Baar Baar Dekho

In October 2013, it was announced that Nitya Mehra, assistant director to films Life of Pi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, would be making her directorial debut with Excel Entertainment on their new project.[7] Aamir Khan and Deepika Padukone were initially attached, but both eventually left the project.[8] Anushka Sharma was also offered the female lead but she turned it down as well.[9] In September 2014, it was officially announced that the film will be co-produced by Karan Johar of Dharma Productions and that Sidharth Malhotra will feature in the film.[10] Later in April 2015, Katrina Kaif was confirmed to feature in the film, opposite Malhotra. The film was initially titled Kal Jisne Dekha.[11]

Principal photography began on 28 August 2015, in Glasgow, Scotland, and went for over a month.[12] Filming then continued in Delhi and Mumbai from November 2015 onwards.[13] On 22 February 2016, the team filmed "Sau Aasmaan" in Krabi, Thailand, for a week.[14]

According to Box Office India, the film had a total budget of ₹530 million (equivalent to ₹610 million or US$8.6 million in 2019).[1] However, The Indian Express stated that budget was around ₹350 million (equivalent to ₹400 million or US$5.7 million in 2019) excluding the cost of printing & marketing which are generally not considered part of the budget.[15]

In August 2016, the film was granted a U/A certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). However, the examining committee of the board asked the producers to remove two visuals from the film which involved sequences depicting an actor wearing a brassiere and another referencing Savita Bhabhi, a popular Indian pornographic cartoon character.[18][19]

Baar Baar Dekho released alongside Sohail Khan's sports romantic comedy Freaky Ali and collected ₹68.1 million (equivalent to ₹79 million or US$1.1 million in 2019) on its opening day in India[20] beating Freaky Ali's ₹25.5 million (equivalent to ₹30 million or US$410,000 in 2019). On the second day, the film showed growth in its occupancy and collected ₹76.5 million (equivalent to ₹89 million or US$1.2 million in 2019) before its breakdown on the third day where it collected ₹67 million (equivalent to ₹78 million or US$1.1 million in 2019) and reached the first weekend collection of ₹211.6 million (equivalent to ₹240 million or US$3.4 million in 2019).[20] The film then started its break down as it collected ₹83.4 million (equivalent to ₹96 million or US$1.4 million in 2019) in the next four days and with that the film made its first collection of ₹295 million (equivalent to ₹340 million or US$4.8 million in 2019).[20] In the second week it collected ₹17.5 million (equivalent to ₹20 million or US$280,000 in 2019) and then ₹600,000 (equivalent to ₹690,000 or US$9,700 in 2019) and ₹200,000 (equivalent to ₹230,000 or US$3,200 in 2019) in the third and fourth week, respectively.[20] The film's net collection was ₹312.4 million (equivalent to ₹360 million or US$5.1 million in 2019) while its grossing in India was ₹433.9 million (equivalent to ₹500 million or US$7.0 million in 2019).[20]

The film showed impressive grossing internationally collecting ₹65.4 million (equivalent to ₹76 million or US$1.1 million in 2019), ₹29.9 million (equivalent to ₹35 million or US$480,000 in 2019), and ₹26.7 million (equivalent to ₹31 million or US$430,000 in 2019) from North America (USA & Canada), UK, and UAE, respectively.[20] The film also collected ₹5 million (equivalent to ₹5.8 million or US$81,000 in 2019) from Pakistan, ₹9.1 million (equivalent to ₹11 million or US$150,000 in 2019) from Australia, and ₹2.8 million (equivalent to ₹3.2 million or US$45,000 in 2019) from New Zealand.[20]

Rediff.com gave the film 1 out 5, calling it "catastrophically stupid," and commenting that "a feeble script is built on constant, relentless revelations with artlessly expository dialogues."[21] Subhash K. Jha from NDTV gave the movie 4/5, and mentioned that there "is plenty to celebrate in Baar Baar Dekho, not the least of its virtues being the ability to deliver marital home truths without sermons or soliloquies."[22] Writing for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi commented that the movie features "passionless performances and cardboard characters" that lack depth. "There are no standout performances, no scenes that can pack in an emotional wallop and the conversational dialogue turns banal beyond a point."[23] The Indian Express gave the movie 1.5 out of 5, noting that "Katrina Kaif's limited emoting abilities, Sidharth Malhotra's one-note performance and a banal script" make watching the film once "way more than enough."[24] India Today criticized the performance of the lead actors in the film: "Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif both seem to think they are in the film to make it look good. There's hardly any acting on the part of either. While Katrina's moments of frustration and sorrow invoke the stray laugh from the theatre, Sidharth's neither-here-nor-there Jai hardly makes an impact."[25]