Ek Paheli Leela
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| Directed by | Bobby Khan |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Bunty Rathore (Dialouges) |
| Screenplay by | Jojo Khan |
| Story by | Bobby Khan |
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| Music by | Songs:
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| Cinematography | Bashalal Syed |
| Edited by | Nitin FCP |
Production
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Paper Doll Entertaiment
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| Distributed by | T-Series |
Release dates
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Running time
| 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi Rajasthani |
| Budget | ₹15 crore(US$2.4 million)[1] |
| Box office | ₹27.47 crore(US$4.4 million) (2nd week domestic gross))[2] |
Ek Paheli Leela is a 2015 Indian thriller drama film, written and directed by Bobby Khan and produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar. It starsSunny Leone in the titular lead role with Jay Bhanushali, Rajneesh Duggal,Jas Arora, Mohit Ahlawat and Rahul Dev in pivotal roles. Choreography is done by Saroj Khan and Ahmed Khan. Music for the film is composed byAmaal Mallik. T-Series has acquired the music rights of the film. Principal photography of the film began in Jodhpur, India.[3] The reviews criticised the script and the acting.
Plot[edit]
The movie starts with Karan (Jay Bhanushali) shifting homes in Mumbai. Karan is a singer and musician who often helps his sister Radhika with music for her fashion shows. Radhika (Shivani Tanksale), is a fashion photographer who wants to get the sizzling Meera (Sunny Leone) for her shows.
Meanwhile in Bombay, Karan has persistent dreams of someone whipping him. In an attempt to figure why, his friend takes him to a Pandit (Nari-Shakti Scholar) who tells him that his pain is rooted in his past life.
While in India, Meera meets Ranveer Singh (Mohit Ahlawat), a prince, inRajasthan. The two eventually fall in love and get married. Ranveer is in middle of a property dispute with his cousin Vikram Singh (Jas Arora).
Karan travels through his past and figures out that he was Shravan (Rajneesh Duggal), 300 years ago. He was in love with a girl named Leela but his master, an artist, Bhairao (Rahul Dev) adopts her as his muse. Bhairao makes a statue of Leela and discovers that Leela is in love with Shravan. In a fit of rage, Bhairao kills both Shravan and Leela.
Karan goes to Bhairao Kaksha (a place of dispute between Ranveer and Vikram). Karan tries to remind Mira about their past but Meera does not believe him. Karan plays a song that takes Meera back into their past and she recollects her past life.
Meera and Karan get kidnapped by Vikram who is looking for a statue that Bhairao made. The current market value of the statue is 1000 crores and Vikram wants to keep the money for himself. Karan reveals that the statue was hidden behind a wall. When Vikram gets to the statue, he is killed by Ranveer.
It turns out Karan was wrong all along. He was actually the reincarnation of Bhairao and not of Shravan (who got reincarnated in Ranveer). Karan tries to redeem his ills by committing suicide but Meera and Ranveer don't let him.
Cast[edit]
- Sunny Leone as Leela/Meera
- Rajneesh Duggal as Shravan
- Jay Bhanushali as Karan
- Mohit Ahlawat as Prince Ranveer
- Rahul Dev as Bhairao
- Jas Arora as Prince Bikram
- Shivani Tanksale as Radhika
- VJ Andy as himself
- Ahsaan Qureshi as Man Singh
- Daniel Weber as Flight attendant (Cameo)
Production[edit]
Bobby Khan will be making his directorial debut with this film. He stated that Sunny Leone was the only actress suitable for the roles and she was only the choice.[4] He also stated that big actors refused to do the film because of Leone.[5] Actor Mohit Ahlawat returned to films after four years.[6]
Soundtrack[edit]
| Ek Paheli Leela | ||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||
| Released | 10 March 2015 | |
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |
| Length | 39:54 | |
| Label | T-Series | |
| Singles from Ek Paheli Leela | ||
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The soundtrack comprises 9 songs.[7] Ensemble singers like Tulsi Kumar, Arijit Singh, Kanika Kapoor, Monali Thakur, Meet Bros Anjjan, Mohit Chauhan,Krishna Beura, Alam Khan, Aishwarya Majmudar, Neha Kakkar and Pakistani singer Uzair Jaswal have lent their voices for the film.[8]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Desi Look" | Kumaar | Dr. Zeus | Kanika Kapoor | 3:27 | |
| 2. | "Tere Bin Nahi Laage (Male Version) (Recreation of Original Version)" | Kumaar | Uzair Jaswal (Recreated byAmaal Mallik) | Uzair Jaswal | 3:41 | |
| 3. | "Saiyyan Superstar" | Kumaar | Amaal Mallik | Tulsi Kumar | 4:10 | |
| 4. | "Khuda Bhi" | Manoj Muntashir | Tony Kakkar | Mohit Chauhan | 5:03 | |
| 5. | "Glamorous Ankhiyaan" | Kumaar | Meet Bros Anjjan | Meet Bros Anjjan,Krishna Beura | 4:54 | |
| 6. | "Deewana Tera (Recreation of Sonu Nigam's 1999 song)" | Kumaar | Meet Bros Anjjan (Recreated) | Arijit Singh | 5:24 | |
| 7. | "Dhol Baaje (Recreation of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam's song)" | Kumaar | Meet Bros Anjjan (Recreated) | Meet Bros Anjjan,Monali Thakur | 5:37 | |
| 8. | "Tere Bin Nahi Laage (Female Version)" | Kumaar | Uzair Jaswal (Recreated byAmaal Mallik) | Tulsi Kumar,Alam Khan | 4:31 | |
| 9. | "Ek Do Teen Chaar" | Tony Kakkar | Tony Kakkar | Neha Kakkar, Tony Kakkar | 3:13 | |
Total length:
| 39:54 | |||||
A remix album was made by DJ Chetas and was released on T-Series YouTube on 26 March 2015.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Glamorous Ankhiyaan (MBA Swag)" | Kumaar | DJ Chetas | Meet Bros Anjjan, Krishna Beura | 4:56 | |
| 2. | "Main Hoon Deewana Tera (MBA Swag)" | Kumaar | DJ Chetas | Arijit Singh | 3:39 | |
| 3. | "Desi Look (Remix)" | Kumaar | DJ Chetas | Kanika Kapoor | 4:02 | |
| 4. | "Saiyyan Superstar (Remix)" | Kumaar | DJ Chetas | Tulsi Kumar | 3:22 | |
| 5. | "Tere Bin Nahi Laage Remix (Male Version)" | Kumaar | DJ Chetas | Uzair Jaswal | 3:21 | |
| 6. | "Khuda Bhi (Remix)" | Manoj Muntashir | DJ Chetas | Mohit Chauhan | 4:38 | |
| 7. | "Ek Do Teen Chaar (Remix)" | Tony Kakkar | DJ Chetas | Neha Kakkar, Tony Kakkar | 2:53 | |
Total length:
| 26:51 | |||||
Reception[edit]
Box Office[edit]
The film was released on 10 April 2015 with estimated occupancy of 20%[9] with greater occupancy in single screens than multiplexes.[10] On its opening day it collected ₹5.30 crore (US$840,000).[11] Followed with a little drop on Saturday on which it earned ₹5.20 crore (US$830,000), taking up the weekend collection to ₹15.85 crore (US$2.5 million). With having average word of mouth, collections dropped in week days and collected ₹24.28 crore (US$3.9 million) in its first week.[12]
Critical Reception[edit]
Mid Day called it " semi-porn rubbish",[13] while IBNLive gave it 1.5 stars stating that the dialog was full of crude sexual jokes and that it was "soft porn" emphasising the short skirts of the women and the physique of the men.[14] The Hindustan Timessaid the film had a " ludicrous script" and "wooden" acting.[15] India Today praised the cinematography and Leone's dancing.[16] Mumbai Mirror called it " an insincere, lavish and titillating compilation of every item song ever made." [17] Rediffstated although the film was poorly written and had many flaws in its execution, it succeeded at its purpose of being a one-woman show to highlight Leone.[18] Indian Express gave the film zero stars stating "all this film wants to do is to exploit its leading lady’s awe-inspiring stack... From as many angles as possible, the closer the better".[19] NDTV called it a "vapid yarn about love, desire and obsession unfolds against good-looking backgrounds".[20]
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