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Sameer's life is perfect, but for his over-possessive and constantly nagging girl-friend. To add to it, he now has great friendship with his boss' sister. How will he manage the two, and come out with flying colours in this test of true love, while balancing his professional life perfectly well is the story of Ishk Unplugged.
Premise
The story focuses on Sameer (Himesh Reshammiya) who has finally got his freedom when his stubby-girlfriend Shikha (Purbi Joshi) has left for a family wedding. He feels like the happiest person in the world, he parties, drinks, and even flirts with girls. He enjoys his freedom while he can, until Shikha shows back up.
Production
Damadamm! was earlier titled Ishq Unplugged. Later, it was changed to Damadamm! The filming started on 1 March 2009 and completed its schedule within 2 months. It was set to release mid-2010, but was later delayed. Legally, a 30-sec teaser promo of the film was released on 8 June 2011. The official trailer was released on 30 August 2011 along with Salman Khan's Bodyguard.
SoundTrack
The film's original soundtrack has been composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Sachin Gupta while the lyrics are penned by Sameer, Himesh Reshammiya and Shabbir Ahmed.
Tracklist
Damadamm
Umrao Jaan
Aaja Ve
Madhushala
Yun Toh Mera Dil
Hum Tum
Tere Bina
I Need My Space
Mango
Bhool Jaaun
Cast & Crew
Sonal Sehgal (born July 13, 1981) is a television actress who shot to fame by playing the role of a terrorist, 'Sanjana', in the television serial, 'Saara Akash'. Then followed another serial, 'Hotel Kingston', where she proved her histrionics. Before pursuing her career as an actress, Sehgal had assisted ad filmmaker and director Pradeep Sarkar who recently made his film debut with Parineeta. To start with as an actress, she did a couple of music videos like 'Ghunghat' (for the ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas). One thing led to another and she got a couple of advertisements. While she came to Mumbai for a commercial, she was offered 'Saara Akaash'.
Sonal made her bollywood debut with Nagesh Kuknoor's Aashayein. She will now be seen in the Himesh Reshamiyya starrer 'Radio'.
Personal life
Sonal is married to Naresh Kamath, who is a musician.
Purbi Joshi is an Indian Television and Bollywood Actress.
Purbi Joshi is the daughter of well known television actor Sarita Joshi and sister of Ketki Joshi (Ketki Dave, after marriage). In 1995, Purbi got her first break in Faasle tv serial.
Though born and brought up in Mumbai, Purbi says that she follows Gujarati traditions quite closely. “I love the cuisine especially undhiyu, handvo, dhokla and everything my mom cooks,” she says, adding that though she doesn’t visit Gujarat much, her memories are of warm people, great food and fantastic hospitality.
It’s not an unknown fact that there’s a serious dearth of good women comedians in the Indian television industry. But Purbi Joshi has been successfully filling that void by enthralling audiences with her impersonation of Hema Malini, Aishwarya Rai, Rakhi Sawant and the likes on The Great Indian Comedy Show. “As a child I was always known for making my classmates and teachers laugh. I guess I inherited that from my mom and sisters who have a great flare for comedy,” says Purbi, adding that it was a natural progression for her to make a living out of something she used to do in her daily life. training backstage and I have been acting since I was 16 with my mother in theatre productions,” she says, adding that her childhood memories are about rehearsals and parties where actors talked about art and culture. Though Purbi’s first role was in Faasle on Sony, she became a known face after acting in Mehndi Tere Naam Ki as one of the sisters. “I have also been the lead in the first television show on twins in India, called Dishayen.” Currently on a long vacation out of the country, Purbi says that she is a traveler at heart and hence the break.
Purbi Joshi is an actress with lots of depth. She has spent most of her time in comedy but her talents are still untapped. There is a lot to look forward too.
Himesh Reshammiya was born on 23 July 1973 and is the son of Vipin Reshammiya & Madhu Reshammiya.He struggled for many years in the industry as a music director,few albums of his have been sucessful as a music director and one of them is Tere Naam but he was never truly successful as a music director but it was when he started singing with 'Aashiq Banaya Aapna' that he truly became the Rage of the nation and his songs like 'Tera Suroor','Zara Jhoom Jhoom' and 'Tanhaiyan' became rage songs and created history people just could not stop listening to these songs. He is regarded as the most famous singer in India with a mass following of more than a billion people and his albums and music cds are the highest selling music cds in India.He then started acting,his first movie was successful but people are yet to accept him as an actor,even after two movies of his not doing well at the box office,he has not given up and is coming back with Kajraare which is releasing on August 6,2010.
Television
Himesh Reshammiya was actively involved in mentoring and judging the popular singing competition on Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge. His group was called "Rock" Gharana. His slogan for the show was "Jai Matadi, Lets Rock". He was the winning mentor of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007, the winner being Aneek Dhar from Kolkata.He also excelled in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009, as Vaishali Made, a female contestant from his "Rock" Gharana, won the competition. He produced many serials. Among these are "Amar Prem" and "Andaaz" on Zee TV. The title song of both the serials was composed by him. He also has given 36 hit songs in 2006, which are unforgettable and famous throughout the country.He is a team captain, judge and mentor on the STAR Plus's Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the team Himesh's Warriors. His slogan for the show is "Jai Matadi,Jai Hindustan".
Criticism and controversies
His career as an actor is yet to take off, with his previous films having been extremely poorly received by critics and also having tanked at the box office. In his debut film as an actor, Aap Kaa Surroor - The Real Luv Story, Himesh Reshammiya added a song Tanhaiyaan from Boney Kapoor's proposed film Milenge Milenge. Initially, Himesh Reshammiya had composed the song for Kapoor's film but later decided to use it for his own movie. Tips, which held the audio rights of Milenge Milenge, accused Reshammiya of copyright violation, as audio rights for Aap Kaa Surroor - The Real Luv Story were acquired by T-Series. However, Himesh Reshammiya defended himself saying that he had made Kapoor listen to the song, but it wasn't included in Milenge Milenge. He also claimed to have tried to get in touch with Kapoor for seven months, and since there was no progress on the film, he decided to use the song for his own movie. In June 2007, they reconciled their differences after Himesh Reshammiya apologized.
Awards & nominations
Himesh Reshammiya won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for "Aashiq Banaya Aapne". This was his first and most successful song sung by him in the year 2005.He is the only music director in Bollywood to get Filmfare Best Male Playback Award. He also received several nominations for his music direction.
Personal Life
Himesh is married to Komal. They have a son, named Swayam. His family is media shy and there are no pictures of them available.
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