Turning 30!!! | |
Director: | Alankrita Shrivastava |
Producer: | Prakash Jha |
Story: | Alankrita Shrivastava |
Starring: | Gul Panag Tillotama Shome Anita Kanwar Purab Kohli Siddharth Makkar |
Music: | Siddharth-Suhas |
Cinematography: | Akshay Singh |
Editing: | Santosh Mandal |
Studio: | Prakash Jha Productions |
Runtime: | 121 minutes |
Country: | India |
Language: | English Hindi |
Turning 30!!![1] is a 2011 Indian romance film produced by Prakash Jha and is also the directorial debut of Alankrita Shrivastava,[2] a longtime assistant of Jha.[3] [4]
The movie features Gul Panag, Siddharth Makkar and Purab Kohli, with music composed by the music director duo of Sidharth-Suhas, whose past works include Dil Dosti and Bhram.The film is a young urban love story and women centric film.[5]
Naina, who is about to celebrate turning 30, has a seemingly picture-perfect life with a good job and a steady boyfriend. However, things turn into a nightmare when her boyfriend breaks up with her to marry a girl who can finance his father's failing business. Naina has some setbacks at work when the credit for all her ideas and hard work goes to undeserving people. With only a few days left until her birthday, she is in a mess and constantly trying to win her boyfriend back. The film also tells the stories of Malini and Ruksana, Naina's two best friends who stand by her and support her though the respective rough patches in their lives.
NDTV movie review gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "..what sinks this ship is the lame writing".[6] Rediff movies review gave 1.5 out 5 stating "..A film can't be both empowering and embarrassing -- and here the latter is painfully predominant"[7]
The music is composed by Siddharth-Suhas. Lyrics are penned by Suhas, Kumaar, Ram Goutam, and Prashant Pandey.