Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana D’Cruz
Direction: Anurag Basu
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Viewer's Rating:-4/5
Barfi! is a 2012 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Anurag Basu. The film starsRanbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz in lead roles. It is released on 14 September 2012 on 1750 screens in India and 350 screens overseas The title was earlier credited as Khamoshi and Silence
Plot
His parents named him Murphy, but everyone calls him Barfi! Always ready
with a prank up his sleeve, he’s quite the charmer, especially with the
ladies! In Darjeeling, Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor) is the talk of the town.
Even though he can neither speak nor listen! His bitter-sweet
relationship with two beautiful young ladies, Shruti (Ileana D’cruz) and
Jhilmil (Priyanka Chopra) sets in motion a chain of events that will
turn his life upside down! UTV Motion Pictures and director Anurag Basu
invite you to witness the amusing, naughty and sometimes crazy antics of
Barfi. A heart-warming tale of selfless love and about finding happiness in the smallest things in life; that tells you no matter how tough your life may be, “Don’t Worry. Be Barfi!”
Production
Ranbir Kapoor reportedly plays the role of a deaf-mute Nepali origin boy. Priyanka Chopra will play the role of girl with autism. In addition, Ileana D'Cruz will play the role of the narrator. Basu confirmed that Katrina Kaif was the first choice for the role of the narrator, but she later opted out. The film began shooting on 11 March 2011
Cast
- Ranbir Kapoor as Murphy aka Barfi
- Priyanka Chopra as Jhilmil
- Ileana D'Cruz as Shruti
- Rahul Garg
- Saurabh Shukla
- Sumona Chakravarti
- Bhola Raja Sapkota as Ranbir's friend
Music
The music and background score of the film is composed by Pritam. The soundtrack album has 6 songs. A song named Ala Barfi! sung by Mohit Chauhan was released as a single track on 7th August 2012.. Main kya karoon, a romantic number was released on 11th August 2012 which features Ileana D'Cruz & Ranbir Kapoor. Priyanka Chopra was supposed to sing a track for the film but her contract with Universal Musicprevents her from taking the offer. There is also one more song titled Fatafati which will not be used in the final film, but was released on YouTube on
10th September 2012, as behind-the-scenes footage. It is merely a
promotional track, sung by Pritam and Nakkash Aziz. Some additional
vocals are sung by Ranbir Kapoor himself. Fatafati also has some Bengali lyrics, penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The song isn't in the actual album either, but it has become a major hit on YouTube, crossing 100,000 views in just 4 days.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ala Barfi" | Mohit Chauhan | 5:19 | |
| 2. | "Main Kya Karoon" | Nikhil Paul George | 4:30 | |
| 3. | "Kyon" | Papon, Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:26 | |
| 4. | "Phir Le Aya Dil" | Arijit Singh | 5:05 | |
| 5. | "Aashiyan" | Shreya Ghoshal, Nikhil Paul George | 3:56 | |
| 6. | "Saawali Si Raat" | Arijit Singh | 5:08 | |
| 7. | "Ala Barfi (Reprise)" | Swanand Kirkire | 5:41 | |
| 8. | "Phir Le Aya Dil (Reprise)" | Rekha Bhardwaj | 4:45 | |
| 9. | "Phir Le Aya Dil (Version 3)" | Shafqat Amanat Ali | 5:03 | |
| 10. | "Aashiyan (Solo)" | Nikhil Paul George | 4:08 |
Reception
The music album of Barfi ! received
extremely positive reviews. Barfi was trending on Twitter on its launch
day because of positive word of mouth.Lyricsmint gave the album a rating of 4/5 saying "The album is sweet, positive, lovely, mischievous and full of life", Karthik of Milliblog gave it a 200 words review saying "Much like his earlier combo with Anurag Basu in Life in a Metro, Pritam delivers a whopper, again!". Darshit at DunkDaft also
gave a positive review saying "The hit maker is hitting the right spots
again and again this year. This Barfi is absolutely high on taste that
you can't resist." Music Aloud's review called it Pritam's best soundtrack in a long time, giving it a 9/10.Gokul of IndiBeats! gave
the album a rating of 4/5 saying "Pritam has outdone himself again in
the album which shows the true talent and dedication of the composer." Many users at Gomolohas also given positive feedback for Barfi Songs.
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