''Vaada Raha'' ( en, I Promise) is a

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film, released on 11 September 2009. It stars

Bobby Deol Vijay Singh Deol (born 27 January 1967) popularly known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema and web series. A member of the List of Hindi film families#Deol family, Deol family, he is the younger son of veteran actor Dhar ...

in the lead role and

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and

Atul Agnihotri Atul Agnihotri (born 8 July 1970) is an Indian actor, producer and director. He started his Bollywood career as an actor, went on to direct two films, and found success as a film producer. He is best known for his debut film '' Sir'' (1993), whi ...

in special appearances. It is directed by

Samir Karnik Samir Karnik ( pa, ਸਮੀਰ ਕਾਰ੍ਨਿਕ, hi, समीर कार्निक, ur, ), is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter of Hindi movies. Career Karnik made his directorial debut with the film '' Kyun! Ho ...

. Some part of the film was shot in

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Plot

After receiving a generous grant from the American Medical Association, Dr. Dyanesh Kripal "Duke" Chawla (

) who always gives hope to his patients, proposes to his sweetheart, Pooja (

), and they arrange to get married soon. While returning home that night, he meets with an accident and wakes up in the East West Hospital place of recovery. Shattered and devastated, he is in for more trauma and shock when he finds out that Pooja will have nothing to do with him anymore. Upset, bitter and in despair, he loses his will to live, refuses to take medicine nor any treatment and awaits death. One day, Roshan (

Dwij Yadav Dwij Yadav (born February 13, 1997 in Mumbai, India) is a former child actor in Bollywood. His first release was ''Nanhe Jaisalmer: A Dream Come True'' (2007), where he played the lead role Nanhe Jaisalmer/Vikram Singh, along with Bobby Deol. I ...

) a young boy enters Duke's life to rekindle the hope again. He starts telling him stories of the world seen outside his window and motivates him to take his medicines and start his physiotherapy. Day by day Duke starts improving and one fine day he realises that Roshan was suffering from terminal cancer and he died leaving a new life for Duke.

Cast

as Dr. Dyanesh Kripal Chawla aka Duke *

as Pooja *

Mohnish Behl Mohnish Bahl (born 14 August 1961) is an Indian actor working in the Indian film industry and on Indian television. Career Mohnish Bahl debuted with the film ''Bekarar'' in a supporting role opposite Padmini Kolhapure and co Starring Sanjay D ...

as Dr. Max *

* Prince Parth *

Prateeksha Lonkar Prateeksha Lonkar is an Indian actress who mostly appeared in Hindi and Marathi films and television series. She is best known for playing the lead title role in the Marathi TV serial ''Damini'', that aired on DD Sahyadri. Early life Lonkar's ...

as Dr. Kelkar *

Sharat Saxena Sharat Saxena (born 17 August 1950) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films along with Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in more than 250 Bollywood films. Saxena started his career in the early 1970s and has mainly played su ...

as Mr. Sinha *

Vivek Shauq Vivek Shauq (21 June 1963 – 10 January 2011) was an Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer. He had acted in Hindi and Punjabi films, television serials, theatre and television commercials. He was also a popular writer and singer. Shauq w ...

as Olderly * Farida Dadi as Pooja's mom *

as Roshan Suraj Sharma *

Rajesh Vivek Rajesh Vivek Upadhyay (31 January 1949 – 14 January 2016) was an Indian actor. He is best known to Hindi film audiences for his role as the astrologer Guran in ''Lagaan'' (2001) and as the postmaster Nivaran in ''Swades'' (2004). He had a ...

as Mr. Bakshi * Sanjeev Mehra as Balwinder Singh Chaddha * Rushita Singh as Sneha * Shahab Khan as Mr. Shah *

Pariva Pranati Pariva Pranati is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Hindi soap operas. She has acted in''Vaada Raha'', ''With Love, Delhi''. Most recently, she was playing Amrita in the series ''Hamari Sister Didi''. She is currently starring as Vandana ...

* Ravi Shankar Jaiswal as Patient

Music

The music directors of the film are

Monty Sharma Monty Sharma (born 17 April 1970) is a music composer from India scoring music for Bollywood. He is popular for being the background music composer for ''Black'' (2005), '' Ram-Leela'' (2013) and music director for ''Saawariya'' (2007). He is cou ...

and

Babbu Mann Tejinder Singh "Babbu" Maan (born 29 March 1975) is an Indian singer-songwriter, music director, actor and film producer. Most of his artistic work focuses on Punjabi music and films. He is recognised as being among the biggest artists in Punj ...

Track listing

*"Vaada Raha" -

Toshi Sabri Toshi Sabri is an Indian singer and music composer. He gained fame with the song "Maahi" from the 2009 Bollywood film '' Raaz: The Mystery Continues''. Background He appeared on Reality TV show singing contests ''Amul STAR Voice of India'' (F ...

*"Rabb Na Kare" -

(Music and Lyrics Also By Babbu Maan) *"Kubul" - Parthiv Gothil, Sharmista Chatreeji (Lyrics By Babbu Maan) *"Aaj Aasmaan" - Shaan (Lyrics By Babbu Maan) *"Rabb Na Kare" (Slow) - Babbu Mann *"Achal Hain Mere Hausle" -

Kunal Ganjawala Kunal Ganjawala (born 14 April 1972) is an Indian playback singer whose songs are mostly featured in Hindi and Kannada films. He has also sung in Marathi, Bengali and other official languages of India. Kunal began his career by singing jingl ...

*"Vaada Raha" (Remix) - Toshi Sabri (Remixed by DJ Sanj) *"Vaada Raha" - Theme *"Flying High" - Theme *"Lost in Love" - Theme

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 1512321 Films about disability in India 2000s Hindi-language films 2009 films Films directed by Samir Karnik