Ishq Forever
2016 film
Ishq Forever (transl. Love forever) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama musical film directed by Sameer Sippy and starring Krishna Chaturvedi and Ruhi Singh. The film was released on 19 February 2016. Music is composed by popular composer Nadeem Saifi. This is a comeback film for Nadeem Saifi after almost a decade.
Plot
Rhea (Ruhi Singh) is a free-spirited girl whose life turns upside down when her father gets appointed as the Prime Minister of India. The fiercely independent Rhea starts to feel stifled because of the security team that accompanies her wherever she goes. She thus jumps at the chance of an adventure through a mysterious stranger, Aryan Shekhawat (Krishna Chaturvedi), who she runs off with while on a vacation in South Africa, much to the anguish of her security team led by RAW agents Naina (Lisa Ray) and Amitabh (Javed Jaffrey).
Cast
Krishna Chaturvedi as Aryan Shekhawat
Ruhi Singh as Rhea
Lisa Ray as Naina
Javed Jaffrey as Amitabh
Chetan Pandit
Sonal Jha
Arif Zakaria as Sheikh's Associate
Mahesh Balraj as Sheikh's Associate
Zakir Hussain
Gurpreet Singh
Denzil Smith as Karan
Sachin Parikh as Maheshbabu
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the album is composed by Nadeem Saifi (Of Nadeem–Shravan).
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