Anjaana Anjaani

Anjaana Anjaani (transl."Strangers") is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor as two suicidal strangers who meet and make a pact to commit suicide in 20 days on New Year's Eve. In the interim, the couple fulfil their personal wishes and eventually fall in love. The soundtrack of the film, composed by Vishal–Shekhar and lyrics by various artists including the duo themselves, received widespread critical acclaim and was a major commercial success. It is inspired from Telugu film Itlu Sravani Subramanyam (2001). The film was promoted with the tag-line "All The Greatest Love Stories Are Between Strangers".

Anjaana Anjaani
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySiddharth Anand
Written byAdvaita Kala
Siddharth Anand
Story byMamta Anand
Based onItlu Sravani Subramanyam (Telugu)
Produced bySajid Nadiadwala
Starring
  • Priyanka Chopra
  • Ranbir Kapoor
CinematographyRavi K. Chandran
Edited byRameshwar S. Bhagat
Music by
  • Score:
  • Salim–Sulaiman
  • Songs:
  • Vishal–Shekhar
Production
company
Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 1 October 2010 (2010-10-01)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
English
Budget38 crore
Box office69.85 crore

Wanting to make an unusual romance film, Anand struggled to find unconventional ideas while he was writing. His wife Mamta then came up with the core narrative of the film, which excited him and changed his perspective. Anand approached novelist Advaita Kala who developed the story into a feature-length script, and later co-wrote the screenplay with him. Principal photography was done entirely in New York City, Las Vegas and San Francisco.

Made on a production and marketing budget of 380 million, Anjaana Anjaani released on 1 October 2010, grossing over 698 million at the box office, thus emerging as a moderate commercial success. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise for its novel concept, music, cinematography, humor, costumes and the leads' performances, but criticism for its screenplay and pacing.

At the 56th Filmfare Awards, Vishal–Shekhar received a nomination for Best Music Director for the soundtrack of the film.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.