Mudda – The Issue

Perplexed and frustrated with life in Bombay's corrupt colleges, Lecturer Siddharth Archarya decides to relocate to a small town called Samaypur, where he feels he will get some satisfaction in teaching youngsters who are not influenced by politics. Alas, he is wrong. Student union rivalry and hatred have encompassed the entire town; fights break out frequently, mostly between two rival student leaders, Pratap and Rajbir, who are children of local political leaders, Harphool Singh and MLA Balli Tai. Siddharth decides to garner their energy positively by making them renovate the college building - with disastrous results - and no hopes for a reconciliation. Things get even more complicated when both young men fall for a colleague, Sundari, who wants to marry Pratap. It is then that the parents of both Rajbir and Pratap meet secretly and decide what their sons' and Samaypur's fate is going to be.

{{Cast listing|

• Arya Babbar as Rajbir
• Prashant Narayanan as Pratap Singh
• Aditya Srivastava as Harphool Singh
• Rajat Kapoor as Siddharth Acharya
• Dolly Ahluwalia as MLA Balli Tai
• Rekha Vedavyas as Sundari
• Pankaj Jha
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui
• Saurabh Shukla as Dinanath (guest appearance)
• Vijay Raaz as Lemur (guest appearance)

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Mudda - The Issue

| type = Soundtrack

| artist = Jeet-Pritam

| cover = Mudda - The Issue.jpg

| alt = Audio CD Cover

| released = {{Start date|2003|09|12}}

| recorded =

| venue =

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| genre = filmi

| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=46}}

| label = Zee Music Company

| producer = Jeet-Pritam

| prev_title = Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai

| prev_year = 2002

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The music of the film is composed by Jeet Gannguli and Pritam while the lyrics are written by Chandrani Gannguli, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Swami.

{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Singer(s)

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| all_writing =

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| all_music = Jeet-Pritam

| title1 = Khwabon Ki (male version)

| note1 =

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| lyrics1 = Saurabh Shukla

| music1 =

| extra1 = Hariharan

| length1 = 5:26

| title2 = Khwabon Ki (female version)

| note2 =

| writer2 =

| lyrics2 = Saurabh Shukla

| music2 =

| extra2 = Kavita Krishnamurthy

| length2 = 5:27

| title3 = Kaise Main Kahoon

| note3 =

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| lyrics3 = Sanjay Swami

| music3 =

| extra3 = Sumeet Kumar

| length3 = 6:17

| title4 = Deewangee

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| lyrics4 = Chandrani Gannguli

| music4 =

| extra4 = Sumeet Kumar

| length4 = 6:06

| title5 = Kutta Kaate

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| lyrics5 = Saurabh Shukla

| music5 =

| extra5 = Sonu Nigam, Saurabh Shukla

| length5 = 4:02

| title6 = Godanva

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| lyrics6 = Saurabh Shukla

| music6 =

| extra6 = Arun Bakshi, Poornima

| length6 = 5:29

| title7 = Sapne Saare

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| lyrics7 = Saurabh Shukla

| music7 =

| extra7 = Zubeen Garg

| length7 = 4:13

| title8 = Deewangee

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| lyrics8 = Chandrani Gannguli

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| extra8 = Sumeet Kumar

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Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film {{Fraction|1|1|2}} stars out of 5, writing, "Director Saurabh Shukla is a fairly good story teller, but he seems to have got confused midway, whether to make a realistic film or a love triangle, with songs aplenty. On the technical side, the cinematography is just about okay. Dialogues are well penned at places, especially the ones delivered by the two warring politicians".{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mudda-the-issue/critic-review/mudda-the-issue-movie-review/|title=Mudda – The Issue Review 1.5/5 | Mudda – The Issue Movie Review | Mudda – The Issue 2003 Public Review | Film Review|first=Taran|last=Adarsh|author-link=Taran Adarsh|website=Bollywood Hungama }} Subhash K. Jha of The Times of India wrote that "Though Mudda finally fails to have its say cogently there are

sparks here to indicate a watchable directorial debut".{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/mudda-the-issue/articleshow/361198.cms|title=Mudda: The Issue|first=Subhash K.|last=Jha|author-link=Subhash K. Jha|website=The Times of India|date=16 December 2003 }}

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