Friday Night Plan

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Friday Night Plan
Friday Night Plan film poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byVatsal Neelakantan
Written byVatsal Neelakantan
Produced by Farhan Akhtar
Ritesh Sidhwani
Kasim Jagmagia
Starring
CinematographyKrish Makhija
Edited byCharu Takkar
Music bySongs:
Dhruv Vishvanath
Skrat
When Chai Met Toast
Background Score:
Rahul Pais
Nariman Khambata
(The Jamroom)
Production
company
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • 1 September 2023 (2023-09-01)
Running time
109 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Friday Night Plan is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Vatsal Neelakantan. It was produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, under Excel Entertainment, along with Kasim Jagmagia. It starred Juhi Chawla along with Babil Khan, Amrith Jayan, Aadhya Anand, Ninad Kamat, Ria Chaudhary, Aditya Jain, and Medha Rana. It released directly on Netflix, on 1 September 2023 to mixed reviews. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Synopsis

Two arguing brothers get together to attend the year's hottest party covertly before their mother returns from a business trip.

Cast

Soundtrack

Friday Night Plan
Soundtrack album by
Dhruv Vishvanath
Skrat
When Chai Met Toast
Released23 August 2023 (2023-08-23)
Recorded2022–2023
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length9:00
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company
External audio
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The music of the film is composed by Dhruv Vishvanath, Skrat and When Chai Met Toast while sung by singers including Piyush Kapoor, When Chai Met Toast and others. The soundtrack was curated by Music Supervisors Sandesh Rao and Rahul Kannan.

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Bahaane"Siddhant Kaushal Dhruv Visvanath Rahul Pais3:01
2."Pandora Ka Dabba"Piyush Kapoor Skrat Piyush Kapoor1:59
3."Mazey Mein"Siddhant Kaushal When Chai Met Toast When Chai Met Toast2:27
Total length:9:00

Reception

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