Anjaana Anjaani
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Anjaana Anjaani is a Hindi
Romantic
film directed by Siddharth Anand
, starring Ranbir Kapoor
, Priyanka Chopra
and Zayed Khan
. The film is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala
under his Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt. Ltd banner. The film's music has been composed by Vishal-Shekhar
, who have composed the music for all of Siddharth's three films in the past. The cinematography is handled by Ravi K. Chandran
. Anjaana Anjaani was scheduled to release on 24 September, then it was postponed to 1 October 2010.
), and Aakash (Ranbir Kapoor
). Kiara is based in San Francisco, while Aakash is a New York City boy. Aakash has to clear a huge loan of $12 million, which he is unable to. Unable to find any means, suicide seems the only option to him. He decides to jump off the George Washington Bridge. This is when he bumps into Kiara, who is also bound to commit suicide because she caught her fiance Kunal (Zayed Khan
) cheating on her. They both try to put an end to their lives but are deterred by the coastguards. Still keen on ending their lives, Aakash deliberately gets hit by a car and Kiara falls off the bridge and breaks her neck. This proves to be yet another failed attempt and they end up in hospital together. While recovering, both get to know each other. Continuing attempts at suicide, they both try to kill themselves five times, by all means possible, but all in vain. They decide to end their lives on 31st of December 2009. With 20 days to go, they decide to fulfill their unfinished wishes and thus begins their journey. They both indulge in adventures like swimming in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, partying (trying to lose their virginities), etc. When the return from the Atlantic ocean Kiara becomes depressed again after she tells on how her fiance cheated on her and drinks a bottle of bleach, after comming back from the hospital Aakash feels bad for her and trys to make her smile. They venture out to Las Vegas on a holiday and end up together in bed. Realization dawns on both of them, that they love each other but Kiara realizes she still loves her ex-fiance, Kunal. On Aakash's insistence, Kiara moves back with her parents and gives Kunal a second chance, while Aakash moves in with his friend and colleague (Vishal Malhotra
) and decides to go back to India on the night of 31st December and start afresh. He attends the bank settlement and makes up with his friends with whom he was at loggerheads. On the 31st, Kiara realizes that she is in love with Aakash. Kunal realizes this and drops her to the airport to go to the same bridge where both Kiara and Aakash had decided to meet on the night of 31st of December to finally end their lives. Kiara reaches the bridge and doesn't find Aakash and thinks she will never see him again. Just then, Aakash arrives and proposes to her (in the ocean) and she accepts, then they kiss each other.
, Los Angeles
, Las Vegas
and San Francisco, while some parts of the film were also shot in Malaysia and Thailand
. The film was slated for release on September 24, 2010, but the release date was postponed to 1 October 2010 due to its clash with the Babri Masjid verdict.
of NDTV
rated it 2/5: "Anjaana Anjaani has a flatness that is unique. The screenplay goes nowhere fast. Here the emotions and characters are singularly plastic." Rajeev Masand
of IBN
rated it 1/5: "Anjaana Anjaani, unfortunately, is not only painfully predictable but also deathly boring". Sanjukta Sharma of Mint said, "This is a film of a few memorable moments. Overall, the script doesn’t hold up and no amount of external finesse can redeem it." A positive review came from Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama, who gave the film 4 stars out of 5: "On the whole, Anjaana Anjaani is an unpretentious romantic saga that revels in the exuberance of newly found love. The film has everything going for it: top notch performances by two super-stars, good music, a sensitive director with a good track record, a simple yet absorbing story and of course, terrific moments (emotional as well as humorous). Don't miss this one".
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
2011 Zee Cine Awards
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
Romantic
Romance (genre)
As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance is a style of heroic prose and verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a knight errant portrayed as...
film directed by Siddharth Anand
Siddharth Anand
Siddharth Anand is an Indian film director. He is the son of film producer Bittu Anand who produced the Amitabh Bachchan hit, Shahenshah. Anand's grandfather was screenwriter Inder Raj Anand who wrote 120 films including Safar, Sangam and Ek Duje Ke Liye...
, starring Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor went on to earn critical praise for his performance in Wake Up Sid...
, Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
and Zayed Khan
Zayed Khan
-Early life:Khan's parents are former Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan. Khan is the youngest of four children. His older sisters are Simone Khan , Sussanne Roshan , and Farah Khan Ali...
. The film is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala
Sajid Nadiadwala
- Career :Nadiadwala started as an AC Technician and then later worked as spot boy and graduated to become production assistant in his uncle's production house before establishing his own production company called "Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment"...
under his Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt. Ltd banner. The film's music has been composed by Vishal-Shekhar
Vishal-Shekhar
Vishal-Shekhar are a music directing duo for Hindi films and are among the leading music directors in the industry today...
, who have composed the music for all of Siddharth's three films in the past. The cinematography is handled by Ravi K. Chandran
Ravi K. Chandran
Ravi K. Chandran is an Indian cinematographer. He has frequently collaborated with leading Indian filmmakers like Priyadarshan, Mani Ratnam, and Rajiv Menon and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Ravi has won two Filmfare Awards and one Southern Filmfare Award during his career.-Career:Ravi K. Chandran was...
. Anjaana Anjaani was scheduled to release on 24 September, then it was postponed to 1 October 2010.
Plot
Anjaana Anjaani is the story of Kiara (Priyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
), and Aakash (Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor went on to earn critical praise for his performance in Wake Up Sid...
). Kiara is based in San Francisco, while Aakash is a New York City boy. Aakash has to clear a huge loan of $12 million, which he is unable to. Unable to find any means, suicide seems the only option to him. He decides to jump off the George Washington Bridge. This is when he bumps into Kiara, who is also bound to commit suicide because she caught her fiance Kunal (Zayed Khan
Zayed Khan
-Early life:Khan's parents are former Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan. Khan is the youngest of four children. His older sisters are Simone Khan , Sussanne Roshan , and Farah Khan Ali...
) cheating on her. They both try to put an end to their lives but are deterred by the coastguards. Still keen on ending their lives, Aakash deliberately gets hit by a car and Kiara falls off the bridge and breaks her neck. This proves to be yet another failed attempt and they end up in hospital together. While recovering, both get to know each other. Continuing attempts at suicide, they both try to kill themselves five times, by all means possible, but all in vain. They decide to end their lives on 31st of December 2009. With 20 days to go, they decide to fulfill their unfinished wishes and thus begins their journey. They both indulge in adventures like swimming in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, partying (trying to lose their virginities), etc. When the return from the Atlantic ocean Kiara becomes depressed again after she tells on how her fiance cheated on her and drinks a bottle of bleach, after comming back from the hospital Aakash feels bad for her and trys to make her smile. They venture out to Las Vegas on a holiday and end up together in bed. Realization dawns on both of them, that they love each other but Kiara realizes she still loves her ex-fiance, Kunal. On Aakash's insistence, Kiara moves back with her parents and gives Kunal a second chance, while Aakash moves in with his friend and colleague (Vishal Malhotra
Vishal Malhotra
Vishal Malhotra is an Indian film and television actor and a show host. Malhotra was first seen hosting Disney Hour Zee TV in 1995, and as a teenager in Hip Hip Hurray in 1998. He is also known for his physical resemblance to the Vishal Malhotra. He also hosted Disney Time on Sony Entertainment...
) and decides to go back to India on the night of 31st December and start afresh. He attends the bank settlement and makes up with his friends with whom he was at loggerheads. On the 31st, Kiara realizes that she is in love with Aakash. Kunal realizes this and drops her to the airport to go to the same bridge where both Kiara and Aakash had decided to meet on the night of 31st of December to finally end their lives. Kiara reaches the bridge and doesn't find Aakash and thinks she will never see him again. Just then, Aakash arrives and proposes to her (in the ocean) and she accepts, then they kiss each other.
Cast
- Ranbir KapoorRanbir KapoorRanbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor went on to earn critical praise for his performance in Wake Up Sid...
as Akash - Priyanka ChopraPriyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
as Kiara - Zayed KhanZayed Khan-Early life:Khan's parents are former Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan. Khan is the youngest of four children. His older sisters are Simone Khan , Sussanne Roshan , and Farah Khan Ali...
as Kunal (Special Appearance) - Vishal MalhotraVishal MalhotraVishal Malhotra is an Indian film and television actor and a show host. Malhotra was first seen hosting Disney Hour Zee TV in 1995, and as a teenager in Hip Hip Hurray in 1998. He is also known for his physical resemblance to the Vishal Malhotra. He also hosted Disney Time on Sony Entertainment...
as Aakash's friend - Tanvi AzmiTanvi Azmi-Early life and family:Her maiden name before marriage was Saunhita Kher. She is the daughter of famous Marathi-Hindi actress Usha Kiran and Dr. Manohar Kher...
as a Doctor - Pooja Kumar
- Kumar PallanaKumar PallanaKumar Valavhadas Pallana is an Indian character actor and vaudevillian.He performed on the Mickey Mouse Club as a plate spinner and juggler....
- Joy Sengupta
- Sucheta Khanna
- Nakul Kamte as Kiara's dad
Production
Filming began on 12 December 2008 and was completed early July 2010. The film was shot in different locations at New YorkNew York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
and San Francisco, while some parts of the film were also shot in Malaysia and Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. The film was slated for release on September 24, 2010, but the release date was postponed to 1 October 2010 due to its clash with the Babri Masjid verdict.
Critical reception
The film received mostly negative reviews. On the review-aggregation website ReviewGang, the film scored 4/10 based on 8 reviews. Anupama ChopraAnupama Chopra
Anupama Chopra is a noted author, journalist and film critic. She has written several books on Indian cinema and has been a movie reviewer with NDTV and India Today.-Career:...
of NDTV
NDTV
NDTV is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network founded in 1988. It was founded by Prannoy Roy, an eminent journalist and current chairman and director of NDTV Group. NDTV currently has more than 1,000 employees producing news from over twenty locations in India...
rated it 2/5: "Anjaana Anjaani has a flatness that is unique. The screenplay goes nowhere fast. Here the emotions and characters are singularly plastic." Rajeev Masand
Rajeev Masand
Rajeev Masand is an Indian film critic and entertainment reporter for CNN-IBN. Masand started his career as an entertainment correspondent at the young age of 16...
of IBN
IBN
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rated it 1/5: "Anjaana Anjaani, unfortunately, is not only painfully predictable but also deathly boring". Sanjukta Sharma of Mint said, "This is a film of a few memorable moments. Overall, the script doesn’t hold up and no amount of external finesse can redeem it." A positive review came from Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama, who gave the film 4 stars out of 5: "On the whole, Anjaana Anjaani is an unpretentious romantic saga that revels in the exuberance of newly found love. The film has everything going for it: top notch performances by two super-stars, good music, a sensitive director with a good track record, a simple yet absorbing story and of course, terrific moments (emotional as well as humorous). Don't miss this one".
Box office
The film's opening weekend at the box office in India earned 25.75 crore. Made on a budget of approximately 43 crore, the film immediately recovered 22 crore through the sale of satellite rights to Star India, 8 crore from music rights sold to T-Series, and 13 crore from theatrical distribution rights sold in a few territories. The movie earned $854,757 in the United States and earned 475,336 from the UK. Box Office India declared the movie an average grosser.Awards and nominations
Filmfare AwardsFilmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
- Nominated- Best Music Director - Vishal-ShekharVishal-ShekharVishal-Shekhar are a music directing duo for Hindi films and are among the leading music directors in the industry today...
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
An Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award is an accolade given by the Bollywood film industry to recognize outstanding performances by its members. Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna, the Apsara Awards have been one of the major award events in Bollywood since 2004...
- Nominated - Apsara Award for Best Choreography - Ahmed Khan for "Anjaana Anjaani"
2011 Zee Cine Awards
Zee Cine Awards
The Zee Cine Awards or "ZCA" for short is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. It was first held in 1998 in Mumbai. Since then, it has gained substantial popularity as a notable awards ceremony to the Indian population as well as to the viewers of Zee Network.In 2004, the ZCA went...
- Nominated - Best Music Director - Vishal-ShekharVishal-ShekharVishal-Shekhar are a music directing duo for Hindi films and are among the leading music directors in the industry today...