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{{short description|2013 Hindi romantic film directed by Manish Tiwary}}
{{distinguish|Issac}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Issaq इसक
| image = Issaq 2013 Film Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical Official Poster
| director = [[Manish Tiwary]]
| producer = Dhaval Gada [[Shailesh R Singh]]
| writers = Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary, Manish Tiwary, Pawan Sony
| screenplay =
| starring = [[Prateik Babbar]] [[Amyra Dastur]] [[Ravi Kishan]] [[Makarand Deshpande]] [[Neena Gupta]] [[Prashant Narayanan]] Sudhir Pandey Prashant Kumar Amit Sial Vineet Kumar Yuri Suri Malini Awasthi
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Sachin–Jigar]] [[Sachin Gupta (musician)|Sachin Gupta]] Krsna '''Background score: '''[[Prashant Pillai]]
| cinematography = [[Vishal Sinha]]
| editing =
| studio = [[Pen India Limited]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2013|7|26||df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget = ₹ 250 million
| gross = ₹ 53.7 million<ref>{{cite web |title=Issaq Box Office Verdict by Box Office India |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1377 |website=BoxOfficeIndia.com |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref>
}}

'''''Issaq''''' ({{translation|Love}}) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2013|2013]] Indian Hindi [[romantic film]] directed by [[Manish Tiwary]] and produced by Dhaval Gada and Shailesh R. Singh. The film, written by Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary, Manish Tiwary and Pawan Sony, was released on 26 July 2013. The film features [[Prateik Babbar]], [[Amyra Dastur]], [[Rajeshwari Sachdev]], [[Ravi Kishan]] and [[Makarand Deshpande]] as main characters. According to BoxOfficeIndia.com, the film was a box office ''Disaster''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Issaq Box Office Verdict by Box Office India |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1377 |website=BoxOfficeIndia.com |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>

== Plot ==
This is the story based on two land mafia's of Banaras; Kashyaps and Mishras. They have throat cutting competition for gaining control over land and fight brutally over it.

==Cast==

*[[Prateik Babbar]] as Rahul Mishra ([[Romeo]])
*[[Amyra Dastur]] as Bachchi Kashyap ([[Juliet]])
*[[Ravi Kishan]] as Teeta Singh ([[Tybalt]])
*[[Rajeshwari Sachdev]] as Paro Kashyap, Bachchi's step- ([[Lady Capulet]])
*[[Makarand Deshpande]] as Baba ([[Friar Laurence]])
*[[Neena Gupta]] as Amma ([[Nurse (Romeo and Juliet)|Nurse]])
*[[Prashant Narayanan]] as [[Naxalite|Naxal]] leader
*[[Sudhir Pandey]] as Vishwanarayan Kashyap, Bachchi's ([[Capulet]])
*[[Sandeep Bose]] as Manohar Mishra, Rahul's ([[Montagues|Montague]])
*[[Prashantt Guptha]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiannewsandtimes.com/2015/12/07/two-films-and-much-more-in-the-kitty-for-actor-prashantt-guptha/ |title=Two films and much more in the kitty for actor Prashantt Guptha |date=7 December 2015 |website=www.indiannewsandtimes.com|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> as Preetam ([[Paris (Romeo and Juliet)|Paris]])
*[[Amit Sial]] as Murari (Mercutio)
*[[Vineet Kumar Singh]] as Bihata ([[Benvolio]])
*[[Yogesh Suri]] as Prince
*[[Malini Awasthi]] as Manorama
*[[Evelyn Sharma]] as Roza ([[Rosaline]])
*[[Yuri Suri]] as Minister
*[[Akhilesh Jha]] as Mahender
*[[Saurabh Yadav]] as Paras
*[[Mehdi]] as Nandkishore
*[[Ishtiyak Khan]] as Reporter
*[[Parvez Fazal Khan]] as Surta
*[[Pradeep Ghosh]] as Mishrilal

==Story==
In this original Indian adaptation of William Shakespeare's [[Romeo and Juliet]] directed by Manish Tiwary, we see the story transposed to Banaras and its neighbouring areas that are witness to violence unleashed by sand mafia controlled by urban elite and equally violent retaliation by Naxalite armies. The sand mafia is run by two influential Banarasi families, Kashyaps and Mishras, who are at brutal feud with each other. Kashyap has an 18-year-old, pretty and innocent Bachchi from his first , Bachchi's role is played by Amyra Dastur who marks her debut in this film. On the other hand, Mishra's Rahul (Played by Prateik) is a good-looking teenager with predictable interests for a boy of his background – Girls & Guns! Things change when the battle-hardened and pleasure-seeking Rahul and romantic yet head strong Bachchi fall in love. Disregarding the consequences, the young lovers choose go ahead with the feelings of their hearts. What follows is a high octane action-filled drama.

==Marketing==
The film was promoted in TV serial [[Amita Ka Amit]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/pratiek-babbar-and-amyra-dastur-on-the-sets-of-amita-ka-amit/1/9716.html |title=Pratiek Babbar, Amyra Dastur promote Issaq on Amita ka Amit |website=India Today |language=en|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-12/tv/40515335_1_amita-issaq-amyra-dastur |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714103625/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-12/tv/40515335_1_amita-issaq-amyra-dastur |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2013 |title=Prateik-Amyra play cupid for Amita and Amit |date=12 July 2015 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> The producers promoted the movie through [[Banarasi]] paan at the leading malls in [[Mumbai]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/issaq-makers-promote-film-through-paan-113071600595_1.html |title=''Issaq'' makers promote film through paan |date=16 July 2013 |work=Business Standard India|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
[[Sachin - Jigar]] composed the songs while the background score was composed by [[Prashant Pillai]].
{{Infobox album
| name = Issaq
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sachin - Jigar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 26 July 2013
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[Zee Music Company]]
| producer = [[Shailesh R Singh]]
| prev_title = [[Ramaiya Vastavaiya]]
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = [[Shuddh Desi Romance]]
| next_year = 2013
}}

===Track list===
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Issaq Tera
| extra1 = [[Mohit Chauhan]]
| music1 = [[Sachin - Jigar]]
| lyrics1 = [[Mayur Puri]]
| length1 = 3:16
| title2 = Issaq Tera (Duet)
| extra2 = Mohit Chauhan, Vibha Saraf
| music2 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics2 = [[Mayur Puri]]
| length2 = 2:12
| title3 = Jheeni Re Jheeni
| extra3 = [[Rashid Khan (musician)|Rashid Khan]], Pratibha Baghel
| music3 = Sachin – Jigar
| lyrics3 =
| length3 = 7:25
| title4 = Bhole Chale
| extra4 = [[Rahul Ram]], [[Sachin Gupta]]
| music4 =
| lyrics4 =
| length4 =
| title5 = Aag Ka Dariya| extra5 = [[Ankit Tiwari]]
| music5 =
| lyrics5 =
| length5 =
| title6 = Enne Unne
| extra6 = [[Keerthi Sagathia]], [[Mamta Sharma]], Tarun Sagar, [[Papon (Assamese singer)|Papon]]
| music6 =
| lyrics6 =
| length6 =
| title7 = Aag Ka Dariya (Unplugged)
| extra7 = [[Sachin Gupta]]
| music7 =
| lyrics7 =
| length7 =
| title8 = Tarse Naina
| extra8 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Malini Awasthi]]
| music8 =
| lyrics8 =
| length8 = 5:19
}}

==Critical response==
The movie received generally negative reviews. Piyasree Dasgupta, in a review for ''[[Firstpost]]'', summed it up as: "One wonders … what is a greater tragedy—''Romeo and Juliet'' or what ''Issaq'' made of that classic love story."<ref>{{cite web |title=Issaq Review: How Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' was murdered |last=Dasgupta |first=Dasgupta |access-date=16 April 2018 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/issaq-review-how-shakespeares-romeo-and-juliet-was-murdered-989197.html |ref=none}}</ref> Reviewing the movie for ''[[The Indian Express]]'', Shubhra Gupta find it to be "without a singular voice of its own" and that ultimately "it drowns in its own noise."<ref>{{cite web |title=Movie review ''Issaq'': Shakespeare would not be grateful for this representation |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |website=[[The Indian Express]] |date=26 July 2013 |access-date=16 April 2018 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/movie-review-issaq-shakespeare-would-not-be-grateful-for-this-representation/ |ref=none}}</ref> The review in ''[[The Times of India]]'' calls out the poor acting by Babbar and Dastur's lack of charisma. "Manish Tiwary's ''Issaq'' lacks vibe, soul or depth needed for a classic love story. With incoherent narrative, unsketched characters, wispy (sometimes embarrassing) dialogues, one good melody in the whole ditty (Issaq tera); pointless shooting (mostly in the dark), gold-plated bandooks and bombs galore—Tiwary misses every target. There are movies beautifully adapted from Shakespeare's works in the past, but none that tragically assault your creative, poetic or cinematic senses."<ref>{{cite web |title=''Issaq'' Movie Review |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 April 2016 |access-date=16 April 2018 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/issaq/movie-review/21303105.cms |ref=none}}</ref> Sarit Ray, writing for the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', thinks "seldom have [Shakespeare movie adaptations] been associated with as nonsensical a mess as Manish Tiwary's Issaq" and that "It's a pity that Issaq joins remarkable films like ''Maqbool'', ''Omkara'' and ''Angoor'' on the list of Bollywood adaptations of Shakespeare. In a time when works of literature are judged by their TV and film versions, it could even give the Bard a bit of a bad rep."<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarit Ray's review: ''Issaq'' |last=Ray |first=Sarit |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=27 July 2013 |access-date=16 April 2018 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/sarit-ray-s-review-issaq/story-WwmJGPULsbHrju5Tps9jdP.html |ref=none}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BH movie|issaq}}
* {{IMDb movie}}

{{Romeo and Juliet}}

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[[Category:Indian romantic thriller films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2010s romantic thriller films]]
[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films based on Romeo and Juliet]]

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