Aabra Ka Daabra

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Aabra Ka Daabra
Aabra Ka Daabra.jpg
Directed byDheeraj Kumar
Written byRaghuveer Shekhawat (dialogues)
Story byJ. K. Nirmal,
Iqbal Katchi
Produced byZuby Kochhar
Starring
Satish Kaushik
Hansika Motwani
CinematographyAjay Tandon
Edited byBallu Saluja
Music byHimesh Reshammiya
Production
companies
Creative Eye Studios
Namah Shivay Enterprises
Release date
31 December 2004
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Aabra Ka Daabra is a 2004 Bollywood film. It was the first 3D Plus film in Indian cinema.[1]

Plot[]

Shanu Singh lives a middle-class lifestyle with his dad, Rahul, and mom, Shivani. Rahul is a magician and performs Houdini-like tricks. Once while being locked in an iron cask and thrown into the sea, he does not surface and everyone believes he is dead, leaving Shanu to become a waiter in Dilbaug's Dhaba, while Shivani becomes a governess to Pinky, who is the daughter of Sindhi businessman, Maneklal. Shanu and Pinky win Parle-G and Camlin Pencils contest and are enrolled in Aabra Ka Daabra — the school of magic, that was founded by Sage Adityanand, which is now run by a magician Rang Birangi, who has enormous magical powers.

Cast[]

Soundtrack[]

Aabra Ka Daabra
Soundtrack album by
Recorded2004
GenreFeature film soundtrack
ProducerHimesh Reshammiya

Himesh Reshammiya was the music director. The album has 8 tracks.

Song Title Singers
"Shiv Om" Shaan, Dheeraj Kumar Kochhar, Prabhudeva
"Chutkan Gang" Udit Narayan, Children
"Love Hoya" KK, Hema Sardesai
"Aabra Ka Daabra" Instrumental
"Tara Ram Pam" Kunal Ganjawala, Children
"Aabra Ka Daabra" (Theme Music) Instrumental
"Didave" Anuradha Sriram
"Zindagi Zindagi" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik

Box Office[]

It was a disaster. First Week: INR 60,00,000 Budget: INR 8,00,00,000 India Gross: INR 1,06,00,000 Overseas Gross: INR --- Worldwide Gross: INR 1,06,00,000

Review[]

Aabra Ka Daabra was met with extremely negative reviews, as it was considered to be a poor childish ripoff of Harry Potter and filled with too many unnecessary songs. However, it was praised for Tiara (now Nupur Mehta)'s negative performance, her costumes and Anupam Kher's comic role.

Sequel[]

In the end of movie it was seen that there will be a sequel titled Aabra ka Daabra- Terror of RB, in which all the cast will reprise their roles. In 2020, Hansika Motwani said that now she has her acting career, she refused to join the film. Its plans are now shelved.

References[]

  1. ^ Wright, Neelam Sidhar (2015). Bollywood and Postmodernism. Edinburgh University Press. p. 215.

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