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Raanjhanaa
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byAnand L. Rai
Screenplay byHimanshu Sharma
Story byHimanshu Sharma
Produced byKrishika Lulla[2]
StarringDhanush
Sonam Kapoor
Abhay Deol
CinematographyNatarajan Subramaniam
Vishal Sinha
Edited byHemal Kothari
Music byA. R. Rahman
Distributed byEros International
Release dates
  • June 21, 2013 (2013-06-21)
(Hindi)
  • June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28)
(Tamil)[1]
Running time
140 minutes
LanguageHindi
Budget₹350 crore (US$42 million)

Raanjhanaa is a 2013 Indian romantic drama film, directed by Anand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma. The film is produced by Krishika Lulla under the banner Eros International and written by Himanshu Sharma. As lead roles, it stars actor Dhanush in his Bollywood debut, Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor.[3] The film was released on June 21, 2013[4] worldwide except the dubbed Tamil version titled "Ambikapathy,"[5] which is scheduled to release exactly by a week of its Hindi counterpart.[1] The dialogues of the Tamil version are written by John Mahendran.

The music and background score is composed by A. R. Rahman and Hindi lyrics are penned by Irshad Kamil where as the Tamil by Vairamuthu.

Cast

Production

Development

In late 2011, Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha were signed as the lead pair for this movie. Apparently, they dropped out of the project for unknown reasons.[6] In late January 2012, actor Dhanush, setting his Bollywood debut was signed[7] for the film whose character was named Kundan. The actor was reportedly undergoing training for fluency in Hindi language as it was the demand of the role. Actress Sonam Kapoor was signed on for the role of the female lead post March 2012.[8][9] In April 2012, the actress and the director visited the JNU Campus of Delhi for the former to imbibe more on her role.[10] Sonam Kapoor also attended Acting workshop with prominent Theatre director Arvind Gaur to learn the nuances of street theatre [11] Being keen on role requirements, the director opined to cast actors who could well portray their present as well as younger ages. In an interview the director stated the film being an intense love story, its characters would take one to Delhi, Punjab, Chennai. Actor Abhay Deol would be seen in a special appearance in the film.[12] Urmila Sharma, well known for her Hindi TV serial roles was signed to play the character of Kundan's mother in the film.[13] Initially, Aditi Rao Hydari was supposed to play the role of Kundan's childhood friend but she opted out due to lack of dates, being replaced by Swara Bhaskar.[14]

Characters

Actor Dhanush plays the character "Kundan" who has passion for his city Banaras and "Zoya" (character played by Sonam Kapoor). It depicts him a young boy and then a teen, who turns into a sensitive adult. Sonam Kapoor quoted her character as, "'Zoya' is child-like and unpredictable. She can be cold and at the same time, objective. She has every quality that makes her desirable to a man." In an interview, Kapoor revealed that for playing the role of a school girl in the film, she drew inspiration from the character Jaya Bachchan played in the 1971 film Guddi.[15]Actor Abhay Deol as "Akram" plays a secure yet confident university student, socialist and a budding politician.[16]

Filming

Post main casting announcements, the filming was substantially delayed whose reason was speculated to be composer A.R. Rahman's music that was denied outright by the film director.[17] The official filming began in Varanasi, India in early September 2012 and continued for 40 days as first filming schedule in and around the city. As per reports, the leading duo were also seen essaying the role of 17 year old teenagers.[18] In mid September 2012, the schedule of filming was put on hold as actor Dhanush fell ill on the sets in Varanasi.[19] Post filming in October 2012, the actor injured his shoulder during the filming of an action sequence for his Tamil outing Maryan. The consequences led to the scheduled shooting of dance sequences to be postponed and were shot in Varanasi on December 19, 2012[20][21] On November 4, 2012, Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol shot the song "Tu Mun Shudi" at India Gate, Delhi[22] and their dialogue scenes were shot at Indian Institute of Mass Communication campus in Delhi itself by early December 2012. Permission to shoot in the interiors were denied to the director by the college authorities. However, the unit created sets in the campus to retain ambience of the university. To avoid footage leaks, over hundred potential crew members were made present at the filming venue. Certain filming was also done in Gurgaon And Faridabad.[23] The title track of the film was shot on December 27, 2012.[4] The final schedule of filming began in Delhi on January 7, 2013.[24] In March 2013, The film’s crew shot few scenes at the Pataudi Palace in Haryana for two days.[25]

Soundtrack

Main article: Raanjhanaa (soundtrack)

The music and the background score for the film was composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack's original version has lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil whereas the Tamil version by Vairamuthu. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Rahman stated that he had emphasized the folk-classical genre in music as the film brings out a fascination for Benaras through the music[26] and hence, most of the songs are character driven. The soundtrack album composition was completed by early March 2013.[27]In all, the soundtrack album has nine original tracks.[28]The music of the original version of the soundtrack was released on the co-branded record labels Sony Music and Eros Music.[29]on May 31, 2013 and the Tamil version on June 19, 2013. The soundtrack received mostly positive critical reception.

Marketing

On 10 May 2013, a grand event was held at a set resembling Varanasi at Film City in Goregaon, Mumbai. The lead actors made their entry riding a chariot and performed on the title track of the film. The producer stated that the event was promoted in Benarasi style so as to represent the essence of the film and its setting.[30] Promotion of the music was done at the Radio Mirchi Studios in Mumbai on May 27, 2013.[31]The promotional meets were held in Delhi and Jaipur during mid-June 2013.[32] Dressed in a typical South Indian attire the film's leading cast Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor promoted the Tamil version of Raanjhanaa in Chennai.[33]

Release

The first look of the characters in the film was revealed as a poster with no credits and film name on the day of Holi 2013.[34][35] The first theatrical trailer of was released on 24 April 2013.[35][36] The Hindi version of the film released worldwide on June 21, 2013 with the estimated number of release screens being 1,000. The film opened to a satisfactory occupancy of 20-25%, highest compared to the Bollywood films competing and releasing on the same date of release.[37]

Critical reception

Raanjhanaa opened up with positive to mixed critical reception. Rachit Gupta of Filmfare called the film a "Great Love Story" and concluded"Grab a ticket, clutch the hand of your loved one and go fall in love. This time with great cinema".[38] Critics board at "IndiaGlitz.com" gave the movie 4 out 5 and opinioned "'Raanjhanaa' is a movie that should be seen, savored and thoughtfully appreciated.".[39] Critic Komal Nahta on a positive note quoted, "On the whole, Raanjhanaa is an interesting, entertaining and a fairly different love story.It is like heady wine and its effect will only grow."[40] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN wrote, "For its immensely entertaining first half, a winning score by AR Rahman, but most of all for Dhanush, this is a film that’s worth your time. I’m going with three out of five for Raanjhanaa. It’s not perfect, but it’ll do."[41] Resham Sengar of Zee News gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and summarized, "Raanjhanaa is a love story that does not fall within the confines of a clichéd Bollywood romance.[42] "Critic Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 out of 5 and stated, "On the whole, Raanjhanaa encompasses romance and myriad emotions most wonderfully, besides bravura performances and a popular musical score from the maestro. A film that touches the core of your heart. A film that's definitely worthy of a watch.Not to be missed!![43]" At NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee assigned 3.5 on 5 and quoted in the review, "The film defies the expectations of the audience at several crucial junctures and holds out absolutely no apologies for springing abrupt surprises. A love story with a huge difference that benefits no end from a clutch of exceptional performances."[44] Sukanya Verma of Rediff Movies gave 3 out of 5 stars and claimed, "Raanjhanaa isn’t easy viewing. Kundan and Zoya aren’t easily likeable. They have flaws. They make mistakes. Blunders, really but Rai shows them for what they are; he never paints a pretty picture. And this brutal honesty coupled with a commanding Dhanush is what works."[45] Meena Iyer of The Times of India claimed, "Raanjhanaa is a love story that has a Shakespearean touch and is mounted on a lavish scale." She noted, "You may not like this film if you cannot digest brooding love stories", giving it 3.5 out of 5.[46]

Nabanita of One India gave the film 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Raanjhanaa works, and yes, the movie has maximum possiblities to strike the right chords amongst the audience, only and only because of Dhanush and his heart-touching performance."[47] Critics at Indicine gave a score of 65 out of 100 and summarized, "The intentions of Aanand L Rai seem genuine. He wants to show us the world where he grew up in, wants to romanticize the feeling of nostalgia and unrequited love."[48] Tushar Joshi writes for DNA India, "Raanjhanaa works because of Dhanush's ability to make you believe in his love for Zoya. You might not agree with his approach, but deep down you cheer and root for him each time Zoya plants a slap on his face."[49] At Deccan Chronicle, Khalid Mohamed mentioned, "Raanjhanaa: Playing ping pong with love", and gave it three stars out of five.[50] India Today rated the film 3 on 5 stating, "Raanjhanaa harks back to the way Bollywood used to make love stories once upon a time. With some imagination, the effect would have been nostalgic, too."[51] Shubha Shetty Saha of Mid-Day assigned 3.5 out of 5 to the film and praised actor Dhanush and stated, "And then the second half is when the pace dips, the sincerity of the storyline gets somewhat hazy and the film gets wee bit disappointing. An absolutely believable one-sided romance takes a slightly deceptive political drama twist and I am not sure if that is what you wanted it to be. It is unpredictable, yes, but not in a great, believable way."[48] At Mumbai Mirror, Karan Anshuman pointed, "Raanjhanaa flows like good poetry. It is arguably the best love story of the year so far, the kind of film others in the genre should aspire."[52]

On the contrary to above, critic Mayank Shekhar writes, "His (Dhanush) character is supposed to be gifted with great inter-personal skills. It doesn't quite show.[49] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave it 2.5 out of 5 and mentioned, "Raanjhanaa is a film which is all of a piece in its engaging first half, and a good Bollywood launchpad for Dhanush. Makes me want to see what he will do in his second pass.".[53] At Emirates 24/7, Sneha May Francis wrote, "While music maestro AR Rahman tunes the track, and leaves us occasionally cheerful, the moments are far too few to erase the horrid after effects of this movie."[54] Critic Manohar Basu at Koimoi stated, " However a sluggish screenplay and lurching script makes Raanjhanaa a half baked effort‬ and hence gets a 2.5/5 from me."[55]

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