[5][6] The film was released worldwide on 21 September 2018 to negative reviews from critics[7] with praise for its message, humor, performances and cinematography.

Pant, Lalita "Nauti" Nautiyal and Sundar Mohan Tripathi are childhood friends based in Tehri, Uttarakhand.

Tripathi's small town printing press is charged with an inflated electricity bill of ₹150,000 (US$1,700), which escalates to ₹5.4 million (US$62,000) in the following months.

On the last sitting of case with S.K about to win, Tripathi resurfaces and reveals about his suicide attempt and his struggles regarding inflated bills.

Tripathi is sentenced to six months of simple imprisonment for trying to dupe insurance company with his fake death.

[6] Director Shree Narayan Singh had already signed Shahid Kapoor to play a lawyer fighting against Faulty Electricity Meters and Inflated Bills in a local town of Uttarakhand.

Nauti, actresses like Katrina Kaif,[15] Ileana D'Cruz[16] and Sonakshi Sinha[17] were approached but later, it was confirmed that Shraddha Kapoor would be playing this role in the film.

[citation needed] The music of the film is composed by Anu Malik, Rochak Kohli, Sachet–Parampara while the lyrics are penned by Siddharth-Garima and Manoj Muntashir.

Music was produced by Dj Phukan, Bharat Goel, Chandan Saxena, O2srk, Abhijit Vaghani.

"[31] Rajeev Masand gave positive response praising the performances of the cast, message and humor of the film.

He awarded it 3 stars noting "This is one of those mainstreammovies that delivers its message coated with a thick layer of melodrama.

Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express rated it 2.5 stars out of 5 praising the cinematography, message and humor of the film.

"[32] Another critic Shrishti Negi of News 18 praised performances of the cast, writing and the heart of the film.

Devesh Sharma of Filmfare quoted "All-in-all, Batti Gul Meter Chalu is a film which has its heart in the right place.

[36] Later, the matter was settled and it was decided that the credit for story, screenplay and dialogues will now be equally shared between Rawal along with Sidhartha Singh and Garima Wahal.