Aashiqui.in

romance.in) is a 2011 Bollywood romantic film directed by Shankhadeep, starring Ankita Shrivastava and debutant Ishaan Singh Manhas in the lead roles.

When a child, April (Ankita Shrivastava) lived an idyllic lifestyle with her widowed restaurant-owner father (Amit Dhamija).

He remarries Mona (Sharmila Joshi), who herself has two daughters, Sania (Shubhi Ahuja) and Tanya (Preeti Gandwani).

Years later, and even while burdened by domestic duties, April manages to attend college and keep a part-time job to earn pocket money.

Unfortunately, Mona had forbidden April to attend the party, and so she is obliged to leave at midnight to prevent her stepmother from realizing she disobeyed her.

Inspired by the original Cinderella tale, the film involves a young woman being controlled by an overbearing step-mother and two step-sisters in a storyline which includes a hero protagonist mimicking the Cinderella Prince Charming, the two meeting at a costumed ball, the heroine rushing to leave before midnight, a glass shoe being left behind when she leaves the ball, and after the hero's search for her, he and the heroine live "happily ever after.

[5] Rao Renuka of Daily News and Analysis offers that the film is a poor depiction of the Cinderella story.

She writes that "It is unbelievable how at a time when audiences are discovering joyrides like Yeh Saali Zindagi and Dhobi Ghat, filmmaking debacles such as Aashiqui.in dare to even present themselves to viewers."