| Virgin Bhanupriya | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Ajay Lohan |
| Produced by | Shreyans Mahendra Dhariwal |
| Starring | Urvashi Rautela |
| Cinematography | Johny Lal |
| Edited by | Akshay Mohan |
| Music by | Sanjoy Chowdhury |
Production company | Dhariwal Films |
| Distributed by | ZEE5 |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Virgin Bhanupriya is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Ajay Lohan and produced by Shreyans Mahendra Dhariwal. The film stars Urvashi Rautela in the lead role, with Gautam Gulati, Archana Puran Singh, Chaitanya Kanhai and Rumana Molla playing supporting roles. The film is a family comedy that explores relationship between youngsters and their families. The film was scheduled for theatrical release in India and received negative reviews,[2][3] but has moved to release on 16 July 2020 through ZEE5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Cast
- Urvashi Rautela as Bhanupriya Awasthi (Bhanu)
- Gautam Gulati as Shartiya / Abhimanyu
- Archana Puran Singh as Madhu Awasthi, Bhanupriya's mother
- Rumana Molla as Rukul Singh
- Rajiv Gupta as Vijay Awasthi, Bhanupriya's father
- Brijendra Kala as Police Inspector
- Niki Aneja Walia as Moon
- Natasha Suri as Sonali
- Sumit Gulati as Rajiv
- Chaitanya Kanhai as Alex
- Pranav Verma as Jhanda
- Ashutosh Senwal as Chukiya
- Amrit Arora as Pungi
- Ayush Gupta as Computer Geek
- Delnaaz Irani as Tarot Card Reader
- Shiv Kumar as Shartiya's Father
- Dimple Chauhan as Shartiya's Mother
- Kamlesh Kumar Mishra as Pandit
- Vikas Verma as Irfan[4]
Release
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was not released theatrically and was streamed on ZEE5 worldwide on 16 July 2020.[1]
Soundtrack
| Virgin Bhanupriya | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by Chirrantan Bhatt, Ramji Gulati, Amjad Nadeem Aamir and Saurabh-Vaibhav | |||||
| Released | 27 July 2020[5] | ||||
| Recorded | 2019 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 19:10 | ||||
| Language | Hindi | ||||
| Label | Zee Music Company | ||||
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The film's music was composed by Chirrantan Bhatt, Ramji Gulati, Amjad Nadeem Aamir and Saurabh-Vaibhav while lyrics written by Manoj Yadav, Kumaar, Alokik Rahi, Amjad Nadeem, Ajay Lohan and Sumit Sharma.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dil Apni Haddon Se" | Manoj Yadav | Chirrantan Bhatt | Jyotica Tangri | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Kangna Vilayati" | Kumaar | Ramji Gulati | Jyotica Tangri | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Beat Pe Thumka" | Alokik Rahi, Amjad Nadeem | Amjad Nadeem Aamir | Jyotica Tangri | 3:21 |
| 4. | "Virgin Bhanupriya - Title Track" | Ajay Lohan | Saurabh-Vaibhav | Dev Negi | 2:42 |
| 5. | "Dil Apni Haddon Se" (Yasser Version) | Manoj Yadav | Chirrantan Bhatt | Yasser Desai | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Kadi Hoon Karke" | Ajay Lohan, Sumit Sharma | Saurabh-Vaibhav | Sheetal Gupta | 2:28 |
| Total length: | 19:10 | ||||
Critical reception
Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of The Times of India rated the film 2/5, calling it "another run-of-the-mill tale on sexual liberation".[6] Devasheesh Pandey of News18 gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5, writing ″Urvashi Rautela's 'Virgin Bhanupriya' is not a disguised sex comedy and functions more as a family drama. It brings forth how the society sees sexual curiosity as something scandalous.″[7] Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 stars out of 5, writing ″VIRGIN BHANUPRIYA is 1 hour 50 minutes long and starts off with the central plot without wasting any time. Some of the situations in the film are funny, on paper, but doesn't translate the same way on screen. The track of Rajiv is mediocre. Shartiya's entry is heroic and one expects the film to get better. Sadly, that doesn't really happen. The film should have been high on humour and also emotional moments and barring a joke or two, nothing really works. The climax is haphazard and even though the twist is kind of unexpected, the impact is not made.″[8]
References
- 1 2 3 "Virgin Bhanupriya". Bollywood Hungama. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ "Urvashi Rautela starrer Virgin Bhanupriya to release on June 12, 2020". Bollywood Hungama. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "Virgin Bhanupriya". The Times of India. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "Will 'Virgin' Bhanupriya break her virginity vow? Watch ZEE5's latest flick to find out!". Hindustan Times. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ↑ "Virgin Bhanupriya - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn. 4 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ↑ Purkayastha, Pallabi Dey (20 July 2020). "Virgin Bhanupriya". Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ↑ "Virgin Bhanupriya Movie Review: Urvashi Rautela's Film Is Not A Disguised Sex Comedy". News18. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (16 July 2020). "Virgin Bhanupriya Movie Review: Bhanupriya played by Rautela, an Indian college going conservative girl decides to lose her virginity. she thinks it should be the easiest thing in today's world however, all her attempts go in vain and as a soothsayer predicts, it is an impossible task that won't happen ever in her life. What happens after that andRead More". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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