Ishqiya

Ishqiya (transl.Passionate) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film starring Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi and Salman Shahid. It was directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his directorial debut, cinematography by Mohana Krishna, and was produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bhardwaj. The film was released on 29 January 2010.

Ishqiya
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAbhishek Chaubey
Written by
  • Screenplay:
  • Vishal Bhardwaj
  • Sabrina Dhawan
  • Abhishek Chaubey
  • Gulzar
  • Dialogues:
  • Vishal Bhardwaj
Story byGulzar
Produced by
  • Raman Maroo
  • Vishal Bhardwaj
Starring
CinematographyMohana Krishna
Edited byNamrata Rao
Music bySongs:
Vishal Bhardwaj
Background Score:
Hitesh Sonik
Production
companies
Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures
Shemaroo Entertainment
Distributed byBSK Network and Entertainment
Release date
  • 29 January 2010 (2010-01-29)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget19.0 crore
Box office25.0 crore

The film performed moderately at the box office. It was selected for screening at the 34th Cairo International Film Festival. A sequel Dedh Ishqiya was released in January 2014 with the same cast and crew, sans Vidya Balan, who was substituted by Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi.

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