''Romance Complicated'' is a 2016 Indian

Gujarati language Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label=Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Gu ...

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Dhwani Gautam Dhwani Gautam (born 22 July 1985) is a filmmaker, director and writer who predominantly works in the Gujarati Film Industry and Bollywood. Early life Dhwani Gautam was born in Gujarat. He has done his schooling from The Asian School and a deg ...

and produced by Kirti Premraaj Jain, Nishit Jain & Rajiv Sharma. It stars

Malhar Pandya Malhar Pandya is an Indian actor. Early life He was born 9 November to a Gujarati family in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He won the title of Mr. Gujarat by winning a body-building competition. Career He acted in Hindi television shows, '' Ramayan'' (2 ...

and Divya Misra make their debut as leads in this Gujarati film.

Cast

as Dev Patel * Divya Misra as Maahi Patel * Dharmesh Vyas as Dhiraj Patel * Shekhar Shukla as Karsan Patel *

Darshan Jariwala Darshan Jariwala (born 29 September 1958) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films, television and stage. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Gandhi, My Father''. He is popular for his show in which he was seen as ...

as Tiku Mamaji * Nisha Kalamdani as Aashima * Umang Acharya as Aaditya * Nirmit Vaishnav as Sandeep Patel * Riddhi Raval Parikh as Aarti Patel * Shweta Dhasmana as Shweta Patel * Harish Daghiya as Paresh * Maulik Nayak as Pappu * Aishwaria Dussane as Anushka Joshi * Nilofer Khalid as Preeti Patel * Yulia Yanina as Elvira *

as Aarsh Malhotra * Avani Modi as Pooja Sharma

Production

Development

The film is produced by Luminescence Films. Written by Dhwani Gautam. Jatin- Pratik and Darshan Raval (Playback Singer) are the music directors for this film. Romance Complicated ropes in big Bollywood singers such as

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Govern ...

Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awar ...

Neeraj Shridhar Neeraj Shridhar is an Indian film composer and singer-songwriter who was the lead vocalist of Indian pop and rock group Bombay Vikings. Bombay Vikings became popular with remix hits like "Kya Soorat Hai", "Woh Chali" and "Chod Do Anchal." Ca ...

Javed Ali Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He has also sung in various Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Early life Javed Ali was born Javed H ...

Aishwarya Majmudar Aishwarya Majmudar (born 5 October 1993) is an Indian singer. She gained popularity after winning the 2007–08 musical reality show '' STAR Voice of India - Chhote Ustad'' at the age of 15. She was highly praised for her performances by the j ...

, Darshan Raval and Priya Patidar have sung songs for this movie.

Neeti Mohan Neeti Mohan (born 18 November 1979) is an Indian singer. She sings mainly in Hindi and few Tamil films, but has also done songs in Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, and English. Born in Delhi, she was one of the winners of the Channel ...

and

Rashid Ali Rashid Ali al-Gaylaniin Arab standard pronunciation Rashid Aali al-Kaylani; also transliterated as Sayyid Rashid Aali al-Gillani, Sayyid Rashid Ali al-Gailani or sometimes Sayyad Rashid Ali el Keilany ("Sayyid, Sayyad" serves to address higher st ...

have rendered their voices to the title track of the movie.

Filming

Shooting of the film started in post September 2014. The shooting is said to set in some parts of

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

and

Gandhinagar Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and Mu ...

in India, and

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

and

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

in United States.

Casting

Debutants Malhar Pandya and Divya Misra have signed this movie playing the role of Dev Patel and Maahi Patel. Dharmesh Vyas, Darshan Jariwala and Shekhar Shukla are in a supporting role.

Music

The soundtrack of the album is composed by Jatin-Pratik & Darshan Raval with lyrics written by Chandresh Kanadia, Darshan Raval, Dashrath Mewal, Dhwani Gautam, Isha Gautam, Jigar Dave, Nilay Patel and Shailabh Sharma. The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks.

Release

The film released on 15 January 2016 in 163 theatres and 591 shows.

Soundtrack

Jatin-Pratik has composed the music of this film and Darshan Raval as Additional Composer. Lyrics of the tracks are written by Dashrath Mewal, Darshan Raval, Jigar Dave, Isha Gautam, Chandresh Kanadia, Nilay Patel and Dhwani Gautam.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 4834850 2016 films 2016 romantic comedy films Films shot in New York City Films set in Ahmedabad Films shot in Ahmedabad Films shot in Gujarat Indian romantic comedy films Films shot in Florida 2010s Gujarati-language films