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{{Infobox film
| name = Chamku
| image = Chamku poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Promotional film poster
| director = [[Kabeer Kaushik]]
| producer = [[Dharmendra]]
| writer = [[Kabeer Kaushik]]
| starring = [[Bobby Deol]]<br />[[Priyanka Chopra]]<br />[[Irrfan Khan]]<br />[[Riteish Deshmukh]]<br />[[Danny Denzongpa]]
| music = [[Monty Sharma]]
| cinematography = Gopal Shah
| editing = Sanjay Sankla
| studio = [[Vijayta Films]]
| distributor = [[Zee Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|08|29}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}10 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=216|title=Chamku – Movie|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}3,09 crore<ref name="auto"/>
}}
'''''Chamku''''' is a 2008 Indian [[action thriller]] film written and directed by [[Kabeer Kaushik]]. It stars [[Bobby Deol]] in the eponymous role. It also co-stars [[Priyanka Chopra]] and [[Irrfan Khan]]. [[Riteish Deshmukh]] and [[Danny Denzongpa]] appear in supporting roles. The film was released worldwide on August 29, 2008.

==Plot==
The film tells the story of Chandrama Singh ([[Bobby Deol]]), who was raised by Baba ([[Danny Denzongpa]]), a [[Naxalite|Naxal]] leader based in the southern interiors of [[Bihar]], after his family was brutally murdered. He later gets picked up under a covert Governmental program jointly conceived by [[R&AW|RAW]] and [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] to carry out political assassinations. He falls in love with Shubhi ([[Priyanka Chopra]]), a kindergarten teacher, and decides to lead a reformed life but a chanced encounter entangles him in the world of crime once again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/preview/13773/index.html |title=Chamku : Preview |accessdate=2008-07-16 |publisher=[[IndiaFM]]}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chamkuthefilm.com |title=Chamku : Synopsis |accessdate=2008-08-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828151839/http://www.chamkuthefilm.com/ |archivedate=28 August 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Irrfan Khan]] as Vishal Kapoor
*[[Priyanka Chopra]] as Shurbhi
*[[Bobby Deol]] as Chandrama "Chamku" Singh
*[[Ritesh Deshmukh]] as Arjun Tiwari
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Baba
*[[Rajpal Yadav]] as Hussain Ahmed
*[[Arya Babbar]] as Shreedhar
*[[Akhilendra Mishra]] as Thakur Mahendra Pratap Singh
*[[Rachna Khanna]] as Subhi Friend

==Production==
[[Kabeer Kaushik]], the director of the film had approached [[Bobby Deol]] to play the lead role in his debut film, [[Sehar]], which was eventually played by [[Arshad Warsi]]. Despite liking the script Deol turned it down because he was not prepared to work with a debutant director and also felt that the plot was similar to some other film.<ref name="IndiaFM">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/07/25/9793/index.html |title=Bobby Deol to play Bihari tramp in Chamkoo |accessdate=2008-06-05 |publisher=[[IndiaFM]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614021837/http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/07/25/9793/index.html |archivedate=14 June 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> Filming for the movie began in October 2007.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} The song "Gola Gola" from the film picturised on the festival of [[Holi]] was released exclusively on radio stations on 21 March 2008, to coincide with the festival of [[Holi]]. Rosa Catalano features in a dance number in the film titled ''Trance''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-16/news-interviews/27773865_1_new-item-girl-sunny-deol-song |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025113247/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-04-16/news-interviews/27773865_1_new-item-girl-sunny-deol-song |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2012 |title= Roza is the new item girl! |accessdate=2008-06-06 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 April 2008}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
[[Monty Sharma]] has composed the soundtrack for the movie, and the lyrics have been written by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]. The soundtrack was released on 29 July 2008 under the label of [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].

{{Infobox album
| name = Chamku
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Monty Sharma]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 29 July 2008
| recorded = 2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 29:38
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Monty Sharma]]
| prev_title = [[Heroes (2008 film)|Heroes]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = [[Naughty @ 40]]
| next_year = 2008
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 29:38
| title1 = Aaja Milke
| extra1 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Shail Hada]]
| length1 = 5:29
| title2 = Kithe Jawan
| extra2 = [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]]
| length2 = 5:50
| title3 = Gola Gola
| extra3 = [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Vaishali Samant]]
| length3 = 3:49
| title4 = Trance
| extra4 = [[Master Saleem|Saleem Shahzada]], [[Sowmya Raoh]], [[Anaida]]
| length4 = 6:36
| title5 = Bin Daseyaa
| extra5 = [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]]
| length5 = 4:26
| title6 = Dukh Ke Badri
| extra6 = [[Kalpana Patowary]], [[Parthiv Gohil]], [[Shail Hada]]
| length6 = 3:28
}}

==See also==
*''[[Sehar]]''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1266545|Chamku}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chamku (Film)}}
[[Category:2008 crime drama films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Indian crime action films]]
[[Category:Films about Naxalism]]
[[Category:Films shot in Bihar]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]
[[Category:2000s spy action films]]
[[Category:Films about the Research and Analysis Wing]]
[[Category:Vijayta Films films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Films set in Bihar]]
[[Category:Films about mass murder]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:2008 crime thriller films]]
[[Category:2000s crime action films]]

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