My Birthday Song

My Birthday Song is a 2018 Bollywood psychological thriller film produced and directed by Samir Soni.[1] The film stars the co-producer Sanjay Suri with Nora Fatehi, Zenia Starr and Ayaz Khan in supporting roles. The film revolves around a happily-married man and the song on his 40th birthday. It was released on 19 January 2018.[2]

My Birthday Song
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySamir Soni
Written bySamir Soni
Vrushali Telang
Produced bySanjay Suri
Samir Soni
StarringSanjay Suri
Nora Fatehi
Zenia Starr
Ayaz Khan
Suparna Krishna
Sameer Sharma
Elena Kazan
CinematographyShubham Kasera
Edited bySandeep Sethy
Music byScore:
Pawan Rasaily
Songs:
Rajeev V Bhalla
Ajay Govind
Nitin K. Menon
Joy Barua
Pawan Rasaily
Production
company
Kahwa Entertainment
Distributed byKahwa Entertainment
Release date
  • 19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Rajiv (Suri) is celebrating his 40th birthday with his friends when he meets a stranger named Sandy (Fatehi) and is intimate with her. She is killed accidentally by pieces of broken glass in the back of her head. Rajiv is stunned looking at the blood-soaked pillow and gulps a lot of alcohol with sleeping pills. The next morning, he wakes up to realise that everything that he was experiencing was just a dream but, as the day progresses, the events that take place in his life and the people that he comes across make him question whether what happened last night was a dream or did it actually happen. He calls his friend to check if his friend is fetching Sandy for the evening party. His friend is shocked as Rajiv was not told about it earlier. Rajiv discovers that Sandy is alive and staying at a hotel, where he calls her and asks to meet her. Sandy is the same girl he had met a few years before for his advertisement shoot and had spent the night with and forgotten.

Sandy tries to be intimate with Rajiv at the hotel room, but he tells her he saw her dying at the p party. When she hugs him, he remembers the dream suddenly and pushes her back abruptly. She falls on a glass that breaks in her head and she lies on the floor with blood all over. Rajiv is now scared that his dream has come true. On the way back, he is stopped by the police for speeding and asked for his licence. He shows it to the policeman and sees his father's picture in his wallet. He recollects a childhood scene where his parents fought over the dinner table and the argument ended with their separation. On the way, his car suddenly breaks down on a remote road with the engine smoking. Out of the blue, a mechanic walks up to him with a tool kit and wishes him happy birthday as he ponders the situation. It can only be a fortunate day, a birthday, when someone's car breaks down and a mechanic comes up with a toolkit. Meanwhile, his car's tire is also punctured which he gets repaired. Before leaving, the mechanic murmurs him a statement and says "Apki Sandy ready hai, sir." Rajiv is stunned again and looks for the mechanic, but he has disappeared.

Rajiv starts his car and journey again. On his way, he remembers the good times spent with his wife on anniversary days and Sandy's head in blood again.

Cast

  • Sanjay Suri as Rajiv Kaul
  • Nora Fatehi as Sandy
  • Zenia Starr as Ritu
  • Ayaz Khan as Vikram Acharya
  • Sameer Sharma as Ravi Kaul
  • Elena Kazan as Amy
  • Suparna Krishna as Achala
  • Aarti Khetarpal as Annie
  • Aryan Veir Suri as Young Rajiv
  • Kaushar Ali Khan as Vijay
  • Aalam Bedi as Yash Kaul
  • Rohan Awasthi as Maanav Kaul
  • Poonam Kindo as Madhu
  • Savitri Wahi as Nani Maa
  • Mayana Sherawat as Baby Sandy
  • Devishi Sharma as Young Sandy
  • Purab Kohli as Ashish (cameo)
  • Pitobash Tripathy as Waiter/Mechanic (cameo)

Soundtrack

My Birthday Song
Soundtrack album by
Various
Released12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)[3]
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length22:03
LabelKahwa Entertainment
Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The film's songs were composed by Rajeev V Bhalla, Ajay Govind, Nitin Krishna Menon, Pawan Rasaily and Joi Barua with background music by Pawan Rasaily.

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."My Birthday Song"Akshay K SaxenaRaajeev V BhallaRaajeev V Bhalla04:11
2."Ajnabi"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonMohan Kannan05:54
3."Ghayal"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonMohan Kannan05:41
4."Bhaag"Ajay GovindAjay Govind & Nitin Krishna MenonJoi Barua04:06
5."Rain"Joi BaruaPawan Rasaily & Joi BaruaJoi Barua02:11
Total length:22:03

Critical response

The Times of India rated the film with 2.5/5 stars saying that it is for the audience which likes dark and mysterious cinema.[4] Rajeev Masand of News 18 wrote that the film kept him guessing until the end and said, "It's not a perfect film, but there's enough to merit a single watch," and gave 2.5/5 stars.[5] Sify mentioned that the film is looks good and that the first-time director Soni seems to grasp the secret of audiences' collective gasp.[6] Rediff wrote that this psychological thriller is an honest effort and a huge relief for movie enthusiasts and gave 3.5/5 stars.[7] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 and said, "The plotting and the treatment of My Birthday Song is far too inept to create a solid psychological thriller out of this looping-upon-itself story, whose big reveal is too brief, too late."[8] Sweta Kaushal of The Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 2 stars out of 5 and said that, "Debutante director Samir Soni starts off with an amazing idea which is failed by its execution. It is the heavy-footed treatment of the film that fails it. It is so over-dramatic that even the solid theme on which it is based gets lost."[9]

References

  1. "Samir Soni talks about his directorial debut Bollywood movie". The Moviean. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
  2. Gupta, Shubhra (19 January 2018). "The Sanjay Suri starrer is an inept psychological thriller". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
    - Kaushal, Sweta (19 January 2018). "A clever idea that fails to take off". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. "My Birthday Song (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes.
  4. Noorani, Reza (20 January 2018). "My Birthday Song". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. Masand, Rajeev (19 January 2018). "A Thriller That Messes With Your Head". News 18. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. "Thriller in pursuit of relentless thrills". Sify. 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. Zore, Prasanna (19 January 2018). "My Birthday Song: A psychological thriller". Rediff. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  8. "The Sanjay Suri starrer is an inept psychological thriller". The Indian Express.
  9. "A clever idea that fails to take off". The Hindustan Times.
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