Rocky and Rani's Love Story), is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy family drama directed by Karan Johar and written by Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan and Sumit Roy.

The film stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt as a couple with contrasting personalities who decide to live with each other's families for three months before getting married.

Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Churni Ganguly, Aamir Bashir, and Kshitee Jog play their family members.

Because of the cultural differences between the two households, the two switch houses for three months to break the patriarchal cycle prevalent in Indian society.

The cast is listed below:[7] Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan and Ananya Panday make cameo appearances in the song "Heart Throb".

[8] The film was announced as Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani on 6 July 2021 by director Karan Johar on his social media accounts.

[9] It was also announced that the principal cast would consist of Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, and Shabana Azmi, with Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt playing the titular roles.

[12] He decided to work on the film after his ensemble period drama Takht about the Mughal Empire, also co-starring Singh and Bhatt, and to be written by Sumit Roy and Hussain Haidry, could not start production due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[15] The octogenarian Dharmendra agreed to the project believing that the role "suit[ed] my age and image"; he was also pleased to reunite with both Bachchan and Azmi after many decades.

[16] Initially, the role of Jamini was to be essayed by Dharmendra's frequent co-star Sharmila Tagore, but she backed out due to being diagnosed with cancer pre-production.

[22] For the character of Chandon Chatterjee, a Kathak dancer, Johar drew on his own experiences as a child who would dance effeminately.

[32] In the same month, Dharma Productions released a video announcing the film's wrap except for a song, whose shoot was delayed due to Bhatt's pregnancy.

[2] Johar termed it both a strategic and emotional decision, as Saregama (then-named HMV) had released the music for his company Dharma Production's early films Gumrah (1993) and Duplicate (1998).

[42] Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani was initially scheduled to release on 10 February 2023, but was postponed to 28 April 2023, due to shooting delays arising from Bhatt's pregnancy.

[53] To promote the film, Bhatt and Singh embarked on a five-city tour of India, including Kolkata, Chandigarh and Jaipur.

[54] The Central Board of Film Certification demanded a few modifications before release, including changes to profanity and removing a reference to politician Mamata Banerjee.

[60] It performed particularly well in the overseas markets of North America and Canada, United Kingdom, Gulf, and Australia, grossing US$4 million over its first weekend.

[76] Mayank Shekhar deemed it "a top of the pop-culture moment" and particularly praised Ranveer Singh's performance, adding that he "owns this role like nothing short of an inimitable rock-star".

[77] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama found it a "well-packaged entertainer that has ample merits to strike a chord with the youth as well as families".

[79] Dhaval Roy of The Times of India wrote that it is "a full-on entertaining and sweet love story, with flashy and feisty characters given to us in a well-wrapped shiny package".

[80] The Telegraph's Priyanka Roy labelled it a return to form for Johar, terming it a "vastly entertaining film which doesn't forget to be meaty and meaningful".

[81] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com termed it a "shrewd subversion of traditions and values by the same man who popularised and glamorised its virtues to the hilt".

[84] WION's Shomini Sen credited both Singh and Alia Bhatt for "salvag[ing] a predictable script credibly".

[85] Mint Lounge's Uday Bhatia too credited Singh's charm and energy for making the film "more fun than it has a right to be".

[86] Conversely, Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express dismissed it as a "loud and melodramatic film" with "a lot of emotions, but little originality".

[87] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in found it "ostentatious" and "pretentious", and criticised its "overly long, tonally jittery, and stereotype-filled narrative".

[88] NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee concluded that "the film is a shiny but shallow family drama that uses disappointingly obsolete methods to serve up contemporary, pertinent theories about the need to be mindful in love, loyalty and language"; however, he praised the performances, particularly that of Bhatt.

[89] Internationally, Ryan Gilbey of The Guardian opined that "Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani is fascinating in its attempts to address the clash between progressiveness and tradition".

[90] IndieWire's Proma Khosla termed it "the kind of Bollywood bliss audiences have been craving", and praised the performances of the "genuinely talented actors", particularly Singh, Bhatt, and Bachchan.