''Mudda – The Issue'' is a 2003 Hindi-language

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film directed by

Saurabh Shukla Saurabh Shukla (born 5 March 1963) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works in Hindi and a few Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu films. He is best known for his roles in ''Satya (1998 film), Satya'' (1998), ...

and produced by Raju Mavani. The film stars Arya Babbar,

Prashant Narayanan Prashant Narayanan is an Indian actor, known for his roles in films like '' Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'', '' Shadows of Time'', '' Bombil and Beatrice'', '' Via Darjeeling'' and '' Murder 2''. He also worked in the telefilm ''Ek Tamanna''. His ...

Aditya Srivastava Aditya Srivastava is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films, television and theatre. He is best known for his role as Senior Inspector Abhijeet in India's longest-running television police procedural ''C.I.D. (Indian TV series), C.I.D.'' He ...

, Rajat Kapoor, Dolly Ahluwalia and Rekha Vedavyas.

Plot

Perplexed and frustrated with life in Bombay's corrupt colleges, Lecturer Siddharth Archarya decides to relocate to a small town called Samaypur, where he feels he will get some satisfaction in teaching youngsters who are not influenced by politics. Alas, he is wrong. Student union rivalry and hatred have encompassed the entire town; fights break out frequently, mostly between two rival student leaders, Pratap and Rajbir, who are children of local political leaders, Harphool Singh and MLA Balli Tai. Siddharth decides to garner their energy positively by making them renovate the college building - with disastrous results - and no hopes for a reconciliation. Things get even more complicated when both young men fall for a colleague, Sundari, who wants to marry Pratap. It is then that the parents of both Rajbir and Pratap meet secretly and decide what their sons' and Samaypur's fate is going to be.

Cast

Music

The music of the film is composed by Jeet Gannguli and Pritam while the lyrics are written by Chandrani Gannguli,

and Sanjay Swami.

Reception

Taran Adarsh of ''

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'' gave the film stars out of 5, writing, "Director Saurabh Shukla is a fairly good story teller, but he seems to have got confused midway, whether to make a realistic film or a love triangle, with songs aplenty. On the technical side, the cinematography is just about okay. Dialogues are well penned at places, especially the ones delivered by the two warring politicians". Subhash K. Jha of ''

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'' wrote that "Though Mudda finally fails to have its say cogently there are sparks here to indicate a watchable directorial debut".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mudda - The Issue 2000s Hindi-language films Films featuring songs by Pritam Films scored by Jeet Gannguli 2003 films 2003 directorial debut films