Noor is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language dramedy film directed by Sunhil Sippy that features Sonakshi Sinha in the title role. The film is based on Pakistani author Saba Imtiaz's novel Karachi, You're Killing Me! and follows an Indian journalist-writer Noor's misadventures and love life as she navigates her way through Mumbai.[3] The film had a worldwide release on 21 April 2017.[4]
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| Directed by | Sunhil Sippy |
| Written by | Ishita Moitra Udhwani (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Althea Delmas-Kaushal Shikhaa Sharma Sunhil Sippy Saba Imtiaz |
| Based on | Karachi, You're Killing Me! by Saba Imtiaz |
| Produced by | Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Vikram Malhotra |
| Starring | Sonakshi Sinha Kanan Gill Shibani Dandekar Purab Kohli |
| Cinematography | Keiko Nakahara |
| Edited by | Aarif Sheikh |
| Music by | Songs: Amaal Mallik Guest Composition: Tanishk Bagchi Background Score: Benedict Taylor Naren Chandavarkar |
Production companies | T-Series Abundantia Entertainment |
| Distributed by | T-Series |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹24 crore[1] ($3.6 million) |
| Box office | ₹11.64 crore[2] ($1.75 million) |
Plot
editNoor is a young journalist, battling to find her place in the working world. She yearns to cover important news stories but is often sent to cover entertainment pieces, such as interviewing adult actress Sunny Leone, which she resents. This causes frequent friction between herself and her boss, Shekher. Saad, Noor's friend, introduces her to Ayan Banerjee, a former CNN reporter and war correspondent. They have much in common and quickly become close.
At work, Noor is asked to interview a famous doctor, who treats underprivileged people for free. While editing the interview on her personal computer, her domestic worker Malti recognizes the doctor as a criminal who is engaged in illegal organ harvesting. Noor also learns of a victim named Vilas, whose kidney was stolen. She interviews Malti and Vilas, and although they initially refuse to face the camera, after enough persuasion, Malti finally exposes the operation. Noor takes the footage to her network and to Shekar, who suggests that they hold off for a few days before running the story.
Excited at the possibility of her big break, Noor meets Ayan, and the pair become intimate after talking about the incident. The next day, Noor receives a call from her friend Zara, telling her that Ayan has stolen her story, which has now become a national controversy and is making headlines across India. Shekher rebukes her for her irresponsible behavior and tells her that Malti and Vilas's lives are now in danger. She loses her job and begins to question her profession and its morality.
Malti and Vilas go missing, and Noor's father receives threatening calls. Saad takes Noor to London to comfort her and gets frustrated by her state of mind, finally confronting her about the entire incident. The pair grow closer, and Saad realizes that he is in love with her. Noor gets a call from her father with the news that Vilas is dead. She comes back to Mumbai and launches her own journalistic investigation, which results in the doctor being convicted. Noor becomes a viral internet sensation and a respected news journalist, acknowledged by Shekar and her network. Malti forgives Noor and reconnects with her. Zara slaps Ayan, and Saad and Noor begin a relationship.
Cast
edit- Sonakshi Sinha as Noor Roy Chaudhary
- Kanan Gill as Saad Seghal
- Shibani Dandekar as Zara Patel
- Purab Kohli as Ayan Bannerjee
- Suchitra Pillai as Lavina
- Manish Choudhary as Shekhar Das
- M. K. Raina as Noor's father
- Smita Tambe as Malti
- Nikhil Khurana as Rahul Parekh
- Indraneel Bhattacharya
- Sunny Leone as Herself (Cameo Appearance)[5]
- Akshay Kumar as himself (cameo appearance)
- Diljit Dosanjh as himself (special appearance in song "Move Your Lakk")[6]
- Badshah as himself (special appearance in song "Move Your Lakk")[6]
Production
editPrincipal photography commenced in mid-2014 on a set at RK Studio in Mumbai.[4] The film was shot in one schedule and finished by August.[7] The film was partly shot in UK.[8] The role of Kanan Gill was originally offered to Akshay Kumar.
Music
editThe music for the film is composed by Amaal Mallik. There are seven songs in this soundtrack and it is Mallik's second outing as a solo composer. Lyrics are penned by Manoj Muntashir and Kumaar. Title song in this film was "Uff Yeh Noor", written by Manoj Muntashir. Full album soundtrack was released on 24 March 2017.
On 5 April 2017, official video song "Gulabi Retro Mix" was released. Sung by Sonu Nigam, Music by Tanishk Bagchi and lyrics by Anand Bakshi but released as a single not included in the album.[9]
On 21 April 2017, T-Series released video of Gulabi Redux sung by Yash Narvekar with model Divyangana Jain.[10]
Box office
editThe film collected ₹15.4 million on opening day and ₹18.9 million on second day.[2] With taking benefit of Sunday and collecting ₹2.09 crore on third day, the film took its first weekend's domestic net collection to a total of ₹5.52 crores. The film's grossing amount in first weekend was ₹7.67 cores.[2] It was declared a disaster.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ "Noor – Movie – Box Office India". Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Noor". Bollywood Hungama. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Purab Kohli to romance Sonakshi Sinha in 'Noor'". Times Of India. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ a b Natasha Coutinho (6 July 2016). "Today's headlines are tomorrow's garbage: Sonakshi". Times Of India. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Sunny to be part of Sonakshi's Noor".
- ^ a b "Move Your Lakk: Sonakshi Sinha grooves to Diljit Dosanjh, Badshah in new song from Noor". Hindustan Times. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ Avinash Lohana (1 June 2016). "Sonakshi, The New Journo on the Block". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Bollywood Movie Noor Shooting Locations". www.bollylocations.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Gulabi Retro Mix | Noor | Sonakshi Sinha | Sonu Nigam | Mohammed Rafi | T-Series, 5 April 2017, retrieved 5 March 2022
- ^ Gulabi Redux Video Song | Noor | Sonakshi Sinha | Amaal Mallik | Yash Narvekar, 20 April 2017, retrieved 5 March 2022
- ^ "No takers for Noor: Sonakshi Sinha's film flops at the BO with Rs 3.4 cr in 2 days". Hindustan Times. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Lifetime Collection, Box Office Verdict: Noor is one of the biggest flops of 2017". Bollywood 2017. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
External links
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- Noor at IMDb
- Noor at Rotten Tomatoes