Maazii movie is a Bollywood Action-thriller film directer is Jaideep Chopra while producer are Jaideep Chopra & Narendra Singh under banner of Jaideep Chopra productions. The title Maazii is an Urdu word meaning “the past”. This film marked as a Jaideep Chopra’s directorial debut.
This film leading star cast are Sumeet Nijhawan,Mona Wasu. Releasing on 27th September, 2013 with mix to positive critical reviews, However Box office wise unsuccessful film. This movie is inspire from Hollywood English movie A History of Violence (2005).
- Directer : Jaideep Chopra
- Producer : Jaideep Chopra, Narendra Singh
- Writer : Sumeet Nijhawan, Shirish Sharma
- Screenplay : Sumeet Nijhawan, Shirish Sharma
- Starring : Sumeet Nijhawan,Mona Wasu
- Music : Faizan Hussain and Agnel Roman
- Cinematography : Surjodeep Ghosh
- Editor : Rameshwar S Bhagat
- Production company : Jaideep Chopra productions
- Genres : Action, Thriller
- Release date : 27 September 2013
- Running time : 130 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
Star cast of the film :
- Sumit Nijhawan as a Tarun Singh
- Mona Wasu as a Shrishti
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as a Ashfaq
- Ashok Banthia as a Satinder
- Manish Chaudhary as a Gulab Singh
- Devender Chaudhry as a Chaudhary
- Mohit Chauhan as a Sushil Jain
- Vansh Chopra as a Young rajveer
- Zakir Hussain as a Mahinder
- Manav Kaushik as a Bhatiji
- Raman Singh Rawat as a Police man
- Mukesh Rishi as a Malhaan Singh
- Gauri Shankar as a Dhanju lala
- Saanvi Sharma as a Minal
- Pankaj Tripathi as a Rathiji
- Pooja Bisht as a Shanno
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Story of the film :
This film story revolving around couple Tarun (Sumit Nijhawan) and Shrishti (Mona Wasu) who have a near perfect relationship – living a happy life with one daughter. One day to save the Honor of a woman Tarun accidentally kills two gangsters. During that time by a twist of fate, an unfortunate accident occurs which brings Tarun’s life into the limelight and turns him into a hero overnight.
The events that follow not only shatter the peaceful life of the family but also put them in danger. But when his daughter, Minal (Saanvi Sharma) is kidnapped at the hands of an unknown attacker, Tarun will stop at nothing to get her back safely. He must now return to his roots and find out who is wreaking havoc in his life and what is the motive behind it.
Film Shooting :
The first schedule of the film was shot in the beautiful locations of Mussourie and Dehradun, and the second half was mostly shot in the rustic and raw locations of Meerut. The flashback portion of the film was filmed in Rao Raj Vilas fort of Jat Jagirdar of Kuchesar, near Meerut. The shooting was completed within the pre-decided schedule of 31 days from 29 October to 2 November 2012. The film budget was around 4 crore INR.
Maazii movie Songs / Music :
This film music Background score and song composer are the duo Faizan Hussain-Agnel Roman, Maazii being their first commercial film album. Faizan Hussain is the nephew of tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Lyricist are Swanand Kirkire and Arun Kumar.
The preparation for the songs and selection of music started as early as May 2012. Recording of the songs started in October 2012.
The music album was launched on 30 August 2013.
- “Maula”…………….Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- “Mora Jiya”……….Rekha Bhardwaj
- “Zindagi”………Shalmali Kholgade, Nikhil Paul George
- “Totta”………………Mika, Manjeera Ganguly
- “Mora Jiya Instrumental”………Niladri Kumar, Rakesh Chaurasiya
- “Totta Remix”…………..Mika, Manjeera Ganguly
“Zindagi” full video song :
- Singer : Shalmali Kholgade, Nikhil Paul George
- Music Director : Faizan Hussain & Agnel Roman
- Lyrics : Swanand Kirkire
- Music Banner : DRJ Records
“Mora Jiya” full song :
- Singer : Rekha Bhardwaj
- Music Director : Faizan Hussain & Agnel Roman
- Lyrics : Swanand Kirkire
- Music Banner : DRJ Records
Awards and Nominations :
IBN LIVE Film Awards :
- Best Independent Film 2013-Jaideep Chopra for Maazii-Won
Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2014 :
- Best Film Category-Jaideep Chopra for Maazii -Nomination
Sunset Film Festival Los Angeles 2014
- Foreign Film Category-Jaideep Chopra for Maazii-Won “Honorable Mention”.
Indie Film Fest California 2014
- Foreign Independent Film Category-Jaideep Chopra for Maazii-Won “Award of Merit”
Indian Cine Film Festival 2014
- Best Independent Film 2013-Jaideep Chopra for Maazii-Won
Radio Mirchi Music Awards
- Best Raag Based Song 2013-Rekha Bhardwaj for Mora Jiya-Nominated
Review of the film :
This film reviews are mostly positive from critics, and Debutant director Jaideep Chopra was mainly appreciated.
Critics reviews :
Famous Bollywood critic Subhash K. Jha, called it “the shocking surprise of the season.” He also stated that Maazii “takes us back to the stylish thrillers of B.R. Chopra like Dhund and Ittefaq. Debutant Jaideep Chopra’s film is well-crafted and thoughtfully scripted. It’s an original idea executed in a gripping language. Worth a dekko for its suspenseful aura.”
Rohit Vats from IBN7 gave Maazii a rating of 4 star out of 5 stars and was all appreciate the film. He claimed that Maazii shows “a glimpse of the latent potential of the gangster genre” and was “not to be missed”
India Today’s Faheem Ruhani mentioned in his review that “Director Jaideep Chopra’s debut directorial Maazii is that pleasant surprise which hits you once in a while.”
“Maazii movie” was also listed as one of the 10 “small films/non-star cast films that made it big” in 2013 in an article in DNA newspaper.
Box office collection :
- Screens : 70
- First Day : 1,25,000
- First Weekend : 4,50,000
- First Week : 6,25,000
- Total Nett Gross : 6,75,000
- India Gross : 9,25,000
- Overseas Gross : $—
- Worldwide Gross : 9,25,000
- Maazii movie Budget : 1,75,00,000
- Maazii movie Verdict : DISASTER
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