Dasvidaniya

Dasvidaniya
Poster
Directed byShashant Shah
Written byArshad Syed
Produced byGuneet Monga
Vinay Pathak
Azam Khan
StarringVinay Pathak
Sarita Joshi
Neha Dhupia
Rajat Kapoor
Brijendra Kala
CinematographyArun Varma
Music byKailash Kher
Production
company
Release date
  • 7 November 2008 (2008-11-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget 1 million
Box office 18.7 million

Dasvidaniya is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film[1] released on 7 November 2008.[2][3] The name of the movie is a pun on the list of ten things to be done before death made by Vinay Pathak, and is a play on the Russian phrase до свидания (do svidaniya), meaning bye.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Dasvidaniya: A bittersweet slice of middle-class life". Reuters. 14 November 2008. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Vinay's madcap adventure". The Times of India. 6 May 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Not so Funny". The Indian Express. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
  4. ^ "How DASVIDANIYA was named!". glamsham.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
  5. ^ etu Who wants to be the one & only superstar (15 February 2009). "[comment in] Topic: Dasvidaniya (*ring Vinay Pathak, Neha Dhupia, Ranvir Shorey, Rajat Kapoor)". BollyWHAT?com: The Guide for Clueless Fans of Hindi Films. bollywhat.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014. it's called Dasvidanya because... he has an affair with a Russian prostitute who cares for him at a dark hour, and since she doesn't speak English or Hindi, this is how he tells her goodbye for the last time.Concept of this film was taken from a Hollywood movie The bucket list.