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Aaja Nachle

Aaja Nachle

She's Back!

20076.52h 26m

Overview

Dia is a divorced mom living in New York and must go back to India after she receives news that her guru is on his death bed. When she arrives she finds he is gone and has left her the responsibility of saving and reviving the Ajanta Theater where she used to dance. The problem is that the political officers want it torn down and turned into a shopping mall. The storyline follows Dia and her challenge to stand up for what she believes in and fight the cause to the end, while trying to win back the love and support of the people of the town whom she walked out on ten years prior.

Directed by Anil Mehta
Written by Aditya Chopra, Jaideep Sahni
Produced by Aditya Chopra
Box Office0Revenue: $3.8M

Top Cast

Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit

Dia Srivastav

Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma

Anokhi

Kunal Kapoor

Kunal Kapoor

Imran Pathan

Raghubir Yadav

Raghubir Yadav

Doctor Saab

Dalai

Dalai

Radha Srivastav

Ranvir Shorey

Ranvir Shorey

Mohan Sharma

Vinay Pathak

Vinay Pathak

Mr. Chojar

Jugal Hansraj

Jugal Hansraj

Sanjay Mehra

Divya Dutta

Divya Dutta

Najma

Akhilendra Mishra

Akhilendra Mishra

Chaudhary Om Singh

Themes & Keywords

underdogdance performancestage showlove

About Aaja Nachle

Aaja Nachle is a romance, drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of underdog, dance performance, stage show, love. Directed by Anil Mehta, it stars Madhuri Dixit, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kunal Kapoor. Dia is a divorced mom living in New York and must go back to India after she receives news that her guru is on his death bed. When she arrives she finds he is gone and has left her the responsibility of saving and reviving the Ajanta Theater where she used to dance. The problem is that the political officers want it torn down and turned into a shopping mall. The storyline follows Dia and her challenge to stand up for what she believes in and fight the cause to the end, while trying to win back the love and support of the people of the town whom she walked out on ten years prior.

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