Watch: Triptii Dimri and Siddhant Chaturvedi in inter-caste drama ‘Dhadak 2'
Shazia Iqbal directs the Hindi adaptation of Mari Selvaraj's acclaimed Tamil film 'Pariyerum Perumal'. Out in cinemas on August 1.
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Dhadak 2 box office collection Day 4: Janhvi Kapoor's debut made three times as much as Tripti Dimri-Siddhant Chaturvedi's sequel in the same time frame
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