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{{Infobox film
| name = Chand Bujh Gaya
| image = Chand Bujh Gaya.jpg
| alt =
| caption = DVD cover of the film
| director = Sharique Minhaj
| producer = [[Faaiz Anwar]]
| writer = {{Unbulleted list|Zuben Dr.|Qamruddin Falak}}
| starring = {{Unbulleted list|[[Faisal Khan]]|[[Shama Sikander]]|Pratap Singh}}
| music = {{Unbulleted list|[[Ghulam Ali (Indian composer)|Ghulam Ali]]|Ghani|Kanak Raj}}
| cinematography = Taposh Mandal
| editing = Ranjan Suryawanshi
| studio = F.A. Picture International
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2005|03|18}}
| runtime = 116 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|1.75|c}}<ref name="TheHindu" />
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INRConvert|15.5|l}}<ref name="BOI">{{cite web |title=Chand Bujh Gaya |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1731 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>
}}
'''''Chand Bujh Gaya''''' ({{lang-en|The Moon Is Eclipsed}}) is a 2005 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[drama thriller film]] directed by Sharique Minhaj in his directorial debut and featuring [[Faisal Khan]] and [[Shama Sikander]] in leading roles. The film is set against the backdrop of the 2002 [[Godhra train burning]]. Both the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (CBFC) and its appellate authority, the [[Film Certification Appellate Tribunal|Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal]] (FCAT) refused to grant a certificate to the film. The film was released only after the [[Bombay High Court]] quashed the decisions of CBFC and FCAT.

==Plot==
Tusshar Mehta, a businessman, has [[arranged marriage|arranged the marriage]] of his son Rahul to Meghna. However, Rahul is in love with Saveen, and Meghna steps away from the marriage when she comes to know of their love. Rahul and Saveen board the [[Sabarmati Express]] to meet her father Imran Jafri who lives in [[Ahmedabad]]. Before the couple reach their destination, the train is [[Godhra train burning|set on fire]] by a mob near [[Godhra Junction railway station]]. Escaping from the mob, they take refuge at the house of Payal, a journalist. The train burning sparks a [[2002 Gujarat riots|communal riot]]. Differences emerge between Rahul and Saveen while they try to protect themselves from the riot, eventually succumbing to it.

==Cast==
* [[Faisal Khan]] as Rahul T. Mehta
* [[Shama Sikander]] as Saveen I. Jafri
* Pratap Singh as Chief Minister<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021110/spectrum/tv.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref>
* Faraaz Khan as Adarsh
* Sanam as Payal
* Aliza as Meghna
* Ishrat Ali as Imran Jafri
* Mukesh Ahuja as Editor
* Shabnam Kapoor as Namrata
* Raja Kapse as Anil Sharma
* [[Neha Bam]] as Asha Sharma
* Usman Raza as Tusshar Mehta
* [[Kamya Panjabi]] as Dancer (special appearance)
* Farzan Qureshi as Child Artist
* Saima Qureshi as Child Artist
* Baby Farhat Qureshi as Child Artist
* Shameem Khan in special appearance

==Production==
Film writer and lyricist [[Faaiz Anwar]] co-produced the film, made in five months and with a budget of Rs. 1.75 crores. He stated that the story was "truth ... gathered through numerous newspapers".<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news |last1=Siddiqui |first1=Rana |title=Waiting for the moon |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/waiting-for-the-moon/article28579638.ece |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=New Delhi|date=11 March 2005|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The film was the directorial debut of Sharique Minhaj, who was working as an equipment supplier for a [[television channel]] during the [[2002 Gujarat riots]].<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]] |title=Chand Bujh Gaya maker plans film on Abdul Lateef |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/chand-bujh-gaya-maker-plans-film-on-abdul-lateef/story-mYw0JHtArdZyaAT2sv4trJ.html |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2 May 2014}}</ref>

''Chand Bujh Gaya'' marked the first collaboration between Faisal Khan and Minhaj. They would later come together for ''[[Chinar Daastaan-E-Ishq]]'' (2015).<ref>{{cite news |title=Aamir Khan's brother Faisal set for Bollywood comeback with Mental |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/aamir-khan-s-brother-faisal-set-for-bollywood-comeback-with-mental/story-8CbvHGb8iiTVqSwgFIXnJL.html |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=31 July 2017}}</ref> [[Mahesh Bhatt]] had warned Anwar, stating: "you have put your hands in dynamite, not fire".<ref name="TheHindu" /> The character based on [[Narendra Modi]], Chief Minister of [[Gujarat]], was played by Pratap Singh, who was subsequently offered the same role in a television serial, which he declined.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |last1=Salam |first1=Ziya Us |title=Ideology shackled |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ideology-shackled/article28576898.ece |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai|date=13 August 2004|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Khosla |first=Mukesh |title=Once is enough! |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021110/spectrum/tv.htm |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=10 November 2002}}</ref> In a 2007 interview, Anwar called the film "an attempt to bring about a sense of understanding between Hindus and Muslims".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Prerna |title=All sorts of songs find a way in: Faaiz |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/All-sorts-of-songs-find-a-way-inFaaiz/articleshow/2343435.cms |accessdate=9 April 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=7 September 2007}}</ref>

Some scenes of the film were shot in [[Silvassa]], the capital of the then [[union territory]] of [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=khanvelresort|khanvelresort|date=6 October 2016|number=784260799682322432|title=Silvassa has over 2,00,000 populace & famous Bollywood movies “Phool Aur Kaante” & “Chaand Bujh Gaye” was shot in the city!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123131828/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AW4_Liq0Us0cJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fkhanvelresort%2Fstatus%2F784260799682322432|archive-date=1 October 2020}}</ref>

==Certification controversy==
The producers had applied for a [[Motion picture content rating system|censor certificate]] in September 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pass riots film without cuts, HC tells censors |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Pass-riots-film-without-cuts-HC-tells-censors/articleshow/914099.cms |accessdate=9 April 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=6 November 2004}}</ref> The Examination Committee of the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (CBFC) initially refused to certify the film, fearing that certain visuals and dialogues in the film may have the "danger of inciting communal violence".<ref name="IK"/> Upon discussion with the committee, the filmmakers removed certain scenes, reducing the footage to {{Convert|10966|ft|m}} from {{Convert|11602|ft|m}}. Despite the cuts, the committee refused to certify the film, citing that "the Gujarat violence is a live issue and a scar on national sensitivity. Exhibition of the film will certainly aggravate the situation".<ref name="IK">{{cite web |title=F.A. Picture International vs Central Board Of Film ... on 5 November, 2004 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1481027/ |publisher=IndiaKanoon.org |accessdate=12 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="TH">{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=A. P. |authorlink1=Ajit Prakash Shah|title=The most precious of all freedoms |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-most-precious-of-all-freedoms/article2656995.ece |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 November 2011}}</ref> One key objection made by the board was the likeness between the film's villain and Modi. The CBFC had also denied certificates to two documentaries based on the 2002 Gujarat riots: [[Rakesh Sharma (filmmaker)|Rakesh Sharma]]'s ''[[Final Solution (2003 film)|Final Solution]]'' and Rakesh Pimple's ''Aakrosh''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sen |first1=Swagat |title=The unkindest cut |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/style/the-unkindest-cut/cid/1550551 |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date=22 August 2004}}</ref> The producers expressed their inability to make any further cuts to the film as that would "dilute the message of communal harmony" the film intended to portray. To this, the CBFC, in January 2004, finally refused to grant certification to the film in its existing form.<ref name="IK" />

The producers filed an appeal against the CBFC's decision before the Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) in April 2004; FCAT found the CBFC's decision correct and affirmed that the depiction of explicit violence and resemblance of its characters to real-life people could ignite communal violence and "public disharmony".<ref name="Scroll">{{cite web |last1=Godbole |first1=Sagar |title=Before 'Udta Punjab', five other movies that were rescued by the courts |url=https://scroll.in/reel/809959/before-udta-punjab-five-other-movies-that-were-rescued-by-the-courts |publisher=[[Scroll.in]] |accessdate=7 January 2019 |date=15 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Padmavati banned in Gujarat, UP: 22 films that shared the same fate as Sanjay Leela Bhansali film |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/padmavati-banned-in-gujarat-up-22-films-that-shared-the-fate-of-sanjay-leela-bhansali-film/story-5XlK9T5kVkwX03hy9KJXGO.html |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=23 November 2017}}</ref> Rakesh Sinha, a Tribunal member, stated: "There seems to be a sort of ideological prejudice in the making of the film"; he felt that it gave the impression that the "Chief Minister [was] engineering the riots".<ref name="Outlook">{{cite news |title=CBFC rejects film on Gujarat riots |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/cbfc-rejects-film-on-gujarat-riots/235638 |accessdate=9 April 2020 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=16 July 2004}}</ref> He added that one character in the film "not only looks like Modi, he talks and moves like him", and the film "deliberately" targeted the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name="Zee">{{cite web |title=Hindu boy meets Muslim girl on Sabarmati Express to Godhra...Cut: The Indian Express |url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/hindu-boy-meets-muslim-girl-on-sabarmati-express-to-godhracut-the-indian-express_167895.html |publisher=[[Zee News]] |accessdate=9 April 2020 |date=13 July 2004}}</ref> The producers refused to cast another actor for the role of the Chief Minister.<ref name="Outlook" />

The filmmakers petitioned the [[Bombay High Court]] against the decisions of CBFC and FCAT as encroachment on the right to free speech and expression. A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice [[Dalveer Bhandari]] and Justice [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]] viewed the film and reached the conclusion that the "theme of the film is the absolute insensibility of violence. The film does not extol violence nor does it condemn any community as having taking recourse to violence".<ref name="IK" /><ref name="Scroll" /> In ''F.A. Picture International v. CBFC AIR 2005 Bom 145'', the bench observed that CBFC's and FCAT's refusal to grant a certificate to the film was a "clear infringement of the fundamental right of the producer under [[Freedom of expression in India|Article 19(1)(a)]] of [[Constitution of India|the Constitution]]", and said they had "misconceived the scope and function of their powers and jurisdiction". The bench in its judgment dated 5 November 2004 directed the CBFC to grant appropriate certification to the film.<ref name="IK" /><ref>{{cite news |title=HC tells Censor Board to give certificate to film on Guj riots |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/hc-tells-censor-board-to-give-certificate-to-film-on-guj-riots/259888 |accessdate=9 April 2020 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=5 November 2004}}</ref>

==Release==
''Chand Bujh Gaya'' was released on 18 March 2005 with a [[U certificate (India)|U certificate]], implying unrestricted public exhibition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chand Bujh Gaya (U) |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/chand-bujh-gaya/movieshow/61347564.cms |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/about-us.html |publisher=[[Central Board of Film Certification]] |accessdate=12 April 2020}}</ref> However, the Chief Minister of [[Gujarat]], [[Narendra Modi]], banned the film within Gujarat.<ref name="TheHindu" /><ref name="DC">{{cite news |title=Bollywood gets 'Modi'fied |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/070119/bollywood-gets-modified.html |accessdate=7 January 2019 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=7 January 2019}}</ref> The film was dubbed into [[German language|German]] and titled ''{{lang|de|Der verloschnene Mond}}''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chand Bujh Gaya - Der verloschnene Mond [DVD] [Region 2] (Import) (Keine deutsche Version) |url=https://www.amazon.de/Chand-Bujh-Gaya-verloschnene-deutsche/dp/B00IFSUUWC |publisher=[[Amazon.de]] |accessdate=9 April 2020 |language=German}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| title1 = Yaad Aye Woh Din, Jaane Kyon Tere Bin
| extra1 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
| music1 = Kanak Raj
| lyrics1 = [[Faaiz Anwar]]
| title2 = Chupke Chupke De Jaati Hai Pyar Ka Paigham Teri Aankhen
| extra2 = [[Kumar Sanu]], Pamela Jain
| music2 = Ghani
| lyrics2 = Faaiz Anwar
| title3 = Rehta Nahin Hai Chand Kabhi Chandni Se Dur
| extra3 = [[Kavita Krishnamurti]]
| music3 = Ghulam Ali
| lyrics3 = Faaiz Anwar
| title4 = Chand Bujh Gaya
| extra4 = Kumar Sanu
| music4 = Kanak Raj
| lyrics4 = Faaiz Anwar
| title5 = Tujhey Zindagi Ki Tarah
| extra5 = Preetha Mazumdar
| music5 = Kanak Raj
| lyrics5 = Faaiz Anwar
| title6 = Yeh Apna Hindustan
| extra6 = Kinnari
| music6 = Kanak Raj
| lyrics6 = Faaiz Anwar
| title7 = Julf Meri Laheraai Re
| extra7 = [[Vaishali Samant]]
| music7 = Kanak Raj
| lyrics7 = Faaiz Anwar
}}
In its review of the film's soundtrack album, ''[[The Hindu]]'' noted that the title song "[caused] discomfort" but was appreciative of the three songs: "Chupke Chupke De Jaati Hai Pyaar Ka Paigaam Teri Yaadein", "Rehta Nahin Hai Chand Kabhi Chandni Se Dur", and "Zulf Meri Lehrai Re", calling them "pretty soft and romantic". It opined that from a child's perspective, the song "Yeh Apna Hindustan" "[did] sound good" and "Yaad Aaye woh Din" was a "mood melody".<ref>{{cite news |title=Metro Plus : Chords & Notes |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chords-notes/article28209327.ece |accessdate=9 April 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 May 2004|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Reception==
Upon its release, ''Chand Bujh Gaya'' performed poorly at the box office. According to the Indian film trade website [[Box Office India]], the film had a worldwide first-week collection of {{INRConvert|10.00|l}} and a worldwide gross of approximately {{INRConvert|15.52|l}}, thus earning the label of "[[box-office bomb|disaster]]".<ref name="BOI" />

Rohit Murari wrote in his 3-star review for Fullhyd.com that the film "scores a few points - for its blatant honesty" and Sikander was the "best thing to have happened to the movie". He found the film's music a "typical B-grade affair" and concluded his review by saying: "[T]here [was] no clear, or even unclear, objective behind making the movie".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Murari |first1=Rohit |title=Chand Bujh Gaya Review |url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/chand-bujh-gaya/hindi/chand-bujh-gaya-movie-reviews-1247-2.html |publisher=Fullhyd.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0487148}}

[[Category:2005 thriller drama films]]
[[Category:2005 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Films set in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Films shot in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Films about religious violence in India]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Indian thriller drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Silvassa]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Narendra Modi]]
[[Category:2002 Gujarat riots]]

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