''Turning 30!!!'' is a 2011 Indian

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

produced by

Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...

and is also the directorial debut of

Alankrita Shrivastava Alankrita Shrivastava is an Indian screenwriter, director and producer. Having made her debut as a director in 2011, she has since won accolades such as the Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival and a nomination for a Fi ...

, a longtime assistant of Jha. The movie features

Gul Panag Gul Panag (born Gulkirat Kaur Panag, 3 January 1979; Chandigarh, India) is an Indian actress, voice actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Panag began her career in Bollywood with the 2003 film '' Dho ...

Siddharth Makkar Sid Makkar is a Mumbai born and raised actor. He has worked extensively in film, television and on stage both in the Hindi and English language. Career Sid started as an actor after studying at the University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. He has ...

and

Purab Kohli Purab Kohli is an Indian television and film actor, model and former video jockey. Career Television Kohli started his career as an actor with the 1998 television show '' Hip Hip Hurray'' on Zee TV and earned recognition through video jockey ...

, with music composed by the music director duo of Sidharth-Suhas, whose past works include ''Dil Dosti'' and ''Bhram''.The film is a young urban love story and women centric film.

Plot

Turning 30 is the story of the protagonist of the movie Naina (

) who is about to celebrate her big three oh and life is a perfect picture with a good job and the perfect guy. However, things turn into a nightmare when her boyfriend breaks up with her to marry a girl who can finance his fathers failing business. She has some setbacks at work when the credit for all her ideas and hardwork goes to undeserving people. With few days left for her birthday she is in a mess - constantly trying to win the guy back. The movie also tells the stories of her two best friends Malini and Ruksana who stand by her and support her though they are going through some rough patches in their lives.

Cast

as Naina *

as Jay *

as Rishab *

Tillotama Shome Tillotama Shome is an Indian actress. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 63rd Filmfare Awards for her role in ''A Death in the Gunj''. In 2021, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) for portraying a praisewor ...

as Malini * Jeneva Talwar as Ruksana *

Anita Kanwar Anita Kanwar is an Indian film and television actor who is best known for her role as ''Lajjo ji'' in the 1980s Doordarshan mega soap opera ''Buniyaad''. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (1978 batch), Kanwar has also worked in films ...

as Naina's Mother * Rahul Singh * Sameer Malhotra *

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (29 August 1968 1 May 2021) was an Indian film and television actor. A retired army officer, Kanwarpal had played supporting roles in many films and television serials. Kanwarpal shared screen space with actor Anil K ...

Satyadeep Mishra Satyadeep Misra, also known as Satyadeep Mishra, is an Indian actor who has worked in Hindi cinema, television and web series. He made his Bollywood debut with the 2011 film ''No One Killed Jessica''. Education Satyadeep is an alumnus of The D ...

* Karaan Singh *

Ira Dubey Ira Dubey is an Indian actress who has appeared on TV, in theatre and in Bollywood films. __TOC__ Biography Dubey was born in Delhi, India, to former senior vice-president of corporate communications in the Tata Group, Ravi Dubey and Lillete ...

in a Special Appearance * Anuj Tikku as Annirudh

Review

NDTV movie review gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "..what sinks this ship is the lame writing". Rediff movies review gave 1.5 out 5 stating "..A film can't be both empowering and embarrassing -- and here the latter is painfully predominant"

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Siddharth-Suhas. Lyrics are penned by Suhas, Kumaar, Ram Goutam, and

Prashant Pandey Prashant Pandey is a Mumbai-based writer director. He started his career writing Amitabh Bachchan's critically acclaimed ''Sarkar Raj'' (2008) featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Educated at Hansraj College Universi ...

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* * * {{IMDb title 2011 films Films set in Mumbai 2010s Hindi-language films 2010s feminist films Indian feminist films Indian buddy comedy films 2010s buddy comedy films 2011 comedy films