Montu Ni Bittu

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Montu Ni Bittu
Montu Ni Bittu film poster.jpg
Official poster
Directed by Vijaygiri Bava
Written byPrarthi Dholakia
Raam Mori
Produced byTwinkle Vijaygiri
StarringMaulik Nayak
Aarohi Patel
CinematographySubrat Khatoi
Edited byPrateek Gupta
Music by Mehul Surti
Production
company
Vijaygiri Filmos
Release date
  • 23 August 2019 (2019-08-23)
Running time
133 minutes
Country India
Language Gujarati

Montu Ni Bittu is a 2019 Indian Gujarati-language comedy film directed by Vijaygiri Bava and produced by Twinkle Vijaygiri under the banner of Vijaygiri Filmos. [1] The story was written by Prarthi Dholakia and Raam Mori. [2] The film starring Maulik Nayak and Aarohi Patel is a story of childhood friends Montu and Bittu. It was released on 23 August 2019.

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Plot

Montu and Bittu were childhood friends. Montu was in love with Bittu since back then. When the family talked about Bittu's marriage, he was still considered a friend. This was not a problem, but when people considered him as the probable groom for Bittu, things become complicated. This story will drive them through an emotional journey. [1]

Cast

The cast are as follows: [3]

Production

The story and dialogues were written by Raam Mori. [2] and the screenplay was written by Raam Mori, prarthi dholakia and Vijaygiri Bava The film was directed by Vijaygiri Bava and produced by Twinkle Vijaygiri under the banner of Vijaygiri Filmos. [1] "Rangdariyo" song was shot in Diu. [4]

Marketing and release

The trailer was released on 27 July 2019. [5] "Jay Ma Bhadrakali" was released first for the promotion of the film. [6] The film was released on 23 August 2019. [7] [8] The film was later released on the streaming platform ShemarooMe in April 2020. [9]

Soundtrack

Montu Ni Bittu
Soundtrack album by
Released2019
Recorded2019
StudioSongbird Digital
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length20:28
Language Gujarati
Label Jazz Music
Producer Twinkle Vijaygiri
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

All music is composed by Mehul Surti

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Rangdariyo"Parth Tarpara Aishwarya Majmudar, Mehul Surti (Backing vocals)4:23
2."Jay Maa Bhadrakali"Chirag Tripathi Parthiv Gohil 3:37
3."Pakki Amdavadi"Dilip DaveSiddharth Bhavsar4:02
4."Pardeshi Mena" Milind Gadhavi Aditya Gadhvi 2:28
5."Gholu Gholu – Lagnageet" Milind Gadhavi Nutan Surti3:09
6."Bittu Ha Bol"Parth Tarpara Dhvanit Thaker 1:34
Total length:20:28

Reception

Bhavin Raval of Gujarati Mid-day rated it 3.5 out of 5. He praised the direction, music, acting, production and cinematography but criticised the slow opening and performance of Solanki. [10] Tushar Dave and Niraj Solanki have praised the film in their reviews and gave a special mention for Aarohi Patel's role and acting. [11]

Accolades

Vijaygiri Bava was awarded the Best Director Award at the 19th Transmedia Gujarati Screen and Stage Awards for the film. [12]

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