Coffee Bloom
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Director Manu Warrier Duration Running time 1h 30m Language Hindi | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Release date March 6, 2015 (India) Country India, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 20 October 2014 (2014-10-20) (Mumbai Film Festival)
6 March 2015 (2015-03-06) Writer Sharath Parvathavani, Sharath Parvathavani, Manu Warrier, Manu Warrier Songs Guftagu Cast Ishwari Bose-Bhattacharya (Shondha), Sugandha Garg (Anika), Mohan Kapoor (Srinivas), Arjun Mathur (Dev Anand Cariappa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coffee bloom official trailer in cinemas march 6 arjun mathur sugandha garg mohan kapur
Coffee Bloom is a 2014 Indian romantic drama film directed by debutant director Manu Warrier. It stars Arjun Mathur and Sugandha Garg in lead roles. The film is produced by Speaking Tree Productions. It tells the story of a young man Dev, who sells his family coffee estate as a statement underlining his renunciation of the world.
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- Coffee bloom official trailer in cinemas march 6 arjun mathur sugandha garg mohan kapur
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Reception
- Soundtrack
- References
The film was premiered at Mumbai Film Festival, organized by Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI), last year under the 'New Faces of Indian Cinema' category. The film was released in India, USA and UK on 6 March 2015.
Plot
Dev, though a self-proclaimed wise man finds comfort in being a loser, having given up on life as a result of a love gone wrong. A life changing event takes him on a journey to a coffee plantation. There he meets Anika,once the love of his life, now his boss. Love blooms in an idyllic setting, bringing Dev out of his self-imposed funk and Dev finds a new reason to live. A terrible misunderstanding pushes him into taking drastic measures. Much is at stake as the yearly bloom is round the corner. And Dev is confronted with his past, present and future – all at once.
Cast
Production
The film is produced by Speaking Tree Pictures Pvt Ltd, led by Line Producer Harish Amin. Long Live Cinema Private Limited, spearheaded by Shiladitya Bora will distribute film in Indian and USA market.
Release
Coffee Bloom was released on 6 March 2015. In India, movie was released across theatres in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Kochi and Ahmedabad. In the US, it released in Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Seattle and New Jersey - Bergen County, and in Canada, it hit theatres in Toronto. Upon Release Coffee Bloom received positive to mixed reviews with critics praising Arjun and Sugandha's performances.
Reception
Upon release Coffee Bloom opened to a mix response among critics. With glowing reviews from Martin D'Souza called "Fascinating Poetry in motion", Anna Vetticad found it "a well-acted and unexpectedly satisfying film", Bharadwaj Rangan termed it as "A well-acted drama about how the past never leaves us", Sweta Kaushal from Hindustan Times called "A warm beverage brewed at leisure", Nishi Tiwari from rediff found it to be "beautiful, poetic in parts", with positive reviews there were also negative ones from Rahul Desai of Mumbai Mirror who found the film to be "Cold and Automated". Several reviews praised the performance of the lead actors.
Soundtrack
The Soundtrack was composed by Prasad Ruparel and the lyrics were penned by Pranab Gohain.
References
Coffee Bloom WikipediaCoffee Bloom IMDb Coffee Bloom themoviedb.org