Anjaana Anjaani (2010)

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Director:

Siddharth Anand

Writers:

Vishal Dadlani (lyrics)
Siddharth Anand (dialogue)
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Release Date:

1 October 2010 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

After numerous attempts at suicide fail, a couple decide to live it up, and then kill themselves on New Year's Day.

Plot Keywords:

Bridge | Love | Heartbreak | Car | Las Vegas Nevada

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Priyanka Chopra	...	Kiara
Ranbir Kapoor	...	Akash
Carl Marino	...	Airport Couple
Aubrey K. Miller	...	Party Kid
Kumar Pallana
Pooja Kumar	...	Peshto
Zayed Khan	...	Kunal
Adrian Bustamante	...	Chaperone (as Raul Bustamante)
Tanvi Azmi	...	Doctor
Ilona Marino	...	Airport Couple (as Ilona Gugan)
Edward Sonnenblick	...	Emmanuel
Nakul Kamte	...	Kiara's Dad
Vishal Malhotra	...	Akash's Friend
Sucheta Khanna
Laurie Folkes	...	Homeless Man
Joy Sengupta
Zach Mami	...	Gay Bar Patron (as Zachary Mami)
Jade Haviland	...	Bollywood Dancer
Daniela Mercado	...	Woman Caroler
Dan Herman	...	Male Caroler
Harry Mearing	...	Business Man
Sophia Revelli	...	Cheerleader
Anil Mehta
Stephanie Aguilar	...	Cafe Waitress
Andrew Mearing	...	Cafe Customer
Kenneth Mearing	...	Cafe Customer
Sudip Chatterjee		(as Sudeep Chatterjee)
Shaun Webb	...	Car thief
Sina Hajassan	...	Young Akash
David Firestar	...	Customer in Strip Club (uncredited)
Roni Mazumdar	...	Extra (uncredited)
Damien Metz	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Rajeev Pahuja	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Jeremiah Turner	...	Spectator (uncredited)

Directed by
Siddharth Anand

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mamta Anand		story
Siddharth Anand		dialogue
Siddharth Anand		screenplay
Vishal Dadlani		lyrics
Advaita Kala		screenplay
Kumaar		lyrics
Kausar Munir		lyrics

Produced by
Dipti Jindal	....	executive producer
Kamlesh Kumar	....	executive producer
Krishika Lulla	....	co-producer
Sajid Nadiadwala	....	producer
Ilana Rossein	....	line producer

Original Music by
Vishal Dadlani		(music) (as Vishal & Shekhar)
Salim Merchant		(original background score) (as Salim Sulaiman)
Suleiman Merchant		(original background score) (as Salim Sulaiman)
Shekhar Ravjiani		(music) (as Shekhar)

Cinematography by
Ravi K. Chandran		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Rameshwar S. Bhagat

Casting by
Roshmi Banerjee
Rita Powers

Art Direction by
Ian Salter
Nell Tivnan

Makeup Department
Alma Adamson	....	makeup artist: Pooja Kumar

Production Management
Jeanette Aguilar	....	production manager
Neil Chen	....	production manager
Nitin Dalvi	....	production manager
Willoughby Charles Jenett	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nishit Bhatia	....	assistant director
Priyanka Ghose	....	assistant director
Rohan Khambati	....	first assistant director
Rohan Khambati	....	second unit director
Bharat Rawail	....	first assistant director: Thailand
Jatin Shah	....	assistant director
Jigyasa Sharma	....	second assistant director
Anand Shankar	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Jason Cronburg	....	leadman
Keith Garvey	....	set dresser
Elizabeth Kay	....	art department production assistant
Surabhi Laddha	....	first assistant production designer
Ian Salter	....	leadman
Melody Tolentino	....	art pa (as Melody Davis)
Brian Chandler	....	art department assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Shawn Allen	....	boom operator: USA
Vikram Biswas	....	sound editor
Nakul Kamte	....	sound recordist
Nakul Kamte	....	supervising sound editor
Ashraf Khan	....	boom operator
Gandhar Mokashi	....	assistant sound re-recordist
Ajay Kumar P.B.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Travis Robinson	....	boom operator
Koteswara Rao S.V.	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Sohel Sanwari	....	assistant sound
Sohel Sanwari	....	dialogue editor
Varun Visoi	....	foley recording

Special Effects by
Suchint Mandloi	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Shudhdodhan Milind Ambhore	....	rotoscope artist: Prime Focus Ltd
Uday Bhaskar Bandaru	....	visual effects
Praveen Bareria	....	visual effects
Shome Dasgupta	....	visual effects producer
Samadrita Deb	....	visual effects artist
Prag Gargatte	....	compositing lead
Arushi Govil	....	compositor
Arushi Govil	....	visual effects artist
Hardik Govindya	....	motion graphic artist
Rohinton Irani	....	tracking lead
Shashank Jadhav	....	digital compositor: Prime Focus
Paras Kawa	....	digital compositor
Pranav Malasi	....	cleanup artist
Vidhi Mehra	....	motion graphics artist
Anand Nayak	....	lead fx artist
Prem Panigrahi	....	visual effects artist
Prem Panigrahi	....	visual effects
Virendra Prajapati	....	online editor
Rajeev Kumar Rastogi	....	Line Producer (as Rajeev Kumar)
Dipak Raval	....	rotoscope artist
Reupal D. Rawal	....	visual effects supervisor
Amey Sakpal	....	paint artist
Vaidehi Shinde	....	matte painter
Shyam Shrivastava	....	cleanup artist
Nitin Singh	....	production coordinator
Raunaq Singh	....	cleanup artist
Suryaji Suryavanshi	....	digital compositor
Sutrayepavankumar	....	digital compositor
Merzin Tavaria	....	visual effects creative director
Shraddha Uppu	....	roto artist (as Shraddha.Uppu)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Isern	....	steadicam operator
Neha Parti Matiyani	....	first assistant camera
Manush Nandan	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Rohan Desai	....	colorist
Rohan Desai	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Ejaz Shalkh	....	chief assistant editor

Music Department
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan	....	playback singer
Lucky Ali	....	playback singer
Mohit Chauhan	....	playback singer
Nikhil D'Souza	....	playback singer
Vishal Dadlani	....	playback singer
John Stewart Eduri	....	composer: additional music
Irshad Kamil	....	lyricist
Neelesh Misra	....	lyricist
Monali	....	playback singer
Caralisa Monteiro	....	playback singer
Shruthi Pathak	....	playback singer
Shilpa Rao	....	playback singer
Shekhar Ravjiani	....	playback singer

Transportation Department
George S. Matsuo	....	driver: New York

Other crew
Stephanie Aguilar	....	craft service manager
Elvis D'Silva	....	behind the scenes director
Mark Fasano	....	assistant to director
Pep Figueiredo	....	product integration
Dantel Hood	....	production assistant
Brent Hook	....	assistant to Mr. Ravi K. Chandra
Lynsey Tamsen Jones	....	production assistant
Ben Katz	....	production coordinator
Ali Khan	....	stand-in (Ranbir Kapoor )
Zion Lala	....	production assistant
Tanit Lee Lascelles	....	production coordinator
Yovel Schwartz	....	locations manager: San Francisco
Vrushank Shah	....	production coordinator
Rohit Sharma	....	production coordinator
Pooja Singh	....	production assistant
Natasha C. Smith	....	production accountant
Anthony M. Vieira	....	production assistant
Nicholas Williams	....	assistant accountant
Akhilesh Yadav	....	production controller
Nikhil Jassawalla	....	consultant (uncredited)

Thanks
Tanvi Azmi	....	special thanks
Sudeep Chatterjee	....	special thanks
Zayed Khan	....	special thanks
Vishal Malhotra	....	special thanks
Anil Mehta	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Curbside Films
• Eros Entertainment
• Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment

Distributors

• Eros Australia Pty. Ltd. (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Star Plus (2011) (India) (TV)

Other Companies

• SLx - Rentals & Sales  panther dolly and jib
• Smooth Moving Productions  Steadicam equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

151 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12A | UK:18 (DVD rating) (uncut)

Filming Locations:

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Company:

Curbside Films

Trivia:

First film of Ranbhir and Priyanka.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: During Kiara's first flashback scene, when Kunal is playing a video game, the TV screen shows wii sports. However, there is no wii controller in his hand, but some other type of controller. Moreover, his wii character continues to move even though he leaves the controller to talk.

Movie Connections:

References 3 Idiots (2009)

Soundtrack:

Tujhe Bhula Diya

Anjaana Anjaani, Déja-vu?

Few stand outs from this mushy romantic parable directed by Siddarth Anand. "Confusion is the only med for confusion", "Storytellers do not freeze in sub-zero waters", "Blush is better than ram-pyari with free money, clothes, gas and aamir-all-is- well-sense", "Love travels faster than any science" and many more whims.

Diverse characters – heart-broken in their own ways - witness each other while ridiculing themselves! PC is heart-broken after losing trust in her infidel lover, while RK is struck with misfortune as his overambitious stunts crash with the stock market and dissolve his firm leaving his co-workers / friends distraught. While the movie starts on a negative note, with the 2 trying to commit suicide, the script moves naturally with the 2 teaming up in their pursuit of death. Unfolding memories, as they confront each other, help them learn and appreciate the optimism of life. The story moves to the obvious, fallin' in love, which changes the genre of the movie to emotional atyachar. And as it happened in KHNH, Love Aajkal and Hum Tum, the Mungeri Lals' realize their feeling for each other after they are miles apart. Of course, they did not commit suicide on Dec 31 – as they had initially planned – but ended up confessing their love in sub-zero waters at 12 midnight! They eventually commit suicide by getting married.

The amateurish direction brought out scenes that lacked finishing, e.g. 1. Can't you wrap the cling film starting from nose-down instead? 2. In a random desert, how can you walk directly to your stolen car – GPS tech, coincidence,…? 3. The fuming radiator just needs fresh air, few prayers and 'Love', to cool off!?

None of the songs were script-worthy, and definitely crowded the script. PC could have done better as Kiara, considering her natural buoyant attitude. However, the script convincingly brings out the entertaining chemistry between them, thanks to RK's smooth acting and personification of Akash.

There are a few good messages, however. As you try running away from life you realize how exciting it becomes. At the same time, the proximity to death makes it easy to live life as there's no tomorrow. Philosophical, isn't it?