Middle Class Love

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Middle Class Love
Middle Class Love.jpg
Directed byRatnaa Sinha
Written byScreenplay:
Yash Keswani
Sima Agarwal
Dialogues:
Ratnaa Sinha
Suraj Gianani
Story byRatnaa Sinha
Produced by Anubhav Sinha
Starring
Cinematography
  • Manish Khushalani
  • Sameer Arya
Edited byDevendra Murdeshwar
Music bySongs:
Himesh Reshammiya
Score:
Prasad Sashte
Production
company
Distributed by Zee Studios
Release date
  • 16 September 2022 (2022-09-16)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Middle Class Love is an Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Ratnaa Sinha and based on a script jointly written by Ratnaa, Yash Keswani, Sima Agarwal and Suraj Gianani from a story by Ratnaa. Produced by Anubhav Sinha under the banner of Benaras Media Works in association with Zee Studios, which also serves as distributor, [1] it stars Eisha Singh, Kavya Thapar and Prit Kamani. [2] The film was theatrically released in India on 16 September 2022.

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Plot

A young college boy is frustrated being stuck in middle-class family mode and decides that love will be the ideal way to get out of it. However, the path to getting rid of the middle-class thinking and probing parents isn't so easy as it seems initially.

Cast

Production

The principal photography of the film started in 2021 in Mussoorie. [5] [6]

Marketing and release

The trailer of the film was released on 7 August 2022. [7] Middle Class Love was released theatrically on 16 September 2022. [8]

The cast promoted the film on The Kapil Sharma Show. [9]

Soundtrack

Middle Class Love
Soundtrack album by
Released2022 [10]
Recorded2021
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length33:19
LanguageHindi
Label Zee Music Company
Himesh Reshammiya chronology
Raksha Bandhan
(2022)
Middle Class Love
(2022)
Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan
(2023)
Official audio
Middle-Class Love - Full Album on YouTube

The film's music is composed by Himesh Reshammiya while lyrics were penned by Himesh Reshammiya, Shabbir Ahmed, Shakeel Azmi and Mayur Puri. The song "Apna Karenge" was composed by Prasanna Suresh and lyrics were written by Spitfire.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Naya Pyaar Naya Ehsaas"Himesh Reshammiya Palak Muchhal, Jubin Nautiyal 5:44
2."Tuk Tuk" Shabbir Ahmed Himesh Reshammiya, Payal Dev 3:55
3."Manjha" Shakeel Azmi Himesh Reshammiya, Raj Barman (Aalaps: Salman Ali)5:17
4."Apna Karenge (Music: Prasanna Suresh)"SpitfireSpitfire1:12
5."Hypnotize" Mayur Puri Dev Negi, Akasa Singh, Aasa Singh3:43
6."Kisko Tha Pata"Mayur Puri Vishal Dadlani 3:15
7."Manjha - Reprise"Shakeel AzmiAishwarya Pandit4:29
8."Naya Pyaar Naya Ehsaas - Raj Barman Version"Himesh ReshammiyaRaj Barman5:44
Total length:33:19

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Critical reception

The film received mostly mixed reviews. Archika Khurana of Times of India gave 2.5/5 and stated "It's alight and breezy coming-of-age drama". [12] Shubhra Gupta from Indian Express gave it a 2/5 and stated that "Like in most Bollywood movies set in these kinds of ‘schools’, no studying is done, instead the setting is just an excuse for good-looking teenagers to learn life lessons." [11] Sonil Dedhia of News18 rated it 3/5 and stated it "a light-hearted coming-of-age story that every middle class person especially the college going kids would relate to." [13] Subhash K. Jha of Firstpost praised the film stating that "A surprisingly well-packaged, coming-of-age rom-com with a star turn by Prit Kamani." [14]

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