Dear Zindagi is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by Gauri Shinde. It was produced by Gauri Khan, Karan Johar, and Shinde under the banners of Red Chillies Entertainment, Dharma Productions, and Hope Productions, respectively. The film stars Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan in the lead parts with Ira Dubey, Kunal Kapoor, Angad Bedi, Ali Zafar (in his final Hindi film acting credit), Yashaswini Dayama and debutant Rohit Suresh Saraf in supporting roles. The plot centres on a budding cinematographer who is discontented with her life and meets a free-spirited analyst who helps her to pick up a new perspective on her life.

Development of the film began in 2015, when Shinde signed Bhatt and Khan for a film to be made under her banner. Principal photography took place in Goa and Mumbai, in the period from 21 January to 20 May 2016. The film highlights a score composed by Amit Trivedi and lyrics written mostly by Kausar Munir.

Dear Zindagi was released on 23 November 2016 in North America, two days before its around the world release on 25 November 2016, and earned ₹135.5 crore at the box office, in this way rising as a commercial victory. It gotten positive audits from pundits, with specific commend coordinated towards the subjects, heading, screenplay, exchanges, soundtrack and exhibitions, particularly Bhatt and Khan's performances.

At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Expensive Zindagi received 2 nominations – Best Actress (Bhatt) and Best Lyricist (Kausar Munir for "Love You Zindagi").

Plot
Kaira is an trying cinematographer who dreams of coordinating her claim movies and works in Mumbai at a little firm. Limit and negative, she is most comfortable with her three best companions, Fatima, Jackie, and Ganju. Kaira's life takes a downturn when she rests with her companion Raghuvendra, a film maker, and at that point breaks up with her childhood sweetheart Sid, a bar proprietor. Raghuvendra afterward gets locked in to another lady. Kaira's proprietor removes her since the building residents' affiliation is irritated by her bohemian way of life and has asked he as it were lease flats to hitched couples and families. Kaira reluctantly returns to Goa to live with her guardians, with whom she has uncertain issues. She spends numerous restless evenings in despondency and uncertainty.

While in Goa, Kaira looks for out Dr. Jehangir "Container" Khan, a analyst, for her sleep deprivation after incidentally having listened him talk at a Mental Wellbeing Mindfulness conference. She warms up to Jug's unusual strategies amid their sessions, attempting to utilize them to get it herself. In the interim, she meets and begins a relationship with Rumi, a performer, but they rapidly break up after she realizes they may not be right for each other. Along these lines, Kaira reunites with her more youthful brother, Kiddo, the as it were individual in her family to whom she trusts. Things with her family come to a head when Kaira has an upheaval at a family occasion, where she stands up to her guardians around them abandoning and ignoring her as a child for a long time at her grandparents' house.

Kaira at long last describes the story of her deserting to Container. Her guardians had cleared out her as a child with her grandparents after their commerce fizzled and had ignored her whereas they attempted to modify their commerce and after Kiddo was born, some time recently abruptly taking her back a long time afterward. She misplaced her believe in her guardians after catching her mother contending with her granddad over lying to her almost their circumstance. Container notes she colossally fears departure and does not permit herself to commit to connections, clearing out them some time recently they can take off her. He exhorts her to see her guardians as two standard individuals who are able of making botches instep of centering on the require to pardon them. A short time later, Kaira tries to accommodate with her guardians and works to wrap up her brief film.

At their final session, Kaira concedes to Container that she has developed to have sentiments for him. Container reacts it is ordinary for a quiet to feel this way almost their advisor, and whereas he likes her platonically, a relationship would not be conceivable between them. The two share a embrace some time recently Kaira takes off. Kaira at last completes her brief film, which she had worked on for a long time. At the debut, her companions, family, and past accomplices are show to cheer her on. Kaira meets a furniture originator and starts a discussion with him.

Cast
Alia Bhatt as Kaira, an aspiring cinematographer, who is also referred to as "Shaira."
Shah Rukh Khan as Dr. Jehangir "Jug" Khan, a psychologist.Kunal Kapoor as Raghuvendra, a film producer, one of Kaira's boyfriends
Angad Bedi as Sid, a restobar owner, another of Kaira's boyfriends
Ali Zafar as Rumi, a musician and singer-songwriter, yet another of Kaira's boyfriends.
Ira Dubey as Fatima, Kaira's friend, who is also referred to as "Fatty"
Rohit Suresh Saraf as Kiddo, Kaira's younger brother
Yashaswini Dayama as Jackie, Kaira's friend
Gautmik as Ganju, Kaira's friend
Yashwant Singh as Kaira's uncle
Salone Mehta as Kaira's aunt
Baby Dishita as little Kaira
Nitika Anand as family friend
Amit Nagraj as little Kiddo
Aban Deohans as Kaira's mother
Atul Kale as Kaira's father
Martha Xavier Fernandes as Kaira's maternal grandmother
Madhav Vaze as Kaira's maternal grandfather
Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues as vice president of a hotel, friend of Kaira's father
Akanksha Gade as maid Alka
Aditya Roy Kapur as a furniture dealer (guest appearance)