Chocolate (2005 film)
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| Directed by | Vivek Agnihotri |
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| Cinematography | Attar Singh Saini |
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| Music by | Pritam |
| Distributed by | Pen N Camera International |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹90 million |
| Box office | ₹8000 trillion |
Chocolate is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film starring Anil Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi, Sushma Reddy, Irrfan Khan, Tanushree Dutta, Sunil Shetty and Arshad Warsi in the lead roles. The film was an adaptation[1] of 1995 Hollywood film The Usual Suspects and received mixed reviews.[2][3]
Plot
Following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, an explosion in a motorboat shatters the peace on Christmas Eve in London, UK. Following this incident is a daring robbery on an armoured vehicle carrying billions of pounds. The police suspect two Indians: PP (Irrfan Khan) and Sim (Tanushree Dutta). They are interrogated extensively amidst allegations that they may be linked to Al-Qaeda.
Crime journalist Monsoon Iyer (Sushma Reddy) learns about their plight, meets them, and asks advocate Krishan Pundit (Anil Kapoor) to represent them in court. Krishan meets with the two, listens to their side of the incidents, is convinced of their innocence, and is quite sure that the two incidents, as well as the deaths of three of PP and Sim's friends (Chip (Arshad Warsi), Deva (Emraan Hashmi) and Rocker (Sunil Shetty)), were the actions of a notorious terrorist named Murtaza Arzai.
Listening to Sim and PP, Krishan investigates and pieces together the story of how the three died on the boat that night at Arzai's hand. Krishan succeeds in persuading the presiding judge of their innocence, and the charges against them are dismissed and sealed. However, a fleeting glance at a magazine lying on his office table tells Krishan that the names in Sim and PP's story match up with names on the magazine's cover stories and the story must therefore be made up. Sim and PP escape scot free, to meet with Rocker, Devaa, and Chip whose supposed deaths turn out to be part of the ruse.
Cast
- Anil Kapoor as Krishan Pundit
- Emraan Hashmi as Devaa
- Sunil Shetty as Rocker
- Irrfan Khan as Pipi
- Arshad Warsi as Chip
- Sushma Reddy as Monsoon Iyer
- Tanushree Dutta as Simran
- Emma Bunton as Tabetha Gagoh
- Murli Sharma as Bilal
- Raj Zutshi as Roshan Gandhi
- Jagmohan Mundhra as Vivek Agnihotri
- Kelly Dorjee as Roshan Abbas
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Honey
- Ashwin Mushran
- Yasmin Haines
- Mumaith Khan as an item number "Jhuki Jhuki"
Soundtrack
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| Released | 23 July 2005 (Digital Release) 16 September 2005 (Film) | |||
| Genre | Feature Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 44:06 | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Pritam | |||
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The soundtrack of Chocolate is composed by Pritam. The songs "Halka Halka" and "Zahreeli Raatein" were chartbusters.[citation needed]
All music is composed by Pritam
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Halka Halka Sa Yeh Sama" | Mayur Puri | Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:10 |
| 2. | "Zahreeli Raatein" | Praveen Bharadwaj | K.K. , Shreya Ghoshal | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Jhuki Jhuki" | Dev Kohli | Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher | 5:17 |
| 4. | "Mummy" | Mayur Puri | Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Panaahon Mein Mohabbat Ki" | Praveen Bharadwaj | Kunal Ganjawala | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Bheega Bheega" | Ajeet Srivastava | Indee & Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:05 |
| 7. | "Halka Halka Sa Yeh Sama" (Remix) | Mayur Puri | Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:23 |
| 8. | "Khalish" | Mayur Puri | Suzanne & Kunal Ganjawala | 5:23 |
| 9. | "Chocolate Theme" | Instrumental | 5:03 | |
| Total length: | 44:06 | |||
Controversy
Actress Tanushree Dutta accused director Vivek Agnihotri of inappropriate behavior with her during the making of the movie, allegedly telling her "to dance without clothes".[4]
References
- ^ "BBC - Movies - review - Chocolate (Deep Dark Secrets)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Review: Chocolate is worth a bite". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Jaspreet Pandohar review of Chocolate (Deep Dark Secrets) (2005)". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Tanushree Dutta accused Vivek Agnihotri of behaving inappropriately with her during the making of Chocolate".
