Shiddat

Shiddat
Official release poster
Directed by	Kunal Deshmukh
Written by	Dheeraj Rattan Pooja Ladha Surti Shridhar Raghavan
Produced by	Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Dinesh Vijan
Starring	Sunny Kaushal Radhika Madan Mohit Raina Diana Penty
Cinematography	Amalendu Chaudhary
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Sachin–Jigar Manan Bhardwaj Khawaja Pervaiz Gourav Dasgupta
Production companies	T-Series Films Maddock Originals
Distributed by	Disney+ Hotstar
Release date	1 October 2021
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Shiddat: Journey Beyond Love, or simply Shiddat (transl. Passion), is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Kunal Deshmukh and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Dinesh Vijan under their banners T-Series and Maddock Films. The film stars Sunny Kaushal, Radhika Madan, Mohit Raina and Diana Penty.

The film premiered on 1 October 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar.

Plot

The film starts with the wedding ceremony of Gautam and Ira [fellow mates at French university]. Jaggi, a drunk guest at the wedding, creates a scene and gets caught with his friends for gatecrashing the party.

3 months later

Jaggi crosses the border illegally, intending to reach London, but gets caught and taken back to the embassy [where Gautam works]. Jaggi explains that he has to reach London before Monday to prove his love, after being inspired by Gautam's speech on reception day. The film flashes back to three months ago.

Jaggi, a hockey player, meets Kartika, a swimmer, and though the two get off to a rocky start, they start spending time together and grow close. Jaggi finds out Kartika is getting married. She asks him meet her after three months in London, to prove that his love are true, in which case she would cancel the wedding. Jaggi enters the UK illegally and faces many hurdles trying to reach Kartika before her wedding and after falling off a plane Jaggi dies leaving Kartika heartbroken. The film ends with Kartika along with Gautam, Ira and all their friends trying to celebrate Jaggi's life, remembering him.

Cast

• Sunny Kaushal as Joginder Dhillon "Jaggi"
• Radhika Madan as Kartika Bhosle
• Mohit Raina as Gautam Sehgal
• Diana Penty as Ira Sharma Sehgal
• Arjun Singh as Ketan
• Vidhatri Bandi as Sheena
• Gaurav Amlani as Pinkesh
• Gandharv Dewan as Rana "Rane" Chaudhry
• Chirag Malhotra as Bilal
• Hoomayun as Nazir
• Babraqk Akbari as Tarekh
• Atul Kumar as Rajesh Bhosle
• Nazneen Madan as Manjari Singhania
• Rajendra Shisatkat as Coach Damle
• Diljohn as Kersie Marfatia
• Floriane Andersen as Natalie
• Ijaz Ahmed
• Saheb

Production

Development

The film was announced on 16 May 2019 by Dinesh Vijan.

Casting

Radhika Madan, Sunny Kaushal, Mohit Raina and Diana Penty were signed for the lead roles.

Filming

Principal photography commenced in November 2019.

Soundtrack

Shiddat
Soundtrack album by Sachin–Jigar, Manan Bhardwaj and Gourov Dasgupta
Released	22 September 2021
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	26:38
Language	Hindi
Label	T-Series
Official audio
Shiddat - Full Album on YouTube

The film's music was composed by Sachin–Jigar, Manan Bhardwaj and Gourov Dasgupta while lyrics written by Kausar Munir, Priya Saraiya, Kunwar Juneja and Manan Bhardwaj.

The song Akhiyan Udeek Diyan is a remake of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's 1993 qawwali song. Kohinoor Mukherjee, mixing and mastering engineer received 'Best Mixing Mastering Award' for Hum Dum Song.