What Are the Odds is an 2019 Bollywood Hinglish drama film directer is Megha Ramaswamy.Starring Abhay Deol, Yashaswini Dayama and Karanvir Malhotra, the film tells the story of two unintentional teenage friends who end-up spending an entire day together.
The film premiered at the closing night gala for the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles in 2019, and was released on Netflix on 20 May 2020.
What Are The Odds Film Official Trailer :
- Directer : Megha Ramaswamy
- Producer : Abhay Deol,Apoorva Bakshi,Pooja Kohli,Sanjay Bachani
- Written : Megha Ramaswamy,Shreya Vaidya
- Starring : Abhay Deol,Yashaswini Dayama,Karanvir Malhotra,Priyanka Bose,Monica Dogra,Manu Rishi,Sulabha Arya
- Music :Sagar Desai
- Cinematography : Johan Heurlin Aidt
- Edited : Arindam Ghatak
- Productioncompany :FilmKaravan
- Distributed : Netflix
- Production Design : Mandar Nagaonkar
- Costume Design : Smriti Chauhan
- Makeup Department : Walter Dorairaj,Kamlesh Jha,Mallika Jolly
- Assistant Director : Nisrin Aziz,Vamsi Krishna.Ajay Pratap Singh Parihar
- Art Department : Ejaz Khan
- Sound Department : Bibek Basumatary,Jyoti Chetia,Souvik Phukan,Vivek Sachidanand
- Genres: Drama
- Release date : 14 April 2019 (Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles)20 May 2020
- Running time : 92 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi,English
Film Story:
Two students skip their exam and end up spending the day together and what follows is a series of unusual events.
Star Cast :
- Yashaswini Dayama … Vivek
- Karanvir Malhotra … Ashwin
- Abhay Deol … Val (Valerine)
- Priyanka Bose … Paloma – My Lady
- Monica Dogra … Monica Dogra
- Manu Rishi Chadha … Rimpu
- Sulabha Arya … Vivek’s Grand Mother
- Ananya
- Aliya Curmally … Mouth kiss girl
- Rajshri Deshpande
- Jugal Hansraj … Voice over for bunty
- Paresh Kamath … Mouth kiss boy
- Nerm
- Sarang Sathaye
- Siddhanth Vetekar
Release and reception:
Initially titled The Odds, the film met with favourable reviews following it’s world premiere at IFFLA 2019’s closing gala – being called “a kind of story about growing up in India today unlike anything seen before.”The film went on to show in the Global Village selection for Shanghai International Film Festival and the Taipei Film Festival.Film reviewer Hong Wen compared the symmetrical image structure coupled with the sweet and quirky style to be a cross be reminiscent of “Wes Anderson walks into Emily’s Whimsical World”, lauding the independent, rebellious spirit of the film.In an interview with the Hindu, Ramaswamy revealed the film’s playful tone was inspired by filmmakers like John Hughes and Sai Paranjpye, expressing that she wanted to showcase a more grounded representation of Indian millennials through the film.
What Are the Odds Movie Songs/Music:
- ”What Are the Odds Title Track” –
- “Shine A Light On Me”- Sagar Desai
- “Not a Love Song” – Sagar Desai
- ”You are long long way from home Song” –
“Shine A Light On Me” Full Video Song:
- Song: “Shine A Light On Me” –
- Music and Lyrics : Sagar Desai
- Vocals: Raghav Meattle, Paresh Kamath, Sagar Desai
- Drums : Gunnar Olsen
- Bass : Chris Clemente Guitars : Sagar Desai
“Not a Love Song” Full Video Song:
- Song: “Not a Love Song” (Acoustic) –
- Music and Lyrics : Sagar Desai, Megha Ramaswamy
- Vocals: Yashaswini Dayama, Abhay Deol, Raghav Meattle
- Guitar: Sagar Desai
What Are the Odds Movie Review:
A girl named Vivek (yes, what are the odds?), who is also wont to screaming at the drop of a hat, manages to skip her Hindi scholarship exam. How? By stealing her hall ticket at the exam venue and then taking off. So, why did she just not turn up for the exam then, also a question posed to her by Ashwin (Karanvir Malhotra), the school head boy with whom she ends up spending her day. Because she wanted to register a protest and not conform to the preset notions of society. Yes, that. It comes across as even more pointless when you actually watch it.
Anyway, while stealing her hall ticket Vivek (Yashaswini Damaya) ends up stealing that of Ashwin’s as well and they inadvertently spend the rest of the day together.
This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 5.4 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 445.
Critics Rating Sreeparna Sengupta, from Times Of India give 2.5 star out of 5 Star.
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