Humpty Sharma's Bride) is a 2014 Bollywood romantic-comedy film,[1] directed by Shashank Khaitan and produced by Karan Johar.[2][3] The film features Varun Dhawan as Rakesh "Humpty" Sharma and Alia Bhatt as Kavya Pratap Singh in the lead roles.[4][5] The film is highly inspired by Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. The film released on 11 July 2014 and had a good opening at the box office