Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 3.1 Casting
- 3.2 Controversy
- 4 Critical reception
- 5 Soundtrack
- 6 External links
Plot
The film opens with Shiv (Sushant Singh Rajput) moving from India to Budapest for a job as a banker, along with his friend Radha (Varun Sharma). Shiv is shown to have been a fun-loving womanizer back home and continues this behavior in Budapest. Saira (Kriti Sanon) is haunted by mysterious nightmares of drowning to death. She lives by herself in Budapest and works as a chocolatier. Shiv happens upon Saira's shop while on a date with a woman, but finds himself deeply attracted to Saira. Though she initially rejects his advances, she eventually succumbs and sleeps with Shiv, revealing the next day that she actually has a boyfriend and what happened with Shiv was a mistake. Unwilling to let go of their connection, Shiv interrupts their date and shows Saira that she would rather be with him than with her boyfriend. Saira's boyfriend angrily breaks up with her, and Shiv and Saira start spending time together, growing close. One night, they go to a club with Radha, where they happen upon an eccentric psychic who knows about Saira's nightmares and tells her that the events of her previous life will repeat themselves, and only she can fix them. Saira tearfully reveals to Shiv that she has a fear of water because her parents drowned after a car accident when she was two years old.
While trying to test their love a final time, Shiv and Saira make a pact. Shiv flirts with multiple women, but Saira finds herself strongly drawn to a young businessman Zakir "Zak" Merchant (Jim Sarbh). Shiv reveals he has to leave for a business trip for a week and he and Saira decide to see how they feel after a week's separation. If they still feel strongly about each other, they will start considering marriage. During Shiv's absence, Saira gets to know Zakir better and confides in him about her nightmares. During one of their dinners, Zakir drugs Saira and kidnaps her.
Saira wakes up and finds herself trapped in Zakir's isolated mansion on an island off the coast of Croatia. She demands that he let her go, but he refuses, saying that he spent his whole life looking for her. He explains that they were madly in love in a previous life, but were separated. He refuses to let this happen again. When she does not believe him, he shows her a collection of uncannily accurate paintings he made of her at various ages and says she will find the explanation for her nightmares. Thinking he is crazy, she attempts to escape but ends up falling into the ocean, which triggers her memories of her previous life.
Hundreds of years ago, Saira was the warrior princess Saiba. She was in love with Kaabir (Jim Sarbh), a fellow warrior from her tribe. Their kingdom was threatened by the Muraakis, led by a wise old ruler (Rajkummar Rao). Kaabir is severely wounded by the fierce Muraaki warrior Jilaan (Sushant Singh Rajput), who gives Kaabir an ultimatum to surrender. Saiba challenges Jilaan, and they find themselves attracted to each other. Saiba accepts defeat, surrendering the kingdom to the Muraakis and herself to Jilaan. Kaabir attempts to take Saiba back, but she reveals that she and Jilaan have fallen in love. On their wedding night, a comet falls and the Muraaki ruler realizes that this will be a fateful night. Kaabir ambushes Jilaan and Saiba, and murders Jilaan by wounding him and having him thrown in the ocean. Saiba jumps into the ocean to save him, but to no avail. When she herself dies in the water, Kaabir slits his own throat, killing himself. The Muraaki ruler forebodes that these events will repeat.
However, this time, when Shiv shows up to get Saira back, Saira, convinced that Shiv loves her, decides to fight back against Zakir. When their previous lives' events repeat - Zakir throwing Shiv into the ocean - Shiv drags Zakir down with him and Zakir dies. Saira jumps into the water and is able to save Shiv this time.
The film ends with Shiv humorously telling their children to not believe Saira if she tells them any far-fetched stories about reincarnation, implying that he is still oblivious to the fact that they had a past life.
Cast
- Sushant Singh Rajput as Shiv Kakkar/ Jilaan
- Kriti Sanon as Saira Singh / Saiba
- Jim Sarbh as Zakir (Zak) Merchant / Kaabir
- Varun Sharma as Radha
- Nidhi Subbaiah (uncredited)
- Satendra Bagasi as Dhruv
- Navdeep Tomar as Gujjar
- Rahul Kohli as Kabir
- Karan Singh Chhabra as Happy
- Irrfan as the narrator
- Suneel Sinha as King
- Rajkummar Rao in a special appearance as the 324-year old Muraaki ruler
- Deepika Padukone in a special appearance in Raabta Title Song
Production
The film production began in 2015 and it was set to release in 2016. But the film was delayed for a year due to casting issues. In March 2016, a new release date of 9 June 2017 was announced. The film has been majorly shot in Budapest, Hungary and India. Title song Raabta was shot at Tata Castle in Tata, Hungary. The song Sadda Move was shot at Partition Muesum, Amritsar. Budget of the film Raabta is ₹33 Crores (₹330 Million). The total number of screen count in India is 1820 and 330 in overseas.
Casting
Alia Bhatt was initially considered to play the lead role opposite Sushant Singh Rajput, but turned down the role over scheduling conflicts. In December 2015, Asin was approached to play the lead role opposite Rajput but she turned down the offer because of her decision to not act post marriage, Kriti Sanon was signed on to play the leading female role in the film in February 2016.
Controversy
Raabta makers received a legal notice over plagiarism from Magadheera producer Allu Arvind, they offered to show him the film. They also offered to deposit an escrow amount with the court, but Arvind reportedly rejected both. A source says it was likely Arvind wanted Magadheera to be remade in Hindi, and was concerned no one would be interested after Raabta. On 8 June 2017, the courts ruled in favor of Raabta makers.
Critical reception
Bollywood Hungama rated it 3.5/5. The Times of India rated it 3.5/5, writing "If sparks flew more organically, it would have been easier to make a connection with this epic tale of love." Koimoi rated it 2/5, writing "Raabta is a confused film that never establishes a firm balance between its crossover love stories." Raabta Movie Review:Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express rated it 1.5/5, writing "Some questions arise after Raabta has been seen, chief amongst which is one that comes up every time Bollywood tries, and fails, to do a cracking romance. Why is Bollywood incapable of pulling off a full-length film with a pair of lovers connecting, pulling apart, coming together?" India Today rated it 1/5, calling it "A comet-crossed romance which never hits the target."
Soundtrack
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ik Vaari Aa" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Pritam | Arijit Singh | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Raabta" (Title Track) | Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil | Pritam | Arijit Singh, Nikhita Gandhi | 4:57 |
| 3. | "Sadda Move" | Amitabh Bhattacharya, Irshad Kamil | Pritam | Diljit Dosanjh, Pardeep Singh Sran, Raftaar | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Lambiyaan Si Judaiyaan" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | JAM8 | Arijit Singh, Shadab Faridi, Altamash Faridi | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Main Tera Boyfriend" | Kumaar | Sohrabuddin, Sourav Roy | Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar, Meet Bros | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Darasal" | Irshad Kamil | JAM8 | Atif Aslam | 4:34 |
| 7. | "Ik Vaari Aa" (Jubin Version) | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Pritam | Jubin Nautiyal | 4:34 |
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