Aafat-E-Ishq

Aafat-e-Ishq is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Indrajit Nattoji, and produced by Zee Studios. The film is based on the Hungarian film Liza, the Fox-Fairy. It features Neha Sharma, Namit Das, Deepak Dobriyal, Amit Sial. The film was released on 29 October 2021 on ZEE5. The film received mixed reviews, criticizing the pace and writing while appreciating the multigenre filmmaking style, unconventional storytelling, unique cinema art, and outstanding performances.

Synopsis

Lallo is a 30-year-old lonely caretaker of a bedridden widow named Bahuji. Her only friend is a friendly ghost and singer, Atmaram. After reading the fabled Laal Pari book, she thinks she is cursed and whoever falls in love with Lallo dies mysteriously.

Cast

Neha Sharma as Lallo
Namit Das as Atmaram, Ghost
Deepak Dobriyal as Police Investigator, Vikram Kamal
Amit Sial as Prem Gunjan
Ila Arun as Bahuji, widow
Archanna Guptaa as Suhani
Vikram Kochhar as Sunil Samajdhar
Anil Charanjeett as Pratap
Darshan Jariwalla as Ramdayal
Kenisha Awasthi as Zoya
Garima Jain as the girl in the magazine
Hetal Puniwala as Postmaster Mishra
Payas Pandit as a Police constable, Fauzia,

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by Gaurav Chatterji with lyrics written by Ginny Diwan, Sandeep Gaur and Indrajit Nattoji. Namit Das sung the first song in his career.

Release

The film was released on ZEE5 on 29 October 2021.

Reception

Hiren Kotwani of The Times of India gave the film 2 out of 5, writing ″At the end of it, Aafat-e-Ishq doesn't live up to the expectations as a remake of the original Hungarian movie that won several awards at various film festivals.″ Chirantana Bhatt of Gujarati Mid Day wrote ″It is imperative to talk about how magic realism has been added to the extent and how the presence of art is treated in the direction, cinematography, set-up and other designing of this film. This is an attempt to explore the different ways in which art can be present on the cinema screen.″