She acts rudely after discovering that she is a divorcee. One day, he takes her to his house, where Madhav's mother asks her about her marriage. As Madhav needs to give a speech in English for Bill Gates, Riya helps him prepare for it. They hang out for some time, and Madhav learns that Riya has divorced because her husband and his mother tried to beat her. Madhav decides to apply for a grant, for which he goes to Chanakya hotel in Patna.Īfter the meeting, Madhav meets Riya, who is living in the hotel and works for Closeup. Madhav learns that Bill Gates is coming to Patna and will be funding grants to schools. Madhav tries to stop her but she leaves.Īfter completing college, Madhav goes back to his village where Madhav's mother runs a school where only boys study because there are no girls' toilets. Upset and hurt, a few days later, Riya tells Madhav that she is leaving college and getting married. Uncomfortable, Riya says that she is not his girlfriend, but they can maybe reach a compromise since they have reached halfway, and she offers to be his ' Half Girlfriend.' One afternoon after a game Madhav asks Riya if she would like to rest in his room in a boys only dorm, where (goaded by his peers and feeling humiliated by Riya's uncertainty) Madhav tries to force himself upon Riya. When Madhav attends Riya's birthday, he questions her about the nature of their relationship. Madhav picks her up from her house, and after spending the evening together, when she returns home, she kisses Madhav before entering her house. One night Madhav and Riya hang out together. Madhav's friends still encourage him to pursue Riya in the hopes that she will eventually date him.

When Madhav tells his roommate Shailesh and friends about Riya, they push him to ask Riya out for a date, but she refuses and asks him just to be a friend.

They become good friends and play basketball every evening. He gets accepted into St Stephen's College Delhi based on a sports quota where he meets Riya Somani, an upper-class young girl who is allowed temporary admission based on a sports quota. Madhav is a good basketball player who cannot speak English well. Principal photography commenced in June 2016 and filming locations include Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Dumraon, Varanasi, New York City and Cape Town. It performed moderately well at the box office despite receiving mixed to negative feedback from critics. The film also places Vikrant Massey and Rhea Chakraborty in pivotal roles.

The film is directed by Mohit Suri and stars Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. Half Girlfriend is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name written by Chetan Bhagat.

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