Baar Baar Dekho (2016)

Baar Baar Dekho (English: Look Again and Again) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Nitya Mehra which marks her debut in Hindi cinema. The film stars Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra.

The film was released in India on 9 September 2016.

Contents

• 1 Cast
• 2 Production
  • 2.1 Development
  • 2.2 Filming
• 3 Music
• 4 Release
  • 4.1 Certification issue
  • 4.2 Box office
  • 4.3 Critical response
• 5 External links

Cast

• Sidharth Malhotra as Jai Varma
• Katrina Kaif as Diya Varma
• Sarika as Jai's Mother
• Ram Kapoor as Diya's Father
• Taaha Shah Badusha as Jai's younger Brother
• Sayani Gupta as Chitra
• Rohan Joshi as Raj
• Rajit Kapur as Priest

Production

Development

In October 2013, it was announced that Nitya Mehra, assistant director to films Life of Pi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, would be making her directorial debut with Excel Entertainment on their new project. The film was rumoured to feature Aamir Khan and later Hrithik Roshan in the leading male role and Deepika Padukone in the leading female role. In September 2014, it was officially announced that the film will be co-produced by Karan Johar of Dharma Productions and that Sidharth Malhotra will feature in the film. Later in April 2015, Katrina Kaif was confirmed to feature in the film, opposite Malhotra. Initially titled Kal Jisne Dekha, Baar Baar Dekho reportedly is based on an ageing romance spanning 30 odd years.

Filming

Principal photography began on August 28, 2015, in Glasgow, Scotland, and went for over a month. Filming then continued in Delhi and Mumbai from November 2015 onwards. On February 22, 2016, the team filmed "Sau Aasmaan" in Krabi, Thailand, for a week.

Music

The music is composed by Amaal Mallik, Arko, Badshah, Jasleen Royal and Bilal Saeed. The first song "Kala Chashma" was released on 27 July 2016. The full music album was released on 3 August 2016. The music rights are acquired by Zee Music Company.

TrackList

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kho Gaye Hum Kahan"	Prateek Kuhad	Jasleen Royal	Jasleen Royal, Prateek Kuhad	3:33
2.	"Sau Aasmaan"	Kumaar	Amaal Mallik	Armaan Malik, Neeti Mohan	3:54
3.	"Dariya"	Arko	Arko	Arko	3:37
4.	"Nachde Ne Saare"	Aditya Sharma	Jasleen Royal	Jasleen Royal, Harshdeep Kaur, Siddharth Mahadevan	3:14
5.	"Teri Khair Mangdi"	Kumaar(Additional Lyrics: Bilal Saeed)	Bilal Saeed	Bilal Saeed	3:45
6.	"Kala Chashma"	Amrik Singh, Kumaar	Prem Hardeep	Amar Arshi, Badshah, Neha Kakkar & Indeep Bakshi	3:07

Release

Certification issue

In August 2016, the film was granted a U/A certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). However, the examining committee of the board asked the producers to remove two visuals from the film which involved sequences depicting an actor wearing a brassiere and another referencing Savita Bhabhi, a popular Indian pornographic cartoon character.

Box office

Baar Baar Dekho opened at ₹ 6.75 crores on the first day.

Critical response

Rediff.com gave the film 1 out 5, calling it "catastrophically stupid," and commenting that "a feeble script is built on constant, relentless revelations with artlessly expository dialogues." Subhash K. Jha from NDTV gave the movie 4/5, and mentioned that there "is plenty to celebrate in Baar Baar Dekho, not the least of its virtues being the ability to deliver marital home truths without sermons or soliloquies.". Writing for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi commented that the movie features "passionless performances and cardboard characters" that lack depth. "There are no standout performances, no scenes that can pack in an emotional wallop and the conversational dialogue turns banal beyond a point." The Indian Express gave the movie 1.5 out of 5, noting that "Katrina Kaif’s limited emoting abilities, Sidharth Malhotra’s one-note performance and a banal script" make watching the film once "way more than enough." India Today criticized the performance of the lead actors in the film: "Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif both seem to think they are in the film to make it look good. There's hardly any acting on the part of either. While Katrina's moments of frustration and sorrow invoke the stray laugh from the theatre, Sidharth's neither-here-nor-there Jai hardly makes an impact."

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