Loveyatri

Loveyatri
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Abhiraj Minawala
Produced by	Salman Khan
Distributed by	Salman Khan Films
Release date	5 October 2018 (2018-10-05)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Loveyatri (transl. Love travellers; Hindustani pronunciation: [ləʋjaːt̪ɾɪ]) is an upcoming Bollywood musical romantic drama produced by Salman Khan under Salman Khan Films and directed by debutante Abhiraj Minawala.

Cast

• Aayush Sharma as Sushrut
• Warina Hussain as Michelle
• Anshuman Jha
• Ronit Roy
• Ram Kapoor
• Prachi Shah
• Pratik Gandhi
• Mohini Sharma
• Arnab Shah
• Amitabh Mishra
• Salman Khan (cameo appearance)
• Arbaaz Khan as Jignesh (cameo appearance)
• Sohail Khan as Bhavesh (cameo appearance)
• Caroline Wilde

Production

Salman Khan announced the film in 2017. He also confirmed via Twitter that the film would star his brother-in-law Aayush Sharma and would be directed by Abhiraj Minawala. Abhiraj was Ali Abbas Zafar's assistant director for Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai. In February 2018, Salman announced that Warina Hussain would be the leading lady of the film. The film is the Bollywood debut for both Aayush and Warina. Loveyatri is a romantic drama set against the backdrop of Navratri in Gujarat. Aayush stars as a garba teacher from Baroda, who falls in love with an NRI, played by Warina, when she visits the town during the festival.

The film was shot in two schedules. Several scenes were also shot in Vadodara in March 2018. This was followed by the second half starting in April 2018 in London. Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor are also in pivotal roles of the film. Principal photography was completed in June 2018.

Soundtrack

Loveyatri
Soundtrack album by Tanishk Bagchi, JAM8 and Lijo George-DJ Chetas
Released	3 October 2018 (2018-10-03)
Recorded	2018
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	32:18
Language	Hindi
Label	T-Series
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Tanishk Bagchi chronology
Mitron (2018) Loveyatri (2018) Jalebi (2018)
JAM8 chronology
Crisscross (2018) Loveyatri (2018) Badhaai Ho (2018)
DJ Chetas-Lijo George chronology
Mitron (2018) Loveyatri (2018) Simmba (2018)

Tanishk Bagchi, JAM8(Kaushik-Akash-Guddu), and DJ Chetas-Lijo George will compose the soundtrack of the film. Udit Narayan, Atif Aslam, Asees Kaur, Palak Muchhal, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Badshah, Jubin Nautiyal, Divya Kumar, Neha Kakkar, Darshan Raval, Dev Negi, Jonita Gandhi, Shashaa Tirupati and Raja Hasan will sing. Lyrics are written by Shabbir Ahmed, Manoj Muntashir, Darshan Raval, Arafat Mehmood, Badshah, Niren Bhatt, Tanishk Bagchi, Yo Yo Honey Singh and Hommie Dilliwala.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chogada"	Darshan Raval, Shabbir Ahmed	Lijo George-DJ Chetas	Darshan Raval, Asees Kaur	4:09
2.	"Akh Lad Jaave"	Tanishk Bagchi, Badshah	Tanishk Bagchi	Asees Kaur, Jubin Nautiyal Rap by: Badshah	3:00
3.	"Tera Hua"	Manoj Muntashir, Arafat Mehmood Additional: Shabbir Ahmed	Tanishk Bagchi	Atif Aslam	3:34
4.	"Rangtaari"	Shabbir Ahmed, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Hommie Dilliwala	Tanishk Bagchi	Dev Negi, Raja Hasan Rap by: Yo Yo Honey Singh	3:37
5.	"Dholida"	Shabbir Ahmed	Tanishk Bagchi	Udit Narayan, Palak Muchhal, Neha Kakkar, Raja Hasan	3:36
6.	"Loveyatri Title Track"	Niren Bhatt	KAG for JAM8	Divya Kumar	2:32
7.	"Chogada (Unplugged)"	Darshan Raval, Shabbir Ahmed	DJ Chetas-Lijo George	Darshan Raval, Jonita Gandhi, Shashaa Tirupati	4:00
8.	"Tera Hua (Unplugged)"	Manoj Muntashir, Arafat Mehmood Additional: Shabbir Ahmed	Tanishk Bagchi	Atif Aslam, Asees Kaur	3:50
9.	"Loveyatri Mashup"	Shabbir Ahmed, Manoj Muntashir, Darshan Raval, Arafat Mehmood, Badshah, Niren Bhatt, Tanishk Bagchi, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Hommie Dilliwala	Tanishk Bagchi, Lijo George-DJ Chetas, JAM8	Atif Aslam, Darshan Raval, Asses Kaur, Jubin Nautiyal, Badshah, Dev Negi, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Udit Narayan, Neha Kakkar, Palak Muchhal, Raja Hasan, Divya Kumar, Jonita Gandhi, Shashaa Tirupati	4:00
Total length:					32:18

Promotion and marketing

The film's first teaser was released on 14 June 2018, narrated by Salman Khan. The trailer was unveiled on 6 August 2018. The film was promoted in Lucknow and Patna.

Title controversy

A minor dispute emerged during the middle of promotions, in late September 2018, regarding the film's name. It was originally titled Loveratri, which is a play on the words "love" and "Navratri" (a religious celebration of the Hindu goddess Amba). However, the religious organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad felt that the title distorted the meaning of the festival and filed a complaint against the producers. A court in Bihar asked the police to file a First Information Report against the actor Salman Khan and the rest of the film's cast. On 18 September 2018, Khan announced on his Instagram page that the film's title would be changed from Loveratri to Loveyatri, with "yatri" meaning "traveller", thus changing the overall meaning approximately to "the journey of love".

However, the following day a Gujarat-based Hindu organization, Sanatan Foundation, legally filed a Public Interest Litigation move against the new name, claiming that it still sounded too similar to "Navratri". They sought another name change (possibly to "Love Ki Yatra"), changing the film's content, or to ban the film entirely for "hurting the sentiments of Hindus".

On 27 September 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the film's producers, stating that "no coercive action is to be taken in any part of the country against Salman Khan Ventures Pvt ltd." The ruling was submitted considering the film's status as having been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), and yet had an FIR registered in Bihar against it and a criminal complaint pending in Vadodara, Gujarat. The statement concluded by asserting that any further complaints, particularly those related to the contents or name of the film, would not be entertained.

External links

• Loveyatri on Facebook
• Loveyatri at IMDb
• Loveyatri at Bollywood Hungama