| Dasvidaniya | |
| Director: | Shashant Shah |
| Producer: | Guneet Monga Vinay Pathak Azam Khan |
| Starring: | Vinay Pathak Sarita Joshi Neha Dhupia Rajat Kapoor Brijendra Kala |
| Music: | Kailash Kher |
| Cinematography: | Arun Varma |
| Studio: | Sikhya Entertainment One More Thought Entertainment Lemontea Productions YT Entertainment |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Budget: | 1 million |
| Gross: | 18.7 million |
Dasvidaniya is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film[1] released on 7 November 2008.[2] [3] The name of the movie is a pun on the list of ten things to be done before death made by Vinay Pathak, and is a play on the Russian phrase до свидания (do svidaniya), meaning bye.[4] [5]
Amar Kaul (Vinay Pathak) is a 37-year-old accounts manager at Suraj Pharmaceuticals in Mumbai. He is single and lives with his mother (Sarita Joshi). He lives a nondescript life with people oblivious to his existence. One day his doctor tells him that he will die within three months due to stomach cancer. Realising that his time is limited, Amar makes a list of ten things he wants to do in his life and sets out to do them. They are:
He finds the true joys of life in a few months, which were hidden all his life. After three months, at the time of his death, he leaves something for all his loved ones, leaving them happy and thankful to him.
| Dasvidaniya | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Kailasa |
| Released: | 2008 |
| Genre: | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label: | Sony Music |
| Prev Title: | Jhoomo Re |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Chandni Chowk to China |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
The music for all the songs[6] were composed by Kailash Kher.
| Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "O Maa Meri Maa Pyaari Maa – Mammaa" | Kailash Kher | Kailash Kher | 04:30 | |
| 2 | "Sare Sehar Ki Jagmag Ke Bitar Hai Andhera – Alvida" | Kailash Kher | Kailash Kher | 05:03 | |
| 3 | "Muskura Mere Dil" | Sonu Nigam | Kailash Kher, Naresh Kamath, Paresh Kamath – The Kailasa Band | 03:40 | |
| 4 | "Muskura Mere Dil (Inst)" | Instrumental | Kailash Kher, Naresh Kamath, Paresh Kamath – The Kailasa Band | 03:15 | |
| 5 | "Sare Sehar Ki Jagmag Ke Bitar Hai Andhera – Alvida (Remix)" | Kailash Kher | Kailash Kher, Naresh Kamath, Paresh Kamath – The Kailasa Band | 04:20 |
Dasvidaniya collected in its lifetime run.[7] [8]
Gaurav Malani of Indiatimes Movies gave the film 3 stars, praising the cast, dialogue and scripting and recommended that the movie "should top the list of your 10 most important things to do this weekend."[9]