Bad Newz is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Anand Tiwari. Produced by Amazon Prime, Dharma Productions and Leo Media Collective, the film inspired by true events stars Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri, and Ammy Virk. It is a spiritual sequel to Good Newwz (2019), and revolves around heteropaternal superfecundation, a reproductive process in which twins are born to the same mother, but from different biological fathers.
Principal photography took place from March 2022 to July 2023. The film was theatrically released on 19 July 2024 and has grossed ₹104.54 crore (US$13 million) worldwide against a production and marketing budget of ₹80 crore (US$9.6 million).
Plot
Saloni Bagga is a chef who dreams of her restaurant winning the Meraki Star. She meets Akhil Chadha and they hit it off immediately and get married soon. However, soon problems arise in their marriage, one of which causes her restaurant to lose it’s Meraki star which results in Saloni getting fired from her job. As a result of these problems, the couple decides to get divorced. Saloni then relocates to Mussoorie to work at a restaurant owned by Gurbir Singh Pannu. After a chain of events, a drunk Saloni ends up having a one-night stand with Gurbir. That same night, Akhil shows up at her room, wanting her back and they end up having a one-night stand as well.
As a result of these encounters, Saloni gets pregnant. After taking a paternity test to determine the baby’s father, she realizes that she is pregnant with twins. To make matters worse, she is told by her doctor that as a result of a very rare phenomenon called heteropaternal superfecundation, the twins have different fathers, Akhil and Gurbir. This results in a chain of events where both men try to prove that one of them is a better partner and father than the other. During one such event, Saloni faints due to stress. She is admitted to the hospital and the doctor reveals that Gurbir’s baby is not growing well but Akhil’s baby is growing normally but waiting any longer to deliver the twins on the due date will result in Gurbir’s baby not surviving.
In this situation, Akhil makes a selfless decision to bring forward the delivery of the twin babies, since that would give both the babies a chance to survive. Luckily the delivery goes well and Saloni delivers two healthy babies and is fine herself. Post delivery, when she is informed of the selfless decision Akhil made, she is touched. She asks Akhil to marry her again, which he accepts; and Gurbir gets back together with his ex-girlfriend. In the end, the two couples decide to raise the babies together; and after some time, Saloni’s restaurant also manages to win a Meraki star.
Cast
- Vicky Kaushal as Akhil Chadha
- Triptii Dimri as Saloni Bagga
- Ammy Virk as Gurbir Singh Pannu
- Neha Dhupia as Ma Corona, Saloni’s aunt
- Sheeba Chaddha as Vishni Chadha, Akhil’s mother
- Faisal Rashid as Doctor Baweja
- Khayali Ram as Sukhi Mama
- Guneet Singh Sodhi as Harman Sathija
- Kamlesh Kumari as Teji
- Navin Kaushik as Panama Cafe Manager
- Harnek Aulak as Amardeep Bagga
- Vijaylaxmi Singh as Sunita Bagga
- Mahabir Singh Bhuller as Darzi
- Shayank Shukla as Golu
- Deepak Anand as Rifleman
- Santosh Kumar as Piano Player
- Ananya Panday as Herself (special appearance)
- Neha Sharma as Sejal, Gurbir’s ex-girlfriend (cameo appearance)
- Gajraj Rao as Himself (special appearance)
