Shaandaar (2015 film)

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Shaandaar
Shaandaar-Official-Poster-2.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Vikas Bahl
Written by Anvita Dutt Guptan
Story by Vikas Bahl
Chaitally Parmar
Produced by Anurag Kashyap
Vikramaditya Motwane
Karan Johar
Madhu Mantena
Starring Shahid Kapoor
Alia Bhatt
Cinematography Anil Mehta
Edited bySanchari Das Mollick
Music by Amit Trivedi Shekhar Ravjiani (background score)
Production
companies
Distributed by Fox Star Studios
Release date
  • 22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹600 million [1]
Box officeest.₹757 million [1]

Shaandaar (transl. Magnificent) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. It stars Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in lead roles, [2] with Pankaj Kapur and Sanjay Kapoor in supporting roles. [3] Principal photography began in August 2014 in Leeds, [4] and the film released on 22 October 2015. The film received highly negative reviews [5] and became a box-office bomb [6] . [7]

Contents

Shaandaar marks Shahid Kapoor's first on-screen collaboration with his father Pankaj Kapur and sister Sanah Kapur, who portray Bhatt's father and sister, respectively.

Plot

Alia Arora is an insomniac orphan adopted by Bipin Arora, whose wife Geetu Arora and mother Kamla Arora are extremely business minded and greedy. Alia is ignored by both Geetu and Kamla, but deeply loved by Bipin, as well as his biological daughter Isha. Since Alia is unable to sleep, Bipin draws her a dream every night before going to bed, hoping it will encourage her to sleep.

With Isha set to get married at a destination wedding in London, the family drives to the wedding venue. On the way, Bipin's car is hit by Jagjinder Joginder aka JJ driving his motorcycle, leading to a comical altercation between them. It is later revealed that JJ is the event manager for Isha's wedding. The marriage is arranged between the Aroras and the Fundwanis, a family headed by Mr. Fundwani. The Aroras need the marriage to occur as they have gone bankrupt, and are hoping to access the money of the seemingly wealthy Fundwanis. The groom, Robin Fundwani, is fitness-obsessed and vain; he looks at Isha with contempt because of her weight and her love of food. It is evident that he was getting married only at the behest of his older brother.

Through some magical and funny moments, Alia and JJ (who is also an insomniac due to losing his parents in anti-Sikh riots) become romantically interested in one another, eventually curing each other's insomnia and falling asleep together. Bipin who is very protective of Alia tries to separate the couple leading to several comic moments, and this leads to him inadvertently revealing that Alia is his biological daughter with his ex-girlfriend, whom he briefly dated before marrying Geetu under family pressure. Under the coaxing of Isha and after observing the couple, Bipin begins to slowly accept JJ and Alia's relationship.

Isha becomes increasingly upset with Robin, who escalates this friction by insulting her weight and making fun of her. Although the Aroras are bothered by Robin's treatment of Isha, they turn a blind eye to it to avoid any disruptions to their business deal with the Fundwanis. Before the wedding, Kamla, the matriarch of the Aroras, during an argument with her younger son, sneezes and dies, which threatens to derail the wedding. The Aroras, desperate for the wedding to carry on, pretend she is still alive.

Isha arrives at the wedding dais ready to marry Robin for her family's sake. But when Robin begins to laugh at her after her dress rips during the ceremony, she decides not to get married, and her speech inspires every one to believe in themselves and their self-worth. Frustrated, Mr. Fundwani tries to physically force the marriage to continue by holding everyone at gunpoint, and it is revealed that the Fundwanis are also bankrupt. JJ, Alia, Bipin, Isha and Robin escape from the scene and fly away in a helicopter.

Cast

Cameo appearance

Critical reception

Deepanjana Pal at Firstpost described the writing as sloppy, commenting that, "it's more a series of YouTube sketches than a proper story." [8] Indian Express felt that Kapoor's character Jagjinder Joginder was "badly-written", noting, "He can be such a natural charmer, but here the charm offensive is not allowed to stop, and finally just overtakes him." [9] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV, felt that while there were "flashes of smart writing", that there was also "[a lack] of sustained narrative force, especially in the second half". Chatterjee described the interaction between Kapoor and Bhatt as "spontaneous chemistry", an opinion that was not shared by the Indian Express reviewer, who wrote, "Shahid and Alia look good together, but there's not very much else they manage between the two of them." [9]

Ibnlive described the movie as "The film is bizarre and wildly inconsistent". [10] India TV stated "There is nothing Shaandaar about this Shahid-Alia starrer". [11] TimesofIndia gave two stars to the film. [12]

Soundtrack

Shaandaar
Soundtrack album by
Amit Trivedi
Released24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)
Recorded2015
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length32:06
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company
Singles from Shaandaar
  1. "Gulaabo"
    Released: 10 September 2015 [13]
  2. "Shaam Shaandaar"
    Released: 16 September 2015 [14]

The music for the film is composed by Amit Trivedi. [15] The first song titled, "Gulaabo" was released on 10 September 2015, [16] followed by "Shaam Shaandaar" which was released on 16 September 2015. The music rights for the film have been acquired by Zee Music Company . The full audio album was released on 24 September 2015. [17] [18]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Gulaabo" Anvita Dutt Amit Trivedi, Vishal Dadlani, Anusha Mani 04:24
2."Shaam Shaandaar" Amitabh Bhattacharya Amit Trivedi 03:57
3."Nazdeekiyaan" Amitabh Bhattacharya Nikhil Paul George, Neeti Mohan 03:26
4."Senti Wali Mental" Amitabh Bhattacharya Arijit Singh, Amit Trivedi, Swanand Kirkire, Neeti Mohan09:02
5."Raitaa Phailgaya"Amitabh Bhattacharya Amit Trivedi, Divya Kumar 03:55
6."Neend Na Mujhko Aaye"P L Santoshi Siddharth Basrur, Saba Azad 04:16
7."Eena Meena Deeka"Rajender Krishan Amit Trivedi & Rachel Varghese03:06
Total length:32:06

Box office

The opening day collection was ₹11 million (US$140,000). [19] After taking a good opening the collections dropped but the overseas collection were good and first five-day collections were ₹900 million (US$11 million). [20] After 16 days in theatres, the worldwide collection was estimated as ₹597 million (US$7.5 million). [21] The film was declared as a box-office failure after a full run in theatres. [22] [23] [24] The success of Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 was considered to add to the film's failure. [25]

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