So while the film gets you chuckling at times, it disappoints you for being a mixture of familiar works and for not justifying the issues it supposedly deals with. Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana is an invite that you may decline or attend without a gift perhaps.

Shaadi Main Zaroor Aana is strictly enjoyable only in parts. Don’t expect it to be an interesting affair as it might give you a headache in the second half.

If I had to summarise the film in one sentence, it would be, ‘Is shaadi mein mat jaana (Don’t attend this wedding)!’

All in all, it’s a film that had potential to be a sweet love story. However, this one doesn’t quite get there because it’s not passionate enough on any count—be it in its social messaging–or be it in the romance.

A mash up of Badrinath Ki Dulhania and Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana is one romantic drama that even Rajkummar Rao’s reliable performance cannot rescue.

Films based in small Northern towns that deal with dowry and squashed ambitions of daughters are a trope done to death. Along comes another with Rajkummar Rao as hero. Just because he’s had a spate of successes, does not mean he will carry this shaadi ka dead horse alone on his shoulders. Everybody tries hard, but the melodramatic treatment makes this film a terrible watch