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A 2014 UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film starring Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao and Lisa Haydon about a woman who, after her fiancé breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Directed by Vikas Bahl, who also co-wrote the film with Chaitally Parmar & Parveez Sheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.

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A 2014 UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film starring Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao and Lisa Haydon about a woman who, after her fiancé breaks off the their engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Directed by Vikas Bahl, who also co-wrote the film with Chaitally Parmar & Parveez Sheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.
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* ButNotTooForeign: Vijaylakshmi is part-French and part-Spanish.


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* MeaningfulName: Rani's name means [[ProtagonistTitle "Queen"]].
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A 2014 UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film starring Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao and Lisa Haydon about a woman who, after her fiancée breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Directed by Vikas Bahl, who also co-wrote the film with Chaitally Parmar & Parveez Sheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.

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A 2014 UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film starring Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao and Lisa Haydon about a woman who, after her fiancée fiancé breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Directed by Vikas Bahl, who also co-wrote the film with Chaitally Parmar & Parveez Sheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.



* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler:Rani's hairstyle changes by the end of the movie to show her newfound confidence and independence.]]

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler:Rani's [[spoiler:Rani changes into a [[LettingHerHairDown loose]] hairstyle changes by the end of the movie to show her newfound confidence and independence.]]



* IronWoobie: Rani gets dumped two days before her wedding but by the end of the film [[spoiler:she actually thanks her ex-fiancé for doing it]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Vijay breaks up with Rani the day before their wedding for no good reason.

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* IronWoobie: Rani gets dumped two days before her wedding but by the end of the film film, [[spoiler:she actually thanks her ex-fiancé for doing it]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Vijay breaks up with Rani the day two days before their wedding because he believes she's not worldly enough for no good reason.him after he moves abroad. Later, Rani reflects in flashbacks how he was rather controlling and patronizing towards her even before this. When Vijay makes an attempt to get back together with her during her traveling, he starts criticizing Rani again, proving he hasn't changed.

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* AllMenArePerverts: Averted with Rani's roommates (see InnocentCohabitation) but played straight with her father and brother, both of whom are rather struck by Vijaylakshmi on Skype.

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* AllMenArePerverts: Averted with Rani's roommates (see InnocentCohabitation) but played straight with her father and brother, both of whom are rather struck by Vijaylakshmi on Skype.



* InnocentCohabitation: Rani (reluctantly) shares a hostel room in Amsterdam with three men who go so far as to sleep in the hallway to make her comfortable.
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No, this film has nothing to do with the band Music/{{Queen}}.

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No, this film has nothing to do with the band Music/{{Queen}}.Music/{{Queen|Band}}.
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No, this film has nothing to do with the band Music/{{Queen}}.
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* MixedRace: Vijaylakshmi has some Indian blood in her, which is why she can understand and speak Hindi & Punjabi to some extent.
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* {{Adorkable}}: After remembering [[{{Jerkass}} Vijay telling her off for dancing with gusto]] (and with the aid of large quantities of alcohol), Rani lets go completely at a club and dances like no one's watching, which turns out to be simultaneously dorky and cute.

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* {{Adorkable}}: After remembering [[{{Jerkass}} Vijay telling her off for dancing with gusto]] (and with the aid of large quantities of alcohol), Rani lets go completely at a club and dances like no one's watching, which turns out to be simultaneously dorky and cute.

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* {{Adorkable}}: After remembering [[{{Jerkass}} Vijay telling her off for dancing with gusto]] (and with the aid of large quantities of alcohol), Rani lets go completely at a club and dances like no one's watching, which turns out to be simultaneously dorky and cute.

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* {{Adorkable}}: After remembering [[{{Jerkass}} Vijay telling her off for dancing with gusto]] (and with the aid of large quantities of alcohol), Rani lets go completely at a club and dances like no one's watching, which turns out to be simultaneously dorky and cute.
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A 2014 UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film starring Creator/KanganaRanaut, Creator/RajkummarRao and Creator/LisaHaydon about a woman who, after her fiancée breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Directed by Creator/VikasBahl, who also co-wrote the film with Creator/ChaitallyParmar & Creator/ParveezSheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.

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A 2014 UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film starring Creator/KanganaRanaut, Creator/RajkummarRao Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao and Creator/LisaHaydon Lisa Haydon about a woman who, after her fiancée breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Directed by Creator/VikasBahl, Vikas Bahl, who also co-wrote the film with Creator/ChaitallyParmar Chaitally Parmar & Creator/ParveezSheikh.Parveez Sheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.



* MsFanservice: LisaHaydon as Vijaylakshmi spends most of her time onscreen with minimal clothing.

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* MsFanservice: LisaHaydon Lisa Haydon as Vijaylakshmi spends most of her time onscreen with minimal clothing.
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A 2014 {{Bollywood}} film starring Creator/KanganaRanaut, Creator/RajkummarRao and Creator/LisaHaydon about a woman who, after her fiancée breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Directed by Creator/VikasBahl, who also co-wrote the film with Creator/ChaitallyParmar & Creator/ParveezSheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.

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A 2014 {{Bollywood}} UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film starring Creator/KanganaRanaut, Creator/RajkummarRao and Creator/LisaHaydon about a woman who, after her fiancée breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Directed by Creator/VikasBahl, who also co-wrote the film with Creator/ChaitallyParmar & Creator/ParveezSheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.
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* {{Adorkable}}: After remembering [[Jerkass Vijay telling her off for dancing with gusto]] (and with the aid of large quantities of alcohol), Rani lets go completely at a club and dances like no one's watching, which turns out to be simultaneously dorky and cute.

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* {{Adorkable}}: After remembering [[Jerkass [[{{Jerkass}} Vijay telling her off for dancing with gusto]] (and with the aid of large quantities of alcohol), Rani lets go completely at a club and dances like no one's watching, which turns out to be simultaneously dorky and cute.

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* {{Adorkable}}: After remembering [[Jerkass Vijay telling her off for dancing with gusto]] (and with the aid of large quantities of alcohol), Rani lets go completely at a club and dances like no one's watching, which turns out to be simultaneously dorky and cute.
* AllMenArePerverts: Averted with Rani's roommates (see InnocentCohabitation) but played straight with her father and brother, both of whom are rather struck by Vijaylakshmi on Skype.



* TheIngenue: Rani has lived a sheltered life.



* IronWoobie: Rani gets dumped two days before her wedding but by the end of the film [[spoiler:she actually thanks her ex-fiancé for doing it]].



* TheLadette: Vijaylakshmi seems to spend all her time drinking and having sex.
* LanguageBarrier: With major characters from India, Russia, Japan, Italy and France, there are many examples of this in the film. Rani, in particular, speaks Hindi, Punjabi and some English; she has a great deal of trouble making herself understood in Paris, such as not being able to tell the taxi driver to take her to the Champs-Élysées, or not being able to understand what a policeman is telling her.
* TheMakeover: A gradual one for Rani between the beginning of the film and the end.



* OneSteveLimit: Played with. Rani goes to Paris to get away from her ex-fiancé, Vijay, only to meet Vijaylakshmi.

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* OneSteveLimit: Played with. Rani goes to Paris to get away from her ex-fiancé, Vijay, only to meet Vijaylakshmi.Vijaylakshmi.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Rani wakes up the morning after the club with a hangover and Vijaylakshmi teases her.

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A 2014 {{Bollywood}} film starring KanganaRanaut, RajkummarRao and LisaHaydon about a woman who, after her fiancée breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Written by VikasBahl, ChaitallyParmar & ParveezSheikh and directed by VikasBahl. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.

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A 2014 {{Bollywood}} film starring KanganaRanaut, RajkummarRao Creator/KanganaRanaut, Creator/RajkummarRao and LisaHaydon Creator/LisaHaydon about a woman who, after her fiancée breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Written Directed by VikasBahl, ChaitallyParmar Creator/VikasBahl, who also co-wrote the film with Creator/ChaitallyParmar & ParveezSheikh and directed by VikasBahl.Creator/ParveezSheikh. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.



* TheCharmer: Marcello charms Rani the instant he meets her; even sending her running from his restaurant does nothing to diminish her crush on him.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Vijaylakshmi is introduced to us through Rani overhearing a quarrel, which turns out to have been over the size of a man's organ.[[note:Vijay commented that it was small but she was okay with it. Her partner was not happy to hear it described as such.]]

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: EstablishingCharacterMoment:
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Vijaylakshmi is introduced to us through Rani overhearing a quarrel, which turns out to have been over the size of a man's organ.[[note:Vijay [[note]]Vijay commented that it was small but she was okay with it. Her partner was not happy to hear it described as such.]][[/note]]
** We meet Rani's dadi as she learns the steps for a dance to be performed at the wedding, shooing away anyone who tries to interrupt her.



* {{Fanservice}}: Scads, from Vijaylakshmi, to Ruksaar/Roxette to unnamed bikini-clad tourists.
* ForeignCussWord: Vijaylakshmi has an argument with a (would-be) lover that consists simply of the two of them swearing at each other in French.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Ruksaar/Roxette.

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* {{Fanservice}}: {{Fanservice}}:
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Scads, from Vijaylakshmi, Vijaylakshmi and her tiny clothes to Ruksaar/Roxette to unnamed bikini-clad tourists.
random women in bikinis.
** The entire poledancing sequence featuring Ruksaar and her friends.
* ForeignCussWord: ForeignCussWord:
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Vijaylakshmi has an argument with a (would-be) lover that consists simply of the two of them swearing at each other in French.
** Mrs. Verma's mother proudly shows off her French by swearing.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Ruksaar/Roxette.Vijaylakshmi's friend Roxette, née Ruksaar, works as a prostitute to support her large family and send her sisters to school and college.



* {{Jerkass}}: Vijay.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Vijay.Vijay breaks up with Rani the day before their wedding for no good reason.



* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Vijaylakshmi lampshades this when she tells Rani that she still has a Vijay in Paris.
* TokenBlackGuy: One of Rani's roommates, Tim, has little to do after her introduction.

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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Vijaylakshmi lampshades this when she tells Played with. Rani that she still has a Vijay in Paris.
* TokenBlackGuy: One of Rani's roommates, Tim, has little
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* ComingOfAgeStory: For Rani.
* CoolBigSis: Vijaylakshmi to Rani.
* CoolOldLady: Rani's grandmother.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time Rani meets Vijaylakshmi.

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* CharacterDevelopment: The film shows Rani's transformation from a doormat into an independent woman.
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Rani.
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* CoolBigSis: Vijaylakshmi to Rani.
looks after Rani in Paris and fulfills this role somewhat.
* CoolOldLady: Rani's grandmother.
grandmother, who explains to her that one day she'll look back on her broken engagement as a good thing, and smiles to herself when Rani announces her intention of going on her honeymoon alone.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time Vijaylakshmi is introduced to us through Rani meets Vijaylakshmi.overhearing a quarrel, which turns out to have been over the size of a man's organ.[[note:Vijay commented that it was small but she was okay with it. Her partner was not happy to hear it described as such.]]



* {{Fanservice}}: Scads, from Vijaylakshmi to Ruksaar/Roxette to unnamed bikini-clad tourists.

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* {{Fanservice}}: Scads, from Vijaylakshmi Vijaylakshmi, to Ruksaar/Roxette to unnamed bikini-clad tourists.tourists.
* ForeignCussWord: Vijaylakshmi has an argument with a (would-be) lover that consists simply of the two of them swearing at each other in French.



* InnocentCohabitation: Rani (reluctantly) shares a hostel room in Amsterdam with three men who go so far as to sleep in the hallway to make her comfortable.



* JustFriends: [[spoiler:There are hints that Olexander may want to be more than just friends with Rani, but ultimately the two of them part on good terms as friends.]]



* MsFanservice: LisaHaydon as Vijaylakshmi.

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* MsFanservice: LisaHaydon as Vijaylakshmi.Vijaylakshmi spends most of her time onscreen with minimal clothing.



* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Vijaylakshmi lampshades this when she tells Rani that she still has a Vijay in Paris.

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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Vijaylakshmi lampshades this when she tells Rani that she still has a Vijay in Paris.Paris.
* TokenBlackGuy: One of Rani's roommates, Tim, has little to do after her introduction.
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A 2014 {{Bollywood}} film starring KanganaRanaut, RajkummarRao and LisaHaydon about a woman who, after her fiancée breaks off the engagement two days before the wedding, decides to go abroad on her honeymoon anyway by herself. Written by VikasBahl, ChaitallyParmar & ParveezSheikh and directed by VikasBahl. Released to critical acclaim and commercial success.

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!!This film contains the following tropes:
* BriefAccentImitation: After Rani and Vijaylakshmi meet the Vermas, Vijaylakshmi mimics their Punjabi to amuse Rani.
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Rani.
* CoolBigSis: Vijaylakshmi to Rani.
* CoolOldLady: Rani's grandmother.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time Rani meets Vijaylakshmi.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler:Rani's hairstyle changes by the end of the movie to show her newfound confidence and independence.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Scads, from Vijaylakshmi to Ruksaar/Roxette to unnamed bikini-clad tourists.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Ruksaar/Roxette.
* {{Jerkass}}: Vijay.
* MixedRace: Vijaylakshmi has some Indian blood in her, which is why she can understand and speak Hindi & Punjabi to some extent.
* MsFanservice: LisaHaydon as Vijaylakshmi.
* OneSceneWonder: Mr. Verma with his massage chair.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Vijaylakshmi lampshades this when she tells Rani that she still has a Vijay in Paris.

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