Kaanchi: The Unbreakable

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Kaanchi: The Unbreakable
Kaanchi... poster.jpg
Promotional Poster
Directed by Subhash Ghai
Produced by Subhash Ghai
Written by Subhash Ghai
Starring Mishti
Kartik Aaryan
Rishi Kapoor
Mithun Chakraborty
Music by Ismail Darbar
Subhash Ghai
Salim-Sulaiman
Production
company
Mukta Arts[1]
Distributed by White Hill Productions
Release dates
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  • 25 April 2014 (2014-04-25)[2]
Running time
 140 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget 15 crore
Box office 28 crore

Kaanchi: The Unbreakable is a romantic 2014 Hindi-language Indian feature film produced and directed by Subhash Ghai, starring newcomer actress Mishti and Kartik Aaryan in lead roles supported by veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty.[3][4][5][6][7]

Plot

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kaanchi is a story of the inner power of a woman who represents over one million suppressed youth against injustice in her country.[8] It is also the story of an innocent rural beauty and her fight against power.[9]

Cast

Development

Kartik Aaryan was roped in to perform the role. The music director Ismail Darbaar's son, Zaid Darbar assistd Subhash Ghai in the direction. The trailer was released on 6 March 2014 on YouTube, which received positive reviews.[9]

Besides deploying their own marketing team, Mukta Arts partnered with web channel trendspotters.tv for web and social-media promotion.[10] Commenting on the film, Subash Ghai said, "Kaanchi to me is a project that is larger than life itself, the film, though commercial, is an inspirational story for the young women of today.

Shooting

Filming occurred in locations around Mumbai and Nainital.

Late last year when asked about its delay, director Subhash Ghai said he was in no hurry to release the film. He said "A few portions of the film are left for shoot. I am going to take my own time to release Kaanchi. I am not in a hurry to release the film as I don't want to repeat the mistake I did with my last film" and added that "Most of the films which do not do well because of the pressure of its release date. Directors later feel that the film would have worked better if they had given some more time."[11]

Kaanchi was released on 25 April 2014.[8]

Soundtrack

Kaanchi: The Unbreakable
Film score by Ismail Darbar, Salim-Sulaiman
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 39:08

Director Subhash Ghai, who is known to work very closely and meticulously with the composers on his films, said that "I have recorded four songs by Ismail Darbar and Salim-Sulaiman on the lyrics of Irshad Kamil and I can say today that it's going to be big blockbuster music album on the day it will be released."[12]

The music is composed by Ismail Darbar and music director duo Salim-Sulaiman with lyrics by Irshad Kamil.

# Song Singer(s) Composer(s) Duration
1 "Kaanchi Re Kaanchi" Sukhwinder Singh Ismail Darbar 04:06
2 "Tu Sab Kuch Re" Sonu Nigam, Anwesha Datta Gupta & Ismail Darbar Ismail Darbar 05:36
3 "Main Mushtanda" Mika Singh & Aishwarya Majmudar Subhash Ghai 03:05
4 "Koshampa" Aman Trikha, Sanchita, Anweshaa & Subhash Ghai Ismail Darbar 03:32
5 "Kaisa Hai Dard Mera" Ankit Tiwari Ismail Darbar 04:46
6 "Kambal Ke Neech" Neeti Mohan, Aman Trikha, Aishwarya Majmudar & Sanchita 03:47
7 "Thumka" Sonu Nigam & Suzanne D'Mello Salim-Sulaiman 04:45
8 "Hindustan Kahan Hai" Sukhwinder Singh, Mohit Chauhan & Raj Pandit Salim-Sulaiman 04:50
9 "Adiye Adiye" Sanchita & Avril Quadros Ismail Darbar 02:32

Critical reception

Kaanchi received mixed to negative reviews[13][14] from critics.[15][16][17][18][19][20] Subhash Ghai's direction was criticised compared to his previous movies Kalicharan, Karma, Karz and Pardes.[14][17][20] The lead actress Mishti failed to impress and her acting skills were criticised.[21]

The lead actor Kartik Aaryan who made his debut in Pyar Ka Punchnama was praised for his tremendous screen presence[20][22] and acting skills[21][23] even though his part was small.[24]

References

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