Aisha is a 2010 Indian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rajshree Ojha, starring Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor in the lead roles and Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh, Ira Dubey and Amrita Puri in supporting roles. It is set in the upper class society of Delhi, India and is an adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma with the same tone as the 1995 cult Hollywood film Clueless which is also an adaptation of Austen's novel. The choreography of this film was done by Neerav Bavlecha.
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Directed by | Rajshree Ojha |
Produced by | Sunil Manchanda Rhea Kapoor Anil Kapoor |
Written by | Devika Bhagat (dialogue) Ritu Bhatia (dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Devika Bhagat |
Starring | Sonam Kapoor Abhay Deol Ira Dubey Amrita Puri Arunoday Singh Cyrus Sahukar Lisa Haydon |
Music by | Amit Trivedi |
Cinematography | Diego Rodriguez |
Edited by | Sreekar Prasad |
Production company | PVR Pictures Anil Kapoor Films Company MAD Entertainment Ltd. |
Distributed by | Eros International |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ?19 crore (US$2.6 million) |
Box office | ?28.65 crore (US$4.0 million) |
The film released on 6 August 2010, to a moderate critical response, eventually becoming an "average" grosser at the box office.
Screenplay
Aisha (Sonam Kapoor) is a young, rich, upper class woman who believes that she is perfectly suited for match-making – amongst her friends in particular. Her superficial lifestyle and match-making schemes are constantly criticized by her friend/neighbor Arjun (Abhay Deol), who advises her to stop meddling with the lives of other people. Soon, she has a new project - trying to make a match between her middle class, small town friend Shefali (Amrita Puri) and a rich business owner, Randhir (Cyrus Sahukar). Aisha creates various circumstances to make Shefali and Randhir fall in love. During one such occasion, she meets her aunt's step-son Dhruv Singh (Arunoday Singh), whom she becomes attracted to. In the mean-time, Arjun introduces Aisha to one of his colleagues, Aarti Menon (Lisa Haydon), who is from New York. Aisha feels threatened by Aarti's presence and is very antagonistic towards her.
Randhir organizes a river rafting camp for everyone, and Aisha uses this as a chance to get Randhir and Shefali to spend more time together. One night during the camp, Randhir takes Aisha for a walk and then confesses his love for her. Confused and taken aback by Randhir's feelings for her, Aisha starts to doubt her match making skills. Arjun comes to know of the incident and gets angry at Aisha, criticizing her for once again meddling with the lives of others, and playing with Shefali's feelings. Aisha tries to console a heart broken Shefali, who had previously turned down a marriage proposal in order to be with Randhir, on Aisha's advice. As time passes, Pinky (Ira Dubey), Aisha's best friend, starts to develop feelings for Randhir and eventually they are engaged. This causes a problem between Pinky and Aisha, and they stop speaking to each other.
Disheartened with her previous failed match making attempt, Aisha tries to match up Shefali with Dhruv. Shefali comes to know of Aisha's plan and confronts her, telling Aisha that she never viewed her as a friend, rather as a project, someone who she tried to mold and fix. Shefali then declares that she has feelings for Arjun. This greatly confuses and hurts Aisha, since she realises that she has been in love with Arjun all this time. Aisha realises that she has been selfish and arrogant all along, playing with the emotions and feelings of her friends. She goes back to her best friend, Pinky, and apologizes for her actions. Dhruv and Aarthi get engaged, but Aisha chooses not to attend since she thinks that Arjun will be there with Shefali. After a late night conversation with her father, Aisha decides spontaneously to go to the engagement and declare her feelings to Arjun. She meets Shefali, who tells her that love cannot be forced or planned, and also reveals that she has found her love in Saurabh, her childhood friend whose proposal she had previously turned down. Later that night, Arjun and Aisha meet and reminisce about their childhood and friendship, and ultimately declare their love for each other. The movie ends one year later, at Dhruv and Aarthi's wedding, where Aisha states that love is spontaneous and never goes according to plan.
- Sonam Kapoor as Aisha Kapoor
- Abhay Deol as Arjun Burman
- Ira Dubey as Pinky Bose
- Cyrus Sahukar as Randhir Ghambir
- Lisa Haydon as Aarti Menon
- Arunoday Singh as Dhruv Singh
- Amrita Puri as Shefali Thakur
- Anand Tiwari as Saurabh Lamba
- Yuri Suri as Col. Singh
- M. K. Raina as Mr. Kapoor
- Sameer Malhotra as Karan Burman
- Anuradha Patel as Chitra Kanwar Singh
- Masood Akhtar as Sant Ram
- Vidhushi Mehra as Aalia Kapoor/Burman
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Soundtrack album by Amit Trivedi | ||||
Released | 8 July 2010 | |||
Genre | Film Soundtrack | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
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The music of Aisha was composed by Amit Trivedi, with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar.
Track list
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Suno Aisha" | Ash King, Nakash Aziz, Amit Trivedi, (Additional Vocals: Addit) | 4:19 |
2. | "Gal Mitthi Mitthi" | Tochi Raina | 4:15 |
3. | "Shaam" | Nikhil D'Souza, Amit Trivedi, Neuman Pinto | 4:44 |
4. | "Behke Behke" | Anushka Manchanda, Samrat Kaushal, Raman Mahadevan | 3:43 |
5. | "Lehrein" | Anusha Mani, Neuman Pinto, Nikhil D'Souza | 4:50 |
6. | "By The Way" | Anushka Manchanda, Neuman Pinto | 3:31 |
7. | "Gal Mithhi Bombay Bounce Dhol Mix" | Tochi Raina | 4:01 |
8. | "Lehrein Bombay Bounce Lounge Mix" | Anusha Mani, Nikhil D'Souza, Neuman Pinto | 4:45 |