Issaq (transl. Love) is a 2013 Indian Hindi romantic film directed by Manish Tiwary and produced by Dhaval Gada and Shailesh R. Singh. The film, written by Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary, Manish Tiwary and Pawan Sony, was released on 26 July 2013. The film features Prateik Babbar, Amyra Dastur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Ravi Kishan and Makarand Deshpande as main characters. According to BoxOfficeIndia.com, the film was a box office disaster.[1]
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| Directed by | Manish Tiwary |
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| Produced by | Dhaval Gada Shailesh R Singh |
| Starring | Prateik Babbar Amyra Dastur Ravi Kishan Makarand Deshpande Neena Gupta Prashant Narayanan Sudhir Pandey Prashant Kumar Amit Sial Vineet Kumar Yuri Suri Malini Awasthi |
| Cinematography | Vishal Sinha |
| Music by | Songs: Sachin–Jigar Sachin Gupta Krsna Background score: Prashant Pillai |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹ 250 million[1] |
| Box office | ₹ 53.7 million[1] |
Plot
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This is the story based on two land mafias of Banaras: Kashyaps and Mishras. They have a throat-cutting competition to gain control over the land and fight brutally over it.
Cast
edit- Prateik Babbar as Rahul Mishra (Romeo)
- Amyra Dastur as Bachchi Kashyap (Juliet)
- Ravi Kishan as Teeta Singh (Tybalt)
- Rajeshwari Sachdev as Paro Kashyap, Bachchi's step- (Lady Capulet)
- Makarand Deshpande as Baba (Friar Laurence)
- Neena Gupta as Amma (Nurse)
- Prashant Narayanan as Naxal leader
- Sudhir Pandey as Vishwanarayan Kashyap, Bachchi's (Capulet)
- Sandeep Bose as Manohar Mishra, Rahul's (Montague)
- Prashantt Guptha[2] as Preetam (Paris)
- Amit Sial as Murari (Mercutio)
- Vineet Kumar Singh as Bihata (Benvolio)
- Yogesh Suri as Prince
- Malini Awasthi as Manorama
- Evelyn Sharma as Roza (Rosaline)
- Yuri Suri as Minister
- Akhilesh Jha as Mahender
- Saurabh Yadav as Paras
- Mehdi as Nandkishore
- Ishtiyak Khan as Reporter
- Parvez Fazal Khan as Surta
- Pradeep Ghosh as Mishrilal
Marketing
editThe film was promoted in TV serial Amita Ka Amit.[3][4] The producers promoted the movie through Banarasi paan at the leading malls in Mumbai.[5]
Soundtrack
editSachin–Jigar composed the songs while the background score was composed by Prashant Pillai.
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| Released | 22 June 2013 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Zee Music Company | |||
| Producer | Shailesh R Singh | |||
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Track list
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Issaq Tera" | Mayur Puri | Sachin–Jigar | Mohit Chauhan | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Issaq Tera (Duet)" | Mayur Puri | Sachin – Jigar | Mohit Chauhan, Vibha Saraf | 2:12 |
| 3. | "Jheeni Re Jheeni" | Sachin – Jigar | Rashid Khan, Pratibha Baghel | 7:25 | |
| 4. | "Bhole Chale" | Rahul Ram, Sachin Gupta | |||
| 5. | "Aag Ka Dariya" | Ankit Tiwari | |||
| 6. | "Enne Unne" | Keerthi Sagathia, Mamta Sharma, Tarun Sagar, Papon | |||
| 7. | "Aag Ka Dariya (Unplugged)" | Sachin Gupta | |||
| 8. | "Tarse Naina" | Sukhwinder Singh, Malini Awasthi | 5:19 |
Critical response
editThe movie received generally negative reviews. Piyasree Dasgupta, in a review for Firstpost, summed it up as: "One wonders … what is a greater tragedy—Romeo and Juliet or what Issaq made of that classic love story."[6] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express find it to be "without a singular voice of its own" and that ultimately "it drowns in its own noise."[7] The review in The Times of India calls out the poor acting by Babbar and Dastur's lack of charisma. "Manish Tiwary's Issaq lacks vibe, soul or depth needed for a classic love story. With incoherent narrative, unsketched characters, wispy (sometimes embarrassing) dialogues, one good melody in the whole ditty (Issaq tera); pointless shooting (mostly in the dark), gold-plated bandooks and bombs galore—Tiwary misses every target. There are movies beautifully adapted from Shakespeare's works in the past, but none that tragically assault your creative, poetic or cinematic senses."[8] Sarit Ray, writing for the Hindustan Times, thinks "seldom have [Shakespeare movie adaptations] been associated with as nonsensical a mess as Manish Tiwary's Issaq" and that "It's a pity that Issaq joins remarkable films like Maqbool, Omkara and Angoor on the list of Bollywood adaptations of Shakespeare. In a time when works of literature are judged by their TV and film versions, it could even give the Bard a bit of a bad rep."[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Issaq Box Office Verdict by Box Office India". Box Office India. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Two films and much more in the kitty for actor Prashantt Guptha". www.indiannewsandtimes.com. 7 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Pratiek Babbar, Amyra Dastur promote Issaq on Amita ka Amit". India Today. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Prateik-Amyra play cupid for Amita and Amit". The Times of India. 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Issaq makers promote film through paan". Business Standard India. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Dasgupta, Dasgupta (28 July 2013). "Issaq Review: How Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was murdered". Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Gupta, Shubhra (26 July 2013). "Movie review Issaq: Shakespeare would not be grateful for this representation". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Issaq Movie Review". The Times of India. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Ray, Sarit (27 July 2013). "Sarit Ray's review: Issaq". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
External links
edit- Issaq at Bollywood Hungama
- Issaq at IMDb
