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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Nanu Ki Jaanu
| image = nanu ki jaanu.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Faraz Haider
| producer = [[PVR Pictures]] Sajid Qureshi
| story = [[Mysskin]]
| starring = [[Abhay Deol]] [[Patralekha]] Manu Rishi
| music = '''Original Songs''' [[Sajid–Wajid]] [[Jeet Gannguli]] Gunwant Sen Bubli Huque-Meera Sachin Gupta '''Original Score''' Dhruv Dhalla
| cinematography = [[S. R. Sathish Kumar]]
| editing = Manan Ajay Sagar
| studio = Inbox Pictures
| distributor = [[PVR Cinemas|PVR Pictures]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2018|4|20}}
| runtime = 133 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget = {{INR}}15 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3749|title=Nanu Ki Jaanu – Movie – Box Office India|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|accessdate=4 May 2018}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}4.12 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/nanu-ki-jaanu/box-office/|title=Nanu Ki Jaanu Box office collection till now|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|accessdate=24 May 2018}}</ref>
}}

'''''Nanu Ki Jaanu''''' ({{translation|Nanu's Janu}}) is a 2018 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[horror comedy film]] directed by Faraz Haider, starring [[Abhay Deol]] and [[Patralekha]]. The first look poster was launched on 23 March 2018 followed by its theatrical trailer on 26 March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/nanu-ki-jaanu-quirky-first-look-poster-of-abhay-deol-s-film-is-out/story-tflXeOacGs9FVoy3RykYVL.html|title=Nanu Ki Jaanu: Quirky first look poster of Abhay Deol's film is out|work=Hindustan Times|date=29 September 2017|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref> ''Nanu Ki Jaanu'' was released on 20 April 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/nanu-ki-jaanu-trailer-this-horror-comedy-starring-abhay-deol-and-patralekha-is-an-after-life-love-story-4406439.html|title=Nanu Ki Jaanu trailer: This horror comedy, starring Abhay Deol and Patralekhaa, is an after-life love story|work=Firstpost|date=26 March 2018|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/hindi/entertainment/bollywood/abhay-deol-and-patralekhas-movie-naanu-ki-jaanu-teaser-released/383035|title=Nanu ki Jaanu: भूत की शिकायत लेकर पुलिस के पास पहुंचे अभय देओल और फिर...|publisher=Zee News|date=24 March 2018|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/its-patralekhaa-vs-rajkummar-rao-at-the-box-office-as-nanu-ki-jaanu-clashes-with-omerta/211183|title=It's Patralekhaa vs Rajkummar Rao at the box office as Nanu Ki Jaanu clashes with Omerta|last=Chauhan|first=Gaurang|publisher=Times Now|date=26 March 2018|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref> The movie is a remake of 2014 Tamil movie ''[[Pisaasu]]''.<ref>https://www.mirchi9.com/bollywood/nanu-ki-jaanu-trailer-talk-another-unrecognizable-south-remake/</ref>

== Plot ==
Anand is a land mafia agent in Delhi, who with his gang of 4 others scares property owners and acquires their apartments illegally. While on his way to make another deal, he stops to see an accident, and a girl Siddhi lying on road with a pool of blood. Nanu sees her alive and rushes her to the hospital, but she dies. Nanu get very disturbed as he saw her dying in front of him. He is not able to concentrate on anything or is able to make more deals. He is made fun by his friends for his weird behavior. Siddhi becomes a ghost and stays in Anand's apartment. It is shown that Siddhi's father stores her corpse in a freezer as he loved her immensely. She troubles Anand and his friends. She gets into bodies of people around him and roams around.Though, initially horrified and bugged by Siddhi's ghost later Nanu realizes that the ghost loves him and doesn't mean to harm him or his people at all.Eventually he develops a soft corner for her and feels for her. Because of this, he decides to find the person who hit Siddhi during that road accident.But, After a series of events, he realizes that it was he who had hit Siddhi from behind.Angry upon himself he goes to tell this to Siddhi's father, however Siddhi's ghost try to stop him but for the first time he tells her that he also loves her and asks her father to kill him. Listening this Siddhi's ghost breaks out of the freezer and re enters her body to communicate two things to Nanu and her father.She tells Nanu that he should overcome his guilt of killing her as it was prewritten and couldn't be prevented.And, she requests her father that Nanu is a nice guy and should be spared to which her father agrees. She requests him to let her go and not to keep her body anymore so that she can reincarnate and not roam as a ghost forever. She hugs Nanu and leaves eventually into a bright light.

== Cast ==
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* [[Abhay Deol]] as Anand (Nanu)
* [[Patralekha]] as Siddhi (Jaanu)
* [[Brijendra Kala]] as Mr. Kumar
* [[Manu Rishi]] as Dabbu
* [[Rajesh Sharma (actor)|Rajesh Sharma]] as Bhaali, Siddhi's Father
* [[Himani Shivpuri]] as Nanu's mother
* [[Manoj Pahwa]] as Muslim Man
* [[Shreya Narayan]] as Ghostbuster
* Chirag Sethi as Udhariya
* Gurmeet Singh as Yahoo
* Sameer Siddiquei as Mohit Dagar
* Reshma Khan as Promila
* Spandan Chaturvedi as Phantom
* Vivek Rana as Chimney-engineer
* [[Sapna Chowdhary]] as an [[item number]] "Tere Thumke Sapna Choudhary"
{{div col end}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nanu-ki-jaanu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1372706868?mt=1&app=itunes |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>
{{Infobox album
| name = Nanu Ki Jaanu
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sajid–Wajid]], [[Jeet Gannguli]], Gunwant Sen, Sachin Gupta and Babli Huque-Meera
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2018|04|16}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nanu-ki-jaanu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1372706868?mt=1&app=itunes |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>
| recorded = 2017–2018
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 20:25
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
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| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|KgTziWWTu04|Audio Jukebox}}}}
{{Singles
| name = Nanu Ki Jaanu
| type = soundtrack
| single1 = Tere Thumke Sapna Choudhary
| single1date = 3 April 2018
| single2 = Bhoot Aaya
| single2date = 11 April 2018
}}
}}

The music of the film is composed by [[Sajid–Wajid]], [[Jeet Gannguli]], Gunwant Sen, [[Sachin Gupta]] and Babli Huque-Meera while lyrics were written by Abid Ali, Danish Sabri, Sonu Saggu, Sajid Qureshi and Sachin Gupta. The first song of the film, ''Tere Thumke Sapna Choudhary'' which is sung by Gunwant Sen, Khushboo Jain and Saumya Upadhyay was released on 21 March 2018. The second single to be released was ''Bhoot Aaya'' which is by [[Mika Singh]] and rapped by Fazilpuria and was released on 11 April 2018. The soundtrack was released by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] on 16 April 2018.

{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length=20:25
| headline=Track listing
| title1 = Tere Thumke Sapna Choudhary
| length1 = 3:15
| lyrics1 = Abid Ali
| music1 = Gunwant Sen
| extra1 = Gunwant Sen, [[Khushboo Jain]], [[Saumya Upadhyay]]
| title2 = Bhoot Aaya
| length2 = 4:20
| lyrics2 = Sajid Qureshi, Sachin Gupta
| music2 = Sachin Gupta
| extra2 = [[Mika Singh]] ('''Rap: '''Fazilpuria)
| title3 = Tujhe Dekhti Hai Nazar
| length3 = 5:10
| lyrics3 = Abid Ali
| music3 = Gunwant Sen
| extra3 = [[Mohammed Irfan (singer)|Mohammed Irfan]]
| title4=Kali Choti
| length4=3:31
| music4=Babli Huque-Meera
| lyrics4= [[Sonu Saggu]]
| extra4=[[Aman Trikha]], [[Yashraj Kapil]], Saumya Upadhyay
| title5=Jai Mata Di
| extra5=[[Javed Ali]], [[Alamgir Khan (singer)|Alamgir Khan]]
| length5=4:09
| music5=[[Sajid–Wajid]]
| lyrics5=[[Danish Sabri]]
}}

== Critical reception ==

Reza Noorani of [[The Times of India]] gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 saying that, "While the story is unique and interesting, the execution is flawed, especially when it comes to the horror elements."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/nanu-ki-jaanu/movie-review/63840474.cms |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu Movie Review |work=[[The Times of India]]}}{{Rating|2.5|5}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee of [[NDTV]] gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "The spirits of two much-abused genres – horror and comedy – are given an unceremonious burial in Nanu Ki Jaanu, a heavy-handed jumble that is both horrific and funny, neither of which is remotely intentional."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/nanu-ki-jaanu-movie-review-abhay-deol-and-patralekhaa-we-deserve-better-1840154 |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu Movie Review: Abhay Deol And Patralekhaa, We Deserve Better |publisher=[[NDTV]]}}{{Rating|1|5}}</ref> Rohit Vats of [[Hindustan Times]] gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 and said that, "Nanu Ki Jaanu is 132-minute of convoluted chaos. Some talented actors are wasted and some are given a free run to waste their talent."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/nanu-ki-jaanu-movie-review-abhay-deol-s-bizarre-ghost-story-is-dull/story-nff9XKKEMGgEgOtJfO4kXO.html |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu movie review: Abhay Deol's film is a bizarre ghost story |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> Nandini Ramnath of ''Scroll'' gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "Faraz Haider’s remake of the Tamil movie ‘Pisaasu’ works very hard to scare viewers away."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/876263/nanu-ki-jaanu-film-review-why-abhay-deol-why |title='Nanu Ki Jaanu' film review: Why, Abhay Deol, why? |publisher=Scroll}}{{Rating|1|5}}</ref> Anna MM Vetticad of [[First Post]] criticized the film saying that, "Abhay Deol is uninspired at best in this loosely handled, low-IQ mess" and gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/nanu-ki-jaanu-movie-review-abhay-deol-is-uninspired-at-best-in-this-loosely-handled-low-iq-mess-4439207.html |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu movie review: Abhay Deol is uninspired at best in this loosely handled, low-IQ mess |publisher=[[First Post]]}}{{Rating|1|5}}</ref>

[[Bollywood Hungama]] criticized the film, which is a remake of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film Pisaasu, for being a poor adaptation saying that, "The adaptation by Manu Rishi Chadha is very poor. Manu Rishi Chadha’s screenplay is very weak and only a few moments stand out." The critic concluded the review by saying that, "On the whole, Nanu Ki Jaanu is an extremely poor show." and gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/nanu-ki-jaanu/critic-review/ |title=Movie Review: Nanu Ki Jaanu |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}{{Rating|1.5|5}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 saying that, "Nanu Ki Jaanu is so all-out scatter-brained and lame, that we are left wincing rather than laughing."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/nanu-ki-jaanu-movie-review-abhay-deol-patralekha-star-rating-5144605/ |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu movie review: The Abhay Deol starrer is all-out scatter-brained and lame |publisher=[[The Indian Express]]}}{{Rating|1|5}}</ref> Sameeksha of [[News18]] gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 and concluding her review by saying that, "Overall the film is uneven, half-baked disappointment, which completely wrecks the talent of Abhay, Patralekha and even Chadha. They all deserve better than this."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/nanu-ki-jaanu-movie-review-abhay-deol-patralekha-starrer-is-a-major-eye-roll-fest-1724387.html |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu Movie Review: Abhay Deol-Patralekha Starrer Is A Major Eye-Roll Fest |publisher=[[News18]]}}{{Rating|1.5|5}}</ref> Mayank Shekhar of [[Mid-Day]] gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "Suffice it to say, by the end of Nanu Ki Jaanu, pretty much everyone in my theatre (me included) were essentially laughing at the film, rather than with it".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/nanu-ki-jaanu-movie-review/19341159 |title=Nanu Ki Jaanu Movie Review |publisher=[[Mid-Day]]}}{{Rating|1|5}}</ref> [[Namrata Joshi]] of [[The Hindu]] criticized the film saying that, "Not quite supernatural thriller, Abhay Deol’s latest is plain dull."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/nanu-ki-jaanu-review-less-horror-more-inanities/article23619715.ece |title='Nanu Ki Jaanu' review: less horror, more inanities |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.inboxpictures.com/nanu-ki-jaanu|''Nanu Ki Jaanu'' official website}}
* {{IMDb title|7412738}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|nanu-ki-jaanu}}

[[Category:Indian comedy horror films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2018 comedy horror films]]
[[Category:2018 films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Indian horror film remakes]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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