''Shiddat: Journey Beyond Love'', or simply ''Shiddat'' (), is a 2021 Indian

Hindi-language Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the Government of India, alongside English, and is the ''lin ...

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

Kunal Deshmukh Kunal Deshmukh is an Indian film director and restaurateur. He grew up in Mumbai, India. Early life and education After finishing his schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra, Mumbai and junior college at Jai Hind, Churchgate, he took up an a ...

and produced by

Bhushan Kumar Bhushan Kumar Dua (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer and music producer. He is the chairman and managing director of Super Cassettes Industries Limited, also known as T-Series (company), T-Series. He is known for his work in Bol ...

, Krishan Kumar and

Dinesh Vijan Dinesh Vijan is an Indian film producer and founder of entertainment company Maddock Films. He has produced over 35 films under this banner. Early life and career Vijan gave up his banking job in 2004 to pursue a career in films. In 2018, he m ...

under their banners T-Series and

Maddock Films Maddock Films is an Indian film production company founded by Indian producer and director Dinesh Vijan in 2005. Maddock has produced Hindi films such as '' Love Aaj Kal'' (2009), ''Cocktail A cocktail is a mixed drink, usually alcoholi ...

. The film stars Sunny Kaushal, Radhika Madan, Mohit Raina and Diana Penty. The film premiered on 1 October 2021 on

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Plot

The film starts with the wedding ceremony of Gautam and Ira, who were fellow mates at a French university. Jaggi, a drunk guest at the wedding, creates a scene and gets caught with his friends for gatecrashing the party.

3 months later

Jaggi crosses the border illegally, intending to reach

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, but gets caught and taken back to the embassy where Gautam works. Jaggi explains that he has to reach London before Monday to prove his love, after being inspired by Gautam's speech on reception day. The film flashes back to three months ago. Jaggi, a hockey player, meets Kartika, a swimmer, and though the two get off to a rocky start, they start spending time together and grow close. But Jaggi finds out Kartika is getting married. She asks him meet her after three months in London, to prove that his love is true, in which case she would cancel the wedding. Jaggi enters the UK illegally and faces many hurdles trying to reach Kartika before her wedding and after falling off a plane Jaggi dies leaving Kartika heartbroken. The film ends with Kartika along with Gautam, Ira and all their friends trying to celebrate Jaggi's life, remembering him.

Cast

* Sunny Kaushal as Joginder "Jaggi" Dhillon * Radhika Madan as Kartika Singh * Mohit Raina as Gautam Sehgal * Diana Penty as Ira Sharma Sehgal * Arjun Singh as Ketan * Vidhatri Bandi as Sheena * Gaurav Amlani as Pinkesh * Gandharv Dewan as Rana "Rane" Chaudhry * Chirag Malhotra as Bilal * Hoomayun as Nazir * Babraqk Akbari as Tarekh * Atul Kumar as Rajesh Singh * Nazneen Madan as Manjari Singhania * Rajendra Shisatkat as Coach Damle * Diljohn as Kersie Marfatia * Floriane Andersen as Natalie * Ijaz Ahmed * Saheb

Production

Development

The film was announced on 16 May 2019 by

Casting

Radhika Madan, Sunny Kaushal, Mohit Raina and Diana Penty were signed for the lead roles.

Filming

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commenced in November 2019.

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Sachin–Jigar, Manan Bhardwaj and Gourov Dasgupta while lyrics written by Kausar Munir, Priya Saraiya, Kunwar Juneja and Manan Bhardwaj. The song ''Akhiyan Udeek Diyan'' is a remake of

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), also known by his initials NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. Khan was primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devot ...

's 1993 qawwali song. Kohinoor Mukherjee, mixing and mastering engineer received 'Best Mixing Mastering Award' for Hum Dum Song.

References

External links

* * {{Bollywood Hungama movie, shiddat Disney+ Hotstar original films 2021 films Indian romantic drama films Films set in Mumbai Maddock Films