Andaaz (2003-movie) : Hindi Film

Andaaz Movie Trailer, Star Cast, Songs, Review, Box office details  :

Andaaz movie is a 2003 Bollywood romantic musical film directer is Raj Kanwar and producer is Suneel Darshan. This film leading star cast is Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta & Priyanka Chopra.

Andaaz Movie Story- tells the story of Raj (Kumar) and his romantic relationship with two girls, Kajal and Jiya (Dutta and Chopra). The music composer is Nadeem-Shravan with lyrics writer is Sameer.

The film was released on 23 May 2003 to mixed reviews from critics, with praise directed towards performances of Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra, the cinematography and the music. The film was a major box-office success. and Become – “first Universal Hit of the year”.

This film won several awards and nominations at various award ceremonies across India. At the 49th Filmfare Awards, Andaaz received five nominations, including Best Supporting Actress for Priyanka, winning two awards in the Best Female Debut category for Lara Dutta and Priyanka.

Directer : Raj Kanwar
Producer : Suneel Darshan
Screenplay : Robin Bhatt,Shyam Goel,Jainendra Jain
Starring : Akshay Kumar,Lara Dutta,Priyanka Chopra
Music : Nadeem-Shravan
Cinematography : Ishwar R. Bidri
Editor : Sanjay Sankla
Production company : Shree Krishna International

Genre : Romance, Drama
Release date : 23 May 2003
Running time :149 minutes
Country : India
Language : Hindi
Budget : 80 million rs.
Box office : 288 million rs.

Andaaz film story :

Raj Malhotra lives with his elder brother Rohit, his sister-in-law Kiran, and his niece. After an accident fractures his leg, he is unable to walk for some time, and for psychological reasons, he cannot walk even after the fracture heals. When the Malhotras move to Dehradun, Raj befriends his family’s new neighbour, the tomboy Kajal, as both share a common passion for aeroplanes. With Kajal’s encouragement, Raj regains the ability to walk. Years later, the two continue to be close friends, and everyone expects them to marry soon. Raj secretly loves Kajal and is waiting for the right time to propose to her, but she sees him only as her best friend.

Raj is recruited by the Indian Air Force and spends a year and a half in training. After this is over, he rushes to Kajal to propose to her, only to discover that she is in love with multimillionaire businessman, Karan Singhania. Raj still does not reveal his true feelings to Kajal, telling her that Karan is the best life partner for her. Kajal and Karan marry; during the reception party, Kajal learns of Raj’s feelings for her. Hurt by the fact that she did not recognise Raj’s feelings for her despite being his best friend, Kajal asks him to move on with his life. The Malhotras move to Nainital, and Raj relocates to Cape Town, South Africa for further training.

During a visit to a club, Raj meets the vivacious and fun-loving Jiya. She falls in love with Raj because of his clean personality, but he is unable to forget Kajal. After completing his training, Raj returns to India where he finds that Jiya has already arrived and is living as a paying guest with his family. Jiya makes several attempts to impress Raj, but he still does not fall for her. During Karva Chauth, Jiya performs the rituals that a wife typically does for a husband, but Raj becomes angry and asks Jiya to leave. After Raj’s family reveals that they had hoped Raj would marry Jiya, he finally gives in and decides to marry her and move on with his life.

While visiting Jiya’s family, Raj learns that Kajal is Jiya’s sister-in-law. It is revealed that Kajal has been widowed by a helicopter crash which killed Karan, but which she survived. Kajal blames herself for Karan’s death and even attempts suicide. Raj helps Kajal recover from her depression, which enables her to face life again.

Jiya notices their increasing closeness and suggests to her father that Kajal is married off. At Raj and Jiya’s engagement, Kajal learns that her family has arranged an engagement for her as well. Raj asks Kajal not to allow her to be married off against her will. An angry Jiya says that Raj and Kajal will never be able to forget their past love for each other, despite the fact that Raj is supposed to be marrying her. An irate Raj places the wedding sindoor on Kajal’s head, indicating he has now married Kajal and no-one has the right to question their relationship. An emotional Jiya reveals that she wanted Raj and Kajal to accept their feelings for each other in front of the world. The film ends with Jiya participating in Raj and Kajal’s wedding ceremony.

Andaaz Movie Star Cast :

• Akshay Kumar as Raj Malhotra
• Priyanka Chopra as Jiya Singhania
• Lara Dutta as Kajal Singhania
• Aman Verma as Karan Singhania
• Pankaj Dheer as Rohit Malhotra
• Navni Parihar as Kiran Malhotra
• Johnny Lever as G. I. Joe
• Rajeev Verma as Eeshwar Singhaniya
• Gajendra Chauhan as Mr. Sahay
• Vivek Shauq as Raunak
• Prithvi Zutshi
• Vishwajeet Pradhan
• Kushal Punjabi as Monty
• Asha Sharma as Kajal’s grandmother
• Maya Alagh as Malti Singhania
• Beena Banerjee as Beena Sahay

Pre/Post production of the film :

When director Raj Kanwar approached Suneel Darshan with the idea for Andaaz, Darshan liked the concept and agreed to produce the film under his production company Shree Krishna International despite the poor performance of Kanwar’s previous three films. Robin Bhatt, Shyam Goel and Jainendra Jain had written the film’s screenplay, and Darshan cast his favourite actor Akshay Kumar in the main role.

Due to budget constraints, Darshan wished to cast two new actresses with Akshay Kumar. He and Kanwar ultimately decided upon Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta and Miss World 2000 Priyanka Chopra as the most suitable actresses for the roles. The casting of the titleholders of such major beauty pageants was seen as an excellent move, and Darshan has said that he chose to cast the two beauty queens together in their film debut for the first time in the history of cinema to give the film a unique selling point. Andaaz was the first of many collaborations between Akshay Kumar and the actresses. Lara would later appear in seven more films with Akshay : Priyanka in three films.

Akshay had wanted to become an air force pilot in real life, so he was excited to play one in the film saying that it helped him to fulfill a personal fantasy. Concerning his preparations for the role of Raj, he added: “I have done everything according to what the role requires. I have made sure I looked like an air force officer.” Lara Dutta praised the writing of her character for being “superbly defined” and said that she had an “amazing experience” working on the film. According to Lara, her role as the tomboy Kajal revealed a new and very private side of her on screen. To differentiate Kajal from Jiya, the creators chose Mona Ghosh Shetty to dub Kajal’s lines, which gave her a very high-pitched voice. Priyanka identified closely with her character, saying that “just like her name, (Jiya) is full of beans and loves life. She comes across as very modern, but in her heart, she is a traditional Indian girl.” About the film more broadly, Priyanka said, “There is nothing hatke about it. But it is the way the romantic scenes have been treated, and the tiny details, that make it special.” Andaaz was supposed to be the actress’s debut Bollywood film, but her other film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, ended up being released one month before it. However, Priyanka was still credited as a debutant in the opening credits of Andaaz.

Lara and Priyanka’s costumes designer is Manish Malhotra. Film shooting lasted three months, with extensive shooting in Cape Town, South Africa. The South African government provided MiGs and other jets for film shooting, and the crew were allowed to use footage from a South African air show in the film. While shooting one of the musical sequences on a rocky shore in Cape Town, Akshay and Lara were pulled under the waves. Akshay Kumar rescued Dutta by pulling her ashore. Raju Khan and Baba Yadav choreographed the musical sequences, and cinematography and editing were led by Ishwar R Bidri and Sanjay Sankla, respectively. According to Akshay, Andaaz’s production was completed faster than any of Darshan’s previous films.

Andaaz Movie Songs/ Music :

Andaaz’s music composer is the music duo Nadeem–Shravan, with lyrics writer is Sameer Anjaan. Singer’s on the album’s eight tracks were performed by Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Sapna Mukherjee, Kailash Kher, Babul Supriyo and Shaan. Released on 26 February 2003 at an event in Mumbai, it was the first album issued by Darshan’s record label Shree Krishna Audio.

The film’s music album received positive reviews from music critics. Bollywood Hungama praised it as “a good album worth a buy”. The review in Glamsham magazine was enthusiastically positive: “On the whole, the music of Andaaz showcases the marvelous and creative skills of the composer duo, Nadeem-Shravan. No doubt, some of the tracks will win awards in the future. The album has upmarket music. The whole content of the music is memorable and a gorgeous gift for the people who have an ear for rhythmical music.”
Planet Bollywood gave it a rating of 7.5 (out of 10) calling it “good” and wrote: “the album has two or three excellent songs and another three good numbers and a couple of ordinary ones. Overall it’s definitely worth a buy especially so for Nadeem-Shravan/Sameer and melody fans. It is better than most of their recent efforts”.

The music topped charts on a number of platforms in India. The album was the second best-selling Bollywood music of the year, with 2.5 million units sold according to Box Office India.

• “Kisise Tum Pyar Karo”…………………………..Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
• “Kitna Pagal Dil Hai”……………………………….Kumar Sanu
• “Allah Kare Dil Na Lage Kisise”………………Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
• “Rabba Ishq Na Hove”…………………..Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Mukherjee, Kailash Kher
• “Aaj Kehna Zaroori Hai”…………………Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
• “Aayega Maza Ab Barsaat Ka”…………..Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo
• “Kitna Pagal Dil Hai” (female)……………Alka Yagnik
• “Shala La Baby”………………………………..Shaan, Alka Yagnik

“Aayega Maza Ab Barsaat Ka” Song :

• Singer : Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo
• Music Director : Nadeem Shravan
• Lyricist : Sameer

“Kitna Pagal Dil Hai” Song :

• Singer : Kumar Sanu
• Music Director : Nadeem Shravan
• Lyricist : Sameer

Andaaz Movie Review :

Mostly Positive Review from all critics, Lovely song also helps promoting the film and Become hit at the Box office.

Box office collection of the film :

Thsi film making in very tight budget and also new actressess choosen to lower the Budget. Film opened well and also worlwide collection are very good declared Hit film of the year.

• First Day…………….1.44 crores rs.
• Saturday…………….1.42 crores rs.
• Sunday………………1.54 crores rs.
• First Weekend………..4.4 crores rs.
• First Week………………6.97 crores rs.
• Second Week…………3.55 crores rs.
• Third Week…………….2.14 crores rs.
• Lifetime India (net)……..16 crores rs.
• Worldwide Gross………..29 crores rs.

Andaaz Movie Awards :

Filmfare Awards :

Best Female Debut :

• Lara Dutta………………….won
• Priyanka Chopra………..won

Screen Awards :

Best Female Debut…….Lara Dutta………Won

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