- Not a Love Story (2011 film)
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Not A Love Story 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Ram Gopal Varma Produced by Sunil Bohra
Shailesh R. Singh
Kiran Kumar KoneruStory by Rohit Banawlikar Starring Mahie Gill
Deepak Dobriyal
Ajay GehiMusic by Sandeep Chowta Editing by Abhijit Kokate,Vinay Chauhan,Jimmy Thomas Distributed by Bohra Bros Prod. Pvt. Ltd. Release date(s) August 19, 2011 Country India Language Hindi Not A Love Story is a 2011 Indian crime-thriller film inspired by the gruesome murder of Neeraj Grover in 2008 that led to the arrest of Emile Jerome and Maria Susairaj. Starring Mahie Gill, Deepak Dobriyal and Ajay Gehi and directed by Ram Gopal Varma, the film was released on 19 August 2011. Ram Gopal Varma has announced that the film is not a biopic but is inspired by the case.[1][2]
The film's shooting was completed in 20 days. One of the prime locations was the building Dheeraj Solitaire where Neeraj Grover was allegedly murdered in 2008.
Contents
Cast
- Mahie Gill as Anusha Chawla
- Deepak Dobriyal as Robin Fernandes
- Ajay Gehi as Ashish Bhatnagar
- Zakir Hussain
- Neil Bhoopalam
- Darshan Jariwala
- Ganesh Yadav
- Rasika Joshi
- Prabhleen Sandhu as Anju
Reception
Critical response
The critics' response has been positive to mixed. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 4 stars out of 5.[3] Rishitu Amarnani gave the film 4 out of 5 stars on India-forums.com[4] Subhash K Jha gave 3.5 out of 5.[5] Kaveree Bamzai of India Today gave 3 out of 5.[6] Zee News gave 3 out of 5.[7] Raja Sen of Rediff rated it 1.5 out of 5, saying that it is a film made in bad taste.[8] Harish of Behindwoods rated it 2 out of 5 and said "Overall in the time of stylish filmmaking of no substance movies, RGV tries to differ but with such a wafer-thin but powerful plot-line, you expect the background music, editing and camera work to push it to greatness and that is where the movie falters."[9]
Mayank Shekhar of the Hindustan Times said "it delves deeper into neither the young dream-chasers of a scary celeb industry nor chilling procedurals of an infamous police case", and rated it 2 out of 5.[10] CNN-IBN's Rajeev Masand said "Not A Love Story' is not entirely unwatchable", rating it 2 out of 5, but asserted that it is the "most senseless movie made in Bollywood for a long time."[11] Nupur Barua of fullhyd.com rated it 6/10 and said you can watch the movie if you can digest, visually, blood, gore, violent sex, and constant shaky camera movement.[12]
References
- ^ Sandeep Chowta and RGV join forces again. IBN Live. 2011-05-10. Retrieved on 2011-07-04.
- ^ "First look of 'Not a love story'". The Indian Express. 2 July 2011. http://www.indianexpress.com/video/entertainment/20/first-look-of-not-a-love-story/5456. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ Taran Adarsh (19 August 2011). "Not A Love Story Review". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/14453/index.html. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Amarnani, Rishitu. "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". Review. India-forums.com. http://www.india-forums.com/bollywood/film-reviews/21245-movie-review-not-a-love-story.htm. Retrieved 27 October 2011. - ^ Subhash K Jha Barua (20 August 2011). "Not A Love Story Review". ibosnetwork. http://www.ibosnetwork.com/newsmanager/templates/template1.aspx?a=22290&z=2. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Kaveree Bamzai (19 August 2011). "Not A Love Story Review". India Today. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/not-a-love-story-movie-review/1/148593.html. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Zee News (19 August 2011). "Not A Love Story Review". Zee News. http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/articles/story94532.htm. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Raja Sen (19 August 2011). "Not A Love Story Review". Rediff. http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-not-a-love-story-is-made-in-bad-taste/20110819.htm. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ "Not A Love Story Movie Review". Behindwoods. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/aug-11-03/not-a-love-story-review.html. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Mayank Shekhar (19 August 2011). "Not A Love Story Review". Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Reviews/Mayank-Shekhar-s-review-Not-a-Love-Story/Article1-735202.aspx. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Rajeev Masand (19 August 2011). "Not A Love Story Review". CNN-IBN. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masand-not-a-love-story-not-entirely-unwatchable/177013-47-84.html. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Nupur Barua (19 August 2011). "Not A Love Story Review". fullhyd.com. http://www.fullhyderabad.com/profile/movies/4424/2/not-a-love-story-movie-review. Retrieved 27 August 2011..
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- Indian films
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