Film

Anjaana Anjaani

Name: Anjaana Anjaani
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2010
Cast: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ranbir Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Vishal Malhotra, Joy Sengupta

Romance

Two strangers meet on a suicide bridge in San Francisco and decide to live out their final weeks together before ending it all. What emerges is a road-movie romance that toys with darkness but settles into Bollywood comfort—warm, occasionally clumsy, deeply committed to the idea that companionship can rewire a broken person.

TMDb rating

3.0

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