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Directed by | Rajshree Ojha |
Produced by |
Sunil Manchanda Rhea Kapoor Anil Kapoor |
Written by |
Devika Bhagat (dialogue) Ritu Bhatia (dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Devika Bhagat |
Starring |
Abhay Deol Sonam Kapoor Ira Dubey Amrita Puri Arunoday Singh Cyrus Sahukar Lisa Haydon |
Music by | Amit Trivedi |
Cinematography | Diego Rodriguez |
Edited by | Sreekar Prasad |
Distributed by |
PVR Pictures Anil Kapoor Films Company MAD Entertainment Ltd. Eros International |
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Running time
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126 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹200 million (US$3.0 million) |
Box office | ₹215 million (US$3.2 million) |
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Soundtrack album by Amit Trivedi | ||||
Released | 8 July 2010 | |||
Genre | Film Soundtrack | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
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Bollywood Hungama | |
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Music Perk |
Aisha is a 2010 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Rajshree Ojha, starring Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor in the lead roles and Cyrus Sahukar, Arunoday Singh, Ira Dubey and Amrita Puri in supporting roles. It is set in the upper class society of Delhi, India and is an adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma with the same tone as the 1995 cult Hollywood film Clueless which is also an adaptation of Austen's novel. The choreography of this film was done by Neerav Bavlecha.
The film released on 6 August 2010, to a moderate critical response, eventually becoming an "average" grosser at the box office.
Aisha (Sonam Kapoor) is a young, rich, upper class woman who believes that she is perfectly suited for match-making – amongst her friends in particular. Her superficial lifestyle and match-making schemes are constantly criticized by her friend/neighbor Arjun (Abhay Deol), who advises her to stop meddling with the lives of other people. Soon, she has a new project - trying to make a match between her middle class, small town friend Shefali (Amrita Puri) and a rich business owner, Randhir (Cyrus Sahukar). Aisha creates various circumstances to make Shefali and Randhir fall in love. During one such occasion, she meets her aunt's step-son Dhruv Singh (Arunoday Singh), whom she becomes attracted to. In the mean-time, Arjun introduces Aisha to one of his colleagues, Aarti Menon (Lisa Haydon), who is from New York. Aisha feels threatened by Aarthi's presence and is very antagonistic towards her.
Randhir organizes a river rafting camp for everyone, and Aisha used this as a chance to get Randhir and Shefali to spend more time together. One night during the camp, Randhir takes Aisha for a walk and then professes his love for her. Confused and taken aback by Randhir's feelings for her, Aisha starts to doubt her match making skills. Arjun comes to know of the incident and gets angry at Aisha, criticizing her for once again meddling in the lives of others, and playing with Shefali's feelings. Aisha tries to console a heart broken Shefali, who had previously turned down a marriage proposal in order to be with Randhir, on Aisha's advice. As time passes, Pinky (Ira Dubey), Aisha's best friend, starts to develop feelings for Randhir and eventually they are engaged. This causes a problem between Pinky and Aisha, and they stop speaking to each other.