Dil Bechara (transl. The helpless heart) is an upcoming 2020 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic drama film which is the directorial debut of Mukesh Chhabra. Based on John Green's 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars,[2] it stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Saif Ali Khan and debutante Sanjana Sanghi, and was initially titled Kizie Aur Manny (transl. Kizie and Manny). Filming commenced on 9 July 2018 in Jamshedpur.[3][4] The film's release has been postponed multiple times, due to post-production delays and then again due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. It will release on 24 July 2020 on Disney+ Hotstar.[5] It features the last posthumous film performance by Rajput, who died in June 2020. The film will be released to all subscribers in his honour.[6] The film's official trailer, released on 6 July 2020, became the most liked trailer in the world within 24 hours of its release, beating Avengers: Endgame.[7]


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Directed byMukesh ChhabraScreenplay byShashank Khaitan
Suprotim SenguptaBased onThe Fault in Our Stars
by John GreenStarringSushant Singh Rajput
Sanjana Sanghi
Saif Ali KhanMusic byA. R. RahmanCinematographySetu (Satyajit Pande)Edited byAarif Sheikh

Production
company

Fox Star Studios

Distributed byDisney+ Hotstar

Release date

24 July 2020[1]

CountryIndiaLanguageHindi

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Development

Mukesh Chhabra launched the film in October 2017, making his directorial debut and announcing that it is the film adaptation of John Green's 2012 novel The Fault in Our Stars, with Sushant Singh Rajput as the male lead.[10] In March 2018, A. R. Rahman was confirmed as the music composer. Later, newcomer Sanjana Sanghi was selected opposite Rajput and Sony Music India acquired the music rights, with Amitabh Bhattacharya as lyricist.[11]

Chhabra was suspended from his services after being accused of sexual harassment in October 2018.[12] Eventually he returned, after receiving clean chit from ICC on the allegations. This resulted in the delay of final schedule and completion of post-production.[13]

While the film was initially titled Kizie Aur Manny, in February 2019 the title was officially changed to Dil Bechara. This was felt to be perfectly embody the theme and had been chosen from lyrics penned by Bhattacharya and composed by Rahman as one of the tracks in the film.[14]