Shaandaar (transl. Magnificent) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Vikas Bahl and produced by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. It stars Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in lead roles,[2] with Pankaj Kapur and Sanjay Kapoor in supporting roles.[3] Principal photography began in August 2014 in Leeds,[4] and the film was released on 22 October 2015. The film received highly negative reviews[5] and became a box-office bomb.[6][7]
| Shaandaar | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Vikas Bahl |
| Written by | Anvita Dutt Guptan |
| Story by | Vikas Bahl Chaitally Parmar |
| Produced by | Anurag Kashyap Vikramaditya Motwane Karan Johar Madhu Mantena |
| Starring | Shahid Kapoor Alia Bhatt |
| Cinematography | Anil Mehta |
| Edited by | Sanchari Das Mollick |
| Music by | Amit Trivedi |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹600 million[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹757 million [1] |
Shaandaar marks Shahid Kapoor's first on-screen collaboration with his father, Pankaj Kapur, and sister, Sanah Kapur, who portray Bhatt's father and sister, respectively.
Plot
editAlia Arora is an insomniac orphan adopted by Bipin Arora, whose wife Geetu Arora and mother Kamla Arora are extremely business-minded and greedy. Alia is ignored by both Geetu and Kamla but deeply loved by Bipin as well as his biological daughter, Isha. Since Alia is unable to sleep, Bipin draws her a dream every night before going to bed, hoping it will encourage her to sleep.
With Isha set to get married at a destination wedding in London, the family drives to the wedding venue. On the way, Bipin's car is hit by Jagjinder Joginder aka JJ driving his motorcycle, leading to a comical altercation between them. It is later revealed that JJ is the event manager for Isha's wedding. The marriage is arranged between the Aroras and the Fundwanis, a family headed by Mr. Fundwani. The Aroras need the marriage to occur as they have gone bankrupt and are hoping to access the money of the seemingly wealthy Fundwanis. The groom, Robin Fundwani, is fitness-obsessed and vain; he looks at Isha with contempt because of her weight and love of food. It is evident that he is getting married only at the behest of his older brother.
Through some magical and funny moments, Alia and JJ (also an insomniac due to losing his parents in anti-Sikh riots) become romantically interested in one another, eventually curing each other's insomnia and falling asleep together. Bipin who is very protective of Alia tries to separate the couple leading to several comic moments, and this leads to him inadvertently revealing that Alia is his biological daughter with his ex-girlfriend, whom he briefly dated before marrying Geetu under family pressure. Under the coaxing of Isha and after observing the couple, Bipin begins to slowly accept JJ and Alia's relationship.
Isha becomes increasingly upset with Robin, who escalates this friction by insulting her weight and making fun of her. Although the Aroras are bothered by Robin's treatment of Isha, they turn a blind eye to it to avoid any disruptions to their business deal with the Fundwanis. Before the wedding, Kamla, the matriarch of the Aroras, during an argument with her younger son, sneezes and dies, which threatens to derail the wedding. The Aroras, desperate for the wedding to carry on, pretend she is still alive.
Isha arrives at the wedding dais ready to marry Robin for her family's sake. But when Robin begins to laugh at her after her dress rips during the ceremony, she decides not to get married, and her speech inspires everyone to believe in themselves and their self-worth. Frustrated, Mr. Fundwani tries to physically force the marriage to continue by holding everyone at gunpoint, and it is revealed that the Fundwanis are also bankrupt. JJ, Alia, Bipin, Isha, and Robin escape from the scene and fly away in a helicopter.
Cast
edit- Shahid Kapoor as Jagjinder Joginder (JJ)
- Alia Bhatt as Alia Arora
- Sanah Kapur as Isha Arora
- Vikas Verma as Robin Fundwani
- Shibani Dandekar as Sonia
- Pankaj Kapur as Bipin Arora
- Sanjay Kapoor as Mr. Fundwani
- Anjana Sukhani as Mrs. Fundwani
- Niki Aneja Walia as Geetu Arora
- Sushma Seth as Kamla Arora
- Tessa Vellara and Teena Vellara as the Twins
- Shalini Chandran as Relative
- Hagupreet Singh as Robin's friend
- Kumud Pant as Business Wedding Guest
Cameo appearance
- Karan Johar as himself who host his show Mehendi with Karan
Critical reception
editDeepanjana Pal at Firstpost described the writing as sloppy, commenting that, "it's more a series of YouTube sketches than a proper story."[8] Indian Express felt that Kapoor's character Jagjinder Joginder was "badly-written", noting, "He can be such a natural charmer, but here the charm offensive is not allowed to stop, and finally just overtakes him."[9] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV, felt that while there were "flashes of smart writing", that there was also "[a lack] of sustained narrative force, especially in the second half". Chatterjee described the interaction between Kapoor and Bhatt as "spontaneous chemistry", an opinion that was not shared by the Indian Express reviewer, who wrote, "Shahid and Alia look good together, but there's not very much else they manage between the two of them."[9]
Ibnlive described the movie as "The film is bizarre and wildly inconsistent".[10] India TV stated "There is nothing Shaandaar about this Shahid-Alia starrer".[11] TimesofIndia gave two stars to the film.[12]
Soundtrack
edit| Shaandaar | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 24 September 2015 |
| Recorded | 2015 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 32:06 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Zee Music Company |
| Singles from Shaandaar | |
The music for the film is composed by Amit Trivedi.[15] The first song titled, "Gulaabo" was released on 10 September 2015,[16] followed by "Shaam Shaandaar" which was released on 16 September 2015. The music rights for the film have been acquired by Zee Music Company. The full audio album was released on 24 September 2015.[17][18]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gulaabo" | Anvita Dutt | Amit Trivedi, Vishal Dadlani, Anusha Mani | 04:24 |
| 2. | "Shaam Shaandaar" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Amit Trivedi | 03:57 |
| 3. | "Nazdeekiyaan" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Nikhil Paul George, Neeti Mohan | 03:26 |
| 4. | "Senti Wali Mental" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Arijit Singh, Amit Trivedi, Swanand Kirkire, Neeti Mohan | 09:02 |
| 5. | "Raitaa Phailgaya" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Amit Trivedi, Divya Kumar | 03:55 |
| 6. | "Neend Na Mujhko Aaye" | P L Santoshi | Siddharth Basrur, Saba Azad | 04:16 |
| 7. | "Eena Meena Deeka" | Rajender Krishan | Amit Trivedi & Rachel Varghese | 03:06 |
| Total length: | 32:06 | |||
Box office
editThe opening day collection was ₹11 million (US$130,000).[19] After taking a good opening the collections dropped but the overseas collection were good and first five-day collections were ₹900 million (US$11 million).[20] After 16 days in theatres, the worldwide collection was estimated as ₹597 million (US$7.2 million).[21] The film was declared as a box-office failure after a full run in theatres.[22][23][24] The success of Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 was considered to add to the film's failure.[25]
References
edit- ^ a b "Shaandaar – Movie – Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.
- ^ "Shahid Kapoor reveals wifey Mira Rajput disliked his movie Shaandaar: 'It was early in our marriage and…'". Zoom TV. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Gupta, Priya (29 August 2014). "Sanjay Kapoor joins the Shaandar wedding in UK". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Check out: Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt on sets of Shaandar". Bollywood Hungama. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaandaar_(2015_film)#Critical_reception)
- ^ (https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3099)
- ^ Harikumar, Sumbramanian (25 June 2015). "Shahid Kapoor- Alia Bhatt's Shaandaar to release on October 22nd". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Shaandaar review: Alia Bhatt, Shahid Kapoor look great, but this film is far from fabulous". firstpost.com. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Shaandaar review: There is no 'Shaan' in this Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt starrer". The Indian Express. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "'Shaandaar' review: The film is bizarre and wildly inconsistent". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Shaandaar Review: There is nothing Shaandaar about this Shahid-Alia starrer". India TV News. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Shaandaar Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Gulaabo (From "Shaandaar") – Single". iTunes Store.
- ^ "Shaam Shaandaar (From "Shaandaar") – Single". iTunes Store.
- ^ Gulaabo: Alia-Shahid's first song from film is a Shaandaar party number : Bollywood, News – India Today. India Today. intoday.in (10 September 2015). Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Gulaabo (From "Shaandaar") – Single by Amit Trivedi, Vishal Dadlani & Anusha Mani on iTunes. iTunes Store.com (10 September 2015). Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Shaandaar – Full Album – Audio Jukebox". YouTube. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "The audio of SHAANDAAR is indeed 'shaandaar', simply awesome, amazing!". Glamsham. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ Mehta, Ankita (23 October 2015). "'Shaandaar' (Shandaar) opening day box office collection: Shahid Kapoor starrer beats Akshay Kumar's 'Gabbar Is Back', 'Baby'". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Mehta, Ankita (27 October 2015). "'Shaandaar' (Shandaar) worldwide box office collection: Shahid Kapoor starrer earns Rs 50 crore". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Hungama, Bollywood (23 October 2015). "Special Features: Box Office: Worldwide Collections of Shaandaar". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ India (24 November 2015). "After 'Shaandaar' debacle, Vikas Bahl still raring to go". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "In 'Shaandaar', the sense of humour did not work with people; only I found it funny, says director Vikas Bahl". CNN-IBN. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "After Shaandaar debacle, Shahid and Mira to dance at Madhu-Masaba's sangeet? : Celebrities, News". India Today. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Did 'Pyaar ka Punchnama 2' prove detrimental to 'Shaandaar' and 'Main Aur Charles'?". dna. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.