Aafat-E-Ishq

Aafat-e-Ishq (transl. Dark Love) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Indrajit Nattoji,^[2] and produced by Zee Studios. The film is based on the Hungarian film Liza, the Fox-Fairy.^[1] It features Neha Sharma,^[3] Namit Das,^[4] Deepak Dobriyal, Amit Sial. The film was released on 29 October 2021 on ZEE5.^[5] The film received mixed reviews, criticizing the pace and writing while appreciating the multigenre filmmaking style, unconventional storytelling, unique cinema art, and outstanding performances.

Aafat-e-Ishq
Official release poster
Directed by	Indrajit Nattoji
Screenplay by	Indrajit Nattoji Neha Bahuguna
Based on	Liza, the Fox-Fairy[1] by Károly Ujj Mészáros
Produced by	Zee Studios
Starring	Neha Sharma Deepak Dobriyal Namit Das
Narrated by	Ila Arun
Cinematography	Shreya Gupta
Edited by	Shan Mohammed
Music by	Gaurav Chatterji
Production company	Zee Studios
Distributed by	ZEE5
Release date	29 October 2021 (2021-10-29)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Synopsis

Lallo is a 30-year-old lonely caretaker of a bedridden widow named Bahuji. Her only friend is a friendly ghost and singer, Atmaram. After reading the fabled Laal Pari book, she thinks she is cursed and whoever falls in love with Lallo dies mysteriously.

Cast

• Neha Sharma as Lallo^[3]
• Namit Das as Atmaram, Ghost
• Deepak Dobriyal as Police Investigator, Vikram Kamal
• Amit Sial as Prem Gunjan^[6]
• Ila Arun as Bahuji, widow
• Archanna Guptaa as Suhani
• Vikram Kochhar as Sunil Samajdhar
• Anil Charanjeett as Pratap
• Darshan Jariwalla as Ramdayal
• Kenisha Awasthi as Zoya
• Garima Jain as the girl in the magazine
• Hetal Puniwala as Postmaster Mishra
• Payas Pandit as a Police constable, Fauzia,

Soundtrack

Aafat-e-Ishq
Soundtrack album by Gaurav Chatterji
Released	8 December 2021[7]
Recorded	2021
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	13:27
Language	Hindi
Label	Zee Music Company
Producer	Gaurav Chatterji
Official audio
Aafat-e-Ishq - Full Album on YouTube

The music of the film is composed by Gaurav Chatterji with lyrics written by Ginny Diwan, Sandeep Gaur and Indrajit Nattoji.^[7] Namit Das sung the first song in his career.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Ka Bhoot Reloaded"	Ginny Diwan	Nakash Aziz, Indrajit Nattoji	2:41
2.	"Love Ka Bhoot"	Ginny Diwan	Namit Das, Gaurav Chatterji	2:52
3.	"Tu Meri Jaan"	Sandeep Gaur	Namit Das	2:59
4.	"Aafat"	Ginny Diwan	Jatinder Singh	2:35
5.	"Maut Se Loha"	Ginny Diwan	Piyush Kapoor	2:22
Total length:				13:27

Release

The film was released on ZEE5 on 29 October 2021.^[8]

Reception

Hiren Kotwani of The Times of India gave the film 2 out of 5, writing ″At the end of it, Aafat-e-Ishq doesn't live up to the expectations as a remake of the original Hungarian movie that won several awards at various film festivals.″^[9] Chirantana Bhatt of Gujarati Mid Day wrote ″It is imperative to talk about how magic realism has been added to the extent and how the presence of art is treated in the direction, cinematography, set-up and other designing of this film. This is an attempt to explore the different ways in which art can be present on the cinema screen.″^[10]