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{{short description|2003 Bollywood Romantic comedy film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Chupke Se
| image = Chupke Se - 2003 Movie Poster.jpg
| director = Shona Urvashi
| producer = Jayshree Makhija Nirmal Anand
| story = Shona Urvashi
| screenplay = [[Abbas Tyrewala]] Shona Urvashi
| starring = [[Zulfi Syed]] [[Masumeh Makhija]] [[Rati Agnihotri]]
| music = [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] [[Ranjit Barot]]
| cinematography =
| editing = Aadesh Verma
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2003|09|12|df=y}}
| runtime = 160 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Chupke Se''''' ({{lang-en|'''Secretly'''}}), is a 2003 Bollywood [[Romantic comedy]] film, directed by Shona Urvashi. It stars [[Zulfi Syed]], [[Masumeh Makhija]], [[Rati Agnihotri]], [[Tinnu Anand]], [[Om Puri]], [[Reema Lagoo]] and [[Dilip Prabhawalkar]]. The film's soundtrack was composed by [[Vishal Bhardwaj]], while the lyrics were penned by [[Gulzar]].

== Plot ==

Megha Timghure ([[Masumeh Makhija]]) is a plain-looking middle-class girl, living with her Mum, Laxmi ([[Reema Lagoo]]), and Dad ([[Dilip Prabhawalkar]]), who is employed as an Income Tax Officer. Her desire is to become a model and a beauty queen. At a party, she is wrongly introduced as Sarika Verma, and meets two eligible young men, Rizwan, and Varun Arya ([[Zulfi Syed]]). She expresses her wish to become a model and is referred to Almera Kochar ([[Rati Agnihotri]]), who has a reputation of bringing out the best in every model, and making them beauty queens. Almera meets with Sarika / Megha, and accepts her as a student, and makes her sign a contract. What Sarika does not know that she has now become a pawn in a devious plot concocted to protect millions gained by criminal activities on the black market.

== Cast ==

* [[Zulfi Syed]] as Varun Arya
* [[Masumeh Makhija]] as Megha Timghure/Sarika Mehra
* [[Om Puri]] as Qasim Khan Qayamat
* [[Rati Agnihotri]] as Almera Kochar
* [[Tinnu Anand]] as Tiny Kochar
* [[Dilip Prabhawalkar]] as Babanrao Timghure (Megha's father)
* [[Reema Lagoo]] as Laxmi (Megha's mother)
* [[Jayant Kripalani]] as Anand Arya (Varun's father)
* [[Raj Zutshi]] as Sunel
* [[Peeya Rai Chowdhary]] as Sheetal (Megha's friend)
* Raman Lamba as Rizwan
* [[Kurush Deboo]] as Shop Manager

== Soundtrack ==

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| name = Chupke Se
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
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| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2003|May|27}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saavn.com/s/album/hindi/Chupke-Se-2003/peHfekoxzB8_ |title=Chupke Se – Vishal Bhardwaj |publisher=[[Saavn]]}}</ref>
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 27:58
| language = Hindi
| label = [[Saregama]]
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The soundtrack of Chupke Se consists of 6 songs composed by [[Vishal Bhardwaj]], the lyrics of which were written by [[Gulzar]] and [[Abbas Tyrewala]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)!! Length
|-
| 1
| "Kajrare Kajrare Nainawale"
| [[Daler Mehndi]]
| 04:55
|-
| 2
| "Kehte Kehte Ruk Jatee Hai"
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Lucky Ali]]
| 04:46
|-
| 3
| "Koi Toh Ho Jiske Liye Jina Ho"
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]]
| 04:28
|-
| 4
| "Dildara" (Mano Agar Dil Se Toh Khuda)
| [[Zubeen Garg]], [[Gayatri Ganjawala]]
| 03:36
|-
| 5
| "Jeele Jeele Jeene De"
| [[Ranjit Barot]], [[KK (singer)|KK]], Alka Yagnik
| 03:45
|-
| 6
| "Kafi Nahin Jo Bhi Hai"
| Alka Yagnik
| 05:08
|}

== Critical reception ==

Taran Adarsh of [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 saying that, "Director Shona Urvashi gets the technique of film-making right, but is let down by the writing [Abbas Tyrewala, Shona herself]. The script fluctuates from plausible to implausible with regularity and that’s where it falters."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/chupke-se/critic-review/ |title=Chupke Se Movie Review by Taran Adarsh |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}{{Rating|1.5|5}}</ref> Ron Ahluwalia of ''Planet Bollywood'' gave the film a rating of 6 out of 10 saying that, "Chupke Se... is an attempt at an entertaining venture that just doesn't cut it. Ridden by cliches, incongruities, unnecessary use of derogatory language, below average direction and a supersaturated plot, this movie can simply be judged as amateur."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=032906045503 |title=Chupke Se Movie Review |publisher=Planet Bollywood}}{{Rating|6|10}}</ref> [[Namrata Joshi]] of [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 saying that, "Chupke Se is an earnest first attempt which could have been so much more fun. The gags and pranks don't really sparkle."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/chupke-se/221488 |title=An earnest first attempt which could have been so much more fun |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]}}{{Rating|2|5}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2003 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vishal Bhardwaj]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ranjit Barot]]

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