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Band Baaja Baaraat (English: Bands Horns and Revelry), also known by the abbreviated form BBB is a 2010 Indian feature film that marks the directing debut of Maneesh Sharma and stars Anushka Sharma and newcomer Ranveer Singh in the lead roles. Produced and distributed by Yash Raj Films, the film is a romantic comedy set around the world of wedding planning. It was released worldwide on December 10, 2010. It is rated 6.5/10 on the primarily Hindi film critics aggregate site ReviewGang, indicating generally favorable reviews.[2]

Band Baaja Baaraat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byManeesh Sharma
Screenplay byHabib Faisal
Story byManeesh Sharma
Produced byAditya Chopra
StarringAnushka Sharma
Ranveer Singh
CinematographyAseem Mishra
Edited byNamrata Rao
Music bySalim-Sulaiman
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • December 10, 2010 (2010-12-10)
Running time
139.35 Minutes
CountryTemplate:Film India
LanguagesHindi
English
Budget₹​ 10 crore
Box office₹​ 21.44 crore[1]

Plot

The movie starts with typical hostel in Delhi University, where street-smart Bittoo Sharma (Ranveer Singh) collects money from everyone in the group to gate-crash into a wedding for tasty food. While standing in the queue in the food counter, Shruti Kakkar (Anushka Sharma) who assists the wedding coordinator suspects that he is neither from the groom or bride's side. He is successful in convincing her that he has a right to be at the wedding by calling his friend who is the videographer for the wedding. After watching her dance at the wedding, Bittoo likes Shruti and makes a video of her during the sangeet dance routine. Later he calls Shruti's employer and while pretending to be the groom's uncle, gets her full name and college. After finding this information, he gets on university bus while she is in it and tries to give her the DVD to impress her. She finally accepts it and tells him of her dream of opening a wedding planning company. Bittoo makes fun of her and she gets angry with him. When Bittoo's father comes to take him back to his village so they can plow the fields together, Bittoo refuses and lies to his dad that he and Shruti are going into business together. He goes to Shruti with this idea and she refuses but after seeing his persistence, agrees. They name the company "Shaadi Mubarak". Together, their enterprise is a success with the work equally split between the two. Their first project is low budget but is very successful. Following its success, they go on to plan many more small weddings. Later they migrate to posh colonies of Delhi and get their first big client. After working night and day, they make a huge success out of that event and are ecstatic. At the night of the event, they dance to celebrate their success and Shruti gets drunk. She falls for Bitto and they make love on that night. After waking up Bittoo realizes the mistake he has made as he is not in love with Shruti but does not want to hurt her feelings and acts strangely. Shruti also is extremely nice to him which is unlike her real personality and in an argument Bittoo throws back her own words at her that business and pleasure don't mix and he does not love her. This creates a very tense atmosphere between the two and Bittoo leaves Shaadi Mubarak to create his own wedding planning enterprise called Happy Wedding. Both of them attempt to prove themselves in the industry and provoke other people to go against the other. However, both the enterprises suffer huge losses. They finally get a contract in which they are asked to work together as a team. Both of them, unwillingly, take it up for the sake of recovering their losses. After they start working for the wedding, Bittoo finds out that Shruti is engaged to a businessman in Dubai. Bittoo keeps on pestering Shruti asking her whether her engagement was an attempt to make him jealous. Shruti answers that she is not doing it for revenge but for her own security and her parents' satisfaction to see her well settled in life. She acknowledges that she did fall in love with Bittoo but if he doesnt feel the same, she has since moved on. Finally, Bittoo realizes that he was always in love with her but just didn't know it. It was only the thought of losing her that made him realize this.Then they fall in love but this time they both.The end shows both of them dancing at their own wedding with their friends and family surrounding them.

Cast

  • Anushka Sharma as Shruti Kakkar
  • Ranveer Singh as Bittoo Sharma
  • Manu Rishi as Inspector(Special Appearance)
  • Puru Chibber as Bittoo's best friend
  • Revant Shergill as Santy (Musician)
  • Manmeet Singh as Rajinder Singh (Caterer)
  • Neeraj Sood as Maqsood (Florist)
  • Vinod Verma as Shruti's father
  • Nirupama Chopra as Shruti's mother
  • Pushvinder Rathore as Shruti's sister
  • Shena Gamat as Chanda Narang
  • Govind Pandey as Bittoo's father

Production

Development

Yash Raj Films announced the then-untitled project on February 4, 2010.[3] Maneesh Sharma, who has been an associate or assistant director on a number of Yash Raj Films productions such as Fanaa, Aaja Nachle and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, makes his feature directing debut with this film. Sharma also came up with the film's story, however the actual screenplay was written by Habib Faisal, a writer who has worked on a number of other romantic comedies for the company, such as Salaam Namaste, Ta Ra Rum Pum and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Sharma described the story as "a quintessential Delhi tale, inspired by events in his own life".[4] A relatively low-budget film[5] costing 100 Million Rupees[6] (a little more than US$2 million at the time), Band Baaja Baaraat is produced by Aditya Chopra and executive producers Aashish Singh and Sanjay Shivalkarr.

Prior to its release, Band Baaja Baaraat was accused of being a rip-off of the 2001 American film The Wedding Planner, which was denied by a Yash Raj Films representative.[7] But Story line of Band Baaja Baaraat is totally different.

Casting

"[Anushka Sharma] and I have been friends for a long time, and we have a very comfortable love-hate relationship – more hate and less love from her side!"

-Director Maneesh Sharma[8]

Actress Anushka Sharma was given the female lead in the film, thus completing the three-film contract she signed to do Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, her first film. Her role was described as "challenging" by media publications prior to the film's release.[9] Describing the way the lead characters in the film talk as "crude but cute", the actress declared that the hardest part of her job was speaking like a typical Delhi Punjabi girl, which called for her to "talk fast, sometimes mix words and even omit words completely".[10] Director Maneesh Sharma, with whom she's been great friends since her first film, said that the model-turned-actress was a very feisty person, and a natural actress who didn't like doing multiple takes.[8] She described the film as "very much a young love story set in Delhi".[11]

The male lead was given to Mumbai native Ranveer Singh, a complete newcomer with no prior acting or modelling experience whatsoever, who impressed producer Aditya Chopra so much that he cast him after his first audition,[3] signing a three-film contract with the actor.[12] Singh, who took acting classes,[13] and hung out at Delhi University prior to shooting said about his casting “I’m the first solo hero Yash Raj is launching. It’s a huge deal for me. I don’t know how I got here. I guess I happened to be in the right place at the right time”.[12] As such, this marks the first time a film rests mainly on Anushka Sharma's shoulders, as opposed to her prior films Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Badmaash Company where she shared the screen with more experienced co-stars, respectively Shahrukh Khan and Shahid Kapoor, a fact the actress remarked upon, stating "some people will refer to Band Baaja Baraat as Anushka Sharma’s film because they have seen me in another film before".[10]

Filming

Filming started in Delhi on February 4, 2010, the same day the production company announcement was made.[3] Ranveer Singh was very nervous about his first day but was eventually proud that his first scene only took three takes to shoot.[12] A February 18 article by Minakshi Saini for the Hindustan Times' entertainment supplement HT City reported that during the previous day's early morning shoot in West Delhi’s Subhash Nagar, Ranveer Singh's newcomer status led many to speculate on whether he was Ranbir Kapoor, Ranvir Shorey or even Ritesh Deshmukh. Police officers were eventually called in to secure the set from curious onlookers, however some expressed discontentment at having to be out in the cold despite both lead actors being virtual unknowns.[14] The film features a kiss between the lead actors, which only necessitated a single take.[12] Reportedly, Singh accidentally hit Sharma while filming an undisclosed intense scene.[15] Other than Subhash Nagar DDA Market, locations in Delhi include Janakpuri, Delhi University, North and West Delhi, Ring Road, Mehrauli Farms and Akbar Road.[8][16] Some scenes were also shot in director Maneesh Sharma's almamater, Hans Raj College in University campus.[17] The film was additionally shot in Mumbai in March and Rajasthan in April.[18]

The assistant directors for the film were Akshat Kapil and Rohit Philip who'd previously held the job on Aaja Nachle and Do Dooni Chaar respectively. Aseem Mishra handled the cinematography after working on such films as Contract, New York and Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai. The various dance sequences were choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant, who has previously worked on countless films including such hits as Lagaan, Swades, Devdas and Veer-Zaara. Sonal Choudhry and T.P. Abid were the film's production designers while Niharika Khan was the costume designer. Indrajit Neogi got his start as a sound designer on this film after 28 years a sound recordist.

Several rumours surrounded the film's shoot, such as speculation that the lead pair were more than just friends.[19][20][21] Early media reports alternatively titled the film Shaadi Mubarak or Shaadi Mubarak Ho, however Yash Raj Films eventually issued a press release in late April claiming that this was not the film's title, and that film was actually still untitled.[22] The title was eventually revealed to be Band Baaja Baaraat in late July.[23]

Lead actors Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma got along well during the shoot, and are strongly believed to have dated and broken up before the film's release. Speaking about his co-star, Singh declared “She’s intelligent, well read and great to hang out with. Actually, she’s pretty close to my dream girl”.[12] Later he joked "She is the best co-star I have ever worked with! It's also because she is the only co-star I have ever worked with!".[15]

Post-Production

Namrata Rao edited the film.

Music

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The score and songs of the film were composed by the brother duo Salim-Sulaiman who've composed music for many other Yash Raj Films productions before, including Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, which had already united actress Anushka Sharma with director Maneesh Sharma, who was then still an assistant director. The lyrics to the various songs were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and playback singers include Sunidhi Chauhan, Benny Dayal, Shreya Ghoshal, Natalie Di Luccio, Himani Kapoor, Harshdeep Kaur, Labh Janjua, Shraddha Pandit, Master Saleem, Sukhwinder Singh, lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and co-composer Salim Merchant.

The soundtrack was revealed on October 19, 2010, at the Yash Raj Studios in Andheri, Mumbai,[24] and was commercially released on November 3[25] for 149 Rupees on CD and 49 Rupees on MP3,[26] with a launch event happening at the Reliance TimeOut store in Bandra.[15] The album consists of nine tracks, including two remixes and Yash Raj Films issued a press release giving a description of each track.[27] They described the opening song Ainvayi Ainvayi as "a funky, energetic number", Tarkeebein as a "youthful song with cool lyrics", Aadha Ishq as a "perfect love ballad", Dum Dum as a "unique, unabashed item number with a Sufi-rock feel", Mitra as "cool and contemporary", Baari Barsi as a "superbly re-orchestrated" traditional Punjabi wedding song and Band Baaja Baaraat (Theme) as "a pulsating track which perfectly represents the spirit of the movie".

Critical reception for the soundtrack was generally average, leaning somewhat towards the positive, with everyone praising Ainvayi Ainvayi (with SawfNews even stating that one would "probably want to see the movie just for this song"[28]) and agreeing that the album was a superior effort than the composing duo's previous solo soundtrack for Teen Patti, while several criticized the track Dum Dum and lamented the similarity to previous Salim-Sulaiman scores. Writing for ApunKa Choice, Usha Lakra titled her review "Band, Baaja, Bland" and noted that while "the album has its moments" and "the tracks are composed strictly keeping in mind the theme of the movie", all-in-all Ainvayi Ainvayi was the only chartbuster of the album. Lakra listed Ainvayi Ainvayi, Aadha Ishq and Band Baaja Baaraat (Theme) as the album's best tracks.[29] Prateeksha Khot of Bolly Spice only truly disliked Dum Dum and praised the "unconventional" lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya but felt the album failed "to live up to the expectation generated by the initial tracks" and criticized the similarities with previous Salim-Sulaiman efforts such as Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year and Aaja Nachle.[30] The Economic Times writer Ruchika Kher gave a positive review, describing the album as a "fun-filled soundtrack" and noting the similarities between Tarkeebein and compositions by A. R. Rahman.[31] Music Aloud also published a positive review, noting that while the soundtrack wasn't Salim-Sulaiman's best, it was still "a definite winner with some fantastic tracks". The reviewer however did dislike the song Dum Dum, and remarked that while Ainvayi Ainvayi resembled the song Dance Pe Chance from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, it was "far more engaging".[32] One of the album's most enthusiastic reviews was written by Joginder Tuteja for Bollywood Hungama. Tuteja described the music as "one of the better soundtracks that one has heard from the house of Yash Raj Films in last couple of years", "one of the best works of Salim-Sulaiman" and "much more than just a regular fun album". He selected Ainvayi Ainvayi, Adha Ishq and Dum Dum (Sufi Mix) as the disc's best tracks.[33] Moviehattan's Gurpreet Bhuller also liked the soundtrack, which he described as a "quality album" with "a good collection of songs".[34]

All lyrics are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya; all music is composed by Salim-Sulaiman

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ainvayi Ainvayi"Salim Merchant & Sunidhi Chauhan4:27
2."Tarkeebein"Benny Dayal & Salim Merchant4:49
3."Adha Ishq"Shreya Ghoshal & Natalie Di Luccio4:43
4."Dum Dum"Benny Dayal & Himani Kapoor5:10
5."Mitra"Amitabh Bhattacharya & Salim Merchant4:02
6."Baari Barsi"Harshdeep Kaur, Labh Janjua & Salim Merchant4:42
7."Band Baaja Baaraat (Theme)"Salim Merchant & Shraddha Pandit1:52
8."Ainvayi Ainvayi (Dilli Club Mix)" (remix by Abhijit Vaghani)Master Saleem & Sunidhi Chauhan3:45
9."Dum Dum (Sufi Mix)" (remix by Abhijit Vaghani)Sukhwinder Singh & Himani Kapoor4:29
Total length:37:59

Release

Marketing

"We’re like a tiny paan shop if you compare us with the other releases in the same week or month, but this paan shop is the best of the lot"

-Actress Anushka Sharma[10]

As with all films from the studio since Mohabbatein, publicity design was handled by Fayyaz Badruddin. Stills were taken by Abhay Singh and Zahir Abbas Khan.

 
Anushka Sharma at a Band Baaja Baaraat press event, 2010

Prior to the film's release, Anushka Sharma referred to it as her "best film till date".[35] Band Baaja Baaraat's trailer and official website were both unveiled on October 19, 2010,[36] a couple of months before the theatrical release. In addition to the film's synopsis and trailer, the website initially also contained five wallpapers and a press kit for visitors to download. The number of available wallpapers later grew to twenty-five and the website eventually allowed visitors to send e-cards to their acquaintances, with the virtual cards dubbed "Band Baaj-O-Grams". A number of contests were organized by Yash Raj Films, including one where the company, along with partners Radio Mirchi and BIG Cinemas, offered the winning couple a free wedding in December, in time for the film's release and supposedly planned the film's heroes, and another in which a couple would win a trip to Switzerland and visit the filming locations of the various Yash Raj Films productions to have been shot there. In addition to the website, Yash Raj Films also had regularly updated official pages on Facebook and Twitter and a Blogspot blog in an effort to reach the widest audience possible. The company finally uploaded a number of videos on their YouTube account, including the trailer but also several videos promoting the songs Tarkeebein and Ainvayi Ainvayi.

 
Lead actor Ranveer Singh at a promotional event for Band Baaja Baaraat

On October 21, lead actors Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh went to the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with director Maneesh Sharma to take part in their annual festival and promote the film.[37] The next day, the trio appeared at the GIP Mall in Noida.[4] On October 26, a fight broke out between Ranveer Singh and a man alternatively described as a 29-year-old called Uday Khanolkar[38] or a 30-year-old called Uday Sahay.[39] The incident occurred on Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 331 from Mumbai to Delhi, where both Singh and Anushka Sharma were travelling in business class to promote the movie. The two actors noticed a passenger taking pictures of them with his cellphone, and demanded that he hand over his phone so that they could delete the pictures. The man refused and claimed to be an IAS officer. The ensuing argument grew so heated that the cabin crew had to intervene and both parties went to the police station upon arrival and stayed there for over an hour-and-a-half, eventually sorting the matter out amicably without lodging any complaints.[40][41][42]

Prior to Band Baaja Baaraat's release, some pundits have expressed doubts that the film would be successful, citing the middling response to Yash Raj Films' last few productions, the lack of a male star and the fact that the female lead, Anushka Sharma, was by then an "almost-forgotten" actress.[43] Some have even speculated that the 22-year-old's career might not thrive for much longer with her three film contract with Yash Raj Films being over.[44]

Theatrical run

On September 24, 2010, Yash Raj Films announced that the film would release worldwide on December 10 of that year,[45] almost two years to the day after the release of Anushka Sharma's debut Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Some people have speculated that this was not coincidence but an attempt to rekindle with the success of her first film.[46]

Awards and nominations

2011 Star Screen Awards
Won

Nominated

6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
Won
  • Apsara Award for Best Editing – Namrata Rao
  • Apsara Award for Best Costume Designer – Niharika Khan
  • Apsara Award for Best Debut Male – Ranveer Singh
  • Apsara Award for Best Debutante Director – Maneesh Sharma
  • Apsara Award for Best Art Direction – Sonal Choudhry and T.P. Abid
  • Apsara Award for Best Actress in a leading role - Anushka Sharma

Nominated

  • Apsara Award for Best Film - Band Baaja Baaraat
  • Apsara Award for Best Female Singer - Sunidhi Chauhan "Ainvayi Ainvayi"
  • Apsara Award for Best Choreography - Vaibhavi Merchant "Ainvayi Ainvayi"
  • Apsara Award for Best Dialogue - Habib Faisal
  • Apsara Award for Best Screenplay - Habib Faisal
2011 Zee Cine Awards
Won[47]

Nominated[48]

2011 Filmfare Awards
Won

Nominated

2011 17th Lions Gold Award
Won
2011 BIG Star Entertainment Awards

Nominated

2011 Stardust Awards
Won

Nominated

2011 Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Won

See also

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