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Directed by | Anand L. Rai |
Produced by | Krishika Lulla Anand L. Rai |
Written by | Himanshu Sharma |
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Dhanush Sonam Kapoor Swara Bhaskar Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub Abhay Deol |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Cinematography |
Natarajan Subramaniam Vishal Sinha |
Edited by | Hemal Kothari |
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Distributed by | Eros International |
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146 minutes |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹360 million |
Box office | ₹120Crore |
Raanjhanaa (English: Beloved One) is a 2013 Indian romantic drama film directed by Anand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma. The film is produced by Krishika Lulla under the banner Eros International. It stars Dhanush, in his Bollywood debut, Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol in lead roles. The film was released on 21 June 2013 worldwide, while the dubbed Tamil version titled Ambikapathy was released a week later. The dialogues for the Tamil version was written by John Mahendran.
The background score and songs were composed by A. R. Rahman. The Hindi lyrics of the tracks were penned by Irshad Kamil, whereas the Tamil lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.
Within a week of release, the film's collections reached ₹34.9 crore (US$5.2 million) domestic nett. The film was declared a hit by Box Office India. Post four weeks of its run, the film grossed over ₹120 crore (US$18 million) worldwide.
Kundan Shankar (Dhanush) is the only son of a Tamil Hindu parents settled in Varanasi. Since his childhood, Kundan has had a strong and obsessive one-sided love for Zoya Haider (Sonam Kapoor), a Muslim girl residing in the same neighborhood. He always attempts to be around her but gets slapped several times in the process. Zoya finally changes her mind because of Kundan's consistency of affection. Her family is orthodox, preventing the lovers from being together. After Zoya moves to Aligarh for further studies, Kundan harmonizes with Zoya's family, assisting them with chores. Zoya gets into Jawaharlal Nehru University and discovers a long-lost strength as she confronts and then falls for student leader Akram Zaidi (Abhay Deol).