Love, Sitara

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Love, Sitara
Love, Sitara film poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byVandana Kataria
Written by
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala
Starring
CinematographySzymon Lenkowski
Sidharth Kale
Edited byParamita Ghosh
Namrata Rao
Music bySongs:
Sangeet-Siddharth
Score:
Shrikanth Sriram
Production
company
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 27 September 2024 (2024-09-27)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
Malayalam

Love, Sitara is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Vandana Kataria. [1] Produced by Ronnie Screwvala under RSVP Movies, it stars Sobhita Dhulipala and Rajeev Siddhartha. [2] It was released on ZEE5 on 27 September 2024. [3]

Contents

Premise

The film deals with the complexities of modern relationships, dysfunctional families and what it takes to overcome uncomfortable truths. [4]

Cast

Production

Pre-production for Sitara began in 2019, when Sobhita Dhulipala was cast as the lead. [5] Principal photography commenced by February 2020, [6] but was delayed till November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] The film was mainly shot in Mumbai and Kerala before wrapping in December 2020. [8] The trailer of the film was released on 12 September 2024. [9]

Music

The soundtrack was composed by Sangeet-Siddharth, with lyrics by Rashmin Dighe and Garima Obrah.

Love Sitara
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2024 (2024-09-24) [10]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length15:51
LanguageHindi
Label Zee Music Company
Producer tSCBPNv7Jyw
Official audio
Love Sitara - Full Album on YouTube
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ungliyon Pe"Garima Obrah Anusha Mani, Harshdeep Kaur, Shalmali Kholgade 3:53
2."Hai Dil Dariya"Rashmin Dighe Sangeet Haldipur 4:40
3."Tera Jashn Manana Hai"Rashmin Dighe Armaan Malik, Sangeet Haldipur3:31
4."Munda Marriage Material"Rashmin Dighe Benny Dayal, Jonita Gandhi 3:47
Total length:15:51

Release

In September 2020, it was announced that the film was heading for a streaming release on an OTT platform in 2021. [7] It premiered on ZEE5 on 27 September 2024. [3]

Reception

The film received a 3 stars out of 5 review in The Times of India , in which Sreeparna Sengupta praised the acting. [11] "Only for the restraint it shows in its telling, Love, Sitara deserves a like, if not exactly love.", commented Vinamra Mathur in FIrstpost. [12] Writing for Times Now News Mimansa Shekhar stated, "Relatable in parts, pleasant in the rest. A breezy watch through the inner depths of a family that might be fighting a war on he outside, but are tied up in the same thread from within. A déjà vu!" [13] The film was described by Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV as "unpretentious and steadfastly simple". [14]

A review in The Hindu noted, "The biggest hitch is the writing, which tacks indiscriminately between English and Hindi (with sprinklings of Malayalam)." [15] In a review for The Hindustan Times , Rishabh Suri wrote, "Sobhita Dhulipala's family drama loses pace quickly, leaves you underwhelmed". [16] "Sonali Kulkarni brings an easy gravitas to a film marred by melodrama", stated Kartik Bhardwaj in Cinema Express . [17]

The film received another mixed review, in The New Indian Express , which concluded "Sometimes films are like that, neither good or bad, merely meh." [18] The Deccan Chronicle [19] praised, again, the intention, but criticised the screenplay and acting, stating "Filled with clichés and predictability, the film lacks in performance and even more in emotional value." [19]

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