''Staying Alive'' is a 2012 Hindi-language social film directed by

Anant Mahadevan Ananth Narayan Mahadevan (born 28 August 1950) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and an actor. Career Anant along with Sanjay Pawar received the National Award (2010) for the Best Screenplay and Dialogues for the successful Marathi ...

, featuring

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, and

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in the lead roles. The film's music was composed by Sanjay Chowdhury. Art Director Tarun Agasty. The film was released on 3 February 2012.

Plot

The story is about two men who suffer a heart attack and share a hospital room. Aditya (Ananth Mahadevan) is a newspaper editor who has already survived two strokes in the past and has somewhat adapted to the crisis. Shaukat Ali (Saurabh Shukla), an underworld kingpin who has often witnessed death closely, gets paranoid when he gets his first heart attack. The story is about their interactions and exchange of ideas in the ICU room that change Ali's perspective towards life.

Cast

*Sanjay Swaraj *

Navni Parihar Navni Parihar is an Indian film and television actress. She made her debut with the TV serial '' Mujrim Haazir'' as the main lead alongside Nutan and Utpal Dutt''.'' Her first commercial film was ''Hulchul'' opposite Vinod Khanna, and starri ...

*Ranjana Sasa *Khan Jahangir Khan

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics.

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from

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gave the film 2/5 and said "On the whole, Staying Alive is more of an experiment that holds appeal for a tiny segment of cineastes – those with an appetite for meaningful, festival films". Avijit Ghosh from ''

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'' gave it 3/5 stating that "Staying Alive is a subtle yet engrossing human drama".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2188893 2010s Hindi-language films 2012 masala films Films scored by Sanjoy Chowdhury Films shot in the United Arab Emirates Films directed by Anant Mahadevan