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{{short description|2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Shimla Mirchi
| image = Shimla Mirchi film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Ramesh Sippy]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
*Ramesh Sippy
*[[Rohan Sippy]]
*[[Kiran Juneja]]
}}
| writer = Ramesh Sippy [[Kausar Munir]] Rishi Virmani Vipul Binjola
| based_on = ''[[De vrais mensonges]]'' by Pierre Salvadori
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Meet Bros Anjjan]] '''Score:''' Rohit Kulkrani
| starring = {{Plainlist|
*[[Hema Malini]]
*[[Rajkummar Rao]]
*[[Rakul Preet Singh]]
}}
| studio = [[Viacom18 Studios]] Ramesh Sippy Entertainment
| distributor = Viacom18 Studios
| cinematography = Jitan Harmeet Singh
| editing = Vijay Venkataramanan
| released = {{Film date|2020|1|3|df=y|ref1=<ref
name="rd">{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/shimla-mirchi-trailer-hema-malini-rajkummar-rao-and-rakul-pareet-singh-in-an-unusual-love-story-2154813|title=Shimla Mirchi Trailer: Hema Malini, Rajkummar Rao And Rakul Preet Singh In An Unusual Love Story|publisher=NDTV|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226164459/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/shimla-mirchi-trailer-hema-malini-rajkummar-rao-and-rakul-pareet-singh-in-an-unusual-love-story-2154813|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| gross = {{estimation}} 0.03 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/shimla-mirchi/box-office/#bh-movie-box-office|title=Shimla Mirchi – Box Office Collection till Now – Bollywood Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226183821/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/shimla-mirchi/box-office/#bh-movie-box-office|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

'''''Shimla Mirchi''''' ({{trans|[[Bell pepper]]}}) is a 2020 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Ramesh Sippy]], starring [[Hema Malini]], [[Rajkummar Rao]] and [[Rakul Preet Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/bollywood/story/shimla-mirchi-trailer-out-hema-malini-steals-the-show-in-rajkummar-rao-and-rakul-preet-s-love-story-1631742-2019-12-26|title=Hema Malini steals the show in Rajkummar Rao and Rakul Preet's love story|date=26 December 2019|publisher=India Today|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=27 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227014022/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/bollywood/story/shimla-mirchi-trailer-out-hema-malini-steals-the-show-in-rajkummar-rao-and-rakul-preet-s-love-story-1631742-2019-12-26|url-status=live}}</ref> It is jointly produced by Ramesh Sippy, [[Rohan Sippy]] and [[Kiran Juneja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/shimla-mirchi-trailer-sees-rajkummar-rao-rakul-preet-singh-and-hema-malini-caught-in-a-love-triangle-7828991.html|title=Shimla Mirchi trailer sees Rajkummar Rao, Rakul Preet Singh and Hema Malini caught in a love triangle|date=26 December 2019|publisher=Firstpost|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226182612/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/shimla-mirchi-trailer-sees-rajkummar-rao-rakul-preet-singh-and-hema-malini-caught-in-a-love-triangle-7828991.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/bollywood/ramesh-sippy-makes-comeback-25-years-shimla-mirchi/|title=Ramesh Sippy makes a comeback after 25 Years with Shimla Mirchi|date=30 Dec 2019|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=3 July 2023|archive-date=15 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615234732/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/bollywood/ramesh-sippy-makes-comeback-25-years-shimla-mirchi/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was set for release in 2015 but had a 5 years delay due to no buyer to buy the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/entertainment/bollywood/280316/ramesh-sippy-s-comeback-film-simla-mirch-starring-hema-malini-has-no-buyers.html|title=Ramesh Sippy's comeback film Shimla Mirchi starring Hema Malini has no buyers|date=28 March 2016|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=26 December 2019|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629130032/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/entertainment/bollywood/280316/ramesh-sippy-s-comeback-film-simla-mirch-starring-hema-malini-has-no-buyers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was theatrically released in India on 3 January 2020.<ref name="rd"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/film-reviews/shimla-mirch-movie-review-scream-girl/articleshow/73077461.cms|title=Shimla Mirch movie review: Rajkummar Rao, Hema Malini and Rakul Preet Singh-starrer swiftly escalates into a headache|last=Guha|first=Kunal|date=January 3, 2020|website=Pune Mirror|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103103611/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/film-reviews/shimla-mirch-movie-review-scream-girl/articleshow/73077461.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/947967/shimla-mirchi-movie-review-hints-of-spice-but-mostly-flat|title='Shimla Mirchi' movie review: Hints of spice but mostly flat|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|website=Scroll.in|date=3 January 2020 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113204124/https://scroll.in/reel/947967/shimla-mirchi-movie-review-hints-of-spice-but-mostly-flat|url-status=live}}</ref> It marks Ramesh Sippy's return to direction after a 25-year gap.

==Plot==

Avinash, former translator at Japanese Embassy in India, visits a temple with his family, where he meets beautiful Naina and falls for her. His family also encounters Naina in another scene and likes her very much and wants Avi to marry her. To court Naina, Avi stays around the temple and works at her coffee shop that is about to open.

Naina's parents have separated for long. Her father Tilak even has a new girlfriend around her age. However, her mother Rukmini is always unwilling to sign the divorce paper because she still loves Tilak, and she is having depression due to the situation.

Avi successfully befriends Naina, and sends her an anonymous love letter, which however annoys her but gives her and idea to cheer up her mom. She writes the same letter to her mom, which successfully cheers up the latter and Rukmini decides to find the secret lover.

Meanwhile, Naina gets suspicious about Avi's over-excellence in the job, assuming he is not here to work for her, but to gradually take over the cafe. She fires him, but he says he will stay another month because according to the law, an employer must not fire an employee without noticing him in advance for at least a month.

Accidentally, Rukmini mistakes Avi as her secret lover. Naina therefore request Avi to help, by pretending to be the secret lover for a few days. Avi agrees.

After that, Avi realizes Naina is not interested in him at all, and even gets angry when receiving his love letter and that she just wants to use him to cheer up her mom. Upset Avi leaves Naina, but tells her that he was her actual secret lover before leaving.

Rukmini also realizes that Avi loves Naina, and Naina finds out that she loves Avi too. Some time later, Naina receives wedding invitation from Avi. Shocked Naina immediately visits Avi, and asks him to cancel the wedding and marry her instead. Avi agrees.

It is finally revealed that Avi was not actually going to marry. The wedding invitation is a plan made up with by Rukmini to re-unite the two lovers. Later in Avi and Naina's wedding, Rukmini meets and reconciles with one of her former lover ([[Dharmendra]]).

==Cast==
* [[Hema Malini]] as Rukmini "Mini"
* [[Rajkummar Rao]] as Avinash "Avi"
* [[Rakul Preet Singh]] as Naina
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] as Captain Uncle
* [[Kiran Juneja]] as Kannu Bua
* [[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit Singh]] as Tilak "Tiku"
* [[Kamlesh Gill]] as Daadi
* [[Tarun Wadhwa]] as Jude
* [[Priya Raina]] as Sonu
* [[Tawhid Rike Zaman]] as Naina's Friend
* [[Jagruti Sethia]] as Mishti
* [[Nita Mohindra]] as Avinash's mother
* Zoya Khan as Brownie
* [[Dharmendra]] as a guest appearance, Foreign Minister
* [[Ramesh Sippy]] as a guest appearance, a person reading a book on the bench

==Release==
It was theatrically released in India on 3 January 2020. And it was made available on Netflix on 27 January 2020.

==Reception==
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics.

Devesh Sharma of ''[[Filmfare]]'' gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Ramesh Sippy made films in an era where the narrative took its own time unspooling. Though the length of the film is two hours and 15 minutes, this unhurried style of filmmaking makes it appear longer than the actual length. He added "There's nothing in Rajkummar's and Rakul Preet's love story that we haven't seen before. They make for an interesting pair alright but are following a tried and tested path".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie Review: Shimla Mirchi |url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-shimla-mirchi-38326.html |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=filmfare.com |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620065509/https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/movie-review-shimla-mirchi-38326.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, Nandini Ramnath of ''[[Scroll.in]]'' rated the film 2.5/5 and wrote "Completed five years ago and out in theatres only now, ''Shimla Mirchi'' feels resolutely old-fashioned (which isn’t a bad thing at all) but also fusty (which is)".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramnath |first=Nandini |date=2020-01-03 |title='Shimla Mirchi' movie review: Hints of spice but mostly flat |url=https://scroll.in/reel/947967/shimla-mirchi-movie-review-hints-of-spice-but-mostly-flat |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |archive-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113204124/https://scroll.in/reel/947967/shimla-mirchi-movie-review-hints-of-spice-but-mostly-flat |url-status=live }}</ref>

Rating the film 2/5, Reza Noorani of ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote "Shimla Mirchi' is a bland romantic comedy that needed tighter editing and a better climax. It has an interesting plot with multiple possibilities that could have added flavour to the narrative. But they remain underexplored and the result is an uninspiring, two-hour- long movie that doesn't quite manage to tickle your funny bone".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Shimla Mirchi Movie Review : A dull comedy that fails to tickle your funny bone |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/shimla-mirchi/movie-review/73073900.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-06-20 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620065952/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/shimla-mirchi/movie-review/73073900.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kennith Rosario of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote "This supposedly funny plot is so flat that the most amusing part of the film is meta product placements of Kent water purifiers, which Malini endorses in real life".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-03 |title='Shimla Mirchi' review: rife with embarrassing clichés |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/shimla-mirchi-review-rife-with-embarrassing-clichs/article30472355.ece |access-date=2023-06-20 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620065951/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/shimla-mirchi-review-rife-with-embarrassing-clichs/article30472355.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

Umesh Punwani of ''[[Koimoi]]'' rated the film 1/5 and concluded "All said and done, ''Shimla Mirchi'' is a ‘raat gayi baat gayi’ film. Now it’s evident why the makers weren’t getting any buyers for years now because the movie has no strong content to attract the audience. Totally skip it!".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Punwani |first=Umesh |date=2020-01-03 |title=Shimla Mirchi Movie Review: Rajkummar Rao, Rakul Preet Singh, Hema Malini's Film Finally Releases After 5 Years, WHY? |url=https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/shimla-mirchi-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-rakul-preet-singh-hema-malini/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Koimoi |language=en-US |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620065952/https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/shimla-mirchi-movie-review-rajkummar-rao-rakul-preet-singh-hema-malini/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Shimla Mirchi
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Meet Bros Anjjan]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 6 January 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/shimla-mirch/SKU1kmhYHXg_|title=Shimla Mirchi - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|date=6 January 2020|publisher=Jio Saavn|access-date=6 January 2020|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103232836/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/shimla-mirch/SKU1kmhYHXg_|url-status=live}}</ref>
| recorded = 2014–2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 18:23
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| label = [[Zee Music Company]]
| producer =
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|oeYNe-c9-G0|Official Audio Jukebox}}
}}}}

This film's soundtrack is composed by [[Meet Bros Anjjan]] with lyrics written by [[Kumaar]].

{{Tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 18:23
| extra_column=Singer(s)
| title1 = Sau Galtiyan
| extra1 = [[Meet Bros Anjjan]], [[Yasser Desai]], [[Khushboo Grewal]]
| length1 = 6:37
| title2 = Ishq Di Feeling
| extra2 = Meet Bros Anjjan, [[Stebin Ben]]
| length2 = 4:38
| title3 = Mirchi Shimle Di
| extra3 = Meet Bros Anjjan, Khushboo Grewal, [[Sanjay Mishra (musician)|Sanjay Mishra]]
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Mainu Rang Lageya
| extra4 = Meet Bros, Piyush Mehroliyaa
| length4 = 3:33
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|4486148}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|shimla-mirchi}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|m/shimla_mirchi}}

{{Ramesh Sippy}}
{{Viacom18 Studios}}

[[Category:2020 films]]
[[Category:2020s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Shimla]]
[[Category:2020 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ramesh Sippy]]

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