Director: Abhishek Chaubey
Producer: Raman Maroo & Vishal Bharadwaj
Music Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar
Star Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan, Salman Shahid, Anupama Kumar
Genre: Romance, Suspense
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Ishqiya is first directorial venture of Abhishek Chaubey. It is an interesting mix of two genres of romance and suspense. Produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bharadwaj, the later has also composed music for the movie. We need not say anything about Vishal Bhardwaj’s ability as he has proven again and again with movies like Kaminey, Maqbool, Omkara and Makdi. However, it will be interesting to watch this movie as it is his production. Ishqiya also boasts of a talented star cast of veteran Naseeruddin Shah, talented Arshad Warsi and beautiful Vidya Balan in the main lead. Movie will be releasing on December 11, 2009.
Movie is set up in the backdrop of eastern Uttar Pradesh (Omkara, Déjà vu?). Movie is an interesting mix of suspense, thriller, chase, romance, deceit and betrayal. It is about two thieves Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) who are on the run. They have issues with their boss Mushtaq (Salman Shahid), who is not hungry for their blood. While escaping they stumble across a widow Krishna (Vidya Balan) who had some other plans for them.
Babban falls for Krishna whereas Khalujaan is more sensible in his approach. Krishna had her own dubious intentions. But soon reality dawns in and they both realize what has happened. What happens afterwards make for the crux of the story. Movie promises to be interesting because of interesting star cast and Vishal Bhardwaj’s association. Watch it on 11th December.