Ek Paheli Leela

Ek Paheli Leela
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBobby Khan
Written byBobby Khan
Bunty Rathore
(Dialogues)
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBashalal Syed
Edited byNitin FCP
Music bySongs:
Meet Bros Anjjan
Amaal Mallik
Dr. Zeus
Tony Kakkar
Uzair Jaswal
Background Score:
Mannan Munjal
Production
companies
Paper Doll Entertainment
T-Series
Distributed byAA Films
Release date
  • 10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)
Running time
144 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
Rajasthani
Budget₹150 million[2]
Box officeest. ₹274.7 million[3]

Ek Paheli Leela (transl. Leela, a riddle) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller drama film, directed and co-written by Bobby Khan and produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar. It stars Sunny Leone in the titular lead role with Jay Bhanushali, Rajneesh Duggal, Jas Arora, Mohit Ahlawat and Rahul Dev in pivotal roles. Choreography is done by Ahmed Khan and Jojo Khan. The music for the film is composed by Meet Bros Anjjan and Amaal Mallik. Principal photography of the film began in Jodhpur, India.[4]

The film is a reincarnation story which is set 300 years back, and revolves around the story of a young woman named Leela (Sunny Leone) and her lover. Their love story remains incomplete as they are murdered. The film portrays how their story completes when they both are reincarnated in present time.[5]

The trailer of the film was released on 6 February 2015 and became YouTube's most viewed Bollywood movie trailer of the first quarter of 2015.[6] The film received mixed to negative reviews from the critics upon release, but was a commercial success.[7][8]

  1. ^ "EK PAHELI LEELA (A)". Central Board of Film Certification. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ^ Box Office Predictions: Ek Paheli Leela, Dharam Sankat Mein Archived 10 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Koimoi.com (9 April 2015). Retrieved on 14 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Lifetime Business & Economics of EK PAHELI LEELA". Box Office Capsule. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  4. ^ Sunny Leone to play princess in Leela. BollywoodHungama.com (13 June 2014). Retrieved on 14 July 2015.
  5. ^ Geety Sahgal (20 February 2016). "Sunny Leone's Ek Paheli Leela is a reincarnation story". The Indian Express.
  6. ^ "Sunny's 'Ek Paheli Leela' trailer most viewed on YouTube". The Times of India. 10 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Sunny Leone's Ek Paheli Leela: 5 things so absurd you can't miss them"
  8. ^ "Viewers Bowled over by Sunny Leone's Glamour"