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The Indian film industry offers not just movies songs and cinematic experiences but also insights into your favourite celebrities - their real-life love stories families and whos getting married to whom. One such popular real-life couple was Bollywood’s superhit jodi Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. They dated for a long time but their relationship ended rather abruptly. Today we’ll tell you about a movie featuring both of them in which they didn’t share a single scene yet the film went on to win 21 awards. For which movie did Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor agree to work together after their breakup? The 2016 movie was a crime drama with a stellar star cast. The movie was written and directed by Abhishek Chaubey co-written by Sudip Sharma and produced by Shobha Kapoor Ekta Kapoor Sameer Nair and Aman Gill under Balaji Motion Pictures in association with Anurag Kashyap Vikas Bahl and Vikramaditya Motwane under Phantom Films. Apart from Kareena Kapoor Khan and Shahid Kapoor the movie also featured Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh. You must be guessing which movie this is. The story of the film is based on and revolves around the drug abuse by the youth in Punjab. Though the movie got good reviews but it received widespread criticism in Punjab. Even the censor board sought a stay on the films release and called it vulgar for the general audience. As a result the producers were directed to make a total of 89 cuts in the film. What is the name of Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoors movie that needed 89 cuts? The movie in question is Udta Punjab. It was made on a budget of Rs 34 crore and earned Rs 97 crore worldwide. Despite facing challenges like a leaked copy before release te movie performed well especially in North India. Shahid Kapoor plays the role of Tommy Singh in the movie who is a famous pop singer. He himself is addicted to drugs but when he sees that because of him the lives of the youth are getting ruined and they are also taking drugs he starts trying to change himself. Kareena Kapoor played the role of Dr. Preet who is working against drug addiction. She is aware of the truth of the system and struggles to save the youth from drugs. The amazing thing is that even though Shahid Kapoor and Kapoor worked in this movie they did not have a single scene together. With Udta Punjab Diljit Dosanjh made his Bollywood debut. Alia Bhatt won everyones hearts with her powerful performance. Not only critics but the audience also praised her acting. This movie proved to be a turning point for Alia Bhatts career. The song Ek Kudi that went viral is from the movie. There have also been reports that Kareena Kapoor worked in Udta Punjab only because she did not have any scenes with her ex-boyfriend Shahid Kapoor. Both of them were dating each other at one time but their relationship did not last long. After this both of them parted ways. Where is Udta Punjab streaming online? Shahid Kapoor won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Udta Punjab directed by Abhishek Chaubey. Alia Bhatt also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. According to IMDb report Udta Punjab won a total of 21 awards. The movies rating on IMDb is 7.7. You can watch this movie on Netflix.