Ajab Gazabb Love
Ajab Gazabb Love (transl. Strange and amazing love) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Vashu Bhagnani. The film stars Arjun Rampal in a double role, along with Jackky Bhagnani opposite Nidhi Subbaiah in lead roles and Darshan Jariwala and Kirron Kher in supporting roles, whilst Arshad Warsi appears in a cameo role. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Mayur Puri. The theatrical trailer of the film revealed on 13 August 2012, whilst the film released worldwide on 26 October 2012, and received mostly negative response. The storyline is remade from the Telugu film Seema Tapakai.[1]
| Ajab Gazabb Love | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sanjay Gadhvi |
| Produced by | Vashu Bhagnani |
| Written by | Mayur Puri |
| Story by | G. Nageswara Reddy |
| Starring | Arjun Rampal Jackky Bhagnani Nidhi Subbaiah Darshan Jariwala Kirron Kher |
| Music by | Songs: Sajid-Wajid Guest Composers: Sachin - Jigar Background Score: Sandeep Shirodkar |
| Cinematography | Chirantan Das |
| Edited by | Amitabh Shukla |
| Distributed by | Puja Entertainment Ltd. |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
The story revolves around Rajveer (Jackky Bhagnani), a hard-working, rich youngster who is the heir of his father, Yashvardhan Grewal (Darshan Jariwala), and his company, Grewal Motors Co. When Rajveer falls in love with Madhuri (Nidhi Subbaiah), he realises that she hates all rich people, and has much sympathy for poor families. Therefore, Rajveer starts a drama, in which he pretends to be poor along with his family to gain Madhuri's love. However, when Madhuri's elder brother Karan Singh Chauhan (Arjun Rampal), arrives to meet Rajveer's family, he begins to suspect him, and as the truth slowly foils out, mayhem strikes![2]
Cast
- Arjun Rampal as Karan Singh Chauhan / Arjun Singh Chauhan
- Jackky Bhagnani as Rajveer Grewal
- Nidhi Subbaiah as Madhuri “Maddy” Singh Chauhan
- Darshan Jariwala as Yashvardhan Grewal
- Kirron Kher as Rashmi Grewal
- Arshad Warsi as Subramanium Seth (Subhu)
- Anuja Sachdeva as Switty Grewal
- Prageet Pandit as Adarsh Grewal
- Mayur Puri as T2
- Mokshad Dodwani
Production
The film is a remake of Seema Tapakai, a very successful Telugu film starring Allari Naresh and Shamna Kasim.[3]
Soundtrack
| Ajab Gazabb Love | |
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| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Label | Sony Music India |
| Producer | Sajid-Wajid Sachin - Jigar |
The songs were composed by Sajid-Wajid, with lyrics penned by Priya Panchal and Kausar Munir. The songs were sung by Mika Singh, Mohit Chauhan and Antara Mitra amongst others. Punjabi track "Nachde Punjabi" by Dalvinder Singh & Tarli Digital, which was released in the early 20s, was remade for the film by Sachin - Jigar.
The film score is composed by Sandeep Shirodkar.
| Track # | Song | Length | Singer(s) | Comments |
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| 1 | "Boom Boom" (Lip Lock) | 4:36 | Mika Singh | |
| 2 | "Tu Hi" | 4:24 | Mohit Chauhan | |
| 3 | "Sun Soniye" | 4:32 | Mohammad Irfan Ali & Antara Mitra | |
| 4 | "Nachde Punjabi" | 4:00 | Dalvinder Singh | |
| 5 | "Boom Boom" (Remix) | 4:00 | Mika Singh | |
| 6 | "Sun Soniye" (Remix) | 3:53 | Mohammad Irfan Ali & Antara Mitra | |
| 7 | "Ajab Gazabb Love" | 3:14 | Mika Singh | Composed by Sachin - Jigar |
Critical reception
| Professional reviews | |
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| Source | Rating |
| koimoi |   |
| Daily News and Analysis |  |
| The Times of India | |
| Bollywood Hungama | |
| Rediff.com | |
Ajab Gazabb Love received average to negative reviews from film critics upon its release. Madhureeta Mukherjee of Times of India gave it 2.5/5 stars. "This film is all about a bunch of people going bananas, yet, it doesn't leave you in splits. But if you care for a few giggles, go watch it.!!!" said ToI.[4] Rediff Movies said "Ajab Gazabb Love is reminiscent of the bad films of the bad 1990s" and gave it 2 stars.[5] Nayandeep of Koimoi gave it 2 stars "There is nothing 'ajab' or 'gazabb' about this extremely ordinary rom-com." wrote Nayandeep.[6] Social Movie Rating site MOZVO gave it a rating of 2.3 putting it in 'Below Average' category.[7] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 3 stars.[8] Kanika Sikka of DNA gave it 1.5 stars.[9]
Box office
Ajab Gazabb Love had collected ₹67.6 million (US$950,000) in its first week.[10]
References
- "Ajab Gazabb Love First Look". Independent Bollywood. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- http://comedymoviesreview.wordpress.com/
- "Jackky Bhagnani to star in Seema Tapakai remake". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- "Ajab Gazabb Love". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- "Review: Ajab Gazabb Love is outdated". Rediff. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- "Ajab Gazabb Love Review". koimoi.com. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- "Ajab Gazabb Love Review". MOZVO. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- "Ajab Gazabb Love". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- "Review: Ajab Gazabb Love tries too hard to be funny". DNA India. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- "Ajab Gazabb Love". boxofficeindia. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
