Mod (film)

Mod
Directed by	Nagesh Kukunoor
Produced by	Sujit Kumar Singh Elahe Hiptoola Nagesh Kukunoor
Story by	Nagesh Kukunoor
Starring	Ayesha Takia Azmi Rannvijay Singh Raghuvir Yadav
Music by	Tapas Relia
Cinematography	Chirantan Das
Editing by	Sanjib Datta
Distributed by	Kukunoor Movies Shreya Entertainment
Release date(s)	September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mod (Hindi: मोड) is a movie by director Nagesh Kukunoor, starring Ayesha Takia Azmi and Rannvijay Singh. The cast also includes Raghuvir Yadav, Tanvi Azmi and Anant Mahadevan. The movie was released on 30th September 2011. The music of the movie is by Tapas Relia.^[1]

Plot

The movie is about a 25 year old girl named Aranya (Ayesha Takia), who lives in a hill station called Ganga. She lives with her father, Ashok Mahadeo(Raghuvir Yadav) and her aunt, Gayatri Garg(Tanvi Azmi).Aranya's father is the head of the local Kishore Kumar Fan club while her aunt runs a restaurant.Aranya and her father still wait for her mother who left them to pursue her dreams in the city.There is a shopkeeper, Gangaram, who has feelings for Aranya. In order to support herself and her father, Aranya runs a watch repair store where she ends up meeting a stranger named Andy(Rannvijay Singh).He comes back everyday to get his water logged watch repaired and leaves a 100 rupees note in the form of an origami swan.Later,Andy claims to be her classmate in 10th.Eventually, they fall in love.The story takes a dramatic turn when Aranya discovers the truth about Andy.^[2]

Cast

• Ayesha Takia as Aranya Mahadeo
• Rannvijay Singh as Andy/Abhay
• Raghuvir Yadav as Raghu
• Tanvi Azmi as Gayatri Garg
• Anant Mahadevan

Music

The music for Mod was provided by Tapas Relia and consist of following Audio List.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Tu Hi Tu"	Shivam Pathak & Shreya Ghoshal
2.	"Ai Meri Jaaniya"	Shivam Pathak
3.	"Chand Pal Ke Hamsafar"	Shankar Mahadevan & Shreya Ghoshal
4.	"Aaj Main Ho Gayi Jawaan"	Raghubir, Shreya Ghoshal & Hrishikesh
5.	"Tu Hi Tu" (Unplugged)	Vijay Prakash
6.	"Aaj Main Ho Gayi Jawaan" (Remix)	Raghubir & Shreya Ghoshal

Reception

Critical response

The film received a lukewarm response from most of the critics. Komal Nahta the editor of Koimoi.com quoted "Mod will not be able to score at the ticket windows." and gave it one star.^[3] The Leading Bollywood Portal Movie Talkies Quoted Mod as "'Mod', Not Quite The Turning Point For Nagesh Kukunoor"^[4].

References

1. ^ "Mod(2011) Cast,first look,information, crew and more". http://www.fullyfreedown.com/mod-2011-hindi-movie-first-look-information/. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Mod Movie Story". http://www.top10bollywood.com/2011/08/mod-movie-story.html. 
3. ^ "Mod Review". 14th October 2011. http://www.koimoi.com/reviews/mod-review/. 
4. ^ "Mod Movie Review". 15th October 2011. http://www.movietalkies.com/movies/reviews/18389/mod. 

External links

• Mod at the Internet Movie Database
• I am not ambitious: Ayesha Takia Azmi