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Banner | Colour Yellow |
Director | Anand L. Rai |
Writer | Himanshu Sharma |
Producer | Krishika Lulla, Anand L. Rai |
Music Director | A. R. Rahman |
Cinematography | Natarajan Subramaniam, Vishal Sinha |
Film Editing | Hemal Kothari |
Art Director | Tariq Umar Khan |
Camera Operator | |
Assistant Cameramen | Dhawal Mangrulkar |
Playback Singers | Shreya Ghoshal, Sukhwinder Singh, Madhushree, Chinmaye, Aanchal Sethi, Rashid Ali, Neeti Mohan, A R Rahman, Rabbi Shergill, Shiraz Uppal, Jaswinder Singh, Javed Ali |
Character | Actor/Actress |
Kundan Shankar | Dhanush |
Zoya Haider | Sonam Kapoor |
Murari | Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub |
Bindiya | Swara Bhaskar |
Akram Zaidye / Jasjeet Singh | Abhay Deol |
Rashmi | Shilpi Marwaha |
Anand | Suraj Singh |
Kumud Mishra | |
Deepika Amin | |
Nisha Jindal | |
Vipin Sharma | |
Naman Jain | |
Arvind Gaur | |
Sujata Kumar | |
Ishwak Singh | |
Tejpal Singh | |
Ginny Singh | |
Saniya Anklesaria | |
Shiv Kanungo | |
Sujatha Kumar |
Kundan Shankar (Dhanush) is the only son of a Tamil Hindu parents settled in Varanasi. Since his childhood, Kundan has had a strong and obsessive one-sided love for Zoya Haider (Sonam Kapoor), a Muslim girl residing in the same neighborhood. He always attempts to be around her but gets slapped several times in the process. Zoya finally changes her mind because of Kundan's consistency of affection. Her family is orthodox, preventing the lovers from being together. After Zoya moves to Aligarh for further studies, Kundan harmonizes with Zoya's family, assisting them with chores. Zoya gets into Jawaharlal Nehru University and discovers a long-lost strength as she confronts and then falls for student leader Akram Zaidi (Abhay Deol). After eight years, Zoya returns to Varanasi, barely recognizing Kundan when she meets him again. Kundan again attempts to ask Zoya for her love but she is reluctant, revealing that she is in love with Akram. She urges Kundan to convince her family about her marriage with Akram. Kundan eventually agrees and gets their wedding arranged, promising Zoya that he will also marry someone else and forget her. He proposes to his childhood friend Bindiya (Swara Bhaskar), who has had a crush on him since childhood. On the day of Zoya's marriage, Kundan finds out that Akram is a Sikh, whose actual name is Jasjeet Singh Shergill. This enrages him, as Zoya had used their religious differences to convince him that their match was not possible. He crashes the wedding ceremony and reveals the truth to Zoya's parents. Kundan is later informed that Zoya tried to commit suicide, and Jasjeet was mercilessly beaten by Zoya's relatives. At the hospital, Jasjeet tells Kundan that Zoya convinced him to portray himself as Muslim to marry her, a plan he should not have agreed to. While with Jasjeet, Kundan forgets about his own marriage ceremony with Bindiya, taking place that day, and is too late when he returns. Hurt and angry, Kundan's family disowns him. Jasjeet's parents take him back to his village. Kundan tries to redeem himself by taking Zoya to Jasjeet's village. There, he is devastated to find that Jasjeet has succumbed to his injuries, finally understanding that his one-sided love has resulted in an innocent man's death. Kundan becomes a homeless vagrant and begins visiting various religious places and volunteering in their activities so that he can atone for his sins. During one such visit, a man advises him to do the right thing rather than run away from his sins. Motivated, Kundan locates Zoya to her university, where she is spearheading the political party "All India Citizen Party" (AICP), that had been created by Jasjeet. Kundan joins the nearby canteen and serves the party, while trying to get Zoya's attention. Over time, he becomes popular with the party due to his simple nature. They're also impressed when Kundan helps them in negotiating some tough situations by using his simplistic witty tricks. However, Zoya holds a grudge that the person who is responsible for Jasjeet's death is now taking his place. She tries to instigate party members against Kundan but Jasjeet's sister Rashmi (Shilpi Marwaha) tells Kundan to continue, as he is the best choice for fulfilling Jasjeet's vision. Kundan, however, only wants Zoya to forgive him. The Chief Minister tells Zoya that she must get revenge on Kundan. To get back Jasjeet's position, she tells Zoya to let Kundan get injured as he delivers his campaign speech. Zoya apparently seems to get brainwashed by this plan and as the Chief Minister desired, Kundan is hurt badly and sent to ICU, thus fulfilling Zoya's revenge. At a press meet, the Chief Minister denies having any hand in the blast that hurt Kundan. However, Zoya steps forward and reveals that the plan was plotted by her and the Chief Minister and that she is prepared to go to prison for this. Zoya then finds out that Kundan was aware of the plot and still let himself be injured. Shocked, she rushes to the hospital to be with him. In a final voiceover, a dying Kundan wonders about letting go. He says he might have the desire to live again if Zoya called out to him, but then again, everything has become so tiring, he would rather let go and rest (euphemism for dying). He says that he can be born again and again in the same Varanasi, fall in love with a girl like Zoya again, and become a Raanjhanaa (Beloved one) in her love. Then he slowly dies. |
Release Date | 21-June-2013 |
Budget | ₹ 120 crore (US$18 million) |
Revenue |
BIG Star Entertainment Awards (2013): Nominated: Most Entertaining Romantic Film - Anand L. Rai Most Entertaining Debut Actor(Male) - Dhanush Most Entertaining Music - A. R. Rahman Screen Awards (2014): Won: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Swara Bhaskar Nominated: Best Actor (Popular Choice) - Dhanush Best Actor (Male) - Dhanush Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub Best Actor (Popular Choice) - Sonam Kapoor Best Cinematography - Natarajan Subramaniam, Vishal Sinha Best Music - A. R. Rahman Best Background Score - A. R. Rahman Best Costume - Payal Saluja Best Sound Design - Arun Nambiar Production Design - Wasiq Khan Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award (2014): Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Abhay Deol Best Screenplay - Himanshu Sharma Best Story - Himanshu Sharma Best Dialogue - Himanshu Sharma Best Music - A. R. Rahman Best Performance in a Comic Role - Mohammed Zeeshan Ayubb, Swara Bhaskar ETC Bollywood Business Awards (2014): Won: Highest Grossing Debut (Male) - Dhanush Idea Filmfare Awards (2014): Won: Best Debut (Male) - Dhanush Nominated: Best Director - Anand L. Rai Best Film - Anand L. Rai Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Sonam Kapoor Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Swara Bhaskar Best Music - A. R. Rahman Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) (2014): Nominated: Best Engineer (Film Album) - R. Nitish Kumar Best Background Score - A. R. Rahman Best Film Album - A. R. Rahman Best Playback Singer (Female) - Shreya Ghoshal(for the song "Banarasiya") Filmfare Awards (2014): Nominated: Best Film - Eros International - Krishika Lulla Best Director - Anand L. Rai Best Actor - Dhanush Best Actress - Sonam Kapoor Best Supporting Actress - Swara Bhaskar Best Music Director - A. R. Rahman Won: Best Male Debut - Dhanush International Indian Film Academy Awards (2014): Nominated: Best Actress In A Supporting Role - Swara Bhaskar Won: Male Debutant Star - Dhanush |
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