In 2014, Dharma produced three romantic comedies, all directed by first-time directors. The first was Vinil Matthews's "Hasee Toh Phasee" (2014) starring Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra, which Dharma co-produced with Phantom Films. They then teamed with Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment to produce Abhishek Varman's "2 States" (2014) starring Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, a film adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s . After this came Shashank Khaitan’s "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" (2014) starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. After these three romantic comedies came Rensil D'Silva's black comedy "Ungli" (2014).