Middle Class Love | |
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Directed by | Ratnaa Sinha |
Written by | Screenplay: Yash Keswani Sima Agarwal Dialogues: Ratnaa Sinha Suraj Gianani |
Story by | Ratnaa Sinha |
Produced by | Anubhav Sinha |
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Edited by | Devendra Murdeshwar |
Music by | Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Score: Prasad Sashte |
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Distributed by | Zee Studios |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Middle Class Love is an Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Ratnaa Sinha and based on a script jointly written by Ratnaa Sinha, Yash Keswani, Sima Agarwal and Suraj Gianani from a story by Ratnaa Sinha. 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.
A young college boy is frustrated with 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 middle-class thinking and probing parents isn't as easy as it seems initially.
The principal photography of the film started in 2021 in Mussoorie. [5] [6]
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]
Middle Class Love | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 2022 [10] | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 33:19 | |||
Language | Hindi | |||
Label | Zee Music Company | |||
Himesh Reshammiya chronology | ||||
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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.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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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)" | Spitfire | Spitfire | 1:12 |
5. | "Hypnotize" | Mayur Puri | Dev Negi, Akasa Singh, Aasa Singh | 3:43 |
6. | "Kisko Tha Pata" | Mayur Puri | Vishal Dadlani | 3:15 |
7. | "Manjha - Reprise" | Shakeel Azmi | Aishwarya Pandit | 4:29 |
8. | "Naya Pyaar Naya Ehsaas - Raj Barman Version" | Himesh Reshammiya | Raj Barman | 5:44 |
Total length: | 33:19 |
Review scores | |
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The Indian Express [11] | |
The Times of India [12] | |
News18 [13] |
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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