Anjaana Anjaani

Anjaana Anjaani
Theatrical release poster depicts two people holding each other and looking towards one another. A snow filled park is in the background. Text at the bottom of the poster reveals the title, tagline, production credits and release date.
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySiddharth Anand
Written byAdvaita Kala
Siddharth Anand
Story byMamta Anand
Produced bySajid Nadiadwala
Starring
CinematographyRavi K. Chandran
Edited byRameshwar S. Bhagat
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 1 October 2010 (2010-10-01)
Running time
147 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹38 crore[2]
Box office₹69.85 crore[3]

Anjaana Anjaani (transl. "Strangers") is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The film stars Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor as two suicidal strangers who meet and make a pact to commit suicide in 20 days on New Year's Eve. In the interim, the couple fulfils their personal wishes and eventually falls in love. The soundtrack of the film, composed by Vishal–Shekhar and lyrics by various artists including the duo themselves, received widespread critical acclaim and was a major commercial success. It is inspired by the Telugu film Itlu Sravani Subramanyam (2001). The film was promoted with the tag-line "All The Greatest Love Stories Are Between Strangers."

Wanting to make an unusual romance film, Anand struggled to find unconventional ideas while he was writing. His wife, Mamta, then came up with the core narrative of the film, which excited him and changed his perspective. Anand approached novelist Advaita Kala who developed the story into a feature-length script, and later co-wrote the screenplay with him. Principal photography was done entirely in New York City, Las Vegas and San Francisco.

Made on a production and marketing budget of ₹380 million, Anjaana Anjaani was released on 1 October 2010, grossing over ₹698 million at the box office, thus emerging as a moderate commercial success. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with praise for its novel concept, music, cinematography, humor, costumes and the leads' performances, but criticism for its screenplay and pacing.

At the 56th Filmfare Awards, Vishal–Shekhar received a nomination for Best Music Director for the soundtrack of the film.

  1. ^ "Anjaana Anjaani (2010)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. ^ "'Anjaana Anjaani' economics: Eros to book good profits". Bollywood Hungama. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Anjaana Anjaani Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. October 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2020.