Chidiakhana

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Chidiakhana
Directed by Manish Tiwary
Written by Manish Tiwary
Produced by National Film Development Corporation of India
Starring Ritvik Sahore
Avneet Kaur
Prashant Narayanan
Ravi Kishan
CinematographySriram Ganapathy
Edited byIrene Dhar Malik
Manish Tiwary
Music byViveick Rajagopalan
Lyrics by
  • Anil Pandey
Distributed byPlatoon One
Release date
  • 2 June 2023 (2023-06-02) [1]
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Chidiakhana (English: Zoo ) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age sports drama film written and directed by Manish Tiwary. about a Bihari boy who is accepted in a Mumbai Chawl thanks to his wit, determination and football skills.

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Synopsis

Sooraj Ritvik Sahore and his mother Rajeshwari Sachdev arrive in a Mumbai chawl. Sooraj struggles to play his game and find tranquilly due to school gangs. Sooraj fights for his place in this Chidiakhana. When a local chawl strongman Prashant Narayanan rescues him, his modest expectations soar. Our underdog's luck changes. Chidiakhana, Manish Tiwary's third film after Dil Dosti Etc and Issaq, is about an underdog overcoming obstacles with passion, resilience and persistence.

Cast

Soundtrack

Chidiakhana
Soundtrack album by
Viveick Rajagopalan
Released25 May 2023
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length13:00
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company
Producer NFDC

The music was composed by Viveick Rajagopalan & Hruday Satam,with lyrics by Anil Pandey & Hruday Satam. the music label is on Zee Music Company.

#TitleSinger(s)
1"Zindagi Chalti Hai"Rajiv Sundaresan
2"So Ja re Babua (Lori)"Smita Jain
3" Le Balaiya"Pravesh Mallick
4"Chidiakhana (Remix Rap Song)"Hruday Satam

Reception

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars, and wrote, "There’s a pleasing sincerity about Ritvik Sahore, and Rajeshwari Sachdev and Mahesh Narayanan are both capable of breathing life into a scene. But with so little lift from the writing, they all come off cliched." [2]

Archika Khurana of The Times of India rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and concluded, "The tone of this 114-minute film is lighthearted, and the dialogues are pedestrian but funny in parts." [3]

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References

  1. Jha, Subhash K (16 May 2023). "Director Manish Tiwary's film 'Chidiakhana' to release June 2 - Hindi Movie News". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. "Chidiakhana movie review: A cliched effort". The Indian Express. 2 June 2023. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. "Chidiakhana Movie Review : A lighthearted but predictable fare". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.