Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence.
Ratings
Curator score: 5.7/10
Letterboxd: 3.77/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 18%
TMDB: 7.3/10
Director
Vikas Bahl
Production
Phantom Films, Viacom18 Studios
Cast
Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon, Mish Boyko, Jeffrey Ho, Yogendra Tiku, Alka Badola Kaushal, Marco Canadea
Curator Review
Verdict
A warm, funny coming-of-age road movie about heartbreak turning into self-discovery. It’s especially rewarding if you like feel-good character journeys, travel stories, and a heroine who slowly claims her own life.
Best for
viewers who enjoy uplifting female-led dramedies
fans of travel-as-transformation stories
people who like light, crowd-pleasing emotional arcs
audiences open to mainstream Indian cinema with charm and heart
Skip if
you want a tightly realistic breakup drama
you dislike broad comedy or sentimental storytelling
you prefer subtle, minimalist character studies
Overview
Queen turns a cancelled wedding into a liberating adventure, and that simple premise gives the film a lot of its charm. What begins as humiliation becomes a gentle but decisive act of self-invention, with Rani learning confidence through small encounters, new places, and the freedom to be awkward, curious, and alone.
Worth noting
The movie’s appeal is in its tone: breezy, affectionate, and emotionally direct. It balances comedy with a sincere sense of personal awakening, and it gives its heroine room to be funny without making her transformation feel trivial. The travel backdrop adds color and momentum, but the real destination is independence.
Bottom line
It’s also a film that has clearly connected with audiences who see more in it than a standard breakup story. The friendships, the playful energy, and the possibility of alternate paths give it a lively afterglow. Even when it leans sentimental, it stays rooted in a satisfying fantasy of reclaiming your life on your own terms.
Top Letterboxd reviews
shehzadi (4.5★) · 1084 likes
shipping rani with oleksander but also vijayalakshmi is bisexual culture
Lexi 🏳️🌈 (3★) · 587 likes
If it takes my control-freak fiancé with a shitty attitude cancelling our wedding for me to travel to ease the pain, that leads to me meeting a hot, carefree, sexy woman and being friends with three golden boys, so be it.
raina (3.5★) · 509 likes
filed under: films where the female protag should've ended up with the girl
muham (4★) · 454 likes
something very homosexual about the fact that rani ended up finding a girl in paris who had the same name as her ex fiancé and ended up doing everything that she had planned to do with her ex fiancé with her
doinkdedoink (5★) · 298 likes
london thumakda? o gujariya? hungama ho gaya?
hollywood could never