Wafa: A Deadly Love Story

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Wafaa: A Deadly Love Story
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Directed by Rakesh Sawant
Written by Salim Raza
Produced byShambhu Pandey
Starring Sahib Chopra
Rajesh Khanna
Laila Khan
Music by Ravi Pawar
Sayed Ahmed
Distributed byDimension Pictures
Release date
  • 19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Wafaa: A Deadly Love Story is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language film starring Rajesh Khanna, Laila Khan and Sahib Chopra. This movie was written by Salim Raza and directed by Rakesh Sawant. It was released on 19 December 2008 worldwide by Dimension Pictures.

Contents

Wafaa was promoted as a comeback film for Rajesh Khanna in lead role.

Cast

Music

The songs were performed by prominent singers of the industry. Playback singers include Mika Singh, Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu. The music was composed by Ravi Pawar and Sayed Ahmed, and the lyrics were written by Sahb Ilhabadi.

SongSinger(s)
"Bhula Sako To" Udit Narayan
"Husn Hai"Aftab Hasib Sabri
"Muztarib" Akriti Kakkar and Mika Singh
"Raste Roshan Hue" Sunidhi Chauhan and Rahul Vaidya
"Sargarmiyan"Jaya Piyush
"Tere Begheir" Kumar Sanu and Pronali
"Tuhi Shola" Kailash Kher
"Wafaa"Kalpana

Reception

Critical response

Anand Singh from Hindustan Times wrote "If memory serves right, in his 'superstar' heyday, Rajesh Khanna did not take his shirt off, like today's studs routinely do". [1] A reviewer from The Times of India wrote "It's left to a tired cop (Sudesh Berry) to unravel whatever mystery might remain in this completely predictable plot of a wafaadar (faithful) husband and a bewafaa wife". [2]

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References

  1. "Review: Wafaa". Hindustan Times . 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. "WAFAA MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India . 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.