Raabta

<p>Shiv Kakkar, a fun-loving banker from Amritsar, moves to Budapest for a lucrative job opportunity along with his childhood friend, Radha. In Budapest, he continues his playboy ways until he meets Saira Singh, a chocolatier haunted by mysterious nightmares of drowning. Despite being on a date with another woman, Shiv feels an intense connection with Saira, who initially rejects his advances due to her existing relationship with her boyfriend, Manav. However, Shiv convinces her to be with him instead, leading to the end of her relationship with Manav. As Shiv and Saira grow closer, she reveals her fear of water, stemming from a childhood trauma when her parents drowned. Shiv then leaves for a business trip, and during his absence, Saira meets Zakir, who later kidnaps her. Zakir claims they were lovers in a past life, showing her paintings of her from that time and triggering memories of her previous life as a warrior princess named Saiba. In that life, Saiba loved a warrior named Jilaan (Shiv in the present), but their love story ended in tragedy when Qaabir (Zakir in the present) killed Jilaan out of jealousy. To prevent history from repeating, Saira initially agrees to marry Zakir but eventually decides to fight back. Shiv, unaware of their past lives but deeply in love with Saira, helps her escape. In a final confrontation, Zakir tries to kill Shiv, but they both fall into the ocean, and Zakir drowns while Saira saves Shiv. They are rescued by the navy, and ten years later, Shiv and Saira, now married with twin sons, visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar, signifying their peaceful future. was considered to play the lead role opposite , but turned down the role due to scheduling conflicts. In December 2015, was approached to play the lead role opposite Rajput, but opted out due to her decision of not acting post marriage. was signed on to play the lead female role in the film in February 2016. was confirmed to make a guest appearance. began in February 2016. A major part of filming took place in . The film’s title song ”Raabta” was shot at the in , which featured . The film’s producers, , , and received a legal notice from , the producer of . On 8 June 2017, the courts ruled in favor of the film. gave the film 3.5/5 stars, writing “Raabta is a wellenacted drama with beautiful locales and potent cinematography. It should be in your watch list if you like plots centred around romance, fantasy and reincarnation”. gave the film 3.5/5 stars, writing “If sparks flew more organically, it would have been easier to make a connection with this epic tale of love.” gave the film 2/5 stars, writing “Raabta is a confused film that never establishes a firm balance between its crossover love stories.” Shubhra Gupta from gave the film 1.5/5 stars, writing, “Some questions arise after Raabta has been seen, chief amongst which is one that comes up every time Bollywood tries, and fails, to do a cracking romance. Why is Bollywood incapable of pulling off a full-length film with a pair of lovers connecting, pulling apart, coming together?” gave the film 1/5 stars, calling it “A comet-crossed romance which never hits the target.” Critic gave the film 1/5 stars, writing, “This is a movie so singularly pointless, you have to wonder how the writers and the director tricked the financiers into thinking there was a story here worth telling, and why the actors preferred going to shoot every morning instead of sleeping longer hours. This is the kind of film that film critics must endure so you don’t have to. Even couldn’t save this film. I’m going with one out of five.” In its opening weekend, the film collected 159.3 million domestically. The film made a lifetime collection of 256.7 million in India, and a worldwide gross collection of 390.5 million. The film’s soundtrack was composed by , and with the lyrics written by , and . The first track “Ik Vaari Aa” sung by was released on 21 April 2017. The second track “Raabta” (Title Track) is a remake from 2012 film s “Raabta (Kehte Hain Khuda)” by Irshad Kamil, and by original makers, Amitabh Bhattacharya and Pritam, sung by Arijit Singh (who had also the original) and and were released on 2 May 2017. The third song, “Sadda Move,” sung by and Pardeep Singh Sran and rapped by was released on 9 May 2017. The fourth song, titled “Lambiyaan Si Judaiyaan”, sung by Singh, Shadab Faridi and Altamash Faridi, was released on 18 May 2017. The fifth track of the film ” ” is a remake from 2007 album “Punjabi Blockbuster”, song “Girl Friend Boy Friend” sung by Gopal Sharma, written by and composed by Sohrabuddin and Sourav Roy, was recreated for this film and was released on 22 May 2017. The sixth and the last song titled “Darasal” voiced by was released on 1 June 2017. Music director gave his credit to his launched band due to creative differences with producers. He cleared that he wants to work as a solo composer by posting a status on . The soundtrack consisted of 7 songs and was released on 3 June 2017.</p>