My Birthday Song

My Birthday Song is a 2018 Bollywood psychological thriller film produced and directed by Samir Soni.[1] The film stars co-producer Sanjay Suri in the lead role with Nora Fatehi, Zenia Starr and Ayaz Khan in supporting roles. The film revolves around a happily-married man and the song on his 40th birthday. It was released on 19 January 2018.[2][3]

My Birthday Song
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySamir Soni
Produced bySanjay Suri
Samir Soni
Written bySamir Soni
Vrushali Telang
StarringSanjay Suri
Nora Fatehi
Zenia Starr
Ayaz Khan
Suparna Krishna
Sameer Sharma
Elena Kazan
Music byScore:
Pawan Rasaily
Songs:
Rajeev V Bhalla
Ajay Govind
Nitin K. Menon
Joy Barua
Pawan Rasaily
CinematographyShubham Kasera
Edited bySandeep Sethy
Production
company
Kahwa Entertainment
Distributed byKahwa Entertainment
Release date
  • 19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Rajiv (Sanjay Suri) is celebrating his 40th birthday with his friends when he meets a stranger named Sandy (Nora Fatehi) and gets intimate with her. She gets killed accidentally by broken glass pieces hurt in her back of head. Rajiv gets stunned looking blood all around on pillow, he gulps in a lot of alcohol with sleeping pills. The next morning he wakes up to realize that everything that he was experiencing was just a dream. But as the day progresses, the events that take place in his life and the people that he comes across make him question whether what happened last night was all just a dream or did it all actually happen. He calls up his friend to check if his friend getting Sandy for evening party. His friend is shocked as Rajiv was not told about it earlier. Rajiv gets to know that Sandy is alive & put up at Hotel, where he calls her up & asks to meet her. Sandy is the same girl whom he had met a few years back for his ad shoot & had a night spent and forgotten.

Sandy tries to get intimate with Rajiv at hotel room, but Rajiv tells her he saw her dying in party. When she hugs her, he remembers the same dream suddenly & pushes her back abruptly. She falls on a glass that breaks in her head & she lies on floor with blood all over. Rajiv is now scared that his dream has come true. On the way back, he is stopped by Police for rash driving, asked for license, he shows it to the policeman and he sees his dad's pic in his wallet. He recollects a childhood scene where his mom and dad fight over the dinner table & argument ends up by their separation. On the way, suddenly his car breaks down on a remote road with engine fuming. Out of blues, a mechanic walks up to him with a tool kit & wishes him Happy Birthday as he puns on the situation. It can only be a fortunate day a birthday when someones car breaks down & mechanic comes up with a toolkit. Meanwhile, his car's tire is also punctured which he gets repaired. Before leaving mechanic murmurs him a statement and says "apki Sandy ready hai Sir" Rajiv is stunned again and looks for the mechanic, but he has disappeared. Rajiv starts his car and journey again, on his way he remembers good times spent with his wife on Anniversary day and Sandys head in blood again.

Cast

  • Sanjay Suri as Rajiv Kaul
  • Nora Fatehi as Sandy
  • Zenia Starr as Ritu
  • Ayaz Khan as Vikram Acharya
  • Sameer Sharma as Ravi Kaul
  • Elena Kazan as Amy
  • Suparna Krishna as Achala
  • Aarti Khetarpal as Annie
  • Aryan Veir Suri as Young Rajiv
  • Kaushar Ali Khan as Vijay
  • Aalam Bedi as Yash Kaul
  • Rohan Awasthi as Maanav Kaul
  • Poonam Kindo as Madhu
  • Savitri Wahi as Nani Maa
  • Mayana Sherawat as Baby Sandy
  • Devishi Sharma as Young Sandy
  • Purab Kohli as Ashish (cameo)
  • Pitobash Tripathy as Waiter/Mechanic (cameo)

Soundtrack

My Birthday Song
Soundtrack album by
Various
Released12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)[4]
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length22:03
LabelKahwa Entertainment
Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The songs of the film have been composed by Rajeev V Bhalla, Ajay Govind, Nitin Krishna Menon, Pawan Rasaily and Joi Barua while the background music has been composed by Pawan Rasaily.

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."My Birthday Song"Akshay K SaxenaRaajeev V BhallaRaajeev V Bhalla04:11
2."Ajnabi"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonMohan Kannan05:54
3."Ghayal"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonMohan Kannan05:41
4."Bhaag"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonJoi Barua04:06
5."Rain"Joi BaruaPawan Rasaily & Joi BaruaJoi Barua02:11
Total length:22:03

Reception

Critical response

The Times of India rated the film with 2.5/5 stars saying that the film is for the audience who likes dark and mysterious cinema.[5] Rajeev Masand of News 18 wrote that the film kept him guessing till the end and said, "It’s not a perfect film, but there’s enough to merit a single watch", and gave 2.5/5 stars.[6] Sify.com mentioned that the film is good looking and first time director Samir Soni seems to grasp the secret of audiences' collective gasp.[7] Rediff.com wrote that this psychological thriller is an honest effort and a huge relief for movie enthusiasts and gave 3.5/5 stars.[8] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 1.5 stars out of 5 and said that, "The plotting and the treatment of My Birthday Song is far too inept to create a solid psychological thriller out of this looping-upon-itself story, whose big reveal is too brief, too late."[9] Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 2 stars out of 5 and said that, "Debutante director Samir Soni starts off with an amazing idea which is failed by its execution. It is the heavy-footed treatment of the film that fails it. It is so over-dramatic that even the solid theme on which it is based gets lost."[10]

References

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