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Dil Kabaddi
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Wikipedia article
'Dil Kabaddi' is an Indian Hindi film directed by debutante Anil Sharma. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Rahul Bose, Konkona Sen Sharma, Soha Ali Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Rahul Khanna and special appearance by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
Synopsis
The movie follows the same plot as Woody Allen's 'Husbands and Wives'.
Set in contemporary Mumbai, the movie takes a close look at the evolving equations among urban couples and paints the metamorphosis amongst the relationships with a comic stroke.
The film tracks the lives of two modern-day married couples Samit Talpade and Mita Wadia; Rishi Sharma and Simi Ghatge caught in web of boredom, loss of love and temptation.
The film starts with an announcement by Samit Talpade and Mita Wadia of their separation and follows the moral muddles and emotional crises of the couples over the next year and a half as friends fight, separate, take lovers and, in a way, reconcile.
Cast
* Irrfan Khan as Samit Talpade
* Rahul Bose as Rishi Sharma
* Rahul Khanna as Rajveer Singh
* Konkona Sen Sharma as Simi Ghatge
* Soha Ali Khan as Mita Wadia
* Payal Rohatgi as Kaya Rao
* Saba Azad as Raga Malik
* Rahat Fateh Ali Khan as special appearance in the song "Zindagi Ye"
* Manu Malik in a special appearance
Controversy
The popular song from the movie titled 'Ehsaan' was a copy from a Chicago-based underground band, Ghom. Ghom's original track, titled 'Ehsaas', written and performed by lead vocalist Mohammed and produced by Haaris Haroon, was uploaded to YouTube on 21 November 2007. Through inquiry it was noted that Sachin Gupta had listened to this track on YouTube, where the melody of the song was copied. The loyalty of this track was never honored to the original owners.
Soundtrack
The music for all the songs were composed by Sachin Gupta & Dhruv Dhalla and lyrics were penned by Virag Mishra.
References
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