Raincoat (2004-movie) : Hindi Film

Raincoat Movie 2004 Trailer, Story, Star Cast, Song, Review and Box office Details :

Raincoat Movie Poster

Raincoat is a 2004 Indian drama film directer is Rituparno Ghosh, and starring Ajay Devgn and Aishwarya Rai. 

It tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living. It is an adaptation of the short story The Gift of the Magi 1906 by O. Henry and is the inspiration of Mithaq Kazimi's English adaptation of this film, Through Her Eyes, currently on IMDB's Top Short Films of India.

Ajay Devgan in Raincoat Movie

• Directer : Rituparno Ghosh
• Producer : Shree Venkatesh Films
• Writer : Rituparno Ghosh,Usha Ganguly
• Based : The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• Starring : Ajay Devgn,Aishwarya Rai,Annu Kapoor
• Music : Debajyoti Mishra
• Cinematography : Aveek Mukhopadhyay
• Editor : Arghakamal Mitra
• Distributed : Shree Venkatesh Films
• Genres : Romantic-Dram
• Release date : 24 December 2004
• Running time : 120 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Raincoat Movie Trailer :

Raincoat film Story : 

Unemployed Mannu (Ajay Devgn), from Bhagalpur in search of money to finance his new business as he has lost his earlier job at a jute mill. On his quest, he visits Neeru (Aishwarya Rai) in Calcutta, to whom he was engaged six years ago. During the rainy evening, the couple look back on about their former love and how each ended up in their current situation.

Neeru pretends to lead a happy and prosperous life. She gestures to her former lover during various instances, particularly when the door bell rings and she persuades Mannu not to open the door. They go on talking about their past and present with multiple flashbacks.

The raincoat comes to play when Neeru wears it to go out and bring some food. The landlord (Annu Kapoor) speaks of the real situation of the household, and prompts Mannu to give his borrowed money as rent for the house. Mannu leaves a letter under the bed sheet explaining things. When Neeru returns he does not say anything about his encounter with her landlord. After some time Mannu leaves. Later, when he puts his hand inside the pocket of his raincoat, he finds a pair of gold bangles that belonged to Neeru, along with a letter saying that she had a lot of money and he should have told her about his financial situation. She had actually read a letter that was inside the raincoat that informed her about Mannu's condition.

Raincoat Movie Star Cast :

• Ajay Devgn as Manoj "Mannu"
• Aishwarya Rai as Neerja "Neeru"
• Surekha Sikri as Mannu's mother
• Annu Kapoor as Landlord
• Sameer Dharmadhikari (as Sammeer) as Alok
• Mauli Ganguly Fake Shaina
• Pradip Adhikari
• Kailash Koppikar
• Kameshwar Mishra
• Dilip Patra
• Sampooran Singh Gulzar

Music / Song of the Movie :

Debajyoti Mishra experimented with the music of the film. The songs are all background numbers. Famous classical singer Shubha Mudgal give her voice for the title track.

The song "Piya Tora Kaisa Abhimaan" , Singer is Raghav Chattopadhya and not by Hariharan. Hariharan had recorded this song for the film but the picturisation of this song is by Raghav Chattopadhya.

Raincoat movie composer is Debojyoti Mishra.Lyrics writer is Gulzar and Rituparno Ghosh.

Songs are listed below.

• "Piya Tora Kaisa Abhiman" (Female)........Shubha Mudgal
• "Mathura Nagarpati"................................Shubha Mudgal
• "Raha Dekhe"...........................................Shubha Mudgal
• "Hamari Galiyan Hoke Aana"...................Meena Mishra
• "Piya Tora Kaisa Abhiman" (Male)............Hariharan
• "Piya Tora Kaisa Abhiman" (Male).............Raghav Chattopadhya
• "Akele Hum Nadiya Kinare".........................Shubha Mudgal
• "Jug Jiye".....................................................Meena Mishra
• "Humari Galiyan Hoke Aana" (Sad).............Meena Mishra

"Piya Tora Kaisa Abhiman" full video song :

Ajay Devgan and Aishwariya Rai in the song.

• Singer    : Shubha Mudgal
• Lyricist   : Gulzar
• Music Director :  Debojyoti Mishra
• Music Label     :  SVF Music

"Mathura Nagarpati" full Video song :

Raincoat Movie Awards :

Aishwariya Rai won the best Actress Critics choice for Raincoat Movie.

Review of the Movie :

• The Hindu critics said that "Raincoat movie is an essentially a chamber piece, it weaves a narrative with just two characters in most of the frames. Raincoat can easily be Aishwarya Rai's best performance, and as Neerja, the former beauty queen appears to have shed her inhibitions about looking unglamorous. In fact, most of time, Aishwariya looks quite plain. What is more, she seems to have made an earnest effort to emote, using less of her body and limbs and more of her face, and eyes in particular. Ajay Devagan as Manoj is Devagan, as we have seen him in an umpteen number of parts earlier, although Ghosh draws the actor out of a certain woodenness that he is known for".

• The Times Of India gave a 3 stars out of 5 and appreciate the Movie.

• Rediff noted "Some films attempt to showcase a series of wonderful moments and tend to go overboard. Raincoat captures just one poignant moment and tells it as simply it can, leaving you with a wow. For someone heralded as the most beautiful woman in the world, Aishwarya Rai looks terrifyingly depressing in the film. Her Neeru looks cynical to the point of suicide. And that's a compliment. Her body language is a strange mix of a passive housewife and a passionate girlfriend. Though the effort to sound rustic shows, the restraint in her dialogue delivery and performance is commendable. Hesitation, desperation, humiliation -- Ajay Devgan conveys them eloquently. He particularly stands out in the scenes where he cries in the bathroom, or begs Neeru not to marry someone else".

World Records of the Movie :

Raincoat Movie holds the world record of completing shoot in 16 days.

Box office collection :

Day and Week wise collection details :

• First Day..............0.29 crores
• Saturday..............0.31 crores
• Sunday...................0.37 crores
• First Weekend..........0.98 crores
• Monday.....................0.18 crores
• Tuesday....................0.16 crores
• First Week................1.59 crores
• Second Week............0.66 crores
• Third Week...................0.20 crores
• Lifetime India (net).......3 crores
• Worldwide Gross..........5 crores
• Box office verdict :....... Flop Movie

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