BOMBAY TIMES (December 15, 2016)

After the success of Hate Story 2 and Hate Story 3, Vishal Pandya explores a novel subject in Wajah Tum Ho (WTH). The thriller revolves around the hacking of a television channel following which a murder is broadcast, live! Perhaps the first of its kind in Bollywood, the movie's makers list five reasons that make this Gurmeet Choudhary-Sana Khaan-Sharman Joshi-Rajniesh Duggall starrer an interesting watch...

BASED ON A TRUE STORY
In recent times, 'hacking' has dominated mainstream news, with several social media and email accounts being hacked and private information leaked out on the net. WTH shows a television channel being hacked to broadcast a live murder.


EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON HACKING
The director has done extensive research on hacking before making the thriller. He even hosted a screening of the film for a group of professional hackers and was pleased with their feedback. They said that he has treated the subject rather realistically and not taken too many cinematic liberties.

AN INTERESTING SOUNDTRACK
The film's music has resonated with listeners; the title track, composed by Mithoon and sung by Altamash Faridi and Tulsi Kumar, has already become popular. Gourav-Roshin's recreated version of Maahi Ve, rendered by Neha Kakkar and picturised on Zareen Khan, has also found favour with moviebuffs.


STRIKING DIALOGUES BY THE CAST
While Rashmi Virag has penned the dialogues, the way Sharman who plays a police inspector, has delivered his lines is said to be impressive. Those who have got a sneak peek of the thriller recall Sharman's lines like “Kaatil koi aur hi hai. Yehi pata lagane mein hi toh iss vardi ki shaan hai. Varna vardiyaan toh kiraye pe bhi milti hai“ and “Sir, meri qualification ka kya hai; yeh meri service revolver hain na, main jab chaahoon, jispe chaahoon, chala sakta hoon.“

SIZZLING HOT JODI OF GURMEET AND SANA
The two actors, who have teamed up on screen for the first time, are said to share a scorching chemistry. In fact, the film's makers promise that what we've seen in the trailers is just a glimpse.


BEHIND THE SCENES
- While Gurmeet was learning his lines by heart for an important courtroom scene, Sana casually went to him and said, “You will lose the argument to me in court. So, why are you working so hard on what you're going to say?“ Gurmeet was quite unnerved by the conversation and after every take, he'd ask Vishal if his shot was okay.

- When a romantic song was being picturised, the director wanted 2000 roses. Soon, crew members hit the local market to purchase the flowers. Sensing a golden opportunity, the vendors hiked the price that day.

- Sana turned out to be a one take actress. One scene required her to break seven glass mirrors with a lamp post; she did it so well, the entire team applauded her performance.

- However, there was one sequence that saw her giving seven retakes. The scene required Sana to be deep in prayer. For some strange reason, she kept oscillating during the scene. Finally, Vishal got his assistant to hold her legs so she wouldn't move. After the shot, everyone joked about how the energetic actress couldn't sit still even for a single moment.

- Gurmeet was made to drink eight litres of apple juice for a particular scene. He was so fed up, he swore never to touch it again in his life.

Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; June 5, 2015)

After the success of  Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main which touched almost 7 million views, Tiger Shroff will be back in record time with another single. While the earlier one showcased his camaraderie with Pakistani pop singer Atif Aslam, this one will see him romancing his Heropanti heroine, Kriti Sanon.

Ahmed Khan, who is directing the video for Bhushan Kumar and was instrumental in getting Kriti on board, told Mirror, "Everyone loved them in Heropanti and it will be great to see them pair up again. It's a romantic song sung by Arijit Singh and composed by Amaal Mallik. We will be shooting in the rains. You'll see Kriti matching steps with Tiger in a contemporary tango style. We will release it by the end of the month."

Tiger too is excited about collaborating with his first co-star again. "It's been a while since Heropanti and I'm looking forward to spending time with her again," he said.

The song is aimed at today's youth. Rashmi Virag has written this song, Chal wahan jaate hain, and Amaal reveals that it's about two lovers who don't think this world is an apt place for their love. They want to go to a place where they get to be with each other.

For now, the couple has been rehearsing separately as Tiger is shooting for Sabbir Khan's Baaghi but will start practising together from next week. "We won't disappoint our fans," Tiger promises.

Roshmila Bhattacharya (MUMBAI MIRROR; May 14, 2015)

"Towards the end of Khamoshiyan, Mukesh Bhatt called me one day and told me it was time to move on... To another film, written by Bhattsaab (Mahesh Bhatt) and directed by Mohit (Suri). And it's important that you impress them too," reminisces singer-composer Jeet Gannguli who was then given a two-line story narration by Mohit and told to come up with a song which reflected the film's title, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, without any of the trio even describing the song situation to him. All he was told was that when people see the film, they should remember this song.

Jeet went back home and started reflecting on the title... And he soon realised that no relationship is ever complete even if you were to live with the person all your life. Being away from Kolkata for the last two decades, he yearned for his parents and the buddies he'd grown up with. And often one of Shakti Chattopadhyay's Bengali poems came to his mind which reiterated that after a man dies he returns to find out if his friends still remember him, and the day he finds himself forgotten is the day he really dies.

"I missed my friends from school and college and wondered if they still recalled those fun days... I missed the music sessions at home with baba on the accordion, me strumming my guitar and singing and ma joining me... There was a sense of loneliness and emptiness in Mumbai, far away from them," he sighs.

Wife Chandrani filled some of the vacuum with her effervescent presence but Jeet admitted that the sense of loss remained. "You need to feel it to appreciate what you have got," he reasons.

All these thoughts crystallised into a two-line mukhda without words which Jeet sang to Mukesh Bhatt on the phone. He was enchanted and insisted Jeet sound out Mohit too. The young director was ebullient, "Fantastic dada, let's have a sitting tomorrow?," he said.

They met on the morrow and were joined by Mahesh Bhatt whose eyes turned moist when Jeet sighed over the words, Hamari adhuri kahani. "That was the biggest compliment I could have received. The man whose films I had grown up on, tearing up over one of my compositions," marvels Jeet admitting that since then, everyone, from his young recordist Pankaj Vora to his wife and the common man have reacted to the song with tears.

"Even my programmer Prasad, violinist Suresh Lalwani, guitarist Ankur Mukerjee and flutist Humtu were moved. And my parents who usually tell me I can do better, responded to this song with, 'Bhalo thako, continue to do such good work.' It was incredible!"

Following that sitting, Jeet got together with lyricist Rashmi Virag who gave his music words. After programming it, Jeet himself recorded the scratch. The Bhatts and Mohit insisted that he'd have to get a singer to bring the same feelings to the song. "We tried out a few singers and finally settled for Arjit Singh. He's done a really great job with it and we've retained his version. But the film will have two other versions of the song too, both crooned by me on Mohit, Mukeshji and Bhattsahab's insistence. Even Sanujeet Bhujabal of Sony Music, after hearing the scratch, called me up to say the song was apt for my voice," he smiles.

However, the most surprising reaction came from his wife who reacted to it personally, sobbing and asking him, "Why did you make this song?" Prod her on this and she says simply, "For me this relationship will never be complete. I'd want to return to Jeet in my next birth and the next."

Despite such overwhelming responses, the doubts returned when the song was up for release. "I wondered if in this era of fast-track music, people would care for something so soulful," admits Jeet.

The first call was from Richa Sharma who wondered, 'How can you make a song like this?' And after that the compliments kept flowing, the biggest being, "After a long time a song has made me cry."

For Jeet that's the magic of Hamari Adhuri Kahani. If Khamoshiyan celebrated silence then this one makes music with tears.