Critical response Dhadak received negative reviews from critics. It was particularly criticized for being a poor remake of
Sairat, Critics also felt that the film did not work as a standalone romance. On the
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes,
Dhadak has a rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .
Rajeev Masand of
News18 gave it two and a half stars out of five; while praising both Kapoor and Khatter for their acting prowess, he found the film to be "relatively sanitized", and questioned the logic behind remaking
Sairat, writing, "[T]he caste angle, evidently too hot to handle in a mainstream Bollywood film, is largely swept under the rug in
Dhadak." Saibal Chatterjee of
NDTV gave the film two stars out of five, expressing that "[the] muddled screenplay, bland storytelling and uneven lead performances leave this glossy Karan Johar production without a proper, palpable heartbeat", concluding, "The result is a grind that pretty frames and fresh faces cannot mitigate". Writing for
The Times of India, Rachit Gupta gave the film three and a half stars out of five and praised the direction, "[Khaitan] presents the naive romance with sensitivity, even while fusing the story with ample dramatic highs". While noting that the "glossed over aspect makes it unbelievable", Gupta was more positive, writing, "With all its strengths and weaknesses,
Dhadak attempts to highlight some shocking truths about our society and for that it makes a worthy watch." Rohit Vats of
Hindustan Times gave it two and a half stars out of five, writing, "Though Khaitan has tried to deliver subtle messages..., in the end, all this boils down to launching two potential future stars." Vats also noted that "[Kapoor] and [Khatter] were probably misfits for a rural setting". A reviewer for the
Indo-Asian News Service gave the film two and a half stars out of five, saying, "The remake extracts all the juice from the original and then squanders it in irrelevant plot conversions" but deduces: "If
Dhadak is still watchable in parts, it's because Ishaan Khattar is constantly injecting his exuberant conviction into every scene." Shubhra Gupta of
The Indian Express gave
Dhadak one and a half stars out of five and said, "Barring a few patches,
Dhadak has neither requisite drama nor authenticity. It underlines all its scenes with blaring background music, to tell us how to feel. It doesn’t work, not as an official copy of
Sairat, nor as a standalone Bollywood romance." Sukanya Verma of
Rediff.com gave it two stars out of five and writes, "The heartbreak of shabby treatment from one's own family, the struggle of employment sans proper qualification in an alien city, the resentment, doubts and insecurities spawned by unending challenges hardly registers in
Dhadaks superficial, clueless worldview." However, she praised Khatter, who "never seems out of his depth no matter how silly the setup" and Kapoor for her expressive "
Chandni eyes".
Anna M. M. Vetticad of
Firstpost gave the film one and a half stars out of five and criticized, "In
Dhadak, [time and thought]... are sketchily written, as are the pair’s struggles in their new life away from their parents".
Box office Dhadak earned 8.71 crore nett on its opening day domestically, which was the highest ever for a film starring newcomers in India, breaking the previous record held by
Student of the Year (2012), also produced by Dharma Productions. In its first week, the film had a total collection of 51.56 crore nett. The film emerged as a commercial success, and has a worldwide gross of with in India. == Accolades ==