This Weekend
| This Weekend | |
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 Poster of the Tamil version of Kaattu Puli | |
| Directed by | Tinu Verma |
| Starring | Arjun Sarja Rajneesh Duggal Sayali Bhagat Bianca Desai Amit Dawer Annanya Brahma Jahan Jennifer Taniya Mirza |
| Music by | Vijay Verma |
Production company | Kapishek Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
This Weekend is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Tinu Verma and starring Arjun Sarja, Rajneesh Duggal, Sayali Bhagat, Bianca Desai, Amit Dawer, Annanya Brahma, Jahan, Jennifer and Taniya Mirza. The climax of the film was also partially reshot in Tamil (under the title Kaattu Puli; transl. Forest tiger) and Telugu.[1][2] The film was released on 17 February 2012. The movie was a unofficial adaptation of Hollywood movie Wrong Turn.
Plot
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A family consisting of a father, Dr. Sanjay; a mother, Dr. Shivani; and their daughter, Anjali are having a picnic but get stuck in the forest. They are joined by three couples (played by Rajneesh Duggal and Sayali Bhagat,[3] Annanya and Amit, and Jahan and Jennifer).[4][5]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Arjun Sarja as Dr. Sanjay
- Rajneesh Duggal as Ajay
- Sayali Bhagat as Divya
- Bianca Desai as Dr. Shivani
- Raj Preemi as Naga
- Tinu Verma as Rudra
- Amit Dawer as Raj
- Annanya Brahma as Sonal
- Tina as Dr. Sujata
- Sikha Aarya as Chanddi
- Jahan as Gaurav
- Jennifer as Shruti
- Taniya Mirza as Anjali
Production
[edit | edit source]Stunt director Tinu Verma first met Arjun Sarja on the sets of Champion (2000).[4] This film marks the Bollywood debut of Bianca Desai.[6] The film was shot in Talakona.[7] The film was awarded an 'A' certificate.[8][9]
Soundtrack
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Amitabh Bachchan attended the film's audio launch since Tinu Verma had worked as an action director for several of Amitabh Bachchan's films.[10][11][12][13]
Track listing
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Reception
[edit | edit source]A critic from SuperGoodMovies.com gave the film a rating of two out of five and opined that the film "was okay for Arjun fans".[5] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com gave the film a rating of one-half out of five stars and called the film "an act of raping cinema".[14]
Box office
[edit | edit source]The film released to no expectations and was a box office failure.[15][16]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- This Weekend at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).