# Lafangey Parindey

Lafangey Parindey (transl. Cheeky birds) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Pradeep Sarkar and produced by Aditya Chopra, starring Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles. The film was released on 20 August 2010 under the Yash Raj Films banner. The story of the film is partially inspired by the 1978 American movie Ice Castles and the 1999 Tamil film Thulladha Manamum Thullum.
ASTPL, an Indian software developer, also released a sports mobile video game based on the film.

## Plot

Pinky Palkar is an aspiring skater who dreams of making it big through a television show. She is the archetypical Mumbai chawl girl who dreams big, despite her lowly surroundings. Her dreams go away when One-Shot-Nandu, a fighter who pummels his opponents in the ring blindfolded, knocks her down in a freak car accident, making her blind. Despite her handicap, Pinky is determined to participate in the show. Full of remorse, Nandu trains her to "see" through her blindness, using her other senses. In return, she teaches him to skate, and Nandu becomes her partner in the competition. They gradually fall in love.

## Cast

* Neil Nitin Mukesh as Nandan 'One-Shot Nandu' Kamthekar
* Deepika Padukone as Pinky Palkar
* Kay Kay Menon as Anna (special appearance)
* Piyush Mishra as Usmaan Bhai
* Manish Choudhary as Inspector Keki Sethna
* Namit Das as Faizal Lateef Sheikh a.k.a. Chaddi
* Amey Pandya as Bablu Mane
* Rahul Pendkalkar as Pinky's younger brother
* Juhi Chawla as Judge (special appearance)
* Jaaved Jaaferi as Judge (special appearance)
* Shiamak Davar as Judge (special appearance)
* Pankaj Jha as the Eunuch
* S. M. Zaheer as Commissioner M. Suri
* Viraj Adhav as Diesel a.k.a. Rameshwar Iyer
* Vinay Sharma as Gulkand
* Palomi as Tina Mukherjee
* Atisha Naik

## Production

During the shooting of the film, Neil Nitin Mukesh admitted that the physical violence of the film is real. "I'm covered with welters, wounds and bruises", he explained.

## Soundtrack
### Track list

The album has six original tunes composed by R. Anandh, a famous ad jingle composer formerly part of the band Agosh who also did music for Sangeeth Sivan's films Zor and Nirnayam (Malayalam). Lyrics are written by Swanand Kirkire.
| Award Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref.(s) |
| 3rd Mirchi Music Awards | Best Song Recording | Anil Kumar Konakandla and Biswadeep Chatterjee - "Man Lafanga" | Nominated | |

## Critical reception

Sukanya Verma of Rediff rated it 2.5/5 and said, "Ultimately Lafangey Parindey, like its attention-grabbing title, is unapologetically superficial with a brief attention span". Rajeev Masand of IBN rated it 2/5 "It's the kind of film that keeps you waiting for something to happen, but nothing ever does. You find yourself exhausted by the time the lights come back on". Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times rated it 1.5/5 "Scatter-brained, mish-mash of a movie". Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL rated the film 3 out of 5 saying, "Expect fun and you won't be disappointed, expect goosebumps and you may be!". Subhash K. Jha from IANS rated the film 3.5 out of 5 saying, "Movie is an inspirational tale told with as little fuss and as much feeling as cinematically possible. Not to be missed.".