Mudda – The Issue Explained

Mudda - The Issue
Director:Saurabh Shukla
Producer:Raju Mavani
Story:Saurabh Shukla
Starring:
Music:Jeet-Pritam
Cinematography:Taposh Mandal
Editing:K Ravi Kumar
Studio:Ramnord Research Laboratories Pvt Ltd
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Mudda – The Issue is a 2003 Hindi-language drama film directed by Saurabh Shukla and produced by Raju Mavani. The film stars Arya Babbar, Prashant Narayanan, Aditya Srivastava, Rajat Kapoor,Dolly Ahluwalia and Rekha Vedavyas.

Plot

Perplexed and frustrated with life in Bombay's corrupt colleges, Lecturer Siddharth Archarya decides to relocate to a small town called Samaypur, where he feels he will get some satisfaction in teaching youngsters who are not influenced by politics. Alas, he is wrong. Student union rivalry and hatred have encompassed the entire town; fights break out frequently, mostly between two rival student leaders, Pratap and Rajbir, who are children of local political leaders, Harphool Singh and MLA Balli Tai. Siddharth decides to garner their energy positively by making them renovate the college building - with disastrous results - and no hopes for a reconciliation. Things get even more complicated when both young men fall for a colleague, Sundari, who wants to marry Pratap. It is then that the parents of both Rajbir and Pratap meet secretly and decide what their sons' and Samaypur's fate is going to be.

Music

Mudda - The Issue
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Jeet-Pritam
Cover:Mudda - The Issue.jpg
Alt:Audio CD Cover
Genre:filmi
Label:Zee Music Company
Producer:Jeet Gannguli
Pritam
Prev Title:Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai
Prev Year:2002

The music of the film is composed by Jeet Gannguli and Pritam while the lyrics are written by Chandrani Gannguli, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Swami.

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film stars out of 5, writing "Director Saurabh Shukla is a fairly good story teller, but he seems to have got confused midway, whether to make a realistic film or a love triangle, with songs aplenty. On the technical side, the cinematography is just about okay. Dialogues are well penned at places, especially the ones delivered by the two warring politicians".[1] Subhash K. Jha of The Times of India wrote that "Though Mudda finally fails to have its say cogently there are sparks here to indicate a watchable directorial debut".[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mudda – The Issue Review 1.5/5 | Mudda – The Issue Movie Review | Mudda – The Issue 2003 Public Review | Film Review. Taran. Adarsh. Taran Adarsh. .
  2. Web site: Mudda: The Issue. Subhash K.. Jha. Subhash K. Jha. The Times of India. 16 December 2003 .