Babloo Happy Hai

2014 Indian film
  • 7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
CountryIndiaLanguageHindi

Babloo Happy Hai (transl. Babloo is happy) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Nila Madhab Panda, who earlier directed I am Kalam and Jalpari.[1][2] It is a love story of today's youngsters, and what they think love and sex are in the times of multiplexes and fast cars.[3] The film features Sahil Anand, Erica Fernandes, Sumit Suri, Amol Parashar, Preet Kamal, Anu Choudhury, Reyhna Malhotra and Parvin Dabas in pivotal roles.[4][5][6] The film's name was originally Love is not mathematics.[7] The film released on 7 February 2014, along with three other Bollywood films - Hasee Toh Phasee, Heartless and Ya Rab.[8]

Cast

  • Sahil Anand as Jatin
  • Erica Fernandes as Natasha
  • Parvin Dabas as Harsh
  • Sumit Suri as Harry
  • Amol Parashar as Rohan
  • Preet Kamal as Tamanna
  • Anu Choudhury as Deepa
  • Reyhna Malhotra as Gazala
  • Gulzar Khan
  • Amit Rana

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Bishakh Jyoti &Kanish with lyrics by Protique Mojoomdar.[9]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Babloo Happy Hai"Protique MojoomdarHard Kaur 
2."Banjaran"Protique MojoomdarSonu Kakkar, Rahul Ram 
3."Jimmy Bhand"Protique MojoomdarMika Singh, Payal Dev 
4."Bade Bade Akshar"Protique MojoomdarBishakh Jyoti, Sniti Mishra 
5."Nachtey Raho"Protique MojoomdarKanish Sharma, Tanya Gupta 
6."Popcorn"Protique MojoomdarAditi Singh Sharma, Protique Mojoomdar 
7."Uhe Baatiyan"Protique MojoomdarShankar Mahadevan 

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Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 1.5 stars.[10] Renuka Vyavahare of Times of India gave the film 2 stars.[11] Subhash K jha and Yahoo India News gave it 4 stars.[12] MTV India gave it 3.5 stars.[13] while India TV News gave it 4 stars.[14]

Awards and nominations

Award Category Recipients and nominees Result Ref.
7th Mirchi Music Awards Raag-Inspired Song of the Year "Uhe Batiyaan" Nominated [15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Babloo Happy Hai: I am not selling sex and vulgarity, says director". The Times of India. PTI. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ Maniar, Parag (7 February 2014). "Babloo Happy Hai: The journey of love has become materialistic". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ^ Prabhakar, Jyothi (29 December 2012). "Nila Madhab Panda's next film revolves around Delhi". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Nila Madhab Panda to shoot in Manali". The Indian Express. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. ^ Maniar, Parag (30 January 2014). "Newbie Reyhna Malhotra all set to make a mark". The Times of India. TNN.
  6. ^ "Modelling to Acting a natural progression: Reyhna Malhotra". 5 February 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Nila Mahadab Pandas: Babloo Happy Hai Retrieved 7 November 2014. Archived 7 November 2014 at archive.today
  8. ^ 'Babloo Happy Hai' team bonding in the snow Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Babloo Happy Hai". Bollywood Hungama. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Babloo Happy Hai". Bollywood Hungama. 7 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Babloo Happy Hai Movie Review". The Times of India. TNN. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  12. ^ Jha, Subhash K. (6 February 2014). "Babloo Happy Hai - Strong message, gently conveyed". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  13. ^ Jha, Subhash (6 February 2014). "Babloo Happy Hai - Strong message, gently conveyed". MTV. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Babloo Happy Hai movie review: Strong message, gently conveyed". India TV. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  15. ^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2014". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

External links

  • Babloo Happy Hai at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata