Love Games (film)

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Love Games
Patralekha
Tara Alisha Berry
Gaurav Arora
CinematographyManoj Soni
Music bySangeet Haldipur
Siddharth Haldipur-(Sangeet-Siddharth)
Production
companies
Distributed byAA Films
Release date
  • 8 April 2016 (2016-04-08)
Running time
1 hr 54 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹100 million[1]
Box office₹40.4 million[2][1]

Love Games (also known as Love Games: Love Dangerously) is a 2016

Patralekha, Gaurav Arora and Tara Alisha Berry in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.[3][4]

Plot

Ramona Raichand (

Patralekha) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thrill and lust are all she wants in life, and Sam (Gaurav Arora) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for a temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist (Rukhsar Rehman
) that something was missing in his life, but this void makes him feel no pain, emotionally. He also says that he believes love is nothing but an excuse for lust. It is also revealed that his mother had fled with another man despite loving his father, and marrying him out of her own choice. Thus, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending.

His friend, Ramona tells him that he does not believe in love, because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.

So, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana (Hiten Tejwani) and his surgeon wife Alisha (Tara Alisha Berry). The wife's vulnerability against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However things do not remain a game any more when Sam eventually falls deeply in love with Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes the center stage and Sam becomes the victim.

Cast

Production

Marketing

The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views on YouTube in few days.[5]

Soundtrack

Love Games
Film score by
Sangeet-Siddharth
Released8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)
Recorded2015
GenrePop
Length26:25
LabelT-Series
ProducerSangeet-Siddharth

The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 under T-Series. It also had English songs. It was composed by Sangeet-Siddharth and the lyrics were given by Kausar Munir and Vikram Bhatt.[6]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Awargi"Kausar MunirSangeet Haldipur
Rasika Shekar		04:34
2."Love Games"Kausar MunirAanchal Shrivastava04:22
3."Mohabbat"Kausar MunirSiddharth Haldipur03:50
4."Nirvana"Kausar MunirMohan Kannan04:14
5."Aye Dil"Kausar MunirSunidhi Chauhan04:19
6."Lock Him Up"Vikram BhattSonia Saigal
Ravindra Chary		02:57
7."Poison"Vikram BhattShon Pinto02:14
Total length:26:25

Release

The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner of Vishesh Films and was distributed by T-Series and Yash Raj Films in cinemas across India.[7][8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Times of India
Zee News
NDTV Movies
The Indian Express

The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu of

Times of India gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."[9]
Sarita A Tanwar of
DNA India said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.[10] Zee News rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.[11] Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV Movies said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.[12] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave a half star to the film.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Love Games - Movie - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com.
  2. ^ Hungama, Bollywood. "Love Games Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama.
  3. ^ "Patralekha sizzles in Love Games poster". The Hindu. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. Times of India
    . Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Patralekha and Gaurav starrer Love Games trailer crosses over 4 million hits". deccanchronicle.com. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ^ "FIRST SONG FROM 'LOVE GAMES' RELEASED". Bolly Speice. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. iBN Live. 3 March 2016. Archived from the original
    on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  8. ^ Gaikwad, Pramod (3 March 2016). "Love Games trailer: Patralekhaa starrer is all about love, lust and betrayals". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  9. Times of India
    . Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  10. DNA India
    . Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Love Games movie review: Dangerously manipulative". Zee News. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  12. ^ Saibal Chatterjee (8 April 2016). "Love Games Movie Review". NDTV Movies. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  13. ^ Shubhra Gupta (8 April 2016). "Love Games review: All sorts of things crop up in this Vikram Bhatt film". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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