Total Siyapaa

Total Siyapaa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	E. Nivas
Produced by	Neeraj Pandey Shital Bhatia
Written by	Neeraj Pandey
Story by	Rules Shankarr
Starring	Ali Zafar Yami Gautam
Music by	Ali Zafar
Production company	Friday Filmworks AKA Pictures Company Ltd
Distributed by	Reliance Entertainment
Release dates	7 March 2014 (2014-03-07)
Running time	108 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	Rs 8 Crore
Box office	Rs 45 Crore

Total Siyapaa (earlier titled Aman ki Asha) (Hindi: टोटल सियापा) is an Hindi romantic comedy film directed by E. Nivas and written by Neeraj Pandey.^[2] Film released on 7 March under the banner of Reliance Big Entertainment with a screen count of 850 ^[3][4] in comparison to 1,600 each for Gulaab Gang and 800 screens for Queen. The collections of Queen and Total Siyaapa were very similar at multiplexes with Total Siyapaa leading at some multiplexes and Queen leading at others and also a similar release for both films.^[5][6] Movie received good critical reception^{[7][8][9] [10]}

Film stars Chashme Baddoor, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and Tere Bin Laden famed Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam in lead roles.^[11] Veteran actor Anupam Kher and his real life wife and Veteran actress Kiron Kher are appearing together for the first time in a movie.^[12] Strong pre release buzz was achieved by releasing Movies theatrical trailer 100 days before the movie release on 25 November 2013. Music was very well received by critics. Palat meri Jaan and Title Song became Chartbusters. Zee Cine Awards 2014 was the platform to the first look launch of two of the biggest upcoming Bollywood movies- Akshay Kumar starrer- `Holiday`and Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam starrer- `Total Siyapaa`^[13][14]

Gada-owned Pen India Pvt Ltd has purchased the rights from Reliance Entertainment, However, there is a new arrangement to this acquisition. Gada explains, ‘& Pictures’ has bought 'Total Siyapaa' in a new model of 50 per cent equity in an underwritten satellite deal. Reliance will underwrite the film overseas and has changed the release date to 7 March. Now all the promotion and hype for the film will be done by Zee network.” 'Total Siyapaa' was initially scheduled to release on 30 January. But after this deal, Reliance and Gada decided to postpone the release date so that they could go all out to promote the film in a big way.^[15]

Cast

• Ali Zafar as Aman
• Yami Gautam as Asha
• Anupam Kher as Asha's father
• Kiron Kher as Asha's mother
• Sara Khan as Asha's sister
• Vishwa Badola as Asha's Grand father
• Anuj Pandit as Asha's Brother
• Barrie Martin

Plot

Aman (Ali Zafar), who is in London, hopes to marry Asha (Yami Gautam), an Indian girl, also in London. He visits her parents' house to seek their permission to marry her. However, his plans to impress the family start failing when they discover that he is a Pakistani. Total Siyapaa (Total Chaos) is about a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless Pakistani boy while visiting his girlfriend's parents, leading to some of the funniest, chaotic and outrageous situations.^[16][17]

Critical Reception

Trailer was well received by critics by writing That trailer gives stomach pain (in a positive way) and your eyes will burst into water because of the belly laughter nature of the movie. We have to appreciate the director Eshvar Niwas for his courage to handle the ‘easily can burn the fingers’ story theme. He passed the acid test perfectly in the trailer. Ali Zafar is the hero of the film, lyricist, music director of the siyappa and looks excellent in the trailer. one thing we have to appreciate, there no vulgar double meaning words in the name of comedy.^[18] Actress Yami Gautam is thrilled with the response that the trailer of her next film "Total Siyapaa" is getting online. She says it's the biggest encouragement for her.^[19]

Movie received good critical reception declaring it an audacious comedy that dares to poke fun at a border issue, the film is stylised and is attentively staged.^[20]Kaushal Chakravarty says Total siyapa is ultimate comedy and fresh perspective of India-Pakistan love ^[21] Subhash K Jha, Indo-Asian News Service said that The cast does well with Ali, Kirron and Sara leading the pack.^[22]

Box office Reception

The collections of Queen and Total Siyaapa were very similar at multiplexes with Total Siyapaa leading at some multiplexes and Queen leading at others and also a similar release for both films.^[23]

The film did good in overseas,^[24] being positively received in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.^[25]

Soundtrack

The album is sung and composed by Ali Zafar who is also the main lead of the movie. Music was released on 14 February 2014 and was very well received by Critics. Karthik writes "The title song Total Siyaapa along with the quirky lyrics, dialogues and sounds, is good fun. Ali Zafar fares really well in Palat Meri jaan, singing, writing and composing the lovely ballad. Palat Meri Jaan is a Chart buster. Nahi maloom has a captivating Middle-Eastern + Latino blend sound and is sung particularly well by Ali and Fariha Parvaiz. The composer-singer uses a reggae template in Asha and delivers a nice, winsome song. Chal buleya is sufi song with a message. Barring that minor misstep, charming soundtrack overall, with Ali offering a good demonstration of his multi-facetedness.^[26][27][28]

References

External links

• Total Siyapaa at Bollywoodhungama.com
• Total Siyapaa at the Internet Movie Database
• Total Siyapaa on Facebook