- A story of Gullu, a Hyderabadi girl frustrated with dowry-seeking men and Taru (a charming Lucknawi cook), who crush old-fashioned world-view.
- A deliciously romantic coming together of Gulrez "Gullu" Qadir (Parineeti Chopra) a Hyderabadi shoe-sales girl disillusioned with love because of her encounters with dowry-seeking men; and Tariq "Taru" Haidar (Aditya Roy Kapur) a Lucknawi cook who can charm anybody with the aroma and flavours of his biryani and kebabs. In the clash of diametrically opposite but equally spicy cultures of Hyderabad and Lucknow, Gullu and Taru arrive at a "tuning-setting", rewrite traditional recipes of love, crush old-fashioned world-view and make their own masaledaar albeli rangreli pichchar - Daawat-e-Ishq.—Official source
- Gulrez "Gullu" Qadir (Parineeti Chopra) lives in a lower-middle-class Hyderabadi Mohalla and works at a mall as a shoe-sales girl with dreams of going to America. She lives along with her father Abdul Qadir (Anupam Kher) who is looking for a suitable match for her but can't afford to pay big dowry, which will only get her some uncouth crude fellow (even for that the groom's parents demand Rs 20 Lakhs, which is a stretch for Abdul). This doesn't make Gullu lose her optimism and humor. Abdul is an honest clerk at the Hyderabad High Court.
In her quest to find her Mr. Universe, she falls in love with Amjad (Karan Wahi) and they decide to get married. Amjad works for a US based software company and is about to be transferred to US in 3 months for higher education. Things do not work out as Amjad's parents ask for Rs. 80 Lakhs in dowry (they ask for it in form of Abdul funding Amjad's entire higher education in the US). Gullu throws her juice at Amjad and tells him to buzz off.. Enraged, Gullu plans to trap a dowry-hungry groom under IPC 498A (dowry act. Under this act a groom can be jailed for 6 yrs for dowry harassment of the bride) and to recover Lakhs of money from him to fulfill her dream of going to America.
her plan is to assume fake identities and upload her fake bio-data on a matrimonial site. As prospective grooms line up, she plans to select the most greedy one for a Nikah.. and the next day she will file a case under section 498a for dowry harassment. when the in-laws come for out of court settlement, they will demand rs 80 Lakhs. Abdul is not OK with the plan, but finally agrees when he a minor road accident inside the court premises and suddenly realizes that Gullu will be all alone after he dies.
She and her father go to Lucknow with fake identities (as a rich father/daughter duo from Dubai). They set up camp in a 5 star hotel to meet all prospective grooms. Gullu sets up a hidden camera in the room to record all conversations, so they can be used later in court. Abdul is aghast at the expensive food in the hotel and visit a local restaurant where they meet the manager of a renowned restaurant "Big Boss Haidari Kebab," known as Tariq "Taru" Haider (Aditya Roy Kapur). Tariq is also one of the prospective grooms. Gullu is a foodie and loves the cheap and great quality food that Tariq serves at his restaurant, which is also famous among foreigners. But she doesn't like that Tariq is too confident of himself. She feels insulted when Tariq offers to pay their bill (recognising them as his prospective bride and father-in-law) The nest day Tariq gate crashes the appointments and gets rid of all prospective grooms by feeding them tasty food and telling them Gullu is already engaged to him. He lures Gullu with his delicious kebabs.
Gullu & Abdul choose Tariq as their target and when Tariq's parents ask for dowry from Abdul, she secretly records the entire conversation (plus they have already checked the houses of all prospective grooms and are impressed by Tariq's huge mansion). Abdul asks for a small ceremony with no guests, and even without a Qazi, which Tariq and his parents accept. But Tariq wants 3 days with Gullu to get to know her. During the three days before the wedding, Taru and Gullu get to know each other and Gullu starts falling for Taru. Taru admits that he is 12th fail. They like inner beauty. Taru is very sensitive. To her surprise, Taru gives her Rs. 40 Lakhs in cash from his own savings, which his father asked for dowry. This way, Taru's father can maintain his conventions. And when Gullu's father gives Taru's father the 40 Lakhs, it will not have been a real dowry.
Gullu still sticks with her plan of drugging Taru on their wedding night and runs away with all the cash - also recovering 40 Lakhs more from Taru's family via a police officer, blackmailing him to file charges under section 498A. Taru decides to take revenge as he finds out her real identity. Meanwhile Gullu is working with a money launderer in Hyderabad to convert her cash into white. She convinces the launderer to transfer the while into her account and then take delivery of the cash.
Meanwhile, Gullu and Abdul start preparing to leave for America. Gullu feels remorseful and guilty about scamming an honest person and decides to return all the money. Gullu writes a check to return the money of the launderer. When Gullu & Abdul reach the railway station to board a train to Lucknow, Gullu is confronted by Taru. Gullu returns all the money and confesses her love for him. They reunite and plan a real wedding without any dowry. Meanwhile, Amjad realizes his mistake after seeing their wedding video and confronts his parents for demanding a dowry. Gullu opens a shoe shop in a mall named "GULLU"
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