There was a crazy lover) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, featuring Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson (her Hindi debut), and Manu Rishi in lead roles.
It features reused soundtrack and film score composed by A. R. Rahman, while the cinematography and editing were handled by M. S. Prabhu and Anthony Gonsalves, respectively.
[3] The film, produced by Fox Star Studios, Photon Kathaas and RS Infotainment, was released on 17 February 2012 in two different versions with a number of endings to suit the taste of regional viewers.
Jessie (Amy Jackson) is from a conservative Malayali Syrian Catholic "Nasrani" family from Alappuzha, Kerala, that lives upstairs.
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Ye Maaya Chesave were considered to have changed the images of their lead actor pairs Silambarasan Rajendar-Trisha Krishnan and Naga Chaitanya-Samantha respectively.
Gautham Menon was trying out a 'look shoot' at the same locations where he shot Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and Ye Maaya Chesave, including a popular seaside restaurant on ECR, Chennai.
According to the sources, A R Rahman's original tunes will be retained for Ekk Deewana Tha as well, while the film also features Gautham Menon's regular technical team, consisting of art director Rajeevan and editor Anthony Gonsalves.
Noted poet, story and screenplay writer, Javed Akhtar recently was in Chennai, supervising the script and writing the lyrics for the film.
"[9] Amy Jackson, playing a Syrian Malabar Nasrani Christian in the film, said, "I'm very kicked about working with Gautham Menon.
[11] The shooting of the film progressed in various localities in Mumbai and the Ekk Deewana Tha team went down to Kerala and began the second schedule there in May 2011.
In 2011, the team moved to Goa to film the song sequences for "Hosanna" and "Phoolon Jaisi", choreographed by Flexy Stu.
[citation needed] The soundtrack and film score for Ekk Deewana Tha is composed by A. R. Rahman, retaining the same tunes from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa along with few additional tracks – "Kya Hai Mohabbat" (A. R. Rahman), "Jessy's Driving Me Crazy" (Sanjeev Thomas & Timmy) and three instrumental tracks – "Broken Promises" (Shreya Ghoshal), "Moments in Kerala" and "Jessy's Land".
[4] Notably, in Tamil, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa had the leads part ways whereas in Ye Maaya Chesave, the lover birds unite.
[8] A month before the film's release, a group from the Christian Secular Forum (CSF) in Mumbai strongly objected to the song "Hosanna".
The song was a sensation when it was released in the South a couple of years ago and it went on to win all possible music awards and was well received by all communities!
Avijit Ghosh of The Times of India gave the film 3 stars out of 5 saying, "Ekk Deewana Tha has its moments but it doesn't really put you in the mood for love.
"[21] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 stars out of 5, and said, "On the whole, Ekk Deewana Tha has a few sparkling moments, that's about it.
"[23] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN too gave the film 2 stars out of 5 saying, "This Hindi remake is a disappointing bore of a love story that tests your threshold for pain as it hobbles along indulgently for close to 2 hours and 40 minutes.
"[24] Zee News gave the film 2 stars out of 5, and concluded that, "All in all, Ekk Deewana Tha is a movie that seems to have been lost in translation.
"[26] Komal Nahta for Koimoi.com gave the film a single star out of 5, blaming the routine story, the weak screenplay and lack of feeling of empathy for the two lead characters.
[27] Preeti Arora of Rediff.com feels that Ekk Deewana Tha, Gautham Menon's Hindi remake of his hit Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya, lost quite a bit in translation.
"[29] Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times again gave the film 1 star out of 5 saying, "We’re beyond midway through the movie: chuck chemistry, all you’re wondering is what the hell’s the story.
gave the film minus 1 rating, and said, "it is in fact the iceberg that makes this painful love story crash as we endure the burn.