My Birthday Song

My Birthday Song
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Samir Soni
Produced by Sanjay Suri
Samir Soni
Written by Samir Soni
Vrushali Telang
Screenplay by Samir Soni
Vrushali Telang
Story by Samir Soni
Starring Sanjay Suri
Nora Fatehi
Zenia Starr
Ayaz Khan
Suparna Krishna
Sameer Sharma
Elena Kazan
Music by Songs
Rajeev V Bhalla
Ajay Govind
Nitin K. Menon
Joy Barua
Pawan Rasaily
Background Score
Pawan Rasaily
Cinematography Shubham Kasera
Edited by Sandeep Sethy
Production
company
Kahwa Entertainment
Distributed by Kahwa Entertainment
Release date
  • 19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)
Country India
Language Hindi

My Birthday Song is a 2018 Bollywood psychological thriller film produced and directed by Samir Soni.[1] The film stars co-producer Sanjay Suri in the lead role with Nora Fatehi, Zenia Starr and Ayaz Khan in supporting roles. The film revolves around a happily-married man and the song on his 40th birthday. It was released on 19 January 2018.[2][3]

Plot

Rajiv (Sanjay Suri) is celebrating his 40th birthday with his friends when he meets a stranger named Sandy (Nora Fatehi) and gets intimate with her. The next morning he wakes up to realize that everything that he was experiencing was just a dream. But as the day progresses, the events that take place in his life and the people that he comes across make him question as to whether what happened last night was all just a dream or did it all actually happen.

Cast

  • Sanjay Suri as Rajiv Kaul
  • Nora Fatehi as Sandy
  • Zenia Starr as Ritu
  • Ayaz Khan as Vikram Acharya
  • Sameer Sharma as Ravi Kaul
  • Elena Kazan as Amy
  • Suparna Krishna as Achala
  • Aarti Khetarpal as Annie
  • Aryan Veir Suri as Young Rajiv
  • Kaushar Ali Khan as Vijay
  • Aarav Bedi as Yash Kaul
  • Rohan Awasthi as Maanav Kaul
  • Poonam Kindo as Madhu
  • Savitri Wahi as Nani Maa
  • Mayana Sherawat as Baby Sandy
  • Devishi Sharma as Young Sandy
  • Purab Kohli as Ashish (cameo)
  • Pitobash Tripathy as Waiter/Mechanic (cameo)

Soundtrack

My Birthday Song
Soundtrack album by Various
Released 12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)[4]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 22:03
Label Kahwa Entertainment
External audio
Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The songs of the film have been composed by Rajeev V Bhalla, Ajay Govind, Nitin Krishna Menon, Pawan Rasaily and Joi Barua while the background music has been composed by Pawan Rasaily.

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."My Birthday Song"Akshay K SaxenaRaajeev V BhallaRaajeev V Bhalla04:11
2."Ajnabi"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonMohan Kannan05:54
3."Ghayal"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonMohan Kannan05:41
4."Bhaag"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonJoi Barua04:06
5."Rain"Joi BaruaPawan Rasaily & Joi BaruaJoi Barua02:11
Total length:22:03

Reception

Critical response

The Times of India rated the film with 2.5/5 stars saying that the film is for the audience who likes dark and mysterious cinema.[5] Rajeev Masand of News 18 wrote that the film kept him guessing till the end and said, "It’s not a perfect film, but there’s enough to merit a single watch", and gave 2.5/5 stars.[6] Sify.com mentioned that the film is good looking and first time director Samir Soni seems to grasp the secret of audiences' collective gasp.[7] Rediff.com wrote that this psychological thriller is an honest effort and a huge relief for movie enthusiasts and gave 3.5/5 stars.[8] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 1.5 stars out of 5 and said that, "The plotting and the treatment of My Birthday Song is far too inept to create a solid psychological thriller out of this looping-upon-itself story, whose big reveal is too brief, too late."[9] Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 2 stars out of 5 and said that, "Debutante director Samir Soni starts off with an amazing idea which is failed by its execution. It is the heavy-footed treatment of the film that fails it. It is so over-dramatic that even the solid theme on which it is based gets lost."[10]

References

  1. ↑ ""Samir Soni talks about his directorial debut Bollywood movie"". The Moviean.
  2. ↑ Gupta, Shubhra (19 January 2018). "My Birthday Song movie review: The Sanjay Suri starrer is an inept psychological thriller". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Kaushal, Sweta (19 January 2018). "My Birthday Song movie review: A clever idea that fails to take off". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "My Birthday Song (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes.
  5. ↑ Noorani, Reza (20 January 2018). "My Birthday Song - Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Masand, Rajeev (19 January 2018). "My Birthday Song Review: A Thriller That Messes With Your Head". News 18. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "My Birthday Song review: Thriller in pursuit of relentless thrills". Sify.com. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Zore, Prasanna (19 January 2018). "Review: My Birthday Song: A psychological thriller". Rediff.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "My Birthday Song movie review: The Sanjay Suri starrer is an inept psychological thriller". The Indian Express.
  10. ↑ "My Birthday Song movie review: A clever idea that fails to take off". Hindustan Times.
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