Aisha (film)
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| Directed by | Rajshree Ojha |
| Produced by | Anil Kapoor Rhea Kapoor Sanjeev Bijli Ajay Bijli |
| Written by | Devika Bhagat (dialog) Manu Rishi Chaddha (dialog) |
| Screenplay by | Devika Bhagat |
| Starring | Sonam Kapoor Abhay Deol Ira Dubey Amrita Puri Cyrus Sahukar |
| Music by | Amit Trivedi |
| Cinematography | Diego Rodriguez |
| Editing by | Sreekar Prasad |
| Distributed by | Anil Kapoor Films Company PVR Pictures Cinergy Independent Film Services Pvt Ltd |
| Release date(s) | August 6, 2010 |
| Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget |  20 crore[1] |
| Box office | 18.75 crore[2] |
Aisha (Hindi: आईशा) is a 2010 Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Rajshree Ojha and starring Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol in the lead roles.[3] The film was released on 6 August 2010.[4] The film is a modern day adaptation of the 1815 British novel, Emma by Jane Austen, a 'comedy of manners' set in the upper class society of Delhi, India.[5]
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[edit] Plot
Aisha (Sonam Kapoor) is a girl who believes she is perfectly suited for match-making - amongst her friends in particular. She is constantly criticized by her friend/neighbor Arjun (Abhay Deol) who advises her to stop meddling with others lives. She is unperturbed and carries on. She tries to make a match between her small town friend Shefali (Amrita Puri) and Randhir (Cyrus Sahukar). While at a party Aisha realizes her jealousy over Arjun. After the party Arjun and Dhruv (Arunoday Singh) get a drink and talk about Aisha, Dhruv tries to act like he is in love with Aisha and insults Arjun. Arjun punches Dhruv and hurts him. She fails in her attempts and in the due course, she tries to match up Shefali with Dhruv until one day she realizes that love does not come by force. She loses her friend Pinky (Ira Dubey) due to her actions who in the end falls in love with Randhir (Cyrus Sahukar). Shefali finds her love in Saurabh (an old friend). Aisha decides to go to Mumbai with Shefali and Dhruv. Shefali thinks that Arjun loves her. Then Aisha and Shefali have a fight. Shefali tells Aisha of how she had been treating her. She realizes that she had been selfish and arrogant all along, and has mistreated her friends. Finally, she goes back to her best friend (Pinky) and apologizes for her actions. She realizes that she was in love with Arjun; but finds it difficult to express. In the end, she finds the courage and expresses her love to Arjun.
[edit] Cast
- Sonam Kapoor as Aisha Kapoor
- Abhay Deol as Arjun Burman
- Cyrus Sahukar as Randhir Ghambir
- Arunoday Singh as Dhruv Singh
- Ira Dubey as Pinky Bose
- Amrita Puri as Shefali Thakur
- Lisa Haydon as Aarti Menon
- Yuri Suri as Col. Singh
- M. K. Raina as Mr. Kapoor
- Anand Tiwari as Saurabh Lamba
- Sameer Malhotra as Karan Burman
- Anuradha Patel as Chitra Kanwar Singh
- Masood Akhtar as Sant Ram
- Vidhushi Mehra as Aalia Kapoor/Burman
[edit] Reception
[edit] Critical reception
Aisha received positive to mixed reviews. Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India rated it a positive 4/5 and stated "Sweet love, substantial performances, super fun, slick 'n stylish, Aisha is a-ha stuff".[6] Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave it 3.5/5 stars and said "Aisha is watchable for two factors mainly, Neat performances, especially by Sonam Kapoor and Amit Trivedi's super musical score". [7] Nishtha Bhatnagar from NewsX also gave it 3.5/5 and said "Aisha doesn't have the perfect script in the least, but it has all that it takes to thoroughly enjoy a film".[8] IANS gave it 3/5 stars and praised Kapoor's daughters work saying "the film belongs to Sonam Kapoor, make no mistake of that".[9] Sukanya Venkatraghavan from Filmfare gave the film 3/5 stars saying that "Watch Aisha for its simple storytelling. Its also got the heart of a classic"[10] Noyon Jyoti Parasara of Yahoo! Movies rated the film 2.5/5 and says, "Overall, Aisha is best in the promos! The film clearly misses the spark and ends up as an average product".[11] Gaurav Malani of IndiaTimes rated it 2.5/5 saying, "What starts as a cheerful chick flick sadly ends up being a lame love story".[12] On the review-aggregation website ReviewGang, the film scored 5.5/10 based on 5 reviews.[13]
[edit] Box office
According to Box office India, Aisha opened to a slow response at multiplexes[14] and did a business of Rs. 2.91 crore on its first day.[15] However the film picked up during the weekend and collected Rs. 13.43 crore at the end of its first weekend.[16] The film grossed Rs. 18.75 crore[17] at the end of its theatrical run and was declared a below average performer at the box office.[18]
[edit] Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Amit Trivedi | ||||
| Released | 8 July 2010 | |||
| Genre | Film Soundtrack | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
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The music is composed by Amit Trivedi. The lyrics are penned by Javed Akhtar.
[edit] Tracklist
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Suno Aisha" | Amit Trivedi, Ash King and Nakash Aziz | 4:19 |
| 2. | "Gal Mitthi Mitthi" | Tochi Raina | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Shaam" | Amit Trivedi, Nikhil D'Souza and Neuman Pinto | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Behke Behke" | Anushka Manchanda, Raman Mahadevan, Samrat Kaushal, Robert Bob Omulo and Suman Shridhar | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Lehrein" | Nikhil D'Souza, Anusha Mani and Neuman Pinto | 4:50 |
| 6. | "By The Way" | Anushka Manchanda and Neuman Pinto | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Gal Mitthi Mitthi (The Bombay Bounce Dhol Mix)" | DJ Lloyd & Discreet | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Lehrein (The Bombay Bounce Lounge Mix)" | DJ Lloyd & Discreet | 4:45 |
[edit] References
- ^ "International brands tie up with Aisha". Oneindia.in. http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2010/international-brand-aisha-200710.html. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "Aisha BoxOffice Report". Bollywood Trade. http://bollywoodtrade.com/box-office/aisha/all-gross/1343/. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "Official Site". http://aishathefilm.com/.
- ^ "Release Dates". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/releasedates/index_in.html.
- ^ "Aisha based on Jane Austen's novel Emma". Indiatimes. http://www.indiatimes.com/photostory/6163708.cms. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (5 August 2010). "Aisha Review". Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Aisha/moviereview/6261844.cms. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2010/aisha-review-060810.html
- ^ http://alpha.newsx.com/story/movie-review-aisha-0
- ^ "Aisha Movie Reviews". WorldSnap. http://www.worldsnap.com/news/entertainment/movie-review/aisha-movie-review-87985.html. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ http://www.filmfare.com/articles/aisha-1306.html
- ^ "Yahoo Aisha Movie Reviews". Yahoo. http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/96338/Review-Aisha-Clueless-Emma.html. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ Malani, Gaurav. "Aisha Review". IndiaTimes. http://movies.indiatimes.com/Aisha-Movie-Review/moviereview/6261275.cms. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Aisha Reviews". ReviewGang. http://www.reviewgang.com/movies/75-Aisha-Reviews. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Aisha Opens To Poor Response". BoxofficeIndia.com. http://boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=1889&nCat=news. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ "Aisha Day One Business". Box office India. http://boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=1892&nCat=news. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Aisha Weekend Business". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/top5/680.html. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ "Aisha: Weekwise Domestic Box Office Collections". Bollywoodtrade.com. http://bollywoodtrade.com/box-office/aisha/week-wise-comparison/gross/1343/. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ "Box Office Earnings 06/08/10 - 12/08/10 (Archive)". Boxofficeindia.com. http://www.webcitation.org/5s6IWvndw. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
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