Shaadi Se Pehle (Hindi: शादी से पहले, Urdu: شادی سے پہلے English: Before the marriage) is a 2006 Bollywood comedy film directed by Satish Kaushik and produced by Subhash Ghai. The film stars Akshay Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Mallika Sherawat, Sunil Shetty and Aftab Shivdasani in lead roles. It released on 6 April 2006, and was declared a critical and commercial failure.
It was love at first sight for unemployed Ashish Khanna and Rani Bhalla at a cold drink stall. When Rani introduces Ashish to her businessman dad, Tau, and mom, they unanimously frown upon this alliance, until Ashish promises to get a job, save enough money, buy a flat, etc.. Ashish does get a small job with Izzat Papads, and then also starts selling steroids out of the back of a van. He gets noticed by a Ad-firm owner, and gets hired. Soon he has all the luxuries that he had always dreamed of. When the Bhallas come to know about this, they decide to welcome him as their son-law, and a lavish engagement party takes place. It is then Ashish finds out that he has cancer, and he begins to create misunderstandings between him and Rani. He tries becoming an alcoholic, but that is considered normal with the Bhalla family; he
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