Welcome to New York (2018 film)


Welcome To New York is a 2018 Indian 3D comedy film, directed by Chakri Toleti, produced by Vashu Bhagnani and Jackky Bhagnani, and starring Ritesh Deshmukh, Sonakshi Sinha, Karan Johar, Diljit Dosanjh, Lara Dutta and Boman Irani. The film released on 23 February 2018.

Plot

Teji, a sloppy recovery agent who dreams of being an actor, and Jeenal Patel, a fashion designer, become part of a big Bollywood event in New York. In between Karan Johar gets kidnapped but it is revealed that he is not Karan but Arjun.

Cast

Main cast

The music of the film is composed by Sajid-Wajid, Shamir Tandon and Meet Bros while lyrics have been penned by Kausar Munir, Kumaar, Charanjeet Charan, Sajid Khan and Danish Sabri.

Reception

Critical response

of News 18 severely criticized the film saying that, "Welcome to New York isn’t merely a bad film, or even a terrible one. It's depressing. Not because the plot is all over the place, not because the actors appear to be doing whatever they like, and not because it has no vision or ambition – but because it’s an exercise in sheer pointlessness. Really, this film has no reason to exist." and gave it a rating of 1 out of 5. Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 0.5 out of 5 and concluded his review by saying that, "Welcome To New York is totally lost in New York, and looks nothing more than an extended IIFA trailer. It’s not worth wasting your time, money, patience and intelligence on this mind-numbing promotional video.". Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "Welcome To New York turns out to be a limp, lame tribute to Bollywood".