# Loveyapa

Loveyapa is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Advait Chandan. A remake of the 2022 Tamil film Love Today, it stars Khushi Kapoor and Junaid Khan. It tells the story of a young couple who are forced to swap their phones before getting married.
Loveyapa was theatrically released on 7 February 2025. It received mixed reviews from critics and emerged as a box-office bomb.

## Premise

Loveyapa" centers around the modern relationship of Baani and Gaurav. They are deeply in love, but like many Gen Z couples, their lives are heavily intertwined with their mobile phones. This becomes a point of contention when Baani's father, Atul, a traditional and somewhat skeptical man, decides to test the strength of their bond.
Atul proposes a unique challenge: Baani and Gaurav must exchange their unlocked phones for an entire night. This means access to all their messages, photos, social media, and everything else contained within their devices. The idea is to expose any hidden truths or secrets that might reveal a lack of trust or compatibility.
Initially, the couple is confident. They believe they have nothing to hide. However, as they delve into each other's phones, they begin to uncover aspects of each other's lives they weren't aware of. Baani discovers Gaurav's flirtatious messages with other girls, while Gaurav finds out about Baani's past relationships and some questionable online interactions.
These revelations lead to a series of confrontations and arguments. The film explores how easily misunderstandings can arise in the digital age, where context is often lost and appearances can be deceiving. It also touches upon the pressure young people face to portray a perfect image of themselves online, even if it's far from reality.
As the night progresses, Baani and Gaurav are forced to confront their own insecurities and vulnerabilities. They must decide whether the secrets they've uncovered are deal-breakers or simply a part of each other's past. The film ultimately questions whether true love can survive in a world where technology has made it so easy to hide behind a screen.

## Cast

* Khushi Kapoor as Baani Sharma
* Junaid Khan as Gaurav "Gucci" Sachdeva
* Ashutosh Rana as Atul Kumar Sharma, Baani's father
* Grusha Kapoor as Lalit Sachdeva, Gaurav's mother
* Kiku Sharda as Anupam Mehra
* Aditya Kulshreshth as Lamba
* Devishi Madaan as Pinti Sharma, Baani's sister
* Tanvika Parlikar as Kiran Sachdeva, Gaurav's sister
* Arnav Roy as Cafe waiter

## Production
### Development

The film was announced in 2023, as a remake of the 2022 Tamil film Love Today by Pradeep Ranganathan. Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor were announced in September 2024 as the leads along with Advait Chandan as the director, with the film's title revealed as Loveyapa.

## Marketing

The first song "Loveyappa Ho Gaya" was released on 3 January 2025. The trailer was released on 11 January 2025.

## Music

The music of the film is composed by White Noise Collective, Tanishk Bagchi, Suyyash-Sidharth and Aman Pant while lyrics are penned by SOM, Gurpreet Saini, MellowD, Dhruv Yogi, Akshay The One and Barbie Rajput.

## Release
### Theatrical

Loveyappa was theatrically released on 7 February 2025.

### Home media

The film's digital streaming rights were accquired by Disney+ Hotstar.

## Reception
### Critical response

Rediff.com's Sukanya Verma wrote that "Loveyapa's lacklustre leads leave much to be desired" in an inferior remake of Love Today. Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in considered it a "faithful, mechanical remake", adding that "the leads fit their roles in terms of age, they are sometimes hard-pressed to enact the ensuing mayhem". Rishabh Suri of Hindustan Times found the film "funny only in parts", and was critical of the film's "pacing issues".
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express thought that the film "lacks sizzle" and wraps important stuff in oodles of banality". While expressing disappointment over the lead performances, she considered Kapoor to have more potential than Khan. Titas Chowdhury of News18 was more appreciative of the film's humour as well as the performances of Khan and Kapoor. Vineeta Kumar of India Today was also appreciative of Khan's performance, but dismissed Kapoor's work. Justin Rao of The Hollywood Reporter India had mixed opinions on the remake and Khan's performance, but appreciated Desai's dialogues as well as Kapoor's potential as a "rom com actor in the making".

### Box-office

Loveyapa had a poor opening weekend, earning just ₹4.25 crore (US$490,000) domestically. It concluded its theatrical run with worldwide gross estimated to be ₹8.80–12 crore.