The music is composed by Sachin–Jigar, Akash D and Guru Randhawa, with lyrics by Guru Randhawa, Priya Saraiya and Akash D. The first song release was Main Deewana Tera, performed by Guru Randhawa.
Marketing and release
Promotional episodes featuring the trio of Sanon, Dosanjh and Sharma were released. Solo posters of the film starring Kriti Sanon as Ritu Randhawa, Diljit Dosanjh as Arjun Patiala and Varun Sharma as Onida Singh were released on 18 June 2019. The official trailer of the film was released on 20 June by T-Series. The film was supposed to open on 13 September 2018 but was first postponed to 3 May 2019, then to 19 July and finally to 26 July. Dinesh Vijan of Maddock Films has stated that the film won't be released in Pakistan due to the Pulwama Attack that happened in Kashmir, India. The film has been certified with a runtime of 106 minutes by British Board of Film Classification and was released on 26 July 2019.
Reception
Critical response
Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India rated the film 2/5 stars, noting that in the second half, the writing, direction and execution seemed childish. He felt the music was average except for one number. Concluding, Kotecha wrote, "Spoof comedies can be a tricky affair and this one is way too underwhelming to tickle your funny bone for full two hours." Jyoti Sharma Bawa of the Hindustan Times gave 1/5 stars and felt that Shah and Leyzell’s script failed and the film was lost between 'a parody and just another run-of-the-mill film'. Bawa opined, "Spoof as a genre has rarely been tried in Hindi cinema and someone needs to crack that egg – heaven knows there is a lot waiting to be explored; Arjun Patiala, alas, isn’t that film." Devesh Sharma reviewing for Filmfare rated the film with 2.5/5 stars, praising the supporting cast of Seema Pahwa, Ronit Roy, and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. He wrote, "More was expected from the film but it just doesn’t aim high enough... the ingredients are all there but the execution isn’t up to mark. The film kind of over-promises but under-delivers."
Box office
Arjun Patiala had the opening day collection of 1.25 crore and the second day collection of 1.50 crore, whereas the third day collection was 1.75 crores, taking its total opening weekend collection to 4.50 crore. The opening week gross of the film was 9.18 crore. , with a gross of 7.86 crore in India and 1.38 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of 9.24 crore.
