Turning 30

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Turning 30!!!
File:Turning302010Film.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlankrita Shrivastava
Produced byPrakash Jha
Story byAlankrita Shrivastava
StarringGul Panag
Tillotama Shome
Anita Kanwar
Purab Kohli
Siddharth Makkar
Music bySiddharth-Suhas
CinematographyAkshay Singh
Edited bySantosh Mandal
Production
company
Prakash Jha Productions
Release date
  • 14 January 2011 (2011-01-14)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
Hindi

Turning 30!!![1] is a 2011 Indian romance film produced by Prakash Jha and is also the directorial debut of Alankrita Shrivastava,[2] a longtime assistant of Jha.[3][4]

The movie features Gul Panag, Siddharth Makkar and Purab Kohli, with music composed by the music director duo of Sidharth-Suhas, whose past works include Dil Dosti and Bhram.The film is a young urban love story and women centric film.[5]

Plot[edit]

Turning 30 is the story of the protagonist of the movie Naina (Gul Panag) who is about to celebrate her big three oh and life is a perfect picture with a good job and the perfect guy. However, things turn into a nightmare when her boyfriend breaks up with her to marry a girl who can finance his fathers failing business. She has some setbacks at work when the credit for all her ideas and hardwork goes to undeserving people. With few days left for her birthday she is in a mess - constantly trying to win the guy back. The movie also tells the stories of her two best friends Malini and Ruksana who stand by her and support her though they are going through some rough patches in their lives.

Cast[edit]

Review[edit]

NDTV movie review gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "..what sinks this ship is the lame writing".[6] Rediff movies review gave 1.5 out 5 stating "..A film can't be both empowering and embarrassing -- and here the latter is painfully predominant"[7]

Soundtrack[edit]

The music is composed by Siddharth-Suhas. Lyrics are penned by Suhas, Kumaar, Ram Goutam, and Prashant Pandey.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLyricsPerformer(s)Length
1."My Kajra"KumaarSaptak, Shashaa Tirupati4:21
2."Sapney"KumaarSuhas4:38
3."Tinka Tinka"Raam GoutamHamza Faruqui4:46
4."Turning 30!!!"SuhasAditi Singh Sharma4:31
5."Will You Marry Me....."Prashant PandeySuraj Jagan, Aparna Dauria4:13
6."My Kajra - Remix"KumaarSaptak, Shashaa Tirupati4:03
7."Turning 30!!! - Remix"SuhasAditi Singh Sharma3:44

References[edit]

  1. "Stills". Bollywood Hungama.
  2. ""Made in Heaven is about society!"". Kovid Gupta Films. 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. "Turning 30!!!: Complete Cast and Crew details". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  4. "Alankrita: TURNING 30!!! Is A Very Honest Film". Bollywood Chaska. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  5. "Gul Panag turns 30". The Times of India. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  6. "NDTV movie review". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  7. "Rediff movies review". Retrieved 11 November 2011.

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