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36 China Town
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAbbas-Mustan
Screenplay byShyam Goel
Story byShyam Goel
Produced bySubhash Ghai
StarringAkshaye Khanna
Shahid Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Vivek Shauq
Isha Koppikar
Upen Patel
Paresh Rawal
Payal Rohatgi
Johnny Lever
Tanaaz Currim
CinematographyRavi Yadav
Edited byHussain A. Burmawala
Music byHimesh Reshammiya
Production
company
Trans TV
Distributed byMukta Arts
Release date
  • 21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹19 crores[1]
Box office₹38 crores[2]

36 China Town is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language mystery comedy film directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced by Subhash Ghai.[3] It is an official adaption of the 1992 American film Once Upon a Crime (which in turn is a remake of the 1960 Italian film Crimen).

The film stars an ensemble cast of Akshaye Khanna, Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Shauq, Isha Koppikar, Upen Patel (in his film debut), Paresh Rawal, Payal Rohatgi, Johnny Lever and Tanaaz Currim (credited as Tanaaz Lal), while Priyanka Chopra and Tanushree Dutta make special appearances. The film follows the investigation of a police officer trying to find the killer of a wealthy casino owner, Sonia Chang.[4]

Plot

The only child of Goa's China Town multimillionaire Sonia Chang (Isha Koppikar) has been kidnapped. To get her son back, she puts out a reward of over 25 lakh Rupees. She lives in her huge mansion named "36 China Town", with a servant couple Mr. Lobo (Dinyar Contractor) and Mrs. Lobo (Roshan Tirandas) in Goa. Sonia is consoled by Rocky (Upen Patel), a local flirt.

The story then focuses upon Raj (Shahid Kapoor), a struggling actor and Priya (Kareena Kapoor), who ran away from home. They both meet each other after both of their dreams have been shattered. They find a child who appears to be all alone in Mumbai. They take pity on him, but after seeing a missing persons ad, they realise that the child is the son of Sonia Chang. Tempted by the reward money, they team up and decide to bring the child back home to his mom in Goa and cash in. Before leaving, they call Chang and tell her that they have her child. She was discussing the change in her will with her lawyer, Mr Dixit (Vivek Vaswani), when the duo inform her about her baby. Meanwhile, Raj falls in love with Priya. But she is irritated by his presence.

Sonia is overjoyed and calls them to Goa. At midnight, her casino is hosting some interesting people. One of them is Mr. Natwar (Paresh Rawal), a notorious gambler who has come along with his wife Gracy (Payal Rohatgi). Natwar has pawned his four hotels to Sonia and has only one hotel left in his possession. When he loses money, he is forced to pawn the last hotel too. He keeps this a secret, but Gracy knows the fact. Another person is KK (Johnny Lever), who has come along with his wife Ruby (Tanaaz Currim). There is also playboy Rocky among them, who is a big hit with ladies, especially Sonia. Rocky flirts with Ruby. Ruby wins a lot of money in casino. But when she doesn't get the money even after claiming it, she enters 36 China town to meet Sonia in a very angry mood. Even Natwar goes inside the mansion to meet Sonia and pawn the last hotel. Upset by this, Gracy goes to 36 China Town in an angry mood. Then, she goes her bedroom with Rocky. Meanwhile, KK and Natwar decide to play together and they lose all of their money. They fight and get out of the casino by the bouncers.

Meanwhile, Raj and Priya come to Goa, where they run into a drunkard (Raj Zutshi) loitering near the mansion. The drunkard runs away on seeing them. The duo are surprised to see the mansion to be in dark, since they expected Sonia to be waiting for them. They enter the mansion and call for Sonia. When she doesn't answer, they realise that something is wrong. On seeing the state of the house, they realise that Sonia has been robbed, but are later horrified to see Sonia dead. The duo run, but find that the child is left inside the mansion. Raj enters the mansion again to take him. He sees two eyes and legs of the killer behind a cupboard. Terrified, he gets out of the mansion with the child. Raj and Priya then inform Goa police about the murder. They keep the child inside a police van and run away. But Priya finds that she has left her suitcase inside the mansion inside which her passport is kept. Meanwhile, audience watch that Sonia's body is kept inside Priya's suitcase by somebody and kept outside the mansion. KK reaches the mansion and finds the suitcase. Thinking that it is containing lot of money, he takes it and reaches his room in hotel where Ruby is waiting for him. Meanwhile, Raj and Priya go back to the mansion to take her suitcase. Raj enters the mansion, but is arrested by Inspector Karan (Akshaye Khanna), the investigating officer and Ravi (Vivek Shauq). Meanwhile, KK and Ruby find out that the suitcase contains a dead body, not money. They decide to dispose of the suitcase. Meanwhile, Priya, who wants to help Raj, gets arrested and sent to jail. Priya and Raj become the prime suspects of the murder. Inside the jail, both fall for each other. Meanwhile, KK and Ruby unable to dispose of the suitcase, are arrested by police. KK tells the truth to Karan about Natwar. Karan goes to meet Natwar. Natwar lies to him that he was in his room with his wife, Gracy. Karan goes away. Natwar then finds out that Gracy was with Rocky in the room. Next day, Karan comes to meet Natwar and Gracy. Natwar tells him that it was he who was in the room and he got out from a pipe directly to the neighbouring house's bedroom (Which actually Rocky did). But to his shock, the room turns to be Sonia Chang's mansion's bedroom where she was murdered. Natwar is arrested.

Natwar then tells the truth to Karan about Rocky. Karan calls Rocky to the police station. But seeing Rocky's eyes, Raj recollects that it was Rocky's eyes and shoes which he had seen behind the cupboard. Rocky then tells that he was in Gracy's room that night. He had got out from the pipe to Sonia's bedroom only to find her already murdered. When he was about to get out from the house, Raj and Priya had entered with the child and started searching for Sonia. Then, when Raj had entered the mansion again to take the child, he had seen his (Rocky's) eyes and legs. Karan is able to reconstruct what actually happened that night. Based on Mr. Dixit's statement about the will and everybody's statement, Karan is able to find out the truth. First, he procures the drunkard, whom Raj and Priya believe to be the murderer. But, Karan goes on to explain that he is in fact, the kidnapper.

Karan goes on to explain that the kidnapper was hired by the killer but the kidnapper lost the baby, who was then found by Raj and Priya in Mumbai. After Sonia is informed by Raj and Priya about the baby's discovery, the mastermind found that his/her plan was failing. Hence, he/she murdered Sonia, while other people incriminated themselves by fooling others to believe that it was a robbery gone wrong. The actual killer was Mr. and Mrs. Lobo, Sonia's servants. According to Sonia Chang's initial will, after her death, the person who was most close to her son (which were her servants) would inherit everything but then one day she found out about their evil intentions and decided to change her will, which led to them murdering her. Priya, Raj and others are released from jail. The movie ends with the character laughing at a pub. Natwar says, "Close the door of the casino, otherwise I will become Yudhistir." When the others ask him reason for saying so, he says "Since i have lost my money, I will have to pawn my wife", to which the characters start smiling and the movie ends.

Cast

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by Himesh Reshammiya. Lyrics were penned by Sameer. The music was released by Tips Music. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 12,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's ninth highest-selling.[5] The song "Ashiqui Mein Teri" was recreated in Happy Hardy And Heer by Reshammiya in his and Ranu Mandal's voice.

Track listing

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."24x7 I Think of You"Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan5:13
2."Aashiqui Mein Teri"Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan4:53
3."Badi Dilchaspi Hai"K. K., Arya5:26
4."Dil Tumhare Bina"Himesh Reshammiya, Alka Yagnik5:23
5."Jab Kabhi"Kunal Ganjawala, Alka Yagnik5:21
6."24x7 I Think of You – Remix"Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan4:16
7."Aashiqui Mein – Remix"Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan4:16
8."Badi Dilchaspi Hai – Remix"K. K., Arya4:08
9."Dil Tumhare Bina – Remix"Himesh Reshammiya, Alka Yagnik4:51
10."Jab Kabhi – Remix"Kunal Ganjawala3:02
11."Jab Kabhi – Remix – I"Kunal Ganjawala, Alka Yagnik5:02

References

  1. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=267
  2. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=267
  3. ^ "36 China Town | Where Was It Shot". Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. ^ "36 China Town (2006) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010.
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