Issaq

{{short description|2013 Hindi romantic film directed by Manish Tiwary}} {{distinguish|Issac}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Issaq | image = Issaq 2013 Film Poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical Official Poster | director = Manish Tiwary | producer = Dhaval Gada Shailesh R Singh | writer = {{ubl|Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary|Manish Tiwary|Pawan Sony}} | screenplay = | starring = Prateik Babbar Amyra Dastur Ravi Kishan Makarand Deshpande Neena Gupta Prashant Narayanan Sudhir Pandey Prashant Kumar Amit Sial Vineet Kumar Yuri Suri Malini Awasthi | music = '''Songs:''' Sachin–Jigar Sachin Gupta Krsna '''Background score: '''Prashant Pillai | cinematography = Vishal Sinha | editing = | studio = Pen Studios | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2013|7|26|df=y}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Hindi | budget = ₹ 250 million<ref name=r1/> | gross = ₹ 53.7 million<ref name=r1>{{cite web |title=Issaq Box Office Verdict by Box Office India |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1377|publisher=Box Office India |access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref> }}

'''''Issaq''''' ({{translation|Love}}) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic film directed by Manish Tiwary and produced by Dhaval Gada and Shailesh R. Singh. The film, written by Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary, Manish Tiwary and Pawan Sony, was released on 26 July 2013. The film stars Prateik Babbar, Amyra Dastur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Ravi Kishan and Makarand Deshpande as main characters. According to BoxOfficeIndia.com, the film was a box office disaster.<ref name=r1/>

== Plot == {{More plot|date=September 2024}} This is the story based on two land mafias of Banaras: Kashyaps and Mishras. They have a throat-cutting competition to gain control over the land and fight brutally over it.

==Cast==

*Prateik Babbar as Rahul Mishra (Romeo) *Amyra Dastur as Bachchi Kashyap (Juliet) *Ravi Kishan as Teeta Singh (Tybalt) *Rajeshwari Sachdev as Paro Kashyap, Bachchi's step- (Lady Capulet) *Makarand Deshpande as Baba (Friar Laurence) *Neena Gupta as Amma (Nurse) *Prashant Narayanan as Naxal leader *Sudhir Pandey as Vishwanarayan Kashyap, Bachchi's (Capulet) *Sandeep Bose as Manohar Mishra, Rahul's (Montague) *Prashantt Guptha<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiannewsandtimes.com/2015/12/07/two-films-and-much-more-in-the-kitty-for-actor-prashantt-guptha/ |title=Two films and much more in the kitty for actor Prashantt Guptha |date=7 December 2015 |website=www.indiannewsandtimes.com |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-date=19 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019150817/http://www.indiannewsandtimes.com/2015/12/07/two-films-and-much-more-in-the-kitty-for-actor-prashantt-guptha/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> as Preetam (Paris) *Amit Sial as Murari (Mercutio) *Vineet Kumar Singh as Bihata (Benvolio) *Yogesh Suri as Prince *Malini Awasthi as Manorama *Evelyn Sharma as Roza (Rosaline) *Yuri Suri as Minister *Akhilesh Jha as Mahender *Saurabh Yadav as Paras *Mehdi as Nandkishore *Ishtiyak Khan as Reporter *Parvez Fazal Khan as Surta *Pradeep Ghosh as Mishrilal

==Marketing== The film was promoted in TV serial Amita Ka Amit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/photo/pratiek-babbar-and-amyra-dastur-on-the-sets-of-amita-ka-amit-370178-2013-07-07 |title=Pratiek Babbar, Amyra Dastur promote Issaq on Amita ka Amit |website=India Today |date=7 July 2013 |language=en|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Prateik-Amyra-play-cupid-for-Amita-and-Amit/articleshow/21020308.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714103625/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-12/tv/40515335_1_amita-issaq-amyra-dastur |url-status=live |archive-date=14 July 2013 |title=Prateik-Amyra play cupid for Amita and Amit |date=12 July 2015 |work=The Times of India |access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> The producers promoted the movie through Banarasi paan at the leading malls in Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/issaq-makers-promote-film-through-paan-113071600595_1.html |title=''Issaq'' makers promote film through paan |date=16 July 2013 |work=Business Standard India|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

==Soundtrack== Sachin–Jigar composed the songs while the background score was composed by Prashant Pillai. {{Infobox album | name = Issaq | type = Soundtrack | artist = Sachin–Jigar | cover = | alt = | released = 22 June 2013 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Film soundtrack | length = | label = Zee Music Company | producer = Shailesh R Singh | prev_title = Ramaiya Vastavaiya | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = Shuddh Desi Romance | next_year = 2013 }}

===Track list=== {{track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = | title1 = Issaq Tera | extra1 = Mohit Chauhan | music1 = Sachin–Jigar | lyrics1 = Mayur Puri | length1 = 3:16 | title2 = Issaq Tera (Duet) | extra2 = Mohit Chauhan, Vibha Saraf | music2 = Sachin – Jigar | lyrics2 = Mayur Puri | length2 = 2:12 | title3 = Jheeni Re Jheeni | extra3 = Rashid Khan, Pratibha Baghel | music3 = Sachin – Jigar | lyrics3 = | length3 = 7:25 | title4 = Bhole Chale | extra4 = Rahul Ram, Sachin Gupta | music4 = | lyrics4 = | length4 = | title5 = Aag Ka Dariya| extra5 = Ankit Tiwari | music5 = | lyrics5 = | length5 = | title6 = Enne Unne | extra6 = Keerthi Sagathia, Mamta Sharma, Tarun Sagar, Papon | music6 = | lyrics6 = | length6 = | title7 = Aag Ka Dariya (Unplugged) | extra7 = Sachin Gupta | music7 = | lyrics7 = | length7 = | title8 = Tarse Naina | extra8 = Sukhwinder Singh, Malini Awasthi | music8 = | lyrics8 = | length8 = 5:19 }}

==Critical response== The movie received generally negative reviews. Piyasree Dasgupta, in a review for ''Firstpost'', summed it up as: "One wonders … what is a greater tragedy—''Romeo and Juliet'' or what ''Issaq'' made of that classic love story."<ref>{{cite web |title=Issaq Review: How Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' was murdered |last=Dasgupta |first=Dasgupta |date=28 July 2013 |access-date=16 April 2018 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/issaq-review-how-shakespeares-romeo-and-juliet-was-murdered-989197.html |ref=none}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of ''The Indian Express'' find it to be "without a singular voice of its own" and that ultimately "it drowns in its own noise."<ref>{{cite web |title=Movie review ''Issaq'': Shakespeare would not be grateful for this representation |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |website=The Indian Express |date=26 July 2013 |access-date=16 April 2018 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/movie-review-issaq-shakespeare-would-not-be-grateful-for-this-representation/ |ref=none}}</ref> The review in ''The Times of India'' calls out the poor acting by Babbar and Dastur's lack of charisma. "Manish Tiwary's ''Issaq'' lacks vibe, soul or depth needed for a classic love story. With incoherent narrative, unsketched characters, wispy (sometimes embarrassing) dialogues, one good melody in the whole ditty (Issaq tera); pointless shooting (mostly in the dark), gold-plated bandooks and bombs galore—Tiwary misses every target. There are movies beautifully adapted from Shakespeare's works in the past, but none that tragically assault your creative, poetic or cinematic senses."<ref>{{cite web |title=''Issaq'' Movie Review |website=The Times of India |date=26 April 2016 |access-date=16 April 2018 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/issaq/movie-review/21303105.cms |ref=none}}</ref> Sarit Ray, writing for the ''Hindustan Times'', thinks "seldom have [Shakespeare movie adaptations] been associated with as nonsensical a mess as Manish Tiwary's Issaq" and that "It's a pity that Issaq joins remarkable films like ''Maqbool'', ''Omkara'' and ''Angoor'' on the list of Bollywood adaptations of Shakespeare. In a time when works of literature are judged by their TV and film versions, it could even give the Bard a bit of a bad rep."<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarit Ray's review: ''Issaq'' |last=Ray |first=Sarit |website=Hindustan Times |date=27 July 2013 |access-date=16 April 2018 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/sarit-ray-s-review-issaq/story-WwmJGPULsbHrju5Tps9jdP.html |ref=none}}</ref>

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Category:Indian romantic thriller films Category:2013 Hindi-language films Category:2013 Indian films Category:Films scored by Sachin–Jigar Category:Films scored by Krsna Solo Category:2010s romantic thriller films Category:2013 films Category:Films based on Romeo and Juliet Category:Films shot in Varanasi Category:Pen Studios films Category:Films distributed by AA Films