| Turning 30!!! | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Alankrita Shrivastava |
| Produced by | Prakash Jha |
| Story by | Alankrita Shrivastava |
| Starring | Purab Kohli Gul Panag Tillotama Shome Anita Kanwar Siddharth Makkar |
| Music by | Siddharth-Suhas |
| Cinematography | Akshay Singh |
| Editing by | Santosh Mandal |
| Studio | Prakash Jha Productions |
| Release date(s) | January 14, 2011 |
| Country | India |
| Language | English Hindi |
Turning 30!!![1] is a 2011 Bollywood film produced by Prakash Jha and directed by Alankita Srivastav - a long time assistant of Jha.[2][3]
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 and for the first time a non-political story by Prakash Jha.[4]
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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.
The story starts with a epilogue of Naina about her connection with Mumbai. She works in a advertising company called adz. She is in relationship with Rishab, a banker.
NDTV movie review gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "..what sinks this ship is the lame writing"[5]. 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"[6]
The music is composed by Siddharth-Suhas. Lyrics are penned by Suhas, Kumaar, Raam Goutam, and Prashant Pandey.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "My Kajra" | Kumaar | Saptak, Reecha | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Sapney" | Kumaar | Suhas | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Tinka Tinka" | Raam Goutam | Hamza Faruqui | 4:46 |
| 4. | "Turning 30!!!" | Suhas | Aditi Singh Sharma | 4:31 |
| 5. | "Will You Marry Me....." | Prashant Pandey | Suraj Jagan, Aparna Dauria | 4:13 |
| 6. | "My Kajra - Remix" | Kumaar | Saptak, Reecha | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Turning 30!!! - Remix" | Suhas | Aditi Singh Sharma | 3:44 |