The bond of protection) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language family comedy-drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dhillon.

[4] Loosely based on the 2005 Bengali film Dadar Adesh, it stars Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Sadia Khateeb, Sahejmeen Kaur, Smrithi Srikanth and Deepika Khanna.

Lala's relentless efforts to get his sisters married while upholding his family values go in vain, as he faces hurdles in finding suitable grooms due to Laxmi's dark skin, Durga's weight, and Saraswati's masculine behaviour.

At the same time, Lala's commitment to his sisters stands as a huge roadblock for his and, his childhood love, Sapna's relationship to take off.

Sapna breaks the marriage and decides to wait for Lala; her fiancé, Swapnil, later falls for Laxmi and marries her 12 years later.

[20] The fourth song "Dhaagon Se Baandhaa", sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Arijit Singh was released on 28 July 2022.

The team, including Akshay Kumar, Aanand L Rai, Sadia Khateeb, Smrithi Srikanth, Sahejmeen Kaur and Deepika Khanna, visited Dubai, Pune, Indore and Hyderabad.

"[29] Aman Wadhwa of DNA India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Akshay Kumar's heartfelt and earnest performance is the biggest strength of Raksha Bandhan.

"[30] Archika Khurana of The Times of India rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "This highly emotional drama doesn't fail to touch you, but it had the potential to be a far more entertaining watch.

"[32] In contrast, Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Raksha Bandhan harps away on the evils of the bride price practice before concluding that in an ideal world, women should be the ones demanding dowry.

"[33] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Do the filmmakers truly believe that such low-rent family dramas, with their uneasy mix of humour and crassness, is the way out for a beleaguered Bollywood?

"[35] Monika Rawal Kukreja of The Hindustan Times stated, "Akshay Kumar's films delivers a strong message on dowry without trivialising the issue while managing to be an entertaining watch.