Aalaap (film)

Aalaap (transl. Modulation (in singing)) is a 2012 musical drama film and the first film directed by Manish Manikpuri. The film is set and shot in and around present day Chhattisgarh with the main protagonists being college students with a passion for music.

Aalaap
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Manish Manikpuri
Written by	Dilip Shukla
Produced by	Nishant Tripathi Abhishek Mishra Jai Prakash Upadhyay (Line producer)
Starring	Amit Purohit Harsh Rajput Aabid Shamim Pitobash Ruhi Chaturvedi Rituparna Sengupta Abhimanyu Singh Raghubir Yadav Omkar Das Manikpuri Vijay Raaz Murli Sharma
Cinematography	Sunita Radia
Edited by	Vikas Tiwari, Manish Manikpuri
Music by	Agnee
Distributed by	Shree Shankaracharya Arts Pvt Ltd
Release date	27 July 2012 (2012-07-27)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Cast

• Amit Purohit as Rahul
• Pitobash Tripathy as Subhash
• Sunil Tiwari
• Harsh Rajput as Prashant
• Aabid Shamim as Brajesh
• Ruhi Chaturvedi
• Rituparna Sengupta as Bharti
• Omkar Das Manikpuri
• Raghubir Yadav
• Vijay Raaz as Bachchi bhaiyya
• Abhimanyu Singh
• Murli Sharma as Anna Reddy
• Aashish Patil
• Mohan Sagar
• Gamya Wijayadasa as item number "Chadhti Jawani"
• Kamesh Rao

Production

Development

Aalaap is a Bollywood film produced under the banner of Shri Shankaracharya Arts Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. The film which is based on youth and music has the potential to spread youth awareness across all corners of the nation. It has been jointly produced by renowned educationalists of Chhattisgarh Mr. Nishant Tripathi and Late Mr. Abhishek Mishra from SSCET group.

Casting

Raghubir Yadav, Ruhi Chaturvedi Vijay Raaz, Rrishna Srivastava and Onkar Das Manikpuri were roped in initially. Manish Manikpuri cites that "casting is one of the film's strengths". Amit Purohit, Pitobash Tripathy, Harsh Rajput and Aabid Shamim, Mohan lal sagar play the lead roles. Miss Sri Lanka 2009, Gamya Wijayadasa is making her Bollywood debut with an item song called "Chadti Jawaani Mazedaar".

Filming

Aalaap has got a specific significance as it portrays the youth in the background of Chhattisgarh. It has been produced and directed by the people of Chhattisgarh's origin and major part of the shooting has been done in the Chhattisgarh state itself.

Soundtrack

The music director of this film is Agnee with lyrics from Panchhi Jalonvi, K Mohan, Shailendra Singh Sodhi and Nawaldas Manikpuri. The first look of the song "Pa Paraa Paa" from the film has been revealed in a promo. Guitars and programming on all songs by Koco, additional Acoustic Guitar parts on all songs by K Mohan and bass Guitar on all songs by Among Jamir. All Songs mixed at YRF Studios by Shantanu Hudiker and Abhishek Khandelwal. All recordings at Nishaad, the Agnee Studio except Vocal recordings at YRF Studios & Audio Garage Studio.

#	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Length
1	"Ek Nai Roshni"	K. Mohan Back-up Vocals : Koco, Yamini Lavanian	Panchhi Jalonvi	4:08
2	"Dil Yeh Awaaz De"	Meera Shenoy & K Mohan Back-up Vocals : Koco, Shruti Jakati & Parashar Joshi	Panchhi Jalonvi	5:31
3	"Paa Paraa Paa"	Nikhil D'Souza, Bonnie Chakraborty, Dhruv Shrikent (Druv Kent), K Mohan	K Mohan	5:13
4	"Soniye Soniye"	K Mohan	Shailendra Singh Sodhi (Shellee)	5:34
5	"Shuruaat Pyaar Ki"	Nikhil D'Souza, Yamini Lavanian	Panchhi Jalonvi	4:57
6	"Chadhti Jawani"	Bonnie Chakraborty, Kanika Joshi	Nawaldas Manikpuri	5:45

See also

• Bollywood films of 2012
• Directorial debut films

External links

• Aalaap at IMDb
• We're all various shades of grey^[usurped] Amit Purohit & Harsh Rajput speak about their role in Aalaap Sakaal Times
• Ritu's me-time Rituparna Sengupta interview with The Telegraph (Calcutta)
• Agnee's Mohan Agnee – The Band interview with RadioAndMusic
• Agnee To Score Bollywood Film Agnee – with NH7 Weekender Team
• Agnee: A Look back Agnee – with Amanda Sodhi
• Aalaap: hear the Music
• Aalaap BLOG