Bey Yaar

Bey Yaar

Official poster
Directed by Abhishek Jain
Produced by Nayan Jain
Written by Bhavesh Mandalia
Niren Bhatt
Starring
Music by Sachin–Jigar
Cinematography Pushkar Singh
Edited by Satchit Puranik
Nirav Panchal
Production
company
CineMan productions
Distributed by CineMan productions
Release dates
  • 29 August 2014
Country India
Language Gujarati
Budget INR1.3 crore (US$210,000)[1]
Box office INR6.5 crore (US$1.0 million)[1]

Bey Yaar (Gujarati: બે યાર "Oh! Friend" — An expression) is a coming-of-age Gujarati film directed by Abhishek Jain. The film is about friendship and two friends. The film stars Manoj Joshi, Darshan Jariwala, Divyang Thakkar, Pratik Gandhi, Amit Mistry, Samvedna Suwalka. The film was released on 29 August 2014[2] to positive reviews and box-office success as it completed silver jubilee (25 weeks) in theatres.[3] The film will be screened at New York Indian Film Festival, the first ever Gujarati film to do so.[4]

Plot

The film begins with Uday (Kavin Dave), an artist, narrating a story of his two friends, Tapan (Tino) and Chintan (Chako).

Tapan (Pratik Gandhi) and Chintan (Divyang Thakkar) are close friends working as MR. In the greed of making quick money, they are scammed by a fraud, posing as a Godman, who promises to triple the money. Chintan's father, J J Bhatt (Darshan Jariwala) runs a tea stall, in which hangs a painting of a prominent artist M. F. Hassan. The painting was gifted to his father by the painter as a sign of friendship between them. Tapan and Chintan ask Uday to copy the painting and decide to mortgage the original to an art dealer. After several nights, Uday successfully copies the painting, they place the duplicate in place of the original. They mortgage the original painting with the art dealer, Y. B. Gandhi (Manoj Joshi). The next day Gandhi calls Chintan informing that the painting is a fake. Chintan immediately meets him. Gandhi informs him that someone else had tried to sell the same painting to another dealer and that it's a fake, implying that Tapan had double crossed him or that his father must have been lying and in actuality it must have been sold a long time back. Chintan angrily confronts both and out of anger his father throws him out of the house. Later Chintan reconciles with other friends and understands that Gandhi has cheated them. Gandhi publicly humiliates Chintan's father and announces in media that the painting and the story of the friendship behind it are fake. The friends then hatch an elaborate plan to get back the painting and pride of Chintan's father.

Cast

Production

Development

After the success of his debut film, Kevi Rite Jaish, director Abhishek Jain announced that his second film will be titled Bey Yaar and it will be about "strength of friendship". Announcing the cast, Abhishek Jain mentioned that the writer of OMG – Oh My God! and national award winner, Bhavesh Mandalia will be co-writing the film[5] and composer duo Sachin–Jigar will compose the music for the film. The cast included veteran Gujarati theatre and hindi cinema actors like Darshan Jariwala, Amit Mistry among others.[6] Manoj Joshi and Kavin Dave will be making their debuts in Gujarati movies.[7]

Filming

The film shot in Ahmedabad. The film was shot at 50 different locations in 35 days.[8][9] Talking about filming locations, Abhishek Jain said, "We have shot in the most rustic locales of Ahmedabad to bring out the real essence of the city in every scene."[10] In March 2014, it was announced that the film is almost ready.[10] Several notable Gujaratis appeared as the guests in the film including columnist Jay Vasavada, author Tushar Shukla, actor Archan Trivedi, art promoter Sonal Ambani and critic S D Desai.[8]

Soundtrack

Bey Yaar
Soundtrack album by Sachin-Jigar
Released 10 August 2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 16:45
Label Cineman Productions Limited
Sachin-Jigar chronology

Entertainment
(2014)		 Bey Yaar
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Music for the film is composed by Sachin–Jigar.[11] The director Abhishek Jain said, about the music of the film, "With Bey Yaar's music we are trying to create a friendship anthem"[12] Music review site Milliblog reviewed the soundtrack as "short but competent affair".[13]

Tracklist
No. TitleLyricsArtist(s) Length
1. "Bey Yaar Sapna Nava"  Niren BhattMadhav Krishna, Darshan Raval 3:53
2. "Bey Yaar Tara Vina"  Niren BhattSachin Singhavi 4:55
3. "Rakhad Rakhad"  Niren BhattKeerthi Sagathia 4:03
4. "Peechha Raja"  Niren BhattDivya Kumar 3:54
Total length:
 16:45

Release

In July 2014, the producers released the teaser[14] and poster[15] and was well-received. The trailer was released online on 1 August 2014. The theatrical trailer was launched on 4 August 2014 at Alpha One Mall in Ahmedabad.[16] The film was released on 29 August 2014.

The movie was initially released at Ahmedabad, Surat, and Vadodara. After great response in the first week,[17] the movie was released in Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar in the second week.[18] It expanded its presence across the multiplexes in Gujarat with 127 shows daily in fourth week.[8] After the success, it was released in Mumbai and Delhi as well.[19] Subsequently, It was released in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in Australia on 9 October 2014. It will be released in US the next month.[20] Eventually, the film was released across six continents, the first Gujarati film to do so.[21][22]

Reception

Critical Reception

Critical reception to the film has been mostly positive. Divya Bhaskar praised the film and rated it 3 out of 5 stars.[23] BuddyBits.com rated it 4.5 out of 5 stars praising it to be one of the best films coming out from Gujarati cinema.[24] Sandesh praised it and called it a mature movie.[25] Times of India reviewed it positively saying, "Wonderfully executed, beautifully crafted and crisply edited, the movie makes the popcorn and the hot cuppa more enjoyable." and rated it 4 stars out of 5.[26] Jay Vasavada called it, "Brilliant, Brave, Bright".[27] The film will be screened at New York Indian Film Festival and will be the first ever Gujarati film to do so.[4]

Boxoffice

The film had a limited release across cinemas in Gujarat and Maharashtra, but was running with packed houses on the day of the release[28] and continued the success in the first weekend.[17] The film completed 100 days in many cities.[29] and eventually completed 25 weeks.[3] The film collected INR6.5 crore (US$1.0 million) on the box office.[1]

Awards

14th Annual Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage awards

The film was nominated for 14 out of 16 categories and won total 9 awards, including the best film.[30][31]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "ETC Bollywood Business - Team Bey Yaar - Komal Nahta". YouTube. 24 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bey Yaar’s Theatrical Trailer Launched". DeshGujarat. 1 August 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shreya Iyer (14 February 2015). "‘Bey Yaar’ finishes 25 weeks in theatres".
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shreya Iyer (26 March 2015). "Bey Yaar goes international once again".
  5. ↑ Soumitra Das (15 July 2014). "I have enjoyed co-writing a Gujarati film: Bhavesh Mandalia". Times of India.
  6. ↑ "Kevi Rite Jaish team announces next Gujarati film – Bey Yaar". DeshGujarat. 29 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Navya Malini (4 August 2014). "Kavin Dave makes his Gujarati debut in Bey Yaar".
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Priya Adhyaru Majithia (18 September 2014). "Bey yaar, how Gujarati are you?". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Kinjal Shah-Desai (12 February 2014). "'Bey yaar...film toh ready chhe, bakaa!’". Daily News and Analysis.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Shreya Iyer (30 March 2014). "‘Bey Yaar’ it’s almost ready". The Times of India.
  11. ↑ "Bey yaar Songs". Hungama. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Shreya Iyer (24 June 2014). "With Bey Yaar’s music we are trying to create a friendship anthem: Abhishek Jain".
  13. ↑ Karthik (21 August 2014). "Bey Yaar (Music review), Gujarati – Sachin-Jigar". Milliblog.
  14. ↑ Ano Patel (27 July 2014). "Bey Yaar's first teaser creates a buzz". Times of India.
  15. ↑ Navya Malini (27 July 2014). "First look of Bey Yaar is out". Times of India.
  16. ↑ "Bey Yaar theatrical trailer launched at Cinepolis Ahmedabad". The Times of India. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Shruti Jambhekar (2 Sep 2014). "Bey Yaar goes housefull on weekend in Ahmedabad multiplexes". Times of India.
  18. ↑ "Bey Yaar will very soon release in Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar!". 3 Sep 2014.
  19. ↑ Ano Patel (30 September 2014). "Bey Yaar completes a month in theatres".
  20. ↑ Iyer, Shreya (3 October 2014). "Bey Yaar to be screened in Australia". Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  21. ↑ "Dhoom on foreign soil". Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  22. ↑ Navya Malini (23 November 2014). "Gujarati movie Bey Yaar goes global".
  23. ↑ Rajesh Vora (29 August 2014). "Movie review: Bey Yaar". Divya Bhaskar.
  24. ↑ Nishit Jariwala (29 August 2014). "Movie Review: Bey Yaar". BuddyBits.com.
  25. ↑ "‘બે યાર’:આ ગુજરાતી ફિલ્મ જોઈને પડી જશે જલસો". Sandesh. 29 August 2014.
  26. ↑ Navya Malini (1 Sep 2014). "Bey Yaar". Times of India.
  27. ↑ Jay Vasavada (3 Sep 2014). "Anavrut – Jay Vasavada". Gujarat Samachar.
  28. ↑ "A full house on Day 1!". DNA. 30 Aug 2014.
  29. ↑ Ano Patel (15 December 2014). "Cast and crew of Bey Yaar celebrate the perfect century".
  30. ↑ Shruti Jambekar (27 February 2015). "Bey Yaar gets nominated for 14 categories". Times of India.
  31. ↑ Shruti Jambekar (1 March 2015). "Bey Yaar bags nine awards". Times of India.

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