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Love Is Blind (2005 film)
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| Love Is Blind | |
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| File:Love Is Blind Official Poster.jpg Official Poster | |
| Directed by | Vipul Sharma |
| Produced by |
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| Story by | Mulraj Rajda |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Kardam Thakar (Background score:Hyacinth D'souza) |
Production company | Filmcity (Gujarat) Entertainment |
Release date | 2005 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Budget | ₹1.26 crore (US$180,000) |
Love Is Blind is a 2005 Indian Gujarati film directed by Vipul Sharma, starring Sandeep Patel and Sonali Kulkarni. It was the first Gujarati film released in the multiplexes. The film narrates a love story of Anand (Patel), a blind violin player, and Amisha (Kulkarni), a writer. It won eleven of the Gujarat State Film Awards in 2005-06, including the Best Film Award and the Best Director Award.
Plot[edit]
Anand (Patel) is a violin player who suffers greatly due to his blindness. He can't accept his father's second marriage and lives separately since the young age due to estrangement with his step-mother. Once, he becomes the victim of Amisha (Kulkarni), a writer's anger because of his blindness. When Amisha knows the reality, her sympathy turns into love gradually. When Amisha's family members know about their relationship, they become angry on her. But her grandfather (Pandit) takes her side always. When Anand goes to Amisha's home with a marriage proposal, he is rusticated from the home and being called blind. To revenge it, Anand boozes with his friends ad creates commotion, and speaks swear words at Amisha's home. Thus Anand and Amisha are separated. Anand doesn't marry a girl suggested by his step-mother and suffers in Amisha's separation. He elopes with Amisha with his friends on the very day of Amisha's marriage.[1]
Cast[edit]
- Sonali Kulkarni as Amisha
- Sandeep Patel as Anand
- Sudha Chandran
- Devendra Pandit
- Mehul Buch
- Hasmuk Bhavsar
- Jyotin Dave
- Bimal Trivedi
- Zalak Thakkar
- Tushar Dave
- Pragnya Trivedi
- Baby Tarika
- Mayur Vakani
Production[edit]
The film was made on budget of ₹1.26 crore (US$180,000). It was shot in 27 days at various locations including in Mumbai and at Adalaj Stepwell and Sun Temple, Modhera.[1] Kulkarni learned Gujarati under Trishala Patel.[2]
Music[edit]
The music was composed by Kardam Thakar. It featured songs like "Bandh Aankhoma", "Prem Pyar Ishq Ke Asashiqi Kaho", "Love Is Blind" and "O Mara Saathi Tu Gaa".[1]
Release[edit]
Love Is Blind was the first Gujarati film released in the multiplexes.[3]
Accolades[edit]
The film won eleven of the Gujarat state film awards of 2005-06 instituted by the Government of Gujarat, including the Best Film.[4][better source needed] Sharma received the Best Director award.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chauhan, Parul (2013). "6. ગુજરાતી ફિલ્મોની આજ". Gujarati Chalchitroni Gaikal Ane Aaj: Ek Abhays ગુજરાતી ચલચિત્રોની ગઈકાલ અને આજ : એક અભ્યાસ [Gujarati Film's Yesterday and Today : A Study] (PhD) (in ગુજરાતી). Saurashtra University. p. 188-189. hdl:10603/46044. Retrieved 2021-02-11 – via Shodhganga.
- ↑ Jadhav, Prathamesh (2013-10-03). "Sonali Kulkarni: I was disappointed and jealous when my films were not recognised!". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ "Gujarati films: Cheaper is not better". The Times of India. 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ "Love Is Blind Gujarati Movie", gujjubhai.in
- ↑ Malini, Navya (2014-03-01). "Theatre director Vipul Sharma makes a swift move to Gujarati movies". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-02-11.