My Birthday Song
My Birthday Song is a 2018 Bollywood psychological thriller film produced and directed by Samir Soni.[1] The film stars co-producer Sanjay Suri in the lead role with Nora Fatehi, Zenia Starr and Ayaz Khan in supporting roles. The film revolves around a happily-married man and the song on his 40th birthday. It was released on 19 January 2018.[2][3]
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| Directed by | Samir Soni |
| Produced by | Sanjay Suri Samir Soni |
| Written by | Samir Soni Vrushali Telang |
| Screenplay by | Samir Soni Vrushali Telang |
| Story by | Samir Soni |
| Starring | Sanjay Suri Nora Fatehi Zenia Starr Ayaz Khan Suparna Krishna Sameer Sharma Elena Kazan |
| Music by | Songs Rajeev V Bhalla Ajay Govind Nitin K. Menon Joy Barua Pawan Rasaily Background Score Pawan Rasaily |
| Cinematography | Shubham Kasera |
| Edited by | Sandeep Sethy |
Production company | Kahwa Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Kahwa Entertainment |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Rajiv (Sanjay Suri) is celebrating his 40th birthday with his friends when he meets a stranger named Sandy (Nora Fatehi) and gets intimate with her. She gets killed accidentally by broken glass pieces hurt in her back of head. Rajiv gets stunned looking blood all around on pillow, he gulps in a lot of alcohol with sleeping pills. The next morning he wakes up to realize that everything that he was experiencing was just a dream. But as the day progresses, the events that take place in his life and the people that he comes across make him question whether what happened last night was all just a dream or did it all actually happen. He calls up his friend to check if his friend getting Sandy for evening party. His friend is shocked as Rajiv was not told about it earlier. Rajiv gets to know that Sandy is alive & put up at Hotel, where he calls her up & asks to meet her. Sandy is the same girl whom he had met a few years back for his ad shoot & had a night spent and forgotten.
Sandy tries to get intimate with Rajiv at hotel room, but Rajiv tells her he saw her dying in party. When she hugs her, he remembers the same dream suddenly & pushes her back abruptly. She falls on a glass that breaks in her head & she lies on floor with blood all over. Rajiv is now scared that his dream has come true. On the way back, he is stopped by Police for rash driving, asked for license, he shows it to the policeman and he sees his dad's pic in his wallet. He recollects a childhood scene where his mom and dad fight over the dinner table & argument ends up by their separation. On the way, suddenly his car breaks down on a remote road with engine fuming. Out of blues, a mechanic walks up to him with a tool kit & wishes him Happy Birthday as he puns on the situation. It can only be a fortunate day a birthday when someones car breaks down & mechanic comes up with a toolkit. Meanwhile, his car's tire is also punctured which he gets repaired. Before leaving mechanic murmurs him a statement and says "apki Sandy ready hai Sir" Rajiv is stunned again and looks for the mechanic, but he has disappeared. Rajiv starts his car and journey again, on his way he remembers good times spent with his wife on Anniversary day and Sandys head in blood again.
Cast
- Sanjay Suri as Rajiv Kaul
- Nora Fatehi as Sandy
- Zenia Starr as Ritu
- Ayaz Khan as Vikram Acharya
- Sameer Sharma as Ravi Kaul
- Elena Kazan as Amy
- Suparna Krishna as Achala
- Aarti Khetarpal as Annie
- Aryan Veir Suri as Young Rajiv
- Kaushar Ali Khan as Vijay
- Aarav Bedi as Yash Kaul
- Rohan Awasthi as Maanav Kaul
- Poonam Kindo as Madhu
- Savitri Wahi as Nani Maa
- Mayana Sherawat as Baby Sandy
- Devishi Sharma as Young Sandy
- Purab Kohli as Ashish (cameo)
- Pitobash Tripathy as Waiter/Mechanic (cameo)
Soundtrack
| My Birthday Song | |||
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| Soundtrack album by Various | |||
| Released | 12 January 2018[4] | ||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||
| Length | 22:03 | ||
| Label | Kahwa Entertainment | ||
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The songs of the film have been composed by Rajeev V Bhalla, Ajay Govind, Nitin Krishna Menon, Pawan Rasaily and Joi Barua while the background music has been composed by Pawan Rasaily.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "My Birthday Song" | Akshay K Saxena | Raajeev V Bhalla | Raajeev V Bhalla | 04:11 |
| 2. | "Ajnabi" | Ajay Govind | Ajay Govind & Nitin Krishna Menon | Mohan Kannan | 05:54 |
| 3. | "Ghayal" | Ajay Govind | Ajay Govind & Nitin Krishna Menon | Mohan Kannan | 05:41 |
| 4. | "Bhaag" | Ajay Govind | Ajay Govind & Nitin Krishna Menon | Joi Barua | 04:06 |
| 5. | "Rain" | Joi Barua | Pawan Rasaily & Joi Barua | Joi Barua | 02:11 |
| Total length: | 22:03 | ||||
Reception
Critical response
The Times of India rated the film with 2.5/5 stars saying that the film is for the audience who likes dark and mysterious cinema.[5] Rajeev Masand of News 18 wrote that the film kept him guessing till the end and said, "It’s not a perfect film, but there’s enough to merit a single watch", and gave 2.5/5 stars.[6] Sify.com mentioned that the film is good looking and first time director Samir Soni seems to grasp the secret of audiences' collective gasp.[7] Rediff.com wrote that this psychological thriller is an honest effort and a huge relief for movie enthusiasts and gave 3.5/5 stars.[8] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 1.5 stars out of 5 and said that, "The plotting and the treatment of My Birthday Song is far too inept to create a solid psychological thriller out of this looping-upon-itself story, whose big reveal is too brief, too late."[9] Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 2 stars out of 5 and said that, "Debutante director Samir Soni starts off with an amazing idea which is failed by its execution. It is the heavy-footed treatment of the film that fails it. It is so over-dramatic that even the solid theme on which it is based gets lost."[10]
References
- ""Samir Soni talks about his directorial debut Bollywood movie"". The Moviean.
- Gupta, Shubhra (19 January 2018). "My Birthday Song movie review: The Sanjay Suri starrer is an inept psychological thriller". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- Kaushal, Sweta (19 January 2018). "My Birthday Song movie review: A clever idea that fails to take off". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- "My Birthday Song (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes.
- Noorani, Reza (20 January 2018). "My Birthday Song - Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- Masand, Rajeev (19 January 2018). "My Birthday Song Review: A Thriller That Messes With Your Head". News 18. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "My Birthday Song review: Thriller in pursuit of relentless thrills". Sify.com. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- Zore, Prasanna (19 January 2018). "Review: My Birthday Song: A psychological thriller". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "My Birthday Song movie review: The Sanjay Suri starrer is an inept psychological thriller". The Indian Express.
- "My Birthday Song movie review: A clever idea that fails to take off". Hindustan Times.