Following the success of Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014), director Shashank Khaitan could feel the pressure of expectations. “When I first wrote the story of Badrinath Ki Dulhania, I just had a story without a title. It was a pure heartland love story. Immediately after I narrated the script to Karan (Johar, producer), he told me there was nothing in common between this one and Humpty. The stories are connected by themes of love and wedding, but it’s not a sequel,” he explains.