Aabra Ka Daabra
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| Aabra Ka Daabra | |
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| Directed by | Dheeraj Kumar |
| Written by | Raghuveer Shekhawat (dialogues) |
| Story by | J. K. Nirmal, Iqbal Katchi |
| Produced by | Zuby Kochhar |
| Starring | Athit Naik Satish Kaushik Hansika Motwani Nupur Mehta |
| Cinematography | Ajay Tandon |
| Edited by | Ballu Saluja |
| Music by | Himesh Reshammiya |
Production companies | Creative Eye Studios Namah Shivay Enterprises |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹8 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹1.06 crore[2] |
Aabra Ka Daabra is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language fantasy film.[3]
Plot
Shanu, a 12-year old boy lives with his mother Shivani Singh and father Rahul Singh. His father, Rahul Singh is a magician who is expert in doing Houdini Tricks. Once doing such a trick, he locks himself in a closed box and drops the box in sea but he failed to come out of the box and disappears mysteriously. The sudden disappearance of Rahul drives Shanu and his mother to live in worse conditions. People used to tease Shanu saying 'Son of loser'. However Shanu wins a competition by which he gets admission in any school he wishes. He takes admission in Abra Ka Dabra: School Of Magic where he meets Pinky and Limbu. He also meets the strict school principal of Abra Ka Dabra school, Rang Birangi also called as RB. He studies many magic tricks in school and becomes an expert magician. While in school he comes to know that RB used to go somewhere at night in the forest. Shanu and his friends chase RB by eating an invisibility pill given by Limbu where he finds his father being imprisoned by RB. RB wants Rahul, Shanu's father to make Amarsanjivani (An Immortality Potion) for her which he made once when he was a teacher in Abra Ka Dabra School. RB sees Shanu and injects him with poison. Rahul, to save his son, continues to make the potion. Meanwhile he cures his son, Shanu and both stand against RB and a good magical fight happens, in which RB gets defeated promising to come back for revenge and dies. Shanu takes her magical wand and give it to Dilbaug Singh the guardian of Shanu. Everyone celebrates the strict-free environment in Abra Ka Dabra. Meanwhile the magical wand of RB disappears magically leaving the audience in suspense and at last Zulu, the demon-winged servant of RB questioned about comeback of RB and mystery of disappearance of magical wand pointing at the audience. And thus the movie ends.
Cast
- Athit Naik as Shanu R. Singh[4]
- Hansika Motwani as Pinky[4]
- Satish Kaushik as Dilbaug Singh / Jadugar Pyaara Singh[4]
- Anupam Kher as Limbu[4]
- Krrishna as Rahul Singh[4]
- Johnny Lever as Maneklal[4]
- Archana Puran Singh as Suzanne[4]
- Nupur Mehta as Jadugarni Bijli / Headmistress Rang Birangi 'RB'[4]
- Shweta Tiwari as Shivani R. Singh[4]
- Naveen Bawa as Mind over matter instructor
- Prabhu Deva as Dancer / Singer in the song "Shiv Om"
Soundtrack
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| Released | 31 December 2004 (India) | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Venue | Mumbai | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Producer | Himesh Reshammiya | |||
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Music composed by Himesh Reshammiya. The album has 8 tracks.[5]
| Song Title | Singers |
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| "Shiv Om" | Shaan, Dheeraj Kumar Kochhar, Prabhudeva |
| "Chutkan Gang" | Udit Narayan, Children |
| "Love Hoya" | KK, Hema Sardesai, Jayesh Gandhi |
| "Aabra Ka Daabra" | Instrumental |
| "Tara Ram Pam" | Kunal Ganjawala, Children |
| "Aabra Ka Daabra" (Theme Music) | Instrumental |
| "Didave" | Anuradha Sriram |
| "Zindagi Zindagi" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
Reception
Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 2 out of 5, writing "AABRA KA DAABRA revolves around the kids and all of them come up with decent performances. Master Athit is adorable, followed by Vishal. Hansika and Esha are effective. Tiara enacts her part well. Anupam Kher goes over the top. Satish Kaushik, Archana Puransingh, Navin Bawa and Johny Lever are adequate. Shweta Tiwari and Krrishna Sonie are fair. On the whole, AABRA KA DAABRA caters to the kids mainly and releasing it during the vacations is a step in the right direction."[6]
References
- ^ Sharma, Arti (19 July 2003). "Will Dheeraj Kumar's foray into films work?". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Aabra Ka Daabra 3D". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Wright, Neelam Sidhar (2015). Bollywood and Postmodernism. Edinburgh University Press. p. 215.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "As Harry Potter turns 20, here's looking at its cringe-worthy Hindi cousin Aabra Ka Dabra". 17 November 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Aabra Ka Daabra (Music Today)". Tribune India (published 15 January 2004). 22 January 2004. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Adarsh, Taran (24 December 2004). "Aabra Ka Daabra Review". IndiaFM. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2023.