Dream Girl is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa in his directorial debut and produced by Ekta Kapoor.[7][8] The film focuses on a cross-gender actor (played by Ayushmann Khurrana) whose female voice impersonation begets attention from others, and talks about depression and loneliness.[9] It also stars Nushrat Bharucha, Annu Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Vijay Raaz and Abhishek Banerjee.[10][11]

Initially supposed to be titled Googly, it was renamed Dream Girl.[12] The film was released on 13 September 2019 to a surprise blockbuster response and entered the 100 Crore Club. It was a critical and commercial blockbuster, grossing around ₹148 crore net in India and over ₹200 crore (US$25 million) worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2019.

In August 2022, a spiritual sequel titled Dream Girl 2 entered production, and it was released in August 2023. It stars an ensemble cast of Ayushmann Khurrana, Ananya Panday, Annu Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Asrani, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Manjot Singh, Abhishek Banerjee and Seema Pahwa.

Cast
Ayushmann Khurrana as Karamveer "Karam" Singh / Pooja: Jagjeet's son; Mahi's boyfriend-turned husband
Nushrratt Bharuccha as Mahi Singh (née Thakur): Karam's girlfriend-turned wife
Annu Kapoor as Jagjeet Singh (Karam's father) / Rahul / Mehendi Haasan
Manjot Singh as Smiley Singh Dhillon / Ismail: Karam's best friend
Rajesh Sharma as Mauji a.k.a. Wji
Vijay Raaz as policeman Rajpal Kirar
Abhishek Banerjee as Mahinder Thakur (Mahi’s brother) / Rafi
Raj Bhansali as Chintu "Toto" Gujjar
Neha Saraf as Chandrakanta Kirar: Rajpal's wife
Vedika Bhandari as Pooja, the original call center employee who was replaced with Karam by Wji
Nidhi Bisht as Roma Gupta
Neela Mulherkar as Dadi, Mahi’s grandmother
Riteish Deshmukh in song "Dhagala Lagali" (special appearance)[13]

ritical response
Dream Girl received mixed response from critics, who criticised the "empty" and "jumbled-up" writing as well as the "tasteless" and "stale" humour,[20] but praised the performances of the supporting cast. The film holds an approval rating of 50% based on 12 reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 5.6/10.[21]

Charu Thakur of India Today gave the film three stars out of five, noted that Dream Girl was an out-and-out comedy with witty one-liners and jokes, which made it a long comic skit sans a storyline. She concurred with Taran in praising performance of Khurrana and Kapoor. Criticising director for losing subject of the film she concluded, "However, his [Shaandilyaa's] hesitation to delve deeper into the subject makes it score less on the report card. If you are looking for a light-hearted comedy this weekend, [this film] should definitely be on your list."[22]

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave two stars out of five and felt the film was had many good ideas but those were not executed, stating, ".... these ideas remain half-baked, being mouthed str