2007 Indian film
| Aggar | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Anant Mahadevan |
| Written by | S. Farhan |
| Produced by | Narendra Bajaj Shyam Bajaj |
| Starring | Tusshar Kapoor Udita Goswami Shreyas Talpade Saadhika Randhawa Vikas Kalantri Nauheed Cyrusi Sophie Choudry |
| Cinematography | K. Rajkumar |
| Edited by | Manish More Bunty Nagi |
| Music by | Mithoon |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Aggar (lit. 'If'), is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Anant Mahadevan, starring Udita Goswami, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade. It was produced by Narendra Bajaj and Shyam Bajaj and . The film was released on 14 September 2007 and emerged as a box-office bomb.
Plot
Janvi is a woman whose life would seem ideal on the surface: she runs a thriving business and is married to Dr. Aditya Merchant, a psychiatrist.
But a faint air of discontent has begun to creep into her relationship, when Aryan Mehta joins Janvi's company. Aryan himself has issues as an angry outburst leads him to accidentally kill his cheating girlfriend. Janvi impulsively gets drawn into a relationship with Aryan to keep her sanity. But after her issues with her husband are resolved, she tries to break off the affair. Aryan, however, is not willing to give her up so easily, and his attraction to her soon becomes a dangerous obsession.
Cast
- Udita Goswami as Jhanvi Merchant
- Tusshar Kapoor as Aryan Mehta, Jhanvi's love interest
- Shreyas Talpade as Dr. Aditya Merchant, Jhanvi's husband
- Saadhika Randhawa as Radhe
- Vikas Kalantri as Mihir Rao
- Nauheed Cyrusi as Ritu Chaudhary
- Sophie Choudry as Nisha Raval
Soundtrack
The Soundtrack of the film was composed by Mithoon, and the lyrics were by Sayeed Quadri. Joginder Tuteja from Bollywood Hungama gave the album 3 stars out of 5, stating that while the album did not have one single track which could be marked as THE song of the album, it had a fine assortment of numbers belonging to different genres which made it a decent listening experience.
| Song | Singer(s) |
|---|---|
| "Ke Bin Tere Jeena Nahi" | Mithoon, Hamza Faruqui, Kshitij Tarey |
| "Ke Bin Tere Jeena Nahi-Remix" | Mithoon, Hamza Faruqui, Kshitij Tarey |
| "Paas Aaya Kyon" | Mithoon & Sharmishtha |
| "Sehra" | Roop Kumar Rathod & Shilpa Rao |
| "Nachle Nachle Nachle" | Josh |
| "Aggar" | Hamza Faruqui & Tulsi Kumar |
Reception
Patcy N of Rediff.com gave the film 3.5 out of 5, writing, "This well-woven thriller keeps you involved throughout, and one can't help but appreciate the director's efforts." Subhash K Jha of IANS gave the film 2 out of 5, writing, "Well-packaged and evenly narrated, Aggar has a plot that keeps the narration going at a hot trot till the very last visual spills out in a pool of blood."
Box office
The film was a financial debacle, which Tusshar Kapoor acknowledged and attributed to poor publicity; he felt that releasing the film during the holy month of Ramzan and Ganesh Chaturthi as well as the India-Pakistan match left viewers with no time for Aggar.
References
- "Aggar - Passion Betrayal Terror". British Board of Film Classification.
- "Aggar". Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via The Times of India.
- "Aggar - Movie". Box Office India.
- "Aggar Music Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- N, Patcy (14 September 2007). "Aggar: Good performances, great plot". Rediff.com. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- Jha, Subhash K (15 September 2007). "Review: Aggar". IANS. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via Hindustan Times.
- "Tusshar unhappy with the publicity of Aggar". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
External links
- Aggar at IMDb
- Film Review
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