Issaq

Not to be confused with Issac.

Issaq इसक
Theatrical Official Poster
Directed by	Manish Tiwary
Produced by	Dhaval Gada Shailesh R. Singh
Written by	Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary, Manish Tiwary, Pawan Sony
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 by	Songs: Sachin–Jigar Sachin Gupta Krsna Background score: Prashant Pillai
Cinematography	Vishal Sinha
Production company	Pen India Limited
Release dates	26 July 2013 (2013-07-26)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Issaq (Hindi: इसक) is a 2013 Hindi 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 features Prateik Babbar, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Ravi Kishan and Makarand Deshpande as main characters.

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-mother (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 father (Capulet)
• Sandeep Bose as Manohar Mishra, Rahul's father (Montague)
• Prashant Kumar 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 (Rosline)
• 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

Story

In this original Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet directed by Manish Tiwary, we see the story transposed to Banaras and its neighbouring areas that are witness to violence unleashed by sand mafia controlled by urban elite and equally violent retaliation by Naxalite armies. The sand mafia is run by two influential Banarasi families, Kashyaps and Mishras, who are at brutal feud with each other. Kashyap has an 18-year-old, pretty and innocent daughter Bachchi from his first wife, Bachchi's role is played by Amyra Dastur who marks her debut in this film. On the other hand, Mishra's son Rahul (Played by Prateik) is a good-looking teenager with predictable interests for a boy of his background - Girls & Guns! Things change when the battle-hardened and pleasure-seeking Rahul and romantic yet head strong Bachchi fall in love. Disregarding the consequences, the young lovers choose go ahead with the dictats of their hearts. What follows is a high octane action-filled drama.

Marketing

The film was promoted in TV serial Amita Ka Amit. The producers promoted the movie through Banarasi paan at the leading malls in Mumbai

Box office

The movie had a poor first week response. It raked Rs 31 million during the first weekend( first 3 days). It managed to collect just Rs. 43.8 million by the end of first week.

Soundtrack

Sachin - Jigar composed the songs while the background score was composed by Prashant Pillai.

Issaq
Soundtrack album by Sachin - Jigar
Released	26 July 2013
Genre	Film soundtrack
Sachin - Jigar chronology
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Tracklist

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Issaq Tera"	Mayur Puri	Mohit Chauhan	3:16
2.	"Issaq Tera (Duet)"	Mayur Puri	Mohit Chauhan, Smita Jain	2:12
3.	"Jheeni Re Jheeni"		Rashid Khan, Pratibha Baghel	7:25
4.	"Bhole Chale"		Rahul Ram , Sachin Gupta
5.	"Aag Ka Dariya"		Ankit Tiwari
6.	"Enne Unne"		Keerthi Sagathia, Mamta Sharma, Tarun Sagar, Papon
7.	"Aag Ka Dariya (Unplugged)"		Sachin Gupta
8.	"Bhagan ke Rekhan Ki"		Malini Awasthi, Raghubir Yadav	5:19

Critical response

The movie opened to negative reviews.

External links

• Issaq at Bollywood Hungama