Sukhee

Sukhee is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Sonal Joshi in her directorial debut. It stars Shilpa Shetty in the lead role with Amit Sadh, Dilnaz Irani, Kusha Kapila and Pavleen Gujral.^[3][4] The film was released on 22 September 2023 to mixed reviews from critics.^[5]

Sukhee
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sonal Joshi
Written by	Story: Radhika Anand Screenplay: Paulomi Dutta Dialogues: Rupinder Inderjit
Produced by	Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Vikram Malhotra Shikhaa Sharma
Starring	Shilpa Shetty Amit Sadh Dilnaz Irani Kusha Kapila Pavleen Gujral
Cinematography	R. Dee
Edited by	Vini N Raj
Music by	Score: Karan Kulkarni Song: Badshah - Hiten Arko
Production companies	Abundantia Entertainment T-Series Films
Distributed by	Pen Marudhar Entertainment
Release date	22 September 2023 (2023-09-22)
Running time	139 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹1.65 crore[2]

Synopsis

A humorous slice-of-life tale about 38-year-old Punjabi housewife Sukhpreet "Sukhee" Kalra, who, sick of her routine existence, travels to Delhi to attend her high school reunion. Sukhee relives her teenage years while experiencing a variety of things over the course of just seven days, emerging reignited, reborn, and making the hardest shift of her life—from being a wife and mother to being a woman once more.^[6]

Cast

• Shilpa Shetty as Sukhpreet "Sukhee" Singh Kalra (nee Gill)
• Amit Sadh as Vikram Verma
• Kusha Kapila as Meher Chhibber
• Dilnaz Irani as Mansi Parekh
• Pavleen Gujral as Tanvi Gaikwad
• Chaitanya Choudhry as Guru Singh Kalra, Sukhee's husband
• Kiran Kumar as Colonel V. K. Gill, Sukhee's father
• Vinod Nagpal as Sukhee's grandfather in law
• Purnima Rathod as Sukhee's mother
• Sandeep Kapoor as Jogi
• Maahi Jain as Jaspreet "Jassi" Kalra, Sukhee's daughter
• Jyoti Kapoor as Ranjita
• Anjali Sharma as Babli ^[7]

Production

Principal photography commenced in March 2022.^[8] Production wrapped in June 2022.^[9]

Music

Sukhee
Soundtrack album by Badshah - Hiten, Arko
Released	21 September 2023[10]
Recorded	2022
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	11:06
Language	Hindi
Label	T-Series
Official audio
Sukhee - Full Album on YouTube

The music of the film is composed by Badshah - Hiten, Arko while lyrics written by Raja Dilwala and Rashmi Virag.^[10]

Title Track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nasha"	Raja Dilwala	Badshah - Hiten	Badshah, Chakshu Kotwal, Afsana Khan	3:33
2.	"Meethi Boliyan"	Rashmi Virag	Arko	Sachet Tandon	4:00
3.	"Nasha" (Badshah Version)	Raja Dilwala	Badshah - Hiten	Badshah, Chakshu Kotwal, Afsana Khan	3:33
Total length:					11:06

Reception

The film received mostly mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 17% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6/10.^[11]

In The Times of India, Renuka Vyavahare gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Sukhee has a heartfelt premise but it lacks pace, struggles to be engaging and gets too preachy to be perfect towards the end."^[12] On the website OTTPlay, Ishita Sengupta was negative, writing that, "Sukhee joins an increasing list of outings that intends uncovering the feminist undertones of being a homemaker, something that traditionally has been looked down upon. But in doing so, it also sees it as a problem that needs solving."^[13]