Ishqiya

<p>starts with Krishna Verma ( ) trying to convince her husband, Vidyadhar Verma ( ), a local gang-lord, that he should surrender. He agrees but is soon killed in a gas explosion. Two criminals, Iftikhar aka Khalujan ( ) and Razzak Hussain aka Babban ( ), botch a job and escape from their boss, Mushtaq ( ), who intends to bury them alive. They travel to in Uttar Pradesh to seek refuge in Vidhyadhar Verma’s house. However, they meet his widow Krishna, who provides them shelter and attempts to seduce them to achieve her secret goal. She proposes kidnapping Kamalkant Kakkar aka KK ( ), a small businessman. The duo reluctantly agrees, as they want to escape Mushtaq. Meanwhile, Khulujan and Babban realize they are falling for Krishna but do not confess their feelings to each other. Babban eventually seduces Krishna, and they have sex. Khulujan decides to confess his feelings to Krishna but is shocked to see Krishna and Babban dancing together after their encounter. Khalujan is angry but keeps quiet. However, when the kidnapping plan goes awry, Khulujan and Babban begin to fight. Meanwhile, Krishna tortures KK and asks him where her husband is hiding, revealing that Verma might be alive. KK finally calls Verma. Babban and Khalujan realise that Krishna was just using them. They confront her, whereupon she reveals that KK and Verma were partners in the illegal business and that Verma is still alive. The duo reach KK’s factory and are shocked to find Verma. Verma’s goons blindfold the duo and take them to a deserted spot. When they take out their blindfolds, Babban sees Nandu (Alok Kumar), a boy he had previously met, pointing a gun at them. Nandu leaves them alive and explains the whole story. He says that Verma had no plans to leave his criminal life, so he faked his death in front of the world, to get two benefits, getting rid of his wife by killing her in an explosion and faking his death so he can start a new life with a new identity since the police was after him. Khalujan and Babban race back to Krishna’s house, where they have left her tied to a chair. Meanwhile, Krishna succeeds in opening the tube of gas cylinder, causing a leak. Verma confronts her and she tries to kill them by igniting a lighter. Verma assaults Krishna while the duo arrives. Soon, police arrive at the scene, too. Verma’s goons are killed in a shootout, while Verma is killed in a gas explosion. The duo save Krishna and soon the trio is seen walking away from the burning house. Unknown to them, Mushtaq is pointing a gun at them. Suddenly Mushtaq’s wife calls. The trio are still seen through the gun hole of Mushtaq, making their fate unclear, although it can be assumed that Mushtaq left them alive. The soundtrack of the film was composed by and the lyrics are penned by . The music was released on 1 January 2010. The reception to the music has been positive with “Dil To Bachcha Hai” and “Ibn-E-Batuta” being instant chartbusters. The track “Badi Dheere Jali”, based on an Indian classical ” ” and the “Ab Mujhe Koi” are sung by . In three days, the gross box office collections of the film in India crossed Rs. 150 million on 522 screens. Friday morning shows opened with 40–60 per cent in key areas like Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune evening settled down to 65–70 per cent with average occupancy cultivating first day gross box office of Rs. 38.5 million. With glowing reviews ranging from 3–4 star ratings and strong word-of-mouth from audience, Saturday showed an impressive jump of 25–30 per cent and settled down to Rs. 50 million; Sunday showed further jump of 30 per cent compared to Friday and 8–10 per cent compared to Saturday, garnered a further Rs. 54 million to cumulate an opening gross weekend collection of more than Rs. 140 million at the box office. After five weeks grossed Rs.220,500,000 and was declared an above average performer at the box office. of wrote, ” would have faltered if the performances had not matched the writing but all three leads are absolutely terrific,” while giving the movie 3.5 stars out of 5. of while giving it 3.5 on a 5-star rating, called it, “a delicious little film that teeters dangerously between saucy comedy and suspenseful noir….the film sparkles for its inspired writing and uncompromised direction.” of called “a rollercoaster rustic ride through ” and praised director Abhishek Chaubey calling his “one of the most assured debuts in recent Hindi cinema.” Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL gave 4 out of 5 stars and said, ” could have been an average film had it not been for the screenplay.” The review also gave 3.5 stars out of 5. of while giving the film 4 on a 5 star rating scale, said “You can’t help but fall in ishq with . Tired of sherbat? Try this spicy jaljeera for a change!” At a private party, the producers of , Shemaroo and Vishal Bhardwaj, announced the sequel, , with the same cast and crew. In April 2012, signed on for the sequel of , her first film after moving back to the country in November 2011 to play a grey character called Shahi Begum. The two male leads and were retained from the original. The role of supporting actress first was offered to but, she refused to work in a supporting role in and in one interview she said that she thought that her role is not very attractive so, she left the project. then signed and said she was going to start shooting soon. But in December 2012 she opted out due to date issues. replaced Kangna Ranaut. Arshad Warsi stated that he was paired with Huma and Madhuri was paired opposite Naseeruddin Shah. The shooting was initially to start in September and was shifted to November later, but it was postponed even further. The shooting of began on 27 February 2013. The palace near was spruced up for the shoot. Madhuri Dixit performed to a song titled Apne Karar Mein. Pandit choreographed the dance sequence for Madhuri Dixit for the film. First look of the film was released on 25 October 2013, trailer got released on 8 November, and the film has released worldwide on 10 January 2014, with 1200 screens in India.</p>