Yeh Saali Aashiqui (transl. Damn this love) is an Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film. The film is directed by Cherag Ruparel and produced by Jayantilal Gada & Amrish Puri Films.[1][2] The film stars debutantes Vardhan Puri, grandson of Amrish Puri,[3] and Shivaleeka Oberoi.[4] The film was initially scheduled to be released on 22 November 2019.[5][6] but later postponed by one week to 29 November 2019.[7]

Yeh Saali Aashiqui
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCherag Ruparel
Written byVardhan-Cherag
Produced byRajeev Amrish Puri
Dr. Meena Rajeev Puri
Dhaval Jayantilal Gada
Akshay Jayantilal Gada
StarringVardhan Puri
Shivaleeka Oberoi
CinematographyPratik Shah
Edited byAnirban Dutta
Music byHitesh Modak
Production
companies
Amrish Puri Films
Pen India Limited
Distributed byPen Marudhar Entertainment
Release date
  • 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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Three years ago, Sahil Mehra and Mittee Deora met at a hotel management college in Shimla and fell in love. Due to Sahil's broken trust, they break up. He finds Mittee cheating in exams and complains about it. Mittee's friend told her that Sahil complained about it. Mittee asks Sahil for a last chance after she fakes fainting in her room. Sahil develops a cold shoulder and forgives her. Mittee hurts herself and then makes a scenario as if Sahil tried to rape her and tells this to her professor. Sahil is proven mentally ill and is sent to a mental hospital. when he was mentally fit.

In the present, Sahil has shown improvement and wants to get out but cannot. His identical twin (killer) brother, Surya Mehra, comes in to get some signatures from him. Sahil knocks down Surya and gets out. he starts searching for Mittee for Revenge. Mittee is now in a relationship with Anuj Mathur. Then Sahil attacks her multiple times to scare her with the help of Mittee's friend Kavita. Anuj listens to her they go to the mental asylum to find Surya in it but they mistake Surya for Sahil. Anuj gets angry because of repeated Sahil's words from Mittee and warns her to take his name again. Sahil gets to know that Mittee and Anuj are getting engaged and will soon marry each other. He makes a video and projects it on the engagement day. That video showcased how many more she cheated and their stories in their voices. Everyone gets to know about her real character and Anuj calls off the Engagement. Mittee's father gets an attack and her mother tells Mittee to go away from their life.

Sahil calls Mittee to the hospital where her parents are. they both have a huge tiff and Mittee runs around trying to shoot Sahil but misses every time. She finally shoots Sahil in her parents' room with the last bullet. Sahil was still breathing and Mittee took a huge cylinder and hit Sahil multiple times to kill him on the spot. Mittee's parents watch her kill Sahil. Police arrested Mittee and Sahil was pronounced dead. Mittee was given a life sentence.

Surya comes to meet Mittee to thank her for killing Sahil. On the way back she heard the sound of a whistle which she knew that only Sahil could play. She realized that the one who died was Surya. Sahil got Surya out of mental asylum and told him to wait in Mittee's Parent's room. The one who came to meet Mittee was Sahil who hid after getting Mittee to chase him to her parents' room and Mittee killed Surya thinking it was Sahil.

Cast

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  • Vardhan Puri in a dual role as Sahil Mehra and Surya Mehra
  • Shivaleeka Oberoi as Mitee Deora / Kutti Deora
  • Ruslaan Mumtaz as Anuj Mathur
  • Ashok Chhabra as Chacha
  • Amit Arora as Priyank Sharma
  • Jesse Lever as Venu
  • Pulkit Bangia as Jehan Vevaina
  • Deepansha Dhingra as Kavita Malhotra, Mitee's friend
  • Jasvant Singh as Nanu
  • Sanjeev Johri as Doctor Irani
  • Pankaj kumar as Student
  • Yudhvir Dahiya as Doctor Jha
  • Satish Kaushik as Chenu Babu (Cameo appearance)

Release

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The official trailer of the film was unveiled by Pen India Limited on 5 November 2019.[8] It was originally titled Paagal (Mad), but the title was changed as demanded by the Central Board of Film Certification, likely due negative associations of the term in the context of mental health issues; following in the heels of Mental Hai Kya, whose title change was demanded by the Indian Psychiatric Society.[4]

Soundtrack

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Yeh Saali Aashiqui
Soundtrack album by
Released16 November 2019[9]
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length11:18
LanguageHindi
LabelSony Music India

This music of the film is composed by Hitesh Modak with lyrics written by Tanveer Ghazi.

Track listening
No.TitleSingerLength
1."Havaa Banke"Armaan Malik4:32
2."Sanki"Arun HK3:23
3."Bewaqoofi"Armaan Malik, Hitesh Modak3:23
4."Sanki (Rap)"Parry G2:08
Total length:11:18

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result
2020 Filmfare Awards Best Male Debut Vardhan Puri Nominated
Best Female Debut Shivaleeka Oberoi Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Kapoor, Diksha (31 May 2019). "Amrish Puri's grandson Vardhan to debut with 'Yeh Saali Aashiqui', Film Releasing On November 22nd". PTC Punjabi. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Amrish Puri's grandson Vardhan Puri set to enter Bollywood with Yeh Saali Aashiqui". Hindi Rush. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. ^ Gupta, Rachit (25 September 2018). "Amrish Puri's grandson Vardhan to debut with 'Paagal'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b Kapoor, Diksha (31 May 2019). "Amrish Puri's Grandson Vardhan To Debut With 'Paagal', Film Releasing On July 26". PTC Punjabi. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Vardhan Puri and Shivaleeka Oberoi starrer will keep you at the edge of your seats". The Times of India. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Yeh Saali Aashiqui trailer: Amrish Puri's grandson Vardhan makes film debut in this romantic thriller". Firstpost. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  7. ^ "New release date... #YehSaaliAashiqui – starring Amrish Puri's grandson Vardhan Puri – will now release on 29 Nov 2019... Costars Shivaleeka Oberoi... Directed by Cherag Ruparel". Twitter.com. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  8. ^ Yeh Saali Aashiqui – Official Trailer – Vardhan Puri, Shivaleeka Oberoi – Cherag Ruparel – 22nd Nov. Pen India Limited. YouTube. 4 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Yeh Saali Aashiqui – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jio Saavn. 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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