Wedding Anniversary | |
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Directed by | Shekhar S Jha |
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Cinematography | Shanti Bhushan Roy |
Edited by | Aseem Sinha |
Music by | Abhishek Ray |
Production company | V K Productions |
Distributed by | Bharat Shah |
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Running time | 108 minutes [1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹ 0.24 crore [2] |
Wedding Anniversary is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, directed by Shekhar S Jha, produced by Kumar V Mahant and Achut Naik, and presented by Bharat Shah. [3] [4] The film stars Nana Patekar and Mahie Gill in leading roles and was released on 24 February 2017. [1]
Kahani (Mahie Gill) and her husband Nirbhay (Priyanshu Chatterjee) had planned to celebrate their wedding anniversary in Goa, but due to some last minute work, Nirbhay stays back and Kahani has to travel alone. While she waits for her husband in Goa, she picks up a book to read written by her favourite author Nagarjun (Nana Patekar). After a short while, a visitor rings the doorbell of her house, who turns out to be none other than Nagarjun himself. The conversation that follows between the two, involves Nagarjun talking about love, its true meaning, and the relevance it has in our lives, and it forms the crux of the film.
The entire shooting of the film was done in Goa in May and June 2015. [5] [6]
Happy Anniversary | |||||
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Soundtrack album by Abhishek Ray | |||||
Released | 6 February 2018 [7] | ||||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Length | 21:25 | ||||
Language | Hindi | ||||
Label | Zee Music Company | ||||
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The music for the film is composed by Abhishek Ray, while the lyrics have been penned by Abhiruchi & Manvendra. The music rights are bought by Zee Music Company. [8]
All music is composed by Abhishek Ray
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Rainbow Song" | Abhiruchi Chand | Abhishek Ray & Bhoomi Trivedi | 4:12 |
2. | "Dhinchakk" | Abhiruchi Chand | Abhinanda Sarkar | 3:59 |
3. | "Ittefaqan" | Manvendra | Abhishek Ray & Amika Shail | 5:07 |
4. | "Aaiye Saiyan" | Manvendra | Bhoomi Trivedi | 3:36 |
5. | "Bidesia" | Manvendra | Ustad Rashid Khan and Shirsha | 4:31 |
Total length: | 21:25 |
Mihir Bhanage of The Times of India found the film to be boring and gave it a rating of 2 out of 5 saying that, "If you have issues in your love-life, visit a marriage counsellor. Wedding Anniversary will only add some phrases to your Hindi/Urdu vocabulary." [9] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll said that, "'Wedding Anniversary' is as much fun as a divorce hearing". [10] Vishal Verma of Glamsham gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "Wedding Anniversary is an unintentional horror that makes us wonder what on earth are talents like Nana Patekar and Mahie Gill doing in this flick?" [11]
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