| Aap Kaa Surroor | |
| Director: | Prashant Chadha |
| Producer: | Vijay Taneja |
| Story: | Vibha Singh |
| Starring: | Himesh Reshammiya Hansika Motwani Mallika Sherawat |
| Music: | Himesh Reshammiya |
| Cinematography: | Manoj Soni |
| Editing: | Sudhir Mehan |
| Studio: | Mehboob Studio |
| Runtime: | 127 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Budget: | 9 crore[1] |
| Gross: | 19.5 crore[2] |
Aap Kaa Surroor is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic thriller film directed by Prashant Chadha and starring singer Himesh Reshammiya in his debut as an actor, alongside Hansika Motwani and Malika Sherawat. Reshammiya has claimed the story is based on his own life and was named after his music album Aap Kaa Surroor.[3] It was shot mostly in Germany[4] and was released on 29 June 2007. Despite being negatively received by critics, it turned out to be a commercial success. This was Hansika's first Hindi film as a leading actress, as she was previously seen in all her films as a child actor.[5]
The movie begins with a dead body of a TV journalist, Nadia Merchant, being found in a remote area, somewhere in Germany. Soon after, a famous Indian singer, HR, is arrested by German Police Officers after a concert on the charge of murdering a journalist. HR is put behind bars and the incidents begin to unravel as the movie goes into a flashback. While on a concert in Germany, performing with his best friend Shravan, HR meets the event organizer Khurana and his partner Ruby James. He also meets the event planner Riya, and falls in love at first sight. After initial reservations, Riya's father Mr. Bakshi approves of the match.
Things take a turn when HR is arrested. He asks Ruby James, a lawyer, to bail him out. But it is revealed that Ruby is in love with HR, while HR loves Riya. He escapes from his prison cell after taking the murdered TV journalist's father Ex-cop Feroz Merchant captive. He has to find the actual murderer in one day or else Riya will be married to someone else. To stop this from happening, he needs Riya's help. He approaches her for help, but Riya ignores him.
HR, Shravan, and Bani approach Ruby (on HR's hunch that Ruby is innocent of the murders) for help. They browse through all the Invoices and other Documents at Khurana's Office to find that severe losses on a previously finalized world tour deal gave Khurana the motive to framed HR. HR then proceeds to confront Khurana and after a car chase, he catches up with Khurana, who then confesses to having murdered Nadia and framing HR to ruin his career. After his confession is instantly caught on camera, Khurana is arrested, then HR and Riya reunite.
Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 3.5 out of 5, writing, "Critics be damned, this one's for the masses!"[6] Syed Firdaus Ashraf of Rediff gave the film 3 out of 5, writing, "The story is very ordinary. What saves it is the music. All the songs have been well-placed in the film, so that you never lose interest."[7]
Conversely, Gautam Chintamani of Rediff.com gave the film 2.5 out of 5, writing, "The film seems disjointed and it's evident that the people behind it just wanted to cash on the Himesh wave. Why else would nicely photographed songs be separated by an inanity trying to masquerade as a script?" [8] Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times criticised the story, direction and Reshammiya's acting, he called the film an "amateur brain toaster."[9]
According to Box Office India, Aap Kaa Surroor grossed and labelled it, "semi hit".[2]
| Aap Kaa Surroor | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Himesh Reshammiya |
| Released: | 28 April 2007 |
| Recorded: | 2006 |
| Studio: | Mehboob Studio |
| Genre: | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length: | 44:02 |
| Label: | T-Series |
| Producer: | Himesh Reshammiya |
| Prev Title: | Apne |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Fear |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
The music was composed by Himesh Reshammiya; the lyricist was Sameer. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 13,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's seventh highest-selling.[10]
See main article: Teraa Surroor. The sequel of the film titled Teraa Surroor was announced in December 2015. It stars Farah Karimae and Himesh Reshammiya in the lead cast and was released on 11 March 2016.[11]
| Awards | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bollywood Movies Awards | Best Male playback singer for Yeh Tera Mera Milna | ||
| Koffee with Karan awards | Best Male Debut | ||
| Superstar of tomorrow (Male) |