Naach

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Naach
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Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Written byPooja Ladha Surti
Sulekha Bajpai
Musharaff Ali Khan
Produced by Ram Gopal Varma
Chitra Subramaniam
Starring Abhishek Bachchan
Antara Mali
Ritesh Deshmukh
CinematographyKiran Reddy
Edited byAmit Parmar
Nipun Gupta
Music bySongs
Amar Mohile
Shailendra-Swapnil
Nitin Raikwar
Background Score
Amar Mohile
Production
company
RGV Film Company
Distributed by T-Series
Release date
  • 12 November 2004 (2004-11-12)
Running time
150 minutes
LanguageHindi
Budget130 million (US$1.6 million)
Box office32 million (US$400,000)

Naach ('Dance') is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language dance film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Antara Mali and Riteish Deshmukh.

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Synopsis

Abhinav (Abhishek Bachchan) and Reva (Antara Mali) are two, middle-class citizens in the big city of Mumbai. Both are trying to get a breakthrough in their individual professions. Abhinav wants to be an actor and Reva wants to be a choreographer. Both meet, fall in love, and spend some intimate moments together.

Abhinav tries to help Reva out. Things get better when he gets his first film offer, however, Reva refuses his help and wants to make it on her own. Abhinav becomes a huge star. She eventually gets her first offer to choreograph but the director had only wanted to approach Abhinav through her. Eventually, both of them drift apart and break up.

Reva finally gets a genuine offer to choreography by Diwakar (Riteish Deshmukh), who really likes her style and work. Reva by now has become a huge star, and soon she is given the offer to work with Abhinav.

The rest of the film focuses on whether Abhinav and Reva can put their differences aside and if they get back together.

Cast

Soundtrack

Naach
Soundtrack album by
Amar Mohile, Shailendra-Swapnil & Nitin Raikwar
Released15 October 2004 (2004-10-15) [1]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length38:42
LanguageHindi
Label T-Series

The soundtrack of Naach consists of 8 songs composed by Amar Mohile, Shailendra-Swapnil, and Nitin Raikwar; the lyrics of which were written by Nitin Raikwar, Taabish Romani, Jaideep Sahni, and Makrand Deshpande. [2]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Berang Zindagi"Nitin RaikwarNitin Raikwar Sukhwinder Singh & Gayatri Iyer 04:43
2."Naach Naach Ke"Taabish RomaniShailendra-Swapnil Shweta Pandit 04:49
3."Ishq Da Tadka"Nitin RaikwarNitin Raikwar Adnan Sami & Sonu Kakkar 05:04
4."Sara Sara"Taabish RomaniAmar Mohile Kunal Ganjawala, Hema Sardesai & Gayatri Ganjawala 03:02
5."Rakth Ka Hai" (Reprise)Makrand DeshpandeShailendra-Swapnil Makrand Deshpande 06:13
6."Bandhane Lagi" Jaideep Sahni Amar MohileShweta Pandit & Sumit Kumar06:11
7."Awara Man Mein"Nitin RaikwarAmar MohileShweta Pandit03:05
8."Rakth Ka Hai"Nitin RaikwarShailendra-SwapnilKunal Ganjawala & Shweta Pandit05:35
Total length:38:42

Critical reception

Rujuta Paradkar of Rediff found the story and music of the film to be weak and the structure of the film to be inspired by Rangeela. The critic gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5. [3] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama praised the acting performances of Antara Mali and Abhishek Bachchan and gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 saying that, "NAACH lacks in that vital department that’s the lifeline of every film – script." [4] Aniket Joshi of Planet Bollywood was impressed with the acting performances of the lead actors specially Antara Mali about whom he said that, "Antara Mali probably gives the performance of her career". The critic gave the film a rating of 8 out of 10 saying that, "Though Naach is not outstanding, it is still one of the better films to come out this year. Naach is a must see for all the Bollywood fans who want to see a "real" love story." [5]

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References

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  2. "Naach - Soundtrack Album - 2004". Saavn. 15 October 2004.
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