Wafaa: A Deadly Love Story is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language film starring Rajesh Khanna, Laila Khan and Sahib Chopra. This movie was written by Salim Raza and directed by Rakesh Sawant. It was released on 19 December 2008 worldwide by Dimension Pictures.
Wafaa was promoted as a comeback film for Rajesh Khanna in lead role. The movie was not directed well, nor the story well portrayed on screen which made it a box office failure and received mostly negative reviews for the performance of the heroine and supporting casts. Though critics observed that Khanna's dialogue delivery and body language remained similar to the various classics he has starred in over the years from 1966 to 1996.
Cast
Rajesh Khanna - Amritlal Chopra
Laila Khan - Beena
Saahib
Tinu Anand
Sudesh Berry
Music
The songs were performed by prominent singers of the industry. Playback singers include Mika Singh, Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu. The music was composed by Ravi Pawar and Sayed Ahmed, and the lyrics were written by Sahb Ilhabadi.
Reception
Critical response
Anand Singh from Hindustan Times wrote "If memory serves right, in his 'superstar' heyday, Rajesh Khanna did not take his shirt off, like today's studs routinely do". A reviewer from The Times of India wrote "It's left to a tired cop (Sudesh Berry) to unravel whatever mystery might remain in this completely predictable plot of a wafaadar (faithful) husband and a bewafaa wife".