Unpaused
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Unpaused
| image = Unpaused film poster.jpg
| caption = Release poster
| director = Tannishtha Chatterjee
Raj & DK
Nitya Mehra
Nikkhil Advani
Avinash Arun
| producer = Raj & DK
Madhu Bhojwani
Monisha Advani
Baisakhi Nair
Sanjeevkumar Nair
| writer = Raj & DK
Devika Bhagat
Nitya Mehra
Reshu Nath
Vidur Nauriyal
Shubham
Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh
| starring = Gulshan Devaiah
Sumeet Vyas
Saiyami Kher
Richa Chadda
Abhishek Banerjee
Ratna Pathak Shah
Ishwak Singh
Geetika Vidya Ohlyan
Rinku Rajguru
Lillete Dubey
| music = Tanishk Bagchi
Payal Dev
Parth Parekh
Shishir A Samant
Gaurav Kadu
| cinematography = Pankaj Kumar
Jay Pinak Oza
John Jacob Payyapalli
Navagat Prakash
Kaushal Shah
| editing = Sanyukta Kaza
Sachin Kunal
Sagar Manik
Sumeet Kotian
Dharmendra Kakarala
Antara Lahiri
Manas Mittal
| studio =
| distributor = Amazon Prime Video
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|12|18}}
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = India
| budget =
| gross =
| language = Hindi
}}
Unpaused is an Indian Hindi-language anthology film consisting of five short segments directed by Raj & DK, Nitya Mehra, Nikkhil Advani, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Avinash Arun.{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2020/dec/09/watch--unpaused-trailer-friendship-hope-in-amazons-anthology-2233595.html |title=WATCH: 'Unpaused' trailer: Friendship, hope in Amazon's anthology |website=The New Indian Express |date=9 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218181550/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2020/dec/09/watch--unpaused-trailer-friendship-hope-in-amazons-anthology-2233595.html |url-status=live}} With an ensemble cast, the stories revolved around lives of people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/unpaused-on-amazon-prime-actors-creators-of-the-anthology-discuss-using-the-lens-of-hope-in-telling-their-stories-9129111.html |title=Unpaused on Amazon Prime: Actors, creators of the anthology discuss using the 'lens of hope' in telling their stories |last=Jhunjhunwala |first=Udita |website=Firstpost |date=20 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=20 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220045655/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/unpaused-on-amazon-prime-actors-creators-of-the-anthology-discuss-using-the-lens-of-hope-in-telling-their-stories-9129111.html |url-status=live}} It premiered on 18 December 2020 on Amazon Prime Video.{{cite web |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/hot-on-web/amazon-prime-video-unpaused-critics-review-anthology-finds-hope-in-the-covid19-pandemic#read-more |title='Unpaused' Critics' Review: Anthology Finds Hope in a Pandemic |website=The Quint |date=19 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=30 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530134327/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/hot-on-web/amazon-prime-video-unpaused-critics-review-anthology-finds-hope-in-the-covid19-pandemic#read-more |url-status=live}}
Cast
Glitch (Raj & DK)
- Gulshan Devaiah as Ahan Awasthi
- Saiyami Kher as Ayesha Hussain
Apartment (Nikkhil Advani)
- Richa Chadda as Devika Khanna
- Ishwak Singh as Chirag
- Sumeet Vyas as Sahil Khanna
Rat A Tat (Tannishtha Chatterjee)
- Rinku Rajguru as Priyanka
- Lillete Dubey as Archna
Vishaanu (Avinash Arun)
- Abhishek Banerjee as Manish
- Geetika Vidya Ohlyan as Seema
Chaand Mubarak (Nitya Mehra)
- Ratna Pathak Shah as Uma
- Shardul Bharadwaj as Rafique (Auto Driver){{Cite web |title=An anthology film, Unpaused, relives the pandemic |work=Tribuneindia News Service |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/lifestyle/an-anthology-film-unpaused-relives-the-pandemic-183621 |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714182554/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/lifestyle/an-anthology-film-unpaused-relives-the-pandemic-183621 |url-status=live}}
Critical reception
Debasree Purkayastha of The Hindu mentioned that the film has "a stirring ensemble of slice-of-life tales that dwell on the common themes of loneliness, love and hope."{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/unpaused-review-fighting-the-pandemic-one-feel-good-story-at-a-time/article33371283.ece |title='Unpaused' review: Fighting the pandemic, one feel-good story at a time |last=Purkayastha |first=Debasree |work=The Hindu |date=19 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=19 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219150559/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/unpaused-review-fighting-the-pandemic-one-feel-good-story-at-a-time/article33371283.ece |url-status=live}} Saibal Chatterjee from NDTV wrote: "As a freewheeling rumination on loneliness, distress and lingering hope, the anthology, buoyed by a slew of terrific performances, is a pertinent commentary on a pandemic and its depredations."{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/unpaused-review-anthology-of-lockdown-stories-is-highly-recommended-3-stars-out-of-5-2340300 |title=Unpaused Review: Anthology Of Lockdown Stories Is Highly Recommended |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |publisher=NDTV |date=18 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=19 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219184624/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/unpaused-review-anthology-of-lockdown-stories-is-highly-recommended-3-stars-out-of-5-2340300 |url-status=live}}
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in praised the performances in the film but was critical of the treatment.{{cite web |url=https://scroll.in/reel/981356/unpaused-review-amazon-prime-video-anthology-film-finds-the-rainbow-in-the-covid-19-storm |title='Unpaused' review: Amazon Prime Video anthology film finds the rainbow in the Covid-19 storm |last=Ramnath |first=Nandini |website=Scroll.in |date=18 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=19 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219172525/https://scroll.in/reel/981356/unpaused-review-amazon-prime-video-anthology-film-finds-the-rainbow-in-the-covid-19-storm |url-status=live}} Writing for The Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta noted that the film mixes different themes like loneliness and isolation "with news that has made headlines in this terrible virus-laden year, with average results."{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/unpaused-review-a-middling-anthology-7109676/ |title=Unpaused review: A middling anthology |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |date=19 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218073715/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/unpaused-review-a-middling-anthology-7109676/ |url-status=live}} Anna M. M. Vetticad wrote: "Unpaused is important because it serves to chronicle this slice of history. It helps that it is also an enjoyable, insightful affair."{{cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/unpaused-movie-review-young-and-old-poor-migrants-and-the-lonely-rich-share-space-in-a-pleasant-pandemic-anthology-9123731.html |title=Unpaused movie review: Young and old, poor migrants and the lonely rich share space in a pleasant pandemic anthology |last=MM Vetticad |first=Anna |publisher=Firstpost |date=18 December 2020 |access-date=20 December 2020 |archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218181834/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/unpaused-movie-review-young-and-old-poor-migrants-and-the-lonely-rich-share-space-in-a-pleasant-pandemic-anthology-9123731.html |url-status=live}}
Soundtrack
{{Infobox album
| name = Unpaused
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Tanishk Bagchi, Payal Dev, Parth Parekh, Shishir A Samant and Gaurav Kadu
| cover =
| alt =
| recorded = 2020
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Amazon Original Movie Soundtrack
| length = 19:42
| language = Hindi
| label = Amazon Music
| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|1f1s6IULbgc|Official Audio Jukebox}}
}}}}
The music was composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Payal Dev, Parth Parekh, Shishir A Samant and Gaurav Kadu with lyrics written by Rashmi Virag, Kunaal Vermaa, Ginny Diwan, Traditional and Gaurav Kadu.
{{Tracklist
| headline=Track listing
| total_length=19:42
| extra_column=Singer(s)
| title1 = Nayi Dhoop
| extra1 = Zara Khan
| music1 = Tanishk Bagchi
| lyrics1 = Rashmi Virag
| length1 = 3:21
| title2 = Ummeed Hai
| extra2 = Jubin Nautiyal
| music2 = Payal Dev
| lyrics2 = Kunaal Vermaa
| length2 = 2:42
| title3 = Badarva
| extra3 = Madhubanti Bagchi
| music3 = Parth Parekh
| lyrics3 = Ginny Diwan
| length3 = 1:57
| title4 = Chaap Tilak
| extra4 = Shishir A Samant, Sunil Kamath
| music4 = Shishir A Samant
| lyrics4 = Traditional (Amir Khusrau)
| length4 = 3:10
| title5 = Nayi Dhoop
| note5 = Reprise
| extra5 = Zara Khan
| music5 = Tanishk Bagchi
| lyrics5 = Rashmi Virag
| length5 = 3:19
| title6 = Mujh Mai Hai Tu
| extra6 = Fiddlecraft, Gaurav Kadu
| music6 = Gaurav Kadu
| lyrics6 = Gaurav Kadu
| length6 = 3:15
| title7 = Rastey
| extra7 = Fiddlecraft, Gaurav Kadu
| music7 = Gaurav Kadu
| lyrics7 = Gaurav Kadu
| length7 = 1:58
}}
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