Released : Feb 17, 2012
Genre : Romance
Starcast : Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson, Manu Rishi, Sachin Khedekar
Desc :
Sachin is a 22-year old engineering graduate who is a struggler in the film industry where his days are only made up of waiting and surviving on his fathers pocket
money while desperately trying to make an entry into any of the main
film camps- there is nothing that makes each day worth looking forward
to for him, until he sees Jessie. Jessie is beautiful, elegant, smart
and classy. But she belongs to an orthodox Malayali Christian family
where watching movies, partying or falling in love are completely taboo.
While Sachin battles with the idea of someone like Jessie and her
family living in 21st century, modern Mumbai- he finds himself
increasingly attracted to her. Jessie, however, tries to forge a
friendship between them- believing that concealing their feelings
under the facade of friendship would save them heartache, tears and a
full blown family drama. EDT is the intense yet feel good love story of
these very different characters as they understand the pangs and pleasure of first love while battling with the situations that life throws them into.
Duration : 2 hrs 20 mins
Sachin (Prateik Babbar) is a student of mechanical engineering in Mumbai who aspires to become a filmmaker. His friend introduces him to cinematographer Anay (Manu Rishi). With Anay's help Sachin becomes an assistant to director Ramesh Sippy. Sachin's family, who are Marathi Hindu Konkanasth Brahmins, rent Jessie Thekekuttu's (Amy Jackson) house. Jessie is from a conservative Malayali Nasrani Christian family from Alappuzha, Kerala,
that lives upstairs. Sachin falls in love with Jessie the moment he
meets her. Sachin tries to interact with Jessie, who is afraid of
speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie.
Unable to hide his feelings for her any longer, Sachin confesses his
love for her, to which she does not respond. A few days later, Sachin
learns from his sister that Jessie has gone to Kerala to visit her
grandmother. He, along with Anay, ends up in Kerala to look for her.
After several days, he finds her, apologises and she introduces him to
her family in Kerala as her "classmate". Jessie denies she has also any
feelings for him, but agrees to be his friend. On the train journey back
home, however, the two get closer and share a romantic heart-melting
passionate kiss. Sachin is convinced Jessie loves him; the two meets
several times and Jessie begins to admit that she also likes Sachin, but
wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father
wouldn't give her hand in marriage to a Hindu. Consequently, due to
various misunderstandings between Jessie's brother and Sachin, her
parents learn of their supposed affair. They fix a match and schedule
her wedding. The day arrives and midway through the ceremony, Jessie
refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Sachin,
who had, without anyone's knowledge, come to Kerala to witness the
wedding is ecstatic and secretly visits Jessie at her home. It is then
that Jessie admits she has indeed fallen in love with him. Sachin and
Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their
parents.
At this point of time, Sachin goes to Goa on a 40-day shoot, where he
gets rather busy. Meanwhile, the topic of Jessie's marriage comes up
again at her home when the guy whom she refused to marry earlier pays
them a visit. Panicking, Jessie calls Sachin and tells him that she
wants to elope with him. Sachin, since he is traveling through less than
ideal places, tells Jessie to stay in mumbai for now, and that soon he
would be back and they can discuss. Jessie stops taking Sachin 's calls
and so he goes back one night to check on Jessie. He comes to know that
Jessie has decided to break up, as the relationship is not peaceful due
to her parents' disapproval. She says she has agreed to get married to a
boy of their choice. When Sachin pleads her not to do it, she tells him
that a time had come when she was willing to elope, but the moment was
gone. She doesn't want Sachin to wait for her too long, as he has his
dreams to fulfill. Sachin later comes to know that she is married and
settled abroad.
Two years later, Sachin meets Samantha (Samantha Ruth Prabhu).
She falls in love with him, but is rejected by Sachin who saying that
he hasn't yet gotten over Jessie. He then comes up with a script for his
first film, which happens to be his very own love story. He calls upon
an actor (Ashwin Kakumanu)
as the film's protagonist, Samantha as the female lead and Anay as the
film's cinematographer, and the film is eventually titled Jessie. While shooting for the film in Taj Mahal,
he sees Jessie and she comes to speak with him. She admits that she is
not married and is still in love with him, and he too says she is still
in his heart. Sachin proposes yet again and they get married in the same
day. This is actually revealed to be the end scene in Sachin 's movie –
which Sachin and Jessie in real life are watching together in the
theater. After the film ends, Jessie praises Sachin for his efforts and
the latter agrees to drop her home, implying that they are re-united.
(A second ending to the film was released, which was the director's cut).
Cast
Production
Development
Gautham Menon started working on Ekk Deewana Tha, the Hindi remake of his Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, in 2011, and his Telugu simultaneous version Ye Maaya Chesave, with Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson in the lead roles (for the Hindi version). Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (Tamil) and Ye Maaya Chesave (Telugu), considered by many as path-breaking, gave an all-new image for the lead pair of Silambarasan (Simbu) and Trisha Krishnan, & Naga Chaitanya and Samantha. Though, the Hindi remake initially had Trisha Krishnan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu reprising their role, the actress was unceremoniously dropped from the project after a photo shoot and replaced by Amy Jackson, who shot to fame with the Tamil film Madrasapattinam.
Gautham Menon was trying out a 'look shoot' at the same locations where he shot Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Ye Maaya Chesave,
including a popular seaside restaurant on ECR, Chennai. A source close
to the director said, "This shoot was just to get the 'feel' of the
film. The actual shoot will take place in Mumbai from next month."
According to the sources, A. R. Rahman's original tunes will be retained
for Ekk Deewana Tha as well, while the film also features Gautham Menon's regular technical team, consisting of art director Rajeevan and editor Anthony Gonsalves.
Noted poet, story and screenplay specialist, Javed Akhtar recently
was in Chennai, supervising the script and writing the lyrics for the
film. A source close to the development said, "Javed saab and Gautham
hit it off well. The lyricist's inputs will be taken into consideration
as Gautham is particular that his film should not come across as a
routine South Indian remake."[10]
Amy Jackson, playing a Syrian Malabar Nasrani Christian in the film, said that, "I'm very kicked about working with Gautham Menon. I've seen VTV [Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa] at least 15 times. Ekk Deewana Tha is a perfect launch pad for me in Bollywood.
He is a perfectionist and I know he will shape my character according
to the needs and tastes of the Bollywood audience. I've begun the first
schedule of the film and I'm planning to hire a Hindi tutor to help me
sail through it."[3]
Filming
The shooting of the film was to start in late-2010 but Prateik Babbar was busy with the promotions of Dhobi Ghat.[11] Finally, the shooting of the film commenced in April 2011, with the entire cast and crew of the film in Mumbai.[12] The shooting of the film progressed in various localities in Mumbai and the Ekk Deewana Tha team went down to Kerala and began the second schedule there in May 2011. The crew later went to Chennai in June 2011 to shoot few important scenes in Amethyst, Chennai, while, some of the songs were shot in AVM Studios, Chennai.[13][14] In July 2011, after the shooting of the film in Chennai was completed, the next schedule of the film was started at The Taj Mahal, Agra, while the shooting of the film was also held in Delhi.[15][16]
Soundtrack
