinalVoteCount.pdf Final Vote Count]. powerbrands360.com</ref>
|-
| Best Music Direction
| [[Mithoon]]
| ''[[Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga]]''
| {{Nom}}
|-
! rowspan="5" |2 May 2018
| rowspan="5" |''[[Sony Mix|Mix Music Awards]]''
|Best Song
|[[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Baarish (song)|Baarish]]''
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="5 |<ref>Shah, Saurabh (3 May 2018) [http://www.esselnewsletter.com/news/zee-music-wins-big-at-sony-mix-audience-music-awards.html Zee Music wins big at Sony Mix Audience Music Awards]. Esselnewsletter. Retrieved on 1 November 2018.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Playback Singer (Male)
|[[Ash King]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|[[Arijit Singh]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga]]''
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Lyricist
|[[Manoj Muntashir]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|Best Playback Singer (Female)
|[[Shreya Ghoshal]]
|''[[Thodi Der]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
!rowspan="5"|5 July 2018
|rowspan="5"|Gaana Users Choice Awards
|rowspan="2"|Best Music Composer
|[[Tanishk Bagchi]]
|''[[Baarish (song)|Baarish]]''
|{{Nom}}
|rowspan="5"|
|-
|[[Mithoon]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Best Playback Singer (Male)
|[[Arijit Singh]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Ash King]]
|''[[Baarish (song)|Baarish]]''
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Album
|''Various''
|
|{{Nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|5474042}}
* [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/half-girlfriend/ Half Girlfriend] at [[Bollywood Hungama]]

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