Aggar (film)

Aggar (lit. 'If'), is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Anant Mahadevan. It stars Udita Goswami, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade. It was produced by Narendra Bajaj and Shyam Bajaj and .^[2] The film was released on 14 September 2007 and emerged as a box-office bomb.^[3]

Aggar
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anant Mahadevan
Written by	S. Farhan
Produced by	Narendra Bajaj Shyam Bajaj
Starring	Tusshar Kapoor Udita Goswami Shreyas Talpade Saadhika Randhawa Vikas Kalantri Nauheed Cyrusi Sophie Choudry
Cinematography	K. Rajkumar
Edited by	Manish More Bunty Nagi
Music by	Mithoon
Release date	14 September 2007 (2007-09-14)
Running time	117 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

Janvi is a woman whose life would seem ideal on the surface: she runs a thriving business and is married to Dr. Aditya Merchant, a psychiatrist.

But a faint air of discontent has begun to creep into her relationship, when Aryan Mehta joins Janvi's company. Aryan himself has issues as an angry outburst leads him to accidentally kill his cheating girlfriend. Janvi impulsively gets drawn into a relationship with Aryan to keep her sanity. But after her issues with her husband are resolved, she tries to break off the affair. Aryan, however, is not willing to give her up so easily, and his attraction to her soon becomes a dangerous obsession.

Cast

• Udita Goswami as Jhanvi Merchant
• Tusshar Kapoor as Aryan Mehta, Jhanvi's love interest
• Shreyas Talpade as Dr. Aditya Merchant, Jhanvi's husband
• Saadhika Randhawa as Radhe
• Vikas Kalantri as Mihir Rao
• Nauheed Cyrusi as Ritu Chaudhary
• Sophie Choudry as Nisha Raval

Soundtrack

The Soundtrack of the film was composed by Mithoon, and the lyrics were by Sayeed Quadri. Joginder Tuteja from Bollywood Hungama gave the album 3 stars out of 5, stating that while the album did not have one single track which could be marked as THE song of the album, it had a fine assortment of numbers belonging to different genres which made it a decent listening experience.^[4]

Song	Singer(s)
"Ke Bin Tere Jeena Nahi"	Mithoon, Hamza Faruqui, Kshitij Tarey
"Ke Bin Tere Jeena Nahi-Remix"	Mithoon, Hamza Faruqui, Kshitij Tarey
"Paas Aaya Kyon"	Mithoon & Sharmishtha
"Sehra"	Roop Kumar Rathod & Shilpa Rao
"Nachle Nachle Nachle"	Josh
"Aggar"	Hamza Faruqui & Tulsi Kumar

Reception

Patcy N of Rediff.com gave the film 3.5 out of 5, writing, "This well-woven thriller keeps you involved throughout, and one can't help but appreciate the director's efforts."^[5] Subhash K Jha of IANS gave the film 2 out of 5, writing, "Well-packaged and evenly narrated, Aggar has a plot that keeps the narration going at a hot trot till the very last visual spills out in a pool of blood."^[6]

Box office

The film was a financial debacle, which Tusshar Kapoor acknowledged and attributed to poor publicity; he felt that releasing the film during the holy month of Ramzan and Ganesh Chaturthi as well as the India-Pakistan match left viewers with no time for Aggar.^[7]