| Love Games | |
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| Directed by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Written by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Screenplay by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Story by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Produced by | Mahesh Bhatt Mukesh Bhatt Bhushan Kumar |
| Starring | Patralekha Tara Alisha Berry Gaurav Arora |
| Cinematography | Manoj Soni |
| Music by | Sangeet Haldipur Siddharth Haldipur-(Sangeet-Siddharth) |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | AA Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 1 hr 54 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹100 million[1] |
| Box office | ₹40.4 million[2][1] |
Love Games (also known asLove Games: Love Dangerously) is a 2016Indianerotic thriller film directed byVikram Bhatt and produced byMukesh Bhatt,Mahesh Bhatt andBhushan Kumar. The film starsPatralekha,Gaurav Arora andTara Alisha Berry in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.[3][4]
Ramona Raichand (Patralekha) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thrill and lust are all she wants in life, and Sam (Gaurav Arora) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist (Rukhsar Rehman) that something was missing in his life, but this void makes him feel no pain emotionally. He also says that he believes love is nothing but an excuse for lust. It is also revealed that his mother had fled with another man despite loving his father and marrying him out of her own choice. Thus, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending.
His friend, Ramona, tells him that he does not believe in love because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.
So, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer, Gaurav Asthana (Hiten Tejwani), and his surgeon wife, Alisha (Tara Alisha Berry). The wife's vulnerability against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However, things do not remain a game any more when Sam eventually falls deeply in love with Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes center stage, and Sam becomes the victim.
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The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views onYouTube in few days.[5]
| Love Games | |
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| Film score by | |
| Released | 8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) |
| Recorded | 2015 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 26:25 |
| Label | T-Series |
| Producer | Sangeet-Siddharth |
The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 underT-Series. It also had English songs. It was composed bySangeet-Siddharth and the lyrics were given byKausar Munir andVikram Bhatt.[6]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Awargi" | Kausar Munir | Sangeet Haldipur Rasika Shekar | 04:34 |
| 2. | "Love Games" | Kausar Munir | Aanchal Shrivastava | 04:22 |
| 3. | "Mohabbat" | Kausar Munir | Siddharth Haldipur | 03:50 |
| 4. | "Nirvana" | Kausar Munir | Mohan Kannan | 04:14 |
| 5. | "Aye Dil" | Kausar Munir | Sunidhi Chauhan | 04:19 |
| 6. | "Lock Him Up" | Vikram Bhatt | Sonia Saigal Ravindra Chary | 02:57 |
| 7. | "Poison" | Vikram Bhatt | Shon Pinto | 02:14 |
| Total length: | 26:25 | |||
The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner ofVishesh Films and was distributed byT-Series andYash Raj Films in cinemas acrossIndia.[7][8]
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| DNA India |   |
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| The Indian Express | |
The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu ofTimes of India gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."[9]Sarita A Tanwar ofDNA India said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.[10]Zee News rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.[11] Saibal Chatterjee fromNDTV Movies said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.[12] Shubhra Gupta ofThe Indian Express gave a half star to the film.[13]