I Love Desi is a Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Pankaj Batra. Producer Rocky Daswani introduced Vedant Bali who is manager to Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Shah. Gulshan Grover, Mannat Singh, Shakti Anand, Krip Suri and Gurpreet Ghuggi are also starring in the film. The film has been shot in Canada, Thailand and India. Filmstar Akshay Kumar has helped his manager during the making of the film.[1][2] I Love Desi released on 29 May 2015.[3]
| I Love Desi | |
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| Directed by | Pankaj Batra |
| Story by | Satish Jain |
| Produced by | Rocky Daswani |
| Starring | Vedant Bali Priyanka Shah Gulshan Grover Mannat Singh Shakti Anand |
| Cinematography | Vineet Malhotra |
| Edited by | Praveen Kathikuloth |
| Music by | Sham Balkar Toshi Sabri Sharib Sabri |
Production company | Shubh Film |
| Distributed by | Trigger Lite |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Cast
edit- Vedant Bali as Punjab Singh
- Priyanka Shah as Simran
- Gulshan Grover as Bauji
- Shakti Anand as Punjab's Brother
- Mannat Singh as Bhabhi
- Krip Suri as Pumma
- Karaan Singh as Jimmy
- Gurpreet Ghuggi as Punjab's Friend
- Arun Bali as Simran's Father
- Sunita Dheer as Punjab's Mother[4]
Plot synopsis
editThis is a love story, of an urban girl who, marries an Indian man with a rural background, just to inherit her ancestral property, conditioned to this requirement. Before untying this relation forever, as she had planned, she agrees to live for 6 months with her To-be forlorn husband, and gradually falls in love with him.
Soundtracks
editMusic is given by Sham Balkar and Toshi Sabri – Sharib Sabri. One song[clarification needed] is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, which was recorded in Dubai as he has not come to India since 2011. As the music director Sham Balkar was keen to get this song sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.[5]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beauty Da Phool" | Toshi Sabri | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Dil Ka Baje Ektara" | Sharib Sabri & Anweshaa Dutta Gupta | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Deere Dhree Kam Hogi Udasi" | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Jaspinder Narula | 5:20 |
| 4. | "Holi (Color Zindgi Hai)" | Mika Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Dooriyan" | Javed Ali, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Sonu Kakkar | 5:08 |
| Total length: | 23:04 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Akshay Kumar bails out his manager's film". bollywoodlife.com. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "I Love Desi Cast". Bollywood Hungama. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "I Love Desi 2015". BollywoodMDB. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "I Love Desi". Sify News. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ "Rahat Fateh Ali Khan records a song for 'I Love Desi'". Times of India. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
