Once Again (2018 film)

Once Again
Directed byKanwal Sethi
Written byKanwal Sethi
Produced byHolm Taddiken
Ajay Rai
Sanjay Gulati
Alan McAlex
Arno Krimmer
Leis Bagdach
StarringShefali Shah
Neeraj Kabi
Rasika Dugal
Bidita Bag
Priyanshu Painyuli
CinematographyEeshit Narain
Edited bySøren B. Ebbe
Anja Siemens
Andreas Wodraschke
Music byTalvin Singh
Additional Music : Georg Siebert
Production
companies
Neufilm
JAR Pictures
Crawling Angel Films
Ascending Films
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesIndia
Germany
Austria
LanguageHindi

Once Again is a 2018 Indian romantic drama film written and directed by Kanwal Sethi.[1] Starring Shefali Shah and Neeraj Kabi, the film follows two middle-aged people, one a famous actor, another a restaurateur, falling in love with each other.[2][3] Rasika Dugal, Bidita Bag and Priyanshu Painyuli appear in supporting roles.[4]

The film was originally written in German since Sethi is Indian-German; Later it was translated in English and Hindi.[5] It won the best project award in Work-in-Progress Lab at the Film Bazaar in Goa and later also other awards.[6] Shah also sang a song for the film.[7] Once Again was released on Netflix on 1 September 2018 and also had a limited theatrical release in metro cities on 8 December.[8][9] It has been also released in Germany by Arsenalfilm and France with great reviews from the critics.[10]

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  2. ^ Desai, Rahul (5 October 2018). "The semantics of Once Again". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. ^ Pal, Chandrima (6 September 2018). "'I'm an incurable romantic': Shefali Shah on tackling love at all ages in 'Once Again'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. ^ Chakraborty, Rimi (29 August 2019). "Shefali Shah & Neeraj Kabi's "Once Again" Trailer Is Proof Food Always Brings People Closer". MensXP.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. ^ Chakraborty, Juhi (31 August 2018). "The work that I want to do doesn't come every day and I have come to terms with it: Shefali Shah". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Neeraj Kabi, Shefali Shah explore old-world romance in Kanwal Sethi's 'Once Again'". The New Indian Express. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  7. ^ Dedhia, Sonil (1 September 2018). "Shefali Shah croons Jagjit Singh's nazm for her film Once Again". Mid Day. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Shefali Shah says 'Once Again'". The Hands India. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Arsenal Filmverleih - Jetzt im Kino". arsenalfilm.de. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Arsenal Filmverleih - Jetzt im Kino". arsenalfilm.de. Retrieved 9 June 2019.