Prem Ratan Dhan Payo () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic fantasy film written and directed by Sooraj Barjatya. Produced by Rajshri Productions, it stars Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor. Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Deepak Dobriyal and Aashika Bhatia play supporting roles. It is the fourth collaboration between Barjatya and Khan after their previous films Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) and Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999) and second between Khan and Kapoor after Saawariya (2007). The film was released worldwide on 12 November 2015 during Diwali season. It opened to an extreme positive reception with praise for Khan's performance, background, visual effects, story, screenplay and direction. With a worldwide gross of 432 crore, it is the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2015 and the 20th highest-grossing Indian film. The core plot of the film is reportedly inspired by the 2012 South Korean film Masquerade, which was itself loosely based on the 1894 novel The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope. Plot Yuvraj Vijay Singh (Salman Khan), a wealthy crown prince of Pritampur is soon to be crowned King. He's engaged to Rajkumari Maithili Devi (Sonam Kapoor), a princess of the royal family of the neighbouring kingdom Devgarh. But due to his stiff, stubborn nature, Vijay faces many issues with Maithili and his siblings. His rich half-sisters, Rajkumari Chandrika (Swara Bhasker) and Rajkumari Radhika (Aashika Bhatia), live in a separate rented bungalow outside the royal palace with Chandrika working as an accounts head in a municipal school, and have filed a case against Vijay for a share in the royal property, because they felt their mother (a poet and later mistress to the late King) was wronged by the Queen when she disgraced her in the presence of all of the King's children. Furthermore, Chandrika and Maithili, who were best friends during school times, find their friendship shattered owing to her engagement with Vijay. Similarly, his half brother Yuvraj Ajay Singh (Neil Nitin Mukesh) vows vengeance and has been wanting to kill him and take the crown for himself. He enlists the help of his manager Chirag Singh (Armaan Kohli) and Vijay's secretary Sameera (Samaira Rao), Chirag is misguiding Ajay at every step while betraying him at his back. Vijay barely escapes an assassination plan coordinated by Ajay and Chirag to kill him but is badly injured. He is hidden in a secret chamber