Total Siyapaa

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Total Siyapaa
Total Siyappa 2014 Indian film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Eeshwar Nivas
Written by Neeraj Pandey
Produced byNeeraj Pandey
Shital Bhatia
Starring Ali Zafar
Yami Gautam
Anupam Kher
Kirron Kher
Sara Khan
CinematographyVishnu Rao
Music bySongs:
Ali Zafar
Score:
Sanjoy Chowdhury
Production
companies
AKA Picture Company
Friday Filmworks
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 7 March 2014 (2014-03-07)
Running time
108 minutes [1]
Country India
LanguageHindi
Budget ₹ 100 million [2]
Box officeest.₹131 million [3]

Total Siyapaa [lower-alpha 1] (Total Chaos) is a 2014 Bollywood romantic comedy film directed by Eeshwar Nivas and written by Neeraj Pandey. [5] The screenplay is based on that of the Spanish-Argentine film Only Human , written and directed by Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegri. The main characters in the original film are Israeli and Palestinian, whilst in Total Siyapaa, they are Indian and Pakistani.

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It was distributed by Reliance Big Entertainment across 850 theatres in India with two other films: Gulaab Gang and Queen . [6] The film opened on a similar note with Queen in multiplexes, offering stiff competition to each other owing to a similar release count. [6]

The film stars Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam in lead roles, [4] with Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher in supporting roles, who appeared for the first time as an on-screen couple. [7] The first look of the film along with that of Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty was launched on the Zee Cine Awards. [8] [9]

Gada-owned Pen India acquired the film rights from Reliance Entertainment while & Pictures acquired 50 per cent equity of the satellite rights. Reliance and Zee Network own the film's overseas and promotional rights respectively. Consequently, Reliance and Gada decided to postpone the release date to 7 March 2014 from 30 January 2014 to promote it. [10] Upon release, Total Siyapaa received generally negative reviews from critics and did not perform well financially.

Plot

Settled in London, Aman Joshi, a Pakistani musician, hopes to marry Asha Singh, an Indian woman also living in London with her family. He visits her parents' house to seek their permission to marry her. However, his plans to impress the Punjabi family start failing when they discover that he is Pakistani. During the course of events "total chaos" happens.

Cast

Critical reception

Total Siyapaa received mostly negative reviews, with critics suggesting skipping it. [11] Reviews of the performances were mixed, with the Hindustan Times lauding it; [12] the Deccan Chronicle and Bollywood Life criticized Ali Zafar's and Yami Gautam's performances, respectively. [13] [14] Kirron Kher's performance was seen as one of the strong points. [13] The lack of a solid plot, [12] [15] the lack of attention to detail [16] and poor comic timing were seen as major drawbacks. [17] The film was largely seen as unfunny [12] [13] [14] [18] and not living up to the trailer. [12] [15] [19]

Box office reception

Total Siyapaa received a low opening [20] [21] with poor box office reception in India [22] [23] [24] due to negative reviews from critics. [23] However, the film did better overseas, [25] being positively received in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. [26]

Soundtrack

Total Siyapaa
Soundtrack album by
Ali Zafar
Released14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)
Recorded2013
Genre Filmi Soundtrack
Length17:17 [27]
Label T-Series
Ali Zafar chronology
London, Paris, New York
(2012)		Total Siyapaa
(2014)		 Teefa in Trouble
(2018)

The album is sung and composed by Ali Zafar; the main lead of the movie. Music was released on 14 February 2014 [28] and was well received by Critics. Karthik writes "The title song Total Siyapaa along with the quirky lyrics, dialogues and sounds, is good fun. Ali Zafar fares really well in Palat Meri jaan, singing, writing and composing the lovely ballad. Palat Meri Jaan is a Chart buster. Nahi maloom has a captivating Middle-Eastern + Latino blend sound and is sung particularly well by Ali and Fariha Parvaiz. The composer-singer uses a reggae template in Asha and delivers a nice, winsome song. Chal Buleya is sufi song with a message. Barring that minor misstep, charming soundtrack overall, with Ali offering a good demonstration of his multi-facetedness." [29] [30] [31]

All music is composed by Ali Zafar

Total Siyapaa
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Total Siyapaa" Kumaar Ali Zafar3:05
2."Palat Meri Jaan"Ali ZafarAli Zafar3:44
3."Nahin Maloom"Aqeel RubiAli Zafar, Fariha Pervez 3:41
4."Asha"Ali ZafarAli Zafar3:24
5."Chal Buleya" Bulleh Shah Ali Zafar3:23
Total length:17:17

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally titled Aman Ki Asha after an Indo-Pakistani peace campaign of the same name. [4] Later changed due to copyright issues with the campaign.

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