Pyaar Ka Punchnama

About the film

Pyaar Ka Punchnama (transl. Post mortem of love) is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy buddy film written and directed by newbie Luv Ranjan. The film stars debutant Kartik Aaryan, Divyendu Sharma, Raayo S. Bakhirta, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonnalli Seygall and Ishita Raj Sharma and follows the story of three working bachelors who find girls whom they fall in love with and the twists and turns of the newly developing love stories. It was a sleeper hit at the box office, grossing ₹175 million (US$1.8 million) worldwide. A standalone sequel Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 was released on 16 October 2015. It was remade in Telugu as Green Signal.

Plot

Rajat "Rajjo" Mridul, Nishant "Liquid" Aggarwal, and Vikrant "Vicky" Chaudhary are working bachelors who live together in a flat in Noida.

Rajat falls in love with Neha. Nishant falls for Charu, who is his colleague. She makes him do a good part of her work in the office and makes him foot her beauty parlor bills. He is too naive to understand that she is only using him for financial assistance and moral support. Charu has a boyfriend, Abhijeet "Abhi", but they are not on the best of terms. Vikrant loves Rhea, who cannot get over her boyfriend of five years, Varun, a common friend of the two.

Rajat leaves the bachelor pad. Vikrant, however, is aware of Varun and knows that Rhea has not yet called off that relationship, but he does not mind waiting because he is besotted. On her part, Rhea keeps assuring him that she will end the relationship but ends up sleeping with Varun while she is dating Vikrant.

Critical reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5, saying that "On the whole, Pyaar Ka Punchnama has a single-point plan of engaging and amusing the spectators by telling a story that is unusual, yet relevant. It's a radiantly good cinema that needs to be lauded and encouraged. Strongly recommended, go for it!"

Subhash K. Jha of Now Running gave 3.5 stars on a scale of 5, commenting that "Pyaar Ka Punchnama is a delightful rugged romantic-comedy."

Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India gave 3 stars out of 5, noting that "The film had promise and does have a few funny sequences. But by and large, it's a case of promises unfulfilled."

Awards

Pyaar Ka Punchnama was screened at the Indian Film Festival in Berlin and was widely appreciated by the audience.

It got a roaring applause at a special screening in a director's cut section in October 2012, held at the annual cultural fest of IIT Kanpur, Antaragini 2012.

4th Mirchi Music Awards: Upcoming Music Composer of The Year – Hitesh Sonik for "Baanwre" – Nominated

Soundtrack

All lyrics have been written by Luv Ranjan.

Singers :- Benny Dayal, Vishal Dadlani, KK, Sid Cuotto; Composer :- Clinton Cerejo

Singer :- Suzanne D'Mello; Composer :- AD Boyz

Sequel

Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 is a standalone sequel to the film. The sequel is directed by Luv Ranjan and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Panorama Studios Production. The film stars Kartik Aaryan, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh, Nushrat Bharucha, Ishita Raj Sharma and Sonnalli Seygall. It was released on 16 October 2015.

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