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{{short description|2019 film directed by Nitin Kakkar}} | {{short description|2019 film directed by Nitin Kakkar}} | ||
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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| image = Notebook film poster.jpg | | image = Notebook film poster.jpg | ||
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| director = Nitin Kakkar | | director = Nitin Kakkar | ||
| producer = [[Salman Khan]]<br />Murad Khetani<br />Ashwin Varde | | producer = [[Salman Khan]]<br />Murad Khetani<br />Ashwin Varde | ||
| writer = | | writer = '''Dialogues:'''<br />Payal Ashar<br />[[Sharib Hashmi]] | ||
| screenplay = [[Darab Farooqui]] | |||
| based_on = {{based on|''[[The Teacher's Diary]]''|[[Nithiwat Tharathorn]]}} | | based_on = {{based on|''[[The Teacher's Diary]]''|[[Nithiwat Tharathorn]]}} | ||
| starring = [[Zaheer Iqbal]]<br />[[Pranutan Bahl]] | | starring = [[Zaheer Iqbal]]<br />[[Pranutan Bahl (actress)|Pranutan Bahl]] | ||
| music = [[Vishal Mishra (composer)|Vishal Mishra]] | | music = [[Vishal Mishra (composer)|Vishal Mishra]] | ||
| cinematography = Manoj Kumar Khatoi | | cinematography = [[Manoj Kumar Khatoi (cinematographer)|Manoj Kumar Khatoi]] | ||
| editing = Sachindra Vats | | editing = Sachindra Vats | ||
| studio = [[Salman Khan Films]]<br />Cine1 Studios | | studio = [[Salman Khan Films]]<br />Cine1 Studios | ||
| distributor = '''Domestic:'''<br> | | distributor = '''Domestic:'''<br>Salman Khan Films<br>'''International:'''<br>[[Yash Raj Films]] | ||
| released = {{Film date|2019|03|29|df=y|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/salman-khan-films-produced-notebook-starring-pranutan-bahl-zaheer-iqbal-gets-a-release-date/328768|title= 'The most beautiful love story', Salman Khan's Notebook to release on March 29, 2019|date=10 December 2018|website=Times Now|accessdate=14 February | | released = {{Film date|2019|03|29|df=y|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/salman-khan-films-produced-notebook-starring-pranutan-bahl-zaheer-iqbal-gets-a-release-date/328768|title= 'The most beautiful love story', Salman Khan's Notebook to release on March 29, 2019|date=10 December 2018|website=Times Now|accessdate=14 February 2022}}</ref>}} | ||
| runtime = 112 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/notebook-2019|title=Notebook 2019 {{!}} British Board of Film Classification|date=22 March 2019|website=Bbfc.co.uk}}</ref> | | runtime = 112 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/notebook-2019|title=Notebook 2019 {{!}} British Board of Film Classification|date=22 March 2019|website=Bbfc.co.uk}}</ref> | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| language = Hindi | | language = Hindi | ||
| budget = {{INR}}15 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/entertainment/box-office-box-office-prediction-for-film-notebook-and-junglee-19083986.html|title=Day 1 Box Office Prediction of Junglee and Notebook|website=Jagran|accessdate=30 March | | budget = {{INR}}15 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/entertainment/box-office-box-office-prediction-for-film-notebook-and-junglee-19083986.html|title=Day 1 Box Office Prediction of Junglee and Notebook|website=Jagran|accessdate=30 March 2022}}</ref> | ||
| gross = {{estimation}} {{INR}} | | gross = {{estimation}} {{INR}}3.2 Crores<ref name="Bolly">{{cite web |title=Notebook Box Office |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/notebook/box-office/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=2 April 2022}}</ref> | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Notebook''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama]] film produced by [[Salman Khan]] under [[Salman Khan Films]] and Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde under Cine1 Studios and directed by Nitin Kakkar. A remake of the 2014 Thai film ''[[The Teacher's Diary]]'', it stars debutantes Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl, daughter of actor [[Mohnish Bahl]], in the lead roles,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/new-beginning-for-salman-khan-protegs-pranutan-zaheer-iqbal-with-notebook/articleshow/67016585.cms|title=New beginning for Salman Khan protegés Pranutan, Zaheer Iqbal|work=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=14 February | '''''Notebook''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama]] film produced by [[Salman Khan]] under [[Salman Khan Films]] and Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde under Cine1 Studios and directed by Nitin Kakkar. A remake of the 2014 Thai film ''[[The Teacher's Diary]]'', it stars debutantes Zaheer Iqbal and [[Pranutan Bahl (actress)|Pranutan Bahl]], daughter of actor [[Mohnish Bahl]], in the lead roles,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/new-beginning-for-salman-khan-protegs-pranutan-zaheer-iqbal-with-notebook/articleshow/67016585.cms|title=New beginning for Salman Khan protegés Pranutan, Zaheer Iqbal|work=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> and tells the story of a young retired army officer who joins his father's school as a teacher to save it from closure, and falls in love with the previous teacher after reading through her memorabilia left behind in the drawers.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/is-salman-khans-notebook-inspired-by-thai-film-the-teachers-diary-details-inside/370545|title=Is Salman Khan's Notebook inspired by Thai film The Teacher's Diary?|work=Times Now News|access-date=26 February 2022}}</ref> The film was released on 29 March 2019 and received mixed response from critics with praises for leads performances.<ref name="rachit">{{cite web|last1=Gupta|first1=Rachit|date=28 March 2019|title=Notebook Movie Review|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/notebook/movie-review/68600873.cms|accessdate=28 March 2019|website=Times Of India|publisher=Times Of India}}</ref><ref name="meena">{{cite web|last1=Iyer|first1=Meera|date=28 March 2019|title='Notebook' Review: Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl show promise|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/movie-reviews/report-notebook-review-zaheer-iqbal-and-pranutan-bahl-show-promise-2734253|accessdate=29 March 2019|website=DNA India}}</ref><ref name="rot">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/notebook_2019|title=Notebook|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}}}</ref> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Captain Kabir Kaul, a young retired army officer, decides to teach in his late father's school, the Wular Public School as the school will be closed if there is no teacher to teach. At the school, he finds a diary left behind in the desk drawer by the previous teacher, Firdaus Quadri. Children start coming to school after learning that a new teacher has arrived. However, they disobey Kabir, leading him to think that he cannot teach, but after reading Firdaus's diary, he gains confidence and decides to try. | Captain Kabir Kaul, a young retired army officer, decides to teach in his late father's school, the Wular Public School as the school will be closed if there is no teacher to teach. At the school, he finds a diary left behind in the desk drawer by the previous teacher, Firdaus Quadri. Children start coming to school after learning that a new teacher has arrived. However, they disobey Kabir, leading him to think that he cannot teach, but after reading Firdaus's diary, he gains confidence and decides to try. | ||
Kabir | Kabir's girlfriend breaks up with him, as she is cheating an affair and believes that Kabir is now unfit to marry her as he has left the army. He is heartbroken but takes solace in the schoolchildren and Firdaus's diary, writing comments in it. He learns about Imran, one of the schoolchildren, whose father, Yakub, wants him to help in the household rather than attending school. Using help from the diary, Kabir succeeds in bringing Imran back to school. He decides to burn Firdaus's diary after learning she is getting married, but retrieves it in a fit of epiphany. | ||
On her wedding day, Firdaus finds out that her fiancé was cheating on her and the other woman is carrying his child. She calls off the marriage and returns to Wular Public School. The children are overjoyed to have her back though Kabir is gone. She finds her diary in the same drawer she had left it in a year before and reads Kabir's comments. He had written that he was in love with the writer and had learned valuable lessons from her diary. Curious, Firdaus asks the principal about Kabir the same way he had asked about her. The principal tells her that he has gone to take a teaching course. | On her wedding day, Firdaus finds out that her fiancé was cheating on her and the other woman is carrying his child. She calls off the marriage and returns to Wular Public School. The children are overjoyed to have her back though Kabir is gone. She finds her diary in the same drawer she had left it in a year before and reads Kabir's comments. He had written that he was in love with the writer and had learned valuable lessons from her diary. Curious, Firdaus asks the principal about Kabir the same way he had asked about her. The principal tells her that he has gone to take a teaching course. | ||
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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* Zaheer Iqbal as Captain (Retd.) Kabir Kaul | * Zaheer Iqbal as Captain (Retd.) Kabir Kaul | ||
* Pranutan Bahl as Firdaus Quadri | * [[Pranutan Bahl]] as Firdaus Quadri | ||
* Farhana Bhat as Dolly | * Farhana Bhat as Dolly | ||
* [[Mir Sarwar]] as Yakub | * [[Mir Sarwar]] as Yakub | ||
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== Marketing and release == | == Marketing and release == | ||
[[Salman Khan]] unveiled the first poster of film on Valentine's Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/notebook-poster-salman-khan-introduces-nutan-s-granddaughter-pranutan-zaheer-iqbal-see-pic/story-gUR8vjwvFFyvYeUrBWe92I.html|title=Notebook poster: Salman Khan introduces Nutan's granddaughter Pranutan, Zaheer Iqbal|publisher= Hindustan Times|access-date=14 February | [[Salman Khan]] unveiled the first poster of film on Valentine's Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/notebook-poster-salman-khan-introduces-nutan-s-granddaughter-pranutan-zaheer-iqbal-see-pic/story-gUR8vjwvFFyvYeUrBWe92I.html|title=Notebook poster: Salman Khan introduces Nutan's granddaughter Pranutan, Zaheer Iqbal|publisher= Hindustan Times|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> A special screening of the film was held for Bollywood stars and family on 28 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/notebook-special-screening-salman-khan-and-family-along-with-bollywood-stars-grace-the-movie-premiere/articleshow/68610403.cms|title=Notebook' special screening: Salman Khan and family along with Bollywood stars grace the movie premiere|publisher=Times of India|access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref> The makers chose not to release the film in Pakistan due to the [[2019 Pulwama attack]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/pulwama-aftermath-salman-khans-notebook-satellite-shankar-and-shahid-kapoors-kabir-singh-to-not-release-in-pakistan/1467838|title=Pulwama aftermath: Salman Khan's 'Notebook', 'Satellite Shankar' and Shahid Kapoor's 'Kabir Singh' to NOT release in Pakistan|date=24 February 2019|website=Free Press Journal|language=en-US|access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref> The film was made available as [[Video on demand|VOD]] on [[Amazon Prime Video]] in June 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notebook|url=https://primevideo.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.06b5206f-5678-0788-daca-a6ca502150b0&ref_=atv_dp_share_mv&r=web|date=June 2019|accessdate=1 July 2019|website=Amazon}}</ref> | ||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
=== Critical response === | === Critical response === | ||
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film had scored | On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film had scored {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count|spell=y}} reviews with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}.<ref name="rot"/> Nandini Ramnath of [[Scroll.in]] writes, "Notebook has an unremarkable lead pair, an underwhelming dull love story in which the actors don't share the screen for nearly the entire duration of the narrative, some of the most ravishing views of [[Kashmir]] yet, a bunch of adorable children and a soundtrack with a few good tunes."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/917863/notebook-movie-review-forget-the-romance-and-look-out-the-window|title='Notebook' movie review: Forget the romance and look out the window|first=Nandini|last=Ramnath|website=Scroll.in}}</ref> Rachit Gupta of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film with three stars out of five and says, "''Notebook'' is an easy watch where you can appreciate the humour, drama and romance. But the film leaves you wanting for more. Perhaps with more creativity in writing, this young romantic saga could have achieved more."<ref name="rachit" /> Writing for [[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]] Meena Iyer finds nothing wrong with the film but wished, "it hadn't been so antiseptic." She rates the film with three stars out of five.<ref name="meena" /> Jyoti Sharma Bawa of [[Hindustan Times]] rates the film with two and half stars out of five and praises the cinematographer Manoj Kumar Khatoi. She opines that the cinematographer has ensured that every frame is bursting with beauty and The visual portrayal would stay with the viewers long after they forget the sub-par love story.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharma Bawa |first1=Jyoti |title=Notebook movie review: Kashmir is the real attraction of Zaheer Iqbal, Pranutan Bahl film |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/notebook-movie-review-kashmir-is-the-real-attraction-of-zaheer-iqbal-pranutan-bahl-film/story-bHgaHZlJop45DEk3ouNf5M.html |website=Hindustan Times |accessdate=29 March 2022}}</ref> Charu Thakur of [[India Today]] gives two and half stars out of five and concludes the review as, "If you are looking for some old-world romance this weekend, Notebook is definitely a recommended watch for you."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thakur |first1=Charu |title=Notebook Movie Review: Salman Khan launches Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl in a stunning romance |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/reviews/story/notebook-movie-review-salman-khan-launches-zaheer-iqbal-and-pranutan-bahl-in-a-stunning-romance-1489083-2019-03-29 |website=India Today |accessdate=30 March 2022}}</ref> [[Bollywood Hungama]] while rating it with three stars out of five they feel that the film would appeal only to multiplex audience. They sum up review by saying, "On the whole, ''NOTEBOOK'' boasts of exemplary performances by the debutants and is beautifully shot while stressing on the importance of education."<ref>{{cite web |title=Notebook Review |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/notebook/critic-review/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |publisher=News Network |accessdate=30 March 2022}}</ref> | ||
== Soundtrack == | == Soundtrack == | ||
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The music and background score of the film is composed by [[Vishal Mishra (composer)|Vishal Mishra]] while the lyrics are penned by [[Manoj Muntashir]], Kaushal Kishore, Akshay Tripathi, Abhayendra Kumar Upadhyay and Vishal Mishra. The song "Bhumro" is a recreation of the original song from the film ''[[Mission Kashmir]]''. "Main tare" was originally sung by Atif Aslam but then removed by Salman Khan. Atif Aslam version was | The music and background score of the film is composed by [[Vishal Mishra (composer)|Vishal Mishra]] while the lyrics are penned by [[Manoj Muntashir]], Kaushal Kishore, Akshay Tripathi, Abhayendra Kumar Upadhyay and Vishal Mishra. The song "Bhumro" is a recreation of the original song from the film ''[[Mission Kashmir]]''. "Main tare" was originally sung by Atif Aslam but then removed by Salman Khan. Atif Aslam version was unofficially released on YouTube. | ||
{{Tracklist | {{Tracklist | ||
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| title3 = Bhumro | | title3 = Bhumro | ||
| extra3 = | | extra3 = Kamaal Khan, Vishal Mishra | ||
| lyrics3= Kaushal Kishore | | lyrics3= Kaushal Kishore | ||
| length3 = 3:21 | | length3 = 3:21 | ||
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