Hey Sinamika

Hey! Sinamika
Hey! Sinamika
Soundtrack album by Govind Vasantha
Released	2022
Recorded	2021
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	3:46
Language	Tamil
Label	Sony Music South
Govind Vasantha chronology
Singles from Hey Sinamika
	"Achamillai"; Released: 14 January 2022; "Thozhi"; Released: 27 January 2022; "Megham"; Released: 10 February 2022;

Hey! Sinamika
Hey! Sinamika
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brinda
Written by	Madhan Karky
Story by	Pablo Solarz
Based on	A Boyfriend for My Wife (2008 film)
Produced by	Jio Studios; Global One Studios
Starring	Dulquer Salmaan; Aditi Rao Hydari ; Kajal Aggarwal; Nakshatra Nagesh
Cinematography	Preetha Jayaraman
Edited by	Radha Sridhar
Music by	Govind Vasantha
Production; companies	Jio Studios; Global One Studios
Distributed by	Viacom18 Studios; Phars Film Co
Release date	3 March 2022;
Running time	148 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹15 crore
Box office	₹5 crore

Hey! Sinamika (transl. Hey! Angry Belle) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Brinda, in her directorial debut, and produced by Jio Studios and Global One Studios. It is an adaptation of the 2008 Argentine film A Boyfriend for My Wife, but has the roles switched. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Aditi Rao Hydari as a married couple, Kajal Aggarwal as a relationship counselor and Nakshatra Nagesh as a radio jockey. It follows Yaazhan, a software engineer, whose wife, Mouna, tries to end their marriage as she starts to find him annoying.

Plot

In Kochi, Yaazhan, a software engineer, and Mouna, a paleotempestologist, fall head over heels in love with each other after meeting for the first time in a cafe and get married. After two years of marital life, Mouna becomes annoyed by Yaazhan's overly affectionate and talkative nature. She decides to separate from him to live a life of her own and on her own terms. She gets a transfer to Pondicherry so that she can have some me-time, but he lands there as well as he doesn't want her to miss him. Mouna recruits Dr. Malarvizhi, a relationship counsellor and Mouna's neighbour, who thinks all men are cheats because she was cheated on, and has facilitated the separation of many couples, as a final resort. The women's idea is to get Malarvizhi to make Yaazhan fall in love with her, so that Mouna can use that as an excuse to divorce him. However, Malar strikes a rapport with Yaazhan and the two form a close bond. Malar begins to fall in love with Yaazhan, and although he is unaware, he blossoms with his newfound career as an RJ and with his colleagues.

Tension arises between Yaazhan and Mouna when he discovers that she came to Pondicherry to get away from him. He then leaves for Chennai. Mouna realises she is losing Yaazhan and schemes to separate them, setting Malar up to be discovered by Yaazhan. Malar indirectly professes her love to Yaazhan, who is confused and troubled. Mouna tells Yaazhan the truth about their scheme. Yaazhan is devastated and leaves after telling Mouna that she gave up on him and doesn't deserve his love anymore. He starts divorce proceedings, leaving Mouna heartbroken. Malar is happy at first, as she thinks Yaazhan reciprocates her love. However, Yaazhan tells her that though he can't be with his wife, he does not see anyone else in her place. Yaazhan tells Malar that he believed she was truthful in her time with him and leaves a heartbroken Malarvizhi. Mouna learns about Yaazhan's conversation and realises how much she had hurt Malar, and apologises to her for involving her in the scheme and causing her heartbreak.

Six months later, Mouna and Yaazhan meet at family court, where he ignores her. Mouna asks Yaazhan about why he smiled the day he saw Malar sitting opposite him at the shop. Yaazhan tells her that he was thinking about Mouna the day he met her for the first time in a similar cafè, and didn't even realise it was Malar who was sitting across from him because he was thinking of Mouna. As Yaazhan starts walking away, Mouna realises how much he had loved her and she had tested him. She runs after him and begs for forgiveness, telling him how much she loves him, and the two reunite. Malar takes up Yaazhan's RJ job and decides to spend the rest of her life fixing troubled marriages through her new job. Yaazhan and Mouna end up happily with their daughter, Sinamika.

Cast

Dulquer Salmaan as Yaazhan / "Yaazh" / RJ Yaazhan
Aditi Rao Hydari as Mouna Yaazhan
Kajal Aggarwal as Dr. Malarvizhi / RJ Malar
Baby Sara as Sinamika - Yaazh and Mouna's daughter (Cameo)
Nakshatra Nagesh as RJ Divya
Yogi Babu as Paalmali Baba
RJ Vijay as Ram
VJ Kaushick Gabriell as Samanth
Asiaville Abdulkalam
Abishek Kumar as Shiva
Soundariya Nanjundan as Paarvathy
Shyam Prasad as Raja
Pradeep K. Vijayan as Kaundhi
Sharmila Thapa as Sheeba
Sangeetha V as Meenakshi
Shakthi Rithvik as Aadhav

Production

In January 2020, it was reported that Jio Studios had signed dance choreographer Brinda to make her directorial debut through a romantic comedy film featuring Dulquer Salmaan, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles.^[4]^[5] Titled Hey Sinamika, as inspired from a song from Mani Ratnam's O Kadhal Kanmani (2015), the film was launched at an event in Chennai during mid-March 2020. Madhan Karky was credited as the film's story, screenplay, dialogues and lyric writer, while Govind Vasantha and Preetha Jayaraman were announced as the film's music composer and cinematographer, respectively.^[6]^[7]

The shoot commenced in Chennai after the launch ceremony, with filmmakers K. Bhagyaraj and Mani Ratnam being guest directors for the first shot. Actresses Suhasini and Khushbu, close friends of Brinda, also participated in the first shot by handling the clapperboard.^[8] The film's shoot continued in Chennai with Salmaan and Hydari throughout March 2020 until it was stopped as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in India.^[9]^[10] The shoot of the film recommenced in early November 2020, with Kajal Aggarwal joining the set after her wedding.^[11] The shoot of the film was completed in Chennai during late December 2020.^[12]^[13]

Music

The songs of the film is composed by Govind Vasantha.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Achamillai"	Madhan Karky	Dulquer Salmaan	3:46
2.	"Thozhi"	Madhan Karky	Pradeep Kumar	5:05
3.	"Megham"	Madhan Karky	Govind Vasantha	4:01
4.	"Siragaai"	Madhan Karky	Keerthana Vaidyanathan, Sai Prabha	4:12
5.	"Yarissaikka"	Madhan Karky	Bombay Jayashri	5:13
6.	"Viduthalai"	Madhan Karky	Govind Vasantha, Prarthana Indrajith	2:52

Release

Hey Sinamika was released in theatres on 3 March 2022.^[14] The film was originally planned to release on 12 February 2021 as Valentine's Day special, but was postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic in India. The film was then scheduled to be released in July 2021 but was again delayed. The film was scheduled to release in December 2021 but was again postponed.^[15] Then the film was scheduled to release on 25 February 2022, but again got postponed for the same reason.^[16]

The film opened to positive reviews, but it couldn't perform up to the mark.^[17]^[18]^[19] The film released on 31 March 2022 on Netflix and JioCinema.


Year	Film	Language	Notes
2008	Un Novio Para Mi Mujer	Argentine	Original
2012	All About My Wife	Korean	Remake
2014	Un fidanzato per mia moglie	Italian
2016	Busco novio para mi mujer	Mexican Spanish
2017	Se busca novio… para mi mujer	Chilean Spanish
2018	Kế hoạch đổi chồng	Vietnamese
2022	Hey Sinamika	Tamil
2022	A Boyfriend for My Wife	Spanish

Reception

Hey Sinamika was released in theatres on 3 March 2022. M Suganth, critic from Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars and noted that "Hey Sinamika works better as a comedy than as a drama".^[20] The Hindu critic gave a mixed review, saying, "Dulquer Salmaan and Aditi Rao Hydari salvage this messy love triangle".^[21] A critic from Indian Express rated the movie 2 stars out of 5.^[22]

However, Pinkvilla noted, "On the whole, Hey Sinamika is a one time watch this weekend and it has some romantic scenes between the couple to pep up your weekend. Dulquer, Aditi and Kajal are definitely a spark on the screen."^[23]

Sudhir Srinivasan from Cinema Express gave 3 out of 5 stars and said, "Invested performances lift this interesting, but flawed romance".^[24] Hindustan Times critic noted, "Hey Sinamika needed to be a breezy romantic comedy but what it ends up becoming is a problematic love triangle."^[25] P Ayyappadas from Onmanorama opined, "One of those films you really need to watch with your family."^[26]

References

^ "Hey! Sinamika". British Board of Film Classification. 5 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "'Thank You', 'Radhe Shyam', 'Liger': A Look At The Biggest Flops Of South Cinema". The Economic Times. 21 November 2022.
^ "'Thank You', 'Radhe Shyam', 'Liger': A Look At The Biggest Flops Of South Cinema". The Economic Times. 21 November 2022.
^ "Kajal Aggarwal to be part of Brinda's film with Dulquer?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Dance master Brindha to direct the Dulquer Salmaan-Kajal Aggarwal project in Tamil?". Cinema Express. 19 January 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Hey Sinamika is the title for Dulquer-Brindha film!". Sify. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.
^ "Choreographer Brindha's directorial debut titled Hey Sinamika". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ The Hindu Net Desk (12 March 2020). "Choreographer Brindha turns director, casts Dulquer Salmaan, Kajal Aggarwal and Aditi Rao Hydari". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
^ Balachandran, Logesh (2 July 2020). "Aditi Rao Hydari: Once things get back to normal, I am sure theatres will regain their place". India Today. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "'Cry baby': How Dulquer Salmaan wished Aditi Rao Hydari on her birthday". The News Minute. 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "After her grand wedding, Kajal Aggarwal to resume the shoot of her next Hey Sinamika ft Dulquer". Behindwoods. 31 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Dulquer Salmaan, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kajal Aggarwal complete shooting for Hey Sinamika". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Hey Sinamika shoot wrapped up". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Dulquer Salmaan-starrer 'Hey Sinamika' to hit screens on March 3". Deccan Herald. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ "Dulquer Salmaan shines as Yaazhan in Hey Sinamika's first look. See here". India Today. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "First look and release date of Dulquer Salmaan's Hey Sinamika". Times of India. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ "Hey Sinamika Review {3/5}: Dulquer Salmaan's film works better as a comedy than as a drama | Hey Sinamika Movie Review". The Times of India.
^ Sudevan, Praveen (3 March 2022). "'Hey Sinamika' review: Dulquer Salmaan and Aditi Rao Hydari salvage this messy love triangle". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Hey Sinamika Telugu Movie Review". 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Hey Sinamika Movie Review : Hey Sinamika works better as a comedy than as a drama". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ Sudevan, Praveen (3 March 2022). "'Hey Sinamika' review: Dulquer Salmaan and Aditi Rao Hydari salvage this messy love triangle". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ "Hey Sinamika review: Dulquer Salmaan, Aditi Rao Hydari star in 'how to lose a husband in a month'". The Indian Express. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ "Hey Sinamika Movie Review: A romantic tale that is close to reality". PINKVILLA. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ "Hey Sinamika Movie Review: Invested performances lift this interesting, but flawed romance". Cinema Express. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ "Hey Sinamika movie review: Dulquer Salman and Aditi Rao Hydari's breezy comedy is almost spoiled by soulless drama". Hindustan Times. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ "Hey Sinamika Review: When love comes with conditions". OnManorama. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

External links

Hey Sinamika at IMDb

[1] "Hey! Sinamika". British Board of Film Classification. 5 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[2] "'Thank You', 'Radhe Shyam', 'Liger': A Look At The Biggest Flops Of South Cinema". The Economic Times. 21 November 2022.

[3] "'Thank You', 'Radhe Shyam', 'Liger': A Look At The Biggest Flops Of South Cinema". The Economic Times. 21 November 2022.

[4] "Kajal Aggarwal to be part of Brinda's film with Dulquer?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[5] "Dance master Brindha to direct the Dulquer Salmaan-Kajal Aggarwal project in Tamil?". Cinema Express. 19 January 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[6] "Hey Sinamika is the title for Dulquer-Brindha film!". Sify. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020.

[7] "Choreographer Brindha's directorial debut titled Hey Sinamika". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[8] The Hindu Net Desk (12 March 2020). "Choreographer Brindha turns director, casts Dulquer Salmaan, Kajal Aggarwal and Aditi Rao Hydari". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.

[9] Balachandran, Logesh (2 July 2020). "Aditi Rao Hydari: Once things get back to normal, I am sure theatres will regain their place". India Today. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[10] "'Cry baby': How Dulquer Salmaan wished Aditi Rao Hydari on her birthday". The News Minute. 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[11] "After her grand wedding, Kajal Aggarwal to resume the shoot of her next Hey Sinamika ft Dulquer". Behindwoods. 31 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[12] "Dulquer Salmaan, Aditi Rao Hydari and Kajal Aggarwal complete shooting for Hey Sinamika". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[13] "Hey Sinamika shoot wrapped up". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[14] "Dulquer Salmaan-starrer 'Hey Sinamika' to hit screens on March 3". Deccan Herald. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

[15] "Dulquer Salmaan shines as Yaazhan in Hey Sinamika's first look. See here". India Today. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

[16] "First look and release date of Dulquer Salmaan's Hey Sinamika". Times of India. 21 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

[17] "Hey Sinamika Review {3/5}: Dulquer Salmaan's film works better as a comedy than as a drama | Hey Sinamika Movie Review". The Times of India.

[18] Sudevan, Praveen (3 March 2022). "'Hey Sinamika' review: Dulquer Salmaan and Aditi Rao Hydari salvage this messy love triangle". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[19] "Hey Sinamika Telugu Movie Review". 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[20] "Hey Sinamika Movie Review : Hey Sinamika works better as a comedy than as a drama". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[21] Sudevan, Praveen (3 March 2022). "'Hey Sinamika' review: Dulquer Salmaan and Aditi Rao Hydari salvage this messy love triangle". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[22] "Hey Sinamika review: Dulquer Salmaan, Aditi Rao Hydari star in 'how to lose a husband in a month'". The Indian Express. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[23] "Hey Sinamika Movie Review: A romantic tale that is close to reality". PINKVILLA. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[24] "Hey Sinamika Movie Review: Invested performances lift this interesting, but flawed romance". Cinema Express. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[25] "Hey Sinamika movie review: Dulquer Salman and Aditi Rao Hydari's breezy comedy is almost spoiled by soulless drama". Hindustan Times. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[26] "Hey Sinamika Review: When love comes with conditions". OnManorama. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

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