Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShelly Chopra Dhar
Screenplay by
Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring
CinematographyHimman Dhamija
Edited byAshish Suryavanshi
Music byRochak Kohli
Production
company
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget300 million
Box officeest. 398.6 million

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (transl.How I felt when I saw that girl) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar. The screenplay was written by Dhar and Gazal Dhaliwal, with the story inspired by the 1919 novel A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse. It stars Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, and Juhi Chawla, and features Regina Cassandra, Abhishek Duhan, Madhumalti Kapoor, Seema Pahwa, Brijendra Kala, Alka Kaushal and Kanwaljit Singh in supporting roles. Akshay Oberoi makes a special appearance in the film. The film tells the story of Sweety Chaudhary, a closeted lesbian, and her attempts to come out to her conservative and traditional Punjabi family.

The film is the first collaboration between real-life father and daughter, Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor and marks the Hindi film debut of Regina Cassandra. It was released worldwide on 1 February 2019 to positive reviews from critics, but it bombed at the box office. The screenplay was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its library's Core Collection.