A Scandall

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A Scandall
Directed byIshan Shrivedi
Starring
Music byBapi-Tutul
Ikka Arko
Amjad Nadeem
Production
company
Let’s Ring The Bell Productions [1]
Release date
  • 24 June 2016 (2016-06-24) [2]
Running time
111 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

A Scandall is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language erotic murder mystery film [3] directed by Ishan Shrivedi and starring Reeth Mazumder, Manav Kaul, Johnny Baweja, Puru Chibber, Vasundhara Kaul and Tanvi Vyas.

Contents

Plot

A group of friends wants to make a film when an issue arises. [4]

Cast

Production

Johnny Baweja, cousin of Harman Baweja made his debut with this film. [3] This film marks the feature film debut of Sareh, who acted in a few television shows. [6] The film was given an A certificate with some scenes edited out and some audio muted. [3]

Soundtrack

The music for the film is composed by Ikka, Arko, Amjad Nadeem.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Long Night" Intense Ikka Singh, Arko Shivangi Bhayana, Ikka Singh 4:01
2."Labon Se" Sameer Anjaan Amjad Nadeem Jubin Nautiyal, Sukriti Kakar 3:55
3."Labon Se 2.0"Sameer AnjaanAmjad NadeemJubin Nautiyal, Shivranjani Singh 3:55
Total length:11:03

Release and reception

The film was not screened in multi-screen theatres and only survived off of word of mouth. [7]

A critic from The Times of India rated the film 1+1⁄2 out of 5 stars and wrote that "The forced love triangle replete with inconsequential kissing scenes and steamy songs is unnecessary. The film tries to bite off more than it can chew". [8] A critic from IANS wrote that "the film is amateurishly handled and although a mish-mash of genres it definitely tilts towards sleaze". [9] A critic from Cinestaan wrote that "On the whole, A Scandall scandalizes you with the complete absence of logic". [10]

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