''Nautanki Saala!'' () is a 2013 Indian
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
-language
romantic comedy-drama film directed by
Rohan Sippy
Rohan Sippy is an Indian film director and producer, he worked as a director in films like '' Kuch Naa Kaho'' (2003), ''Bluffmaster!'' (2005), '' Dum Maaro Dum'' (2011) and ''Nautanki Saala'' (2013).
Early life
He is the son of Ramesh Sippy, ...
, starring
Ayushmann Khurrana and
Kunaal Roy Kapur
Kunaal Roy Kapur is an Indian actor, playwright and filmmaker who works in Hindi films and television shows.
Early life and background
Kunaal comes from a family of mixed Hindu Punjabi and Indian Jewish heritage. His paternal grandfather, Raghu ...
along with
Pooja Salvi,
Evelyn Sharma
Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma is a German actress and model who appears primarily in Indian films of the Hindi language. She marked her film debut with the 2006 American film ''Turn Left'' and made her Bollywood debut in the 2012 film '' From Sydney w ...
and
Gaelyn Mendonca
Gaelyn Mendonca is an Indian actress, model and VJ for MTV India. She is best known for hosting WWE Now India and MTV Hustle.
Early life and education
Gaelyn Mendonca was born on 5 November 1988 in Mumbai, India, and grew up in Orlem. She ...
. The story is based upon the 2003 French comedy film ''
Après Vous''.
The film was produced by
Ramesh Sippy
Ramesh Sippy (born 23 January 1947) is an Indian film director and producer in Hindi cinema. He is particularly known for directing ''Sholay'' (1975), which is regarded as one of the most influential Indian film ever made. The Government of ...
,
Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series. He is known for his work in Bollywood.
Career
Kum ...
, Krishan Kumar and Roopa de Choudhury under the banner of Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. in association with R.S. Entertainment. The first look of ''Nautanki Saala!'' was released on 2 October 2012. Ayshmann Khurrana has sung again in ''Nautanki Saala!''. Upon release, Bhushan Kumar declared the movie as a "winner in all the aspects"''.''
Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...
has done a cameo in the film for his friend, director Rohan Sippy. Bhushan Kumar finalised 12 April 2013 for ''Nautanki Saala!''. He wanted a longer campaign of eight weeks for promotion. The first promo of ''Nautanki Saala!'' was attached with ''
Special 26
''Special 26'' is an Indian Hindi-language 2013 period heist thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. Based on the 1987 Opera House heist. The plot follows, A team of tricksters ( Akshay Kumar with Anupam Kher ) pose as CBI office ...
''.
Plot
The story is about the friendship and the bonding between RP and Mandar and how they face problems and solve them.
Ram Parmar a.k.a. RP (
Ayushmann Khurrana) is in meeting with a psychiatrist for problems he's experiencing due to three break-ups in last three months. The film runs in a narrative mode. RP is a successful theater artist portraying the role of Raavan. One day while returning home, he witnesses Mandar Lele (
Kunaal Roy Kapur
Kunaal Roy Kapur is an Indian actor, playwright and filmmaker who works in Hindi films and television shows.
Early life and background
Kunaal comes from a family of mixed Hindu Punjabi and Indian Jewish heritage. His paternal grandfather, Raghu ...
) attempting suicide. He saves him and brings home. Mandar is devastated because of his break-up with Nandini (
Pooja Salvi) and attempted suicide because he thinks he is worthless. As Ram is a helping guy, he tries solving out Mandar's problems and probes into his life. He offers him the role of Lord Ram in his theater play. He finds Nandini and tries reuniting her with Mandar. While doing this he lies many times to his close friend Sita (
Evelyn Sharma
Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma is a German actress and model who appears primarily in Indian films of the Hindi language. She marked her film debut with the 2006 American film ''Turn Left'' and made her Bollywood debut in the 2012 film '' From Sydney w ...
) and girlfriend Chitra (
Gaelyn Mendonca
Gaelyn Mendonca is an Indian actress, model and VJ for MTV India. She is best known for hosting WWE Now India and MTV Hustle.
Early life and education
Gaelyn Mendonca was born on 5 November 1988 in Mumbai, India, and grew up in Orlem. She ...
). The latter ultimately breaks up with him. During this, Ram falls for Nandini who reciprocates his feelings. Meanwhile, Mandar is coming back to normal. Ram feels he is cheating his friend; he breaks-off with Nandini and makes arrangements so that Nandini and Mandar meet. Unfortunately, all this is revealed to Mandar and Nandini. Ram ultimately loses his girlfriend, his love and his friend.
Returning to the present day, the psychiatrist suggests RP to apologise to all three, which may suffice in resolving the problems. Mandar returns to RP's play in the role of Hanuman and unites Nandini with RP. After doing so, he lives with Sita.
Cast
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Ayushmann Khurrana as Ram Parmar a.k.a. R.P.
*
Kunaal Roy Kapur
Kunaal Roy Kapur is an Indian actor, playwright and filmmaker who works in Hindi films and television shows.
Early life and background
Kunaal comes from a family of mixed Hindu Punjabi and Indian Jewish heritage. His paternal grandfather, Raghu ...
as Mandar Lele
*
Pooja Salvi as Nandini Patel (voice dubbed by
Urvi Ashar)
*
Gaelyn Mendonca
Gaelyn Mendonca is an Indian actress, model and VJ for MTV India. She is best known for hosting WWE Now India and MTV Hustle.
Early life and education
Gaelyn Mendonca was born on 5 November 1988 in Mumbai, India, and grew up in Orlem. She ...
as Chitra Singh
* Sanjeev Bhatt as Chandra
*
Evelyn Sharma
Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma is a German actress and model who appears primarily in Indian films of the Hindi language. She marked her film debut with the 2006 American film ''Turn Left'' and made her Bollywood debut in the 2012 film '' From Sydney w ...
as Sita
* Rufy Khan as Loki
*
Sulabha Arya
Sulabha Arya (born 15 July 1950) is an Indian actress in Hindi and Marathi film, television and stage industry. She is the wife of late veteran Indian cinematographer Ishan Arya and mother of cinematographer Sameer Arya and actor Sagar Arya. S ...
as Mandar's grandmother
* Purva Naresh as Ram's psychiatrist
*
Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...
in a Special Appearance
Production
Development
In early 2012, Bhushan Kumar and Rohan Sippy announced their first collaboration of working together to give out a romantic comedy film. Abhishek Bachchan, always a lucky mascot in Rohan Sippy's movies, announced that he would not be a part of the movie as the lead role. Bachchan Jr revealed that he has a cameo in this film. Later in June 2012, Rohan and Bhushan Kumar announced that the lead actors of the movie to be Ayushmann Khurrana (''
Vicky Donor
''Vicky Donor ''is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by actor John Abraham in his maiden production venture with Sunil Lulla under Eros International and Ronnie Lahiri under Rising Sun ...
'' fame) and Kunaal Roy Kapur (last seen in ''
Delhi Belly'').
The entire star cast of the movie is young and the leading female actors are also new. This will be Ayushmann's second movie after ''Vicky Donor''. Prior to movies, he has been a VJ with a popular youth channel as well as an RJ in Chandigarh. Kunaal, on the other hand, was last seen in ''Delhi Belly''. The leading ladies of the movie are Pooja Salvi, Evelyn Sharma and Gaelyn Mandonca. ''Nautanki Saala!'' will be MTV VJ Gaelyn's and a number of television ads old model Pooja's debut, while it will be Evelyn's fifth Bollywood film to release.
Filming
The shoot went on floors on 22 July 2012 and the movie was entirely shot in Mumbai with major part of the movie being night sequences. The first look and announcement of the movie was made in October 2012 by T-Series productions
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film is romantic, lively and situational. Various music composers have made compositions in the album, including Falak,
Mikey McCleary
Michael McCleary is a New Zealand songwriter, composer, performer, producer and director based in Mumbai, India since 2007. He has worked on a large number of advertisements such as for brands like Levi's, Coca-Cola, Vodafone etc. and films su ...
, Rashid Khan.
Post Khurana's successful singing debut in ''Vicky Donor'',
Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series. He is known for his work in Bollywood.
Career
Kum ...
and
Rohan Sippy
Rohan Sippy is an Indian film director and producer, he worked as a director in films like '' Kuch Naa Kaho'' (2003), ''Bluffmaster!'' (2005), '' Dum Maaro Dum'' (2011) and ''Nautanki Saala'' (2013).
Early life
He is the son of Ramesh Sippy, ...
decided on making Khurana sing in this movie as well. Ayushmann has sung two songs in the movie that are romantic, youthful and connect well with the audience. After ''Paani Da Rang'',
Ayushmann Khurana captures the audience with his ''Saadi Galli Aaja'' and ''Tu Hi Tu'' in ''Nautanki Saala!''
Bhushan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series. He is known for his work in Bollywood.
Career
Kum ...
gave the rights of "Dhak Dhak" (''
Beta
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'') song to be reinvented the used in ''Nautanki Saala!''. The song became an instant hit thus connecting highly with the audience and topping the music charts.
Song "So Gaya Yeh Jahan" is a remake version from
Tezaab
''Tezaab'' () is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language action romance film starring Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. The film gave Dixit her first big break, making her an overnight star. in addition to reaffirming Kapoor's star status, afte ...
's Soundtrack
Reception
The soundtrack got a positive critical reception. Well-known music critic Sumit Sharma of Gomolo & DJMaza stated, "The soundtrack is truly noteworthy and a commixture of delightful melodies, sumptuous & scrumptious tracks and some Oaky Chartbusters. It's a Tuneful Soundtrack Of Musical Nautanki." and gave the album a rating of 4.5/5. Goku! of Indibeats!, gave the album a rating of 4/5 saying, "The composers have succeeded in bringing together some smart tracks so rich in melody and so varied in genres with immense repeat quality."
Release
Critical reception
The film received positive reviews from various critics praising the comedy of errors factor and lead actors performances. It got an aggregate review score of 3/5 from all sites at reviewbol.com. Sukanya Verma for
Rediff.com
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, it had more than 300 e ...
has given 2.5/5 stars and says ''Nautanki Saala!'' plot seems better-suited for a sitcom episode.
Anupama Chopra on ''
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia.
It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...
'' gave it a rating of 2 and a half saying "''Nautanki Saala!'' has all the ingredients of a peppy, amiable comedy but this soufflé doesn't quite rise."
Box office
''Nautanki Saala!'' opened slowly while picked up at evening especially at multiplexes on day one and collected around nett. The film raked over its first weekend.
During its first week, the movie grossed around .
References
External links
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* {{BH movie, nautanki-saala
T-Series (company) films
2013 films
2013 romantic comedy-drama films
Films directed by Rohan Sippy
Indian romantic comedy-drama films
Films scored by Mikey McCleary
Indian remakes of French films
2013 comedy films
2013 drama films