Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha is a 2024 Bollywood Hindi romantic thriller film, crafted by writer-director Neeraj Pandey. Headlined by the inimitable duo Ajay Devgn and Tabu—marking their ninth on-screen collaboration—the film also features notable performances from Jimmy Sheirgill, Shantanu Maheshwari, and Saiee Manjrekar.
Neeraj Pandey and Ajay Devgn’s project was public in October 2022. In February 2023, the main shooting started, and it was completed in December 2023. The music record and movie score were written by M. M. Keeravani.
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha was originally supposed to open on July 5, 2024, but distributors and movie theaters asked for a postponement. Critics gave it mediocre reviews when it was finally released in theaters on August 2, 2024, and it ended up being a box office flop, making just? 12 crore throughout its run.
Cast and Crew
- Directer: Neeraj Pandey
- Writer: Neeraj Pandey
- Producer: Sangeeta Ahir, Shital Bhatia, Narendra Hirawat, Kumar Mangat Pathak
- Star Cast: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Saiee Manjrekar, Jimmy Sheirgill, Shantanu Maheshwari
- Cinematography: Sudheer Palsane
- Editer: Praveen Kathikuloth
- Production Company: Friday Filmworks, NH Studioz, Panorama Studios
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
- Distributer: Panorama Studios
- Release date: 2 August 2024
- Running time: 144 minutes
- Country: India
- Language: Hindi
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Film Star Cast
- Ajay Devgn as Krishna
- Shantanu Maheshwari as young Krishna
- Tabu as Vasudha
- Saiee Manjrekar as young Vasudha
- Jimmy Sheirgill as Abhijeet, Vasudha’s husband
- Sayaji Shinde as Mahesh Desai
- Jay Upadhyay as Jignesh
- Kushal Shah as young Jignesh
- Hardik Soni as Pakya
- Shahrukh Sadri as Jamshed
- Jiten Lalwani as Superintendent Solanki
- Meherzan Mazda as Raghuvanshi
- Pratibha Borde as Kaki
- Velji Nakar as Sundar
- Vaibhav Sharma as Kona
- Saurabh Thakare as Babu
- Dhan Singh Rajput as Vasudha’s father
- Usha Saksena as Vasudha’s mother
- Nandini Karmarkar as Vasudha’s sister
Story of the film
The film explores the emotional depth and changing dynamics of a couple’s relationship from 2000 to 2023, following their love story for 23 years. Krishna is convicted of several murders and given a life sentence. As a result, Vasudha marries Abhijeet and separates from him. After being pardoned and freed from jail after 22 years, Krishna longs to meet Vasudha. It ends with Krishna and Vasudha meeting one last time.
Production
Filming
The start of principal photography was in February 2023. During March and April of 2023, the initial timetable was completed. The filming was completed in December 2023. Numerous locations in Mumbai, Delhi, and Lucknow were used to film the movie.
Songs/Music
The film’s background score and music composer is M. M. Kreem, while Manoj Muntashir wrote the lyrics. “Tuu” was the first single, and it was released on June 18, 2024.
| No. | Title | Singer |
| 1 | “Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha | Ajay Devgn |
| 2 | “Tuu” | Sukhwinder Singh, Javed Ali |
| 3 | “Ae Dil Zara” | Amala Chebolu, Rishabh Chaturvedi |
| 4 | “Kisi Roz” | Maithili Thakur |
| 5 | “Jahan Se Chale The” | Sunidhi Chauhan, Jubin Nautiyal |
| 6 | “Kisi Roz” | M. M. Keeravani |
| 7 | “Dobara Humein Kya” | Jubin Nautiyal, Sunidhi Chauhan |
Release
Theatrical
The movie’s original release dates of April 26, 2024, and July 5, 2024, were rescheduled to August 2, 2024.
Home media
The movie debuted on Amazon Prime Video on September 27, 2024.
Box office
Most disappointing were the box office receipts. On August 2, the first Friday, it was collected ₹1.85 crore. The total amount collected over the last three days was ₹2.75 crore, ₹1.00 crore, and ₹0.95 crore. In contrast to the film’s approximate ₹160 crore overall expenditure, the total revenue for the first five days was ₹12.00 crore. With a loss of between 88 and 148 crore, the movie is the largest failure of 2024, following Ajay Devgn’s Maidaan.
Review
The reviews for Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha were not good.
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregation website, has an average rating of 5.5/10, with 0% of the reviews from 6 reviewers being favorable. Viewers’ opinions on the movie were divided.
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha is an effort at a mature love tale that falls short in execution, with its plodding pace and predictable narrative undermining its effect, according to Times of India reviewer Dhaval Roy, who gave the movie a rating of three stars out of five. If you enjoy the thoughtful pace and emotionally stirring stories, you should see this one.
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha may be a little disorganized and even lacking that dazzling drive, but the foursome keeps the trembling storyline from falling apart entirely, according to Titas Chowdhury of New18, who gave the movie a rating of three stars out of five.
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha’s captivating pre-interval is offset by a tiring second half, according to Times Now’s Tanmayi Savadi, who gave the movie a rating of 2.5 stars out of 5. There are a couple of scenes that hint at a plot twist, but these are missed chances. The film’s plot is the largest “dushman” since it lacks conviction.
According to Deepa Gahlot of Rediff.com, who gave it a rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha has a grandiose title but consistently falls short of becoming an epic.
According to a Bollywood Hungama critic, Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha is a sluggish and dull movie that suffers from a predictable finale and a lack of substance in the plot.
Lachmi. According to Deb Roy of Firstpost, who gave the movie a rating of two stars out of five, Neeraj Pandey seems to have completely failed at creating the romantic suspense thriller that he most likely attempted. There wasn’t enough excitement in the film to keep viewers interested or riveted to the screen. The narrative lacks the necessary zing, which is crucial for audiences in the modern day who have seen both Indian and international films.
The Indian Express’s Shubhra Gupta gave the movie a rating of two stars out of five and said that the movie’s mothballed approach undermines the pleasure of witnessing veteran warhorses Ajay Devgn and Tabu in a star-crossed romance: rather than being new, it feels outdated, a vehicle unworthy of its star couple. The title “Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha” is awkward for a movie that ought to have been anything else.
Indian Jain Arushi, gave the movie a 1.5-star rating today and stated that it’s dull. It moves slowly. It’s not romantic. It’s not amusing. It’s not depressing. What is it? A nap for 144 minutes. As the movie progresses, it becomes weaker, which results in some quite obvious story twists.
References
- Wikipedia contributors. (2025f, April 12). Auron mein kahan dum tha. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auron_Mein_Kahan_Dum_Tha
- Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha (2024) ⭐ 6.5 | Action, Crime, Drama. (2024, August 2). IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26659814/
