Barkhaa

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Barkhaa
Barkhaa Movie Poster.jpg
Directed byShadaab Mirza
Written byShadaab Mirza
Produced byShabana Hashmi
Starring Sara Loren
Taaha Shah
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Shweta Pandit
CinematographyMujahid Raza
Edited byMayuresh Sawant
Distributed byZahara Productions
Release date
  • 27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office13.3 million [1]

Barkhaa is a Bollywood Romantic film, directed by Shadaab Mirza and produced by Shabana Hashmi. It stars Sara Loren in the lead role. The film also stars Taaha Shah, Shweta Pandit, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Puneet Issar as supporting cast. The film was well known for the song "Tu Itni Khoobsurat Hai". The film was extensively shot in Himachal Pradesh, India. Marketing of the film was done by Hash Entertainment and is distributed under the banner of Zahara Productions. It was released on 27 March 2015. [2] [3] [4]

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Cast

Production

Shooting started in Himachal Pradesh in 2014. Other filming locations include Mumbai.

Soundtracks

The music composed by Amjad-Nadeem while lyrics penned by Shadab Akhtar, Sameer. The album was named Best Hindi Album of March 2015 by Deccan Music [5] The Soundtrack for this Album was Released on 24 March 2015.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Naughty No.1" Sameer Neha Kakkar, Amjad Khan 4:02
2."Tu Itni Khoobsurat Hai"Shadab Akhtar Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Dhruv Pankhania 4:11
3."Pehli Dafa"Sameer Sonu Nigam, Renuka Gaur 3:59
4."Lafze Bayaan"Sameer Mohammed Irfan, Shreya Ghoshal 4:54
5."Khuda Bhi Na Dikhe"Shadab Akhtar Krishna Beura 6:33
6."Mann Quanto Maula"Shadab Akhtar Aftaab Hashim Sabri, Altamash Faridi 5:08
7."Tu Itni Khoobsurat Hai" (Reloaded)Shadab Akhtar Jubin Nautiyal, Prakriti Kakar 3:58
8."Khuda Bhi Na Dikhe" (Remix)Shadab AkhtarKrishna Beura5:04
Total length:37:49

Critical reception

[6] [7] [8]

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