Listen... Amaya
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| Listen... Amaya | |
| Directed by | Avinash Kumar Singh |
| Produced by | Ashok Sawhny |
| Written by | Geeta Singh Avinash Kumar Singh Vikas Chandra |
| Story by | Geeta Singh |
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Farooq Shaikh Deepti Naval Swara Bhaskar |
| Music by | Indraneel Hariharan Punam Hariharan (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Ramshreyas Rao |
| Edited by | Geeta Singh |
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Turtle on a Hammock Films
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| Distributed by | Turtle on a Hammock Films |
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Running time
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108 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Listen... Amaya is 2013 Hindi drama film directed by Avinash Kumar Singh, and starring Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval and Swara Bhaskar as leads. The film also marks the return of popular lead pair of the 1980s, Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval, in films like, Chashme Buddoor (1981), Saath Saath (1982), Katha (1983), together again on screen after 25 years. This was also their last film together as Farooq Shaikh died several months after the film's release.
The film is set in Delhi, where a widowed mother, Leela, runs library cafe " Book a Coffee." Here she makes a new friend, a widowed photographer, Jayant 'Jazz', and soon finds their friendship growing. However, Leela's daughter Amaya, a budding writer, feels insecure about the relationship when she finds out about it. While she collaborates with Jazz on producing a coffee table book about the bazaars of Old Delhi, when her mother takes her relationship with Jazz further, she is unable to accept it. The journeys of all the principal characters and a subtle twist at the end make up the narrative of the film. ..
The film was shot mostly in Delhi, with a schedule of the filming of the lead pair shot in Delhi in September 2011. A song sequence, featuring Swara Bhaskar and Siddhant Karnick and based on a re-rendition of Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si, was filmed in Mumbai. Listen... Amaya was filmed on the Arri Alexa digital camera system and was shot in 29 days, including all the songs. Except for some grips, all the equipment and crew on the film were from Mumbai.
External-location filming on the film ranged from shooting in Chandni Chowk over two days, outside Priya Cinema complex, in Hauz Khas village, in Khan Market in South Delhi, on streets of South Delhi, in an air-conditioned DTC bus service, on inside and main roads of Sundar Nagar, as well as in Pathways world school.
The picturisation of the song in Mumbai was choreographed by Longiness Fernandez and was shot over two days on sets erected in a studio in Mumbai.
The film released theatrically across India on 1 February 2013.
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