Qarib Qarib Singlle

Qarib Qarib Singlle
Directed by Tanuja Chandra
Produced by
Screenplay by Tanuja Chandra
Gazal Dhaliwal
Story by Kamna Chandra
Starring Irrfan Khan
Parvathy
Music by Songs
Anu Malik
Rochak Kohli
Vishal Mishra
Background score:
Benedict Taylor
Naren Chandavarkar
Cinematography Eeshit Narain
Edited by Chandan Arora
Production
company
Distributed by Zee Studios
Release date
  • 10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)
Running time
 125 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office ₹24.11 crore[1]

Qarib Qarib Singlle (English: Almost Single) is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Tanuja Chandra and produced by Zee Studios, JAR Pictures and Sutapa Sikdar.[2][3] The film stars Irrfan Khan and Parvathy in the lead roles[4] and had a worldwide release on 10 November 2017.[5][6] This film is Parvathy's Hindi film debut and it earned her praises for her performance. The movie received praise for the story and the performances by the lead.

The story revolves around Jaya Shashidharan, a widow, who lives alone and works at an Insurance Policy company. One day, she meets Yogi, on an online dating website called abtaksinglle.com. They both journey around the country to meet Yogi's three ex-girlfriends, during which they fall for each other.[7][8]

Plot

Jaya Shashidharan (Parvathy) is a 35 year old widow leading a loveless, monotonous life. She is still grieving the loss of her husband Manav. She works in an Insurance Policy firm. On being teased constantly by her friends and family, she enrolls herself on a dating website, "AbTakSinglle.com". Although she initially receives weird messages, eventually she fixes a date with a decent profile holder Yogi.

She meets Yogendra "Yogi" Kumar Devendra Nath Prajapati (Irrfan Khan) a lesser known poet who is a happy-go-lucky, open-hearted and talkative person. Yogi had published a book with his poems but the book wasn't selling much. Yogi helps Jaya get rid of weird message senders on the dating site. Because of this, although initially Jaya was avoiding Yogi, she agrees to meet him. Yogi tells her about his 3 girlfriends who still mourn for him. Jaya challenges him to meet those 3 girlfriends to find out whether they still mourn for him. Yogi asks Jaya to accompany him. She reluctantly accepts.

They head to Dehradun. Yogi misses the flight, frightening Jaya. He meets Jaya at the airport and asks for water but she refuses as she doesn't share her bottle. They stays in an Ashram and go for Ganga Aarti. They meet Radha (Pushtiie Shakti), his first girlfriend who is happily married. They enjoy a great time their chatting, singing and River Rafting.

Later onwards, Jaya finds herself happy with Yogi's companionship. They board a Fairy Queen train and head to Jaipur. Yogi misses the train, again scaring Jaya. By mistake Jaya's laptop bag is with Yogi and he opens her video calling page where her brother Ashish finds him and calls him "laptop thief." Yogi, frightened, closes the laptop. Jaya is unable to do anything and remains sad. Yogi constantly calls Jaya but she doesn't answer. Jaya checks into the hotel and enjoys her evening with a foreign tourist, while Yogi somehow returns and gets jealous of finding Jaya with tourist.

Jaya buys "sleeping pills" from a medical store and eats 3-4 pills to quiet the talkative Yogi. She then starts talking like a drunkard. They meet Anjali (Neha Dhupia), his second girlfriend. Anjali is changed to a modern girl. Jaya talks absurdly during the chat, getting close to Yogi. Anjali finds it funny. Anjali hugs and kiss Yogi, while Jaya calls him a cheat and fights with him hinting that she has started developing feelings for him, and unknowingly falls asleep. Next morning Anjali calls Yogi to rekindle their relationship and Jaya gets upset when she finds out.

Next morning they head to Gangtok, to meet his third girlfriend, while Jaya reveals that she has accompanied him only to meet her ex-boyfriend from college. On hearing that, Yogi gets upset. They arrive on a helicopter assigned by Jaya's ex-boyfriend. Jaya meets a few elderly people from the beauty parlour she works at, including Mrs. Saluja (Navneet Nishan). When they start mocking her for her loveless life, Jaya retorts that she has arrived with a date, shutting them up. Jaya gets ready and waits for her ex-boyfriend, while Yogi books his return ticket and prepares to leave. Jaya chides Yogi stating that he is a selfish man, since she accompanied him to meet his girlfriends while he can't meet her boyfriend. Yogi sadly departs. Jaya calls everybody who mocked her and asks them not to call again. She removes her password which was "Manav135" from all electronic devices.

Jaya meets her boyfriend and they spend sometime. Yogi finds his third girlfriend (Isha Sharvani) who is a dance teacher. Without meeting he goes leaving a note saying "A salute for her victories". Yogi packs his bags while he finds Jaya's Laptop where she has created a webpage of Yogi's poems. He chats with her brother on being asked by him "whether he is her boyfriend?". Realizing his feelings for Jaya, Yogi runs towards her. He gets into a ropeway and searches for Jaya. While Jaya calls him from the opposite ropeway, an excited Yogi, without missing like every time gets into the cable Car. They look at each other, smiling. Both of them have fallen in love with each other.

Yogi asks her "Whether she will share his water bottle?". A happy Jaya gives it, hinting that she has accepted his love.

Cast

Production

Development

Qarib Qarib Singlle is based on a story which was originally written many years ago as a radio play by Kamna Chandra, who is also the mother of director Tanuja Chandra.[9][10] In August 2016, it was reported that Irrfan Khan would be the lead actor in Tanuja Chandra's next film which would be a romantic comedy about an odd couple falling in love on a road trip.[11][12] The production team approached Richa Chadha, Kalki Koechlin and Pooja Hegde for the film but talks didn't materialize with any of them.[13][14] While scouting for the lead actress of the film, Gazal Dhaliwal, who is the co-writer of the film, suggested the name of Parvathy Thiruvothu, an actress who was supposed to work in a Vidhu Vinod Chopra film written by Ghazal Dhaliwal but could not as the film got shelved.[15][16] In February 2017, it was confirmed by Parvathy Thiruvothu herself that she would be making her debut in Hindi cinema with Tanuja Chandra's film opposite Irrfan Khan.[17]

Filming

The principal photography of the film began in February 2017 in Bikaner, Rajasthan.[18][19][20] The film was shot across multiple locations of Dehradun, Delhi, Alwar, Bikaner,[21] Rishikesh,[22] Roorkee[23] and Gangtok.[24][25]

Soundtrack

Qarib Qarib Singlle
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik, Rochak Kohli, Vishal Mishra and Ali Merchant
Released 10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)[26]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 17:44
Language Hindi
Label Zee Music Company
External audio
Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Singles from Qarib Qarib Singlle
  1. "Khatam Kahani"
    Released: 13 October 2017
  2. "Tu Chale Toh"
    Released: 19 October 2017
  3. "Jaane De"
    Released: 25 October 2017

The music of the film is composed by Anu Malik, Rochak Kohli and Vishal Mishra while the lyrics have been penned by Raj Shekhar, Hussain Haidry and Varun Grover. The first song of the film titled, "Khatam Kahani" sung by Nooran Sisters, was released on 13 October 2017. The second song of the film, "Tu Chale Toh" which is sung by Papon, was released on 19 October 2017. The third single to be released was "Jaane De" which is sung by Atif Aslam was released on 25 October 2017. The soundtrack was released by Zee Music Company on 10 November 2017.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Khatam Kahani"Raj ShekharVishal MishraNooran Sisters, Vishal Mishra03:35
2."Tu Chale Toh"Hussain HaidryRochak KohliPapon03:34
3."Jaane De"Raj ShekharVishal MishraAtif Aslam04:59
4."Tanha Begum"Hussain HaidryRochak KohliAntara Mitra, Neeti Mohan, Rochak Kohli03:33
5."Qarib Qarib Singlle Mashup" (Mashup by Ali Merchant)Various Artists Various Artists02:03
Total length:17:44
Promotional song - Not part of Soundtrack
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
6."Dana Paani[27]"Varun GroverAnu MalikPapon, Anmol Malik, Sabri Brothers03:56

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Qarib Qarib Singlle has an approval score of 86% based on 7 reviews with an average rating of 7.2 out of 10.[28] Rajeev Masand of News18 gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that, "Yogi and Jaya won my heart, and I wouldn’t have minded spending more time in their company."[29][30] Neil Soans of The Times of India praised the performances of the leading actors of the film, Irrfan Khan and Parvathy and gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5. The critic concluded his review by saying that, "As long as you don’t expect fireworks, enjoy this sweet film that will leave you smiling."[31] Sweta Kausal of Hindustan Times was impressed with the performances of Irrfan Khan and Parvathy and said that Qarib Qarib Singlle is "A heartfelt film where Parvathy outshines a superb Irrfan".[32] The critic gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5. Namrata Joshi of The Hindu applauded the movie as well as the acting performances of Irrfan Khan and Parvathy saying that, "QQS is a happy confluence of many things besides an absolutely entrancing, candid and un-self-conscious Khan who makes acting seem utterly easy and effortless."[33]

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that, "Qarib Qarib Singlle might put off average film goers but if you see value in a film that breaks away from norm and derives strength from understatement rather than flashy storytelling methods, your search ends here."[34] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express complimented the performance of leading actress Parvathy saying that, "Qarib Qarib Singlle’s beating heart is Parvathy (the lead actor of the terrific Malayalam film Take Off). She is such a breath of fresh air, such a break from the dressed up dolls of Bollywood." About the movie the critic said that, "This Irrfan Khan starrer is a well-crafted, winsome rom-com" and gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5.[35] Murtaza Ali Khan of Huffington Post said that, "Qarib Qarib Singlle is a beautiful slice-of-life film about solitude and companionship that takes time to cast a spell on the viewers but once they are hooked there is no escape from its irresistible charm." and gave the film a rating of B+.[36] Rachit Gupta of Filmfare gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 and said that Qarib Qarib Singlle is "A light but spectacularly adroit romantic comedy."[37] Stutee Ghosh of The Quint gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and said that, "The screenplay by Tanuja Chandra and Gazal Dhaliwal is a mature and sensitive meditation on life and love, but the unhurried pace at which the story unfolds might disappoint some."[38]

Accolades

Award Ceremony Category Recipient Result Ref.(s)
10th Mirchi Music Awards Upcoming Music Composer of The Year Vishal Mishra - "Jaane De" Nominated [39]

References

  1. ↑ Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Qarib Qarib Singlle Box Office
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  3. ↑ "Zee Studios strikes remake deals for romantic drama 'Sairat'". Screen Daily.
  4. ↑ "I am a fan, but had no time to be starstruck: Malayalam star Parvathy about co-star Irrfan Khan".
  5. ↑ "Irrfan's next 'Qarib Qarib Singlle' to release on November 10". Times of India. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "बैग उठाकर लुंगी में बाहर निकले इरफान, बने 'करीब करीब सिंगल'". Amar Ujala. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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  8. ↑ "Qarib Chat With Tanuja Chandra About Her Upcoming Film". The Quint.
  9. ↑ "Kamna Chandra: The scripts she wrote". The Indian Express.
  10. ↑ "Qarib Qarib Singlle director Tanuja Chandra: Even when we are single, we are never free". The Indian Express.
  11. ↑ "Irrfan Khan's next - a love story!". DNA India.
  12. ↑ "After Piku, Irrfan Khan to play romantic characters again in next three films". Hindustan Times.
  13. ↑ "Fresh pair alert! Irrfan Khan to team up with Richa Chadha". DNA India.
  14. ↑ "Irrfan to romance four actresses in Tanuja Chandra's film". Mid-Day.
  15. ↑ "Parvathy: You have to find the depths of a role; any other way is dishonest". The Indian Express.
  16. ↑ "Qarib Qarib Singlle does not have the darkness of my past films, says director Tanuja Chandra". First Post.
  17. ↑ "Parvathy to star in a travel romance with Irrfan Khan". The Times of India.
  18. ↑ "Bikaner bound Irrfan". Pune Mirror.
  19. ↑ "Irrfan Khan Begins Shooting For Tanuja Chandra's Next in Rewari". News18.
  20. ↑ "Irrfan Khan is shooting with 'fairy queen' and we are super excited about his next film". The Indian Express.
  21. ↑ "Irrfan Khan loves to hangout with locals during film shoot". Hindustan Times.
  22. ↑ "Irrfan shoots in Rishikesh". The Times of India.
  23. ↑ "Here's looking at you, Irrfan!". The Telegraph.
  24. ↑ "Irrfan Khan receives a grand welcome by his fans in Gangtok". Hindustan Times.
  25. ↑ "Irrfan Khan Arrives in Gangtok for Tanuja Chandra's Next". News18.
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  34. ↑ "Qarib Qarib Singlle Movie Review: Irrfan Khan, Parvathy Star In Freewheeling Tale Of Lonely Hearts". NDTV.
  35. ↑ "Qarib Qarib Singlle movie review: This Irrfan Khan starrer is a well-crafted, winsome rom-com". The Indian Express.
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  38. ↑ "Qarib Qarib Singlle Review: Irrfan and Parvathy's Chemistry Clicks". The Quint.
  39. ↑ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2017". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
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