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| Directed by | Abbas-Mustan |
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| Written by | Shiraz Ahmed Shyam Goel |
| Produced by | Ganesh Jain Ratan Jain Champak Jain |
| Starring | Bobby Deol Akshaye Khanna Amisha Patel |
| Cinematography | Ravi Yadav |
| Edited by | Hussain A. Burmawala |
| Music by | Himesh Reshammiya
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹150 million[1]Template:Better Template:Small
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Humraaz (Template:Translation) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic thriller film directed by the duo Abbas-Mustan. Released on 5 July 2002, it stars Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna and Amisha Patel. The film is remake of 1998 movie A Perfect Murder. The film was an inspiration for the 2018 Bengali movie Tui Sudhu Amaar starring Soham Chakraborty, Om and Mahiya Mahi in lead roles. It was remade in Tamil as Girivalam.
Plot
While leading a dance troupe, Karan and Priya fall in love and participate in a dance audition and the winner would get the chance of performing on the luxurious Singhania cruise owned by rich businessman Raj Singhania. Jojo Fernandes leader of another troupe wins by cheating in the competition. Soon Karan beats up Jojo and accidentally kills him and gets selected to perform. Raj meets Priya at the deck and eventually falls in love with her and proposes her. It is revealed that Priya and Karan have been scheming to have Raj wed her to get his money.
Meanwhile, another dancer named Harry from the troupe gets wind of their plot and starts to blackmail Karan to give him money or else he will tell Raj about the plan and tell the police about the death of Jojo Fernandes. It was revealed that Karan killed Jojo Fernandes deliberately, rather than the latter dying in an accident. Karan meets him at the designated place to hand him over the money but instead kills him. Unknown to Karan, just before dying, he calls Raj to reveal the truth. The call goes in the voice mailbox since Raj is not in his office.
Affected by the dilemma of choosing a caring husband over personal ambition, Priya meets with an accident while returning home. Raj showers Priya with all his love and care. Priya is overwhelmed to know Raj has kept a fast for two days. Priya tells Karan that she will not go ahead with the divorce. Karan feels betrayed and decides to get his revenge on Priya and Raj. He feigns a call from Harry and acts as if he is being harassed for a bribe. Priya decides to give her jewelry to Karan to save him. However, Karan anonymously calls Raj from a public phone and lies to him that Priya loves Karan and she is giving away the money that she looted from Raj to Karan. Raj follows her and sees that Priya is meeting Karan and handing over her jewelry. Raj misunderstands it. He also finds the recording of Harry later in his office.
Raj blackmails Karan by showing him the tape to kill Priya. Raj explains every point of the plan right up to precise time and says that he will call on the landline as he wants to hear Priya scream while she is dying. Priya, unaware of the plan, decides to confess everything to Raj in an audio recording and replace the tape with the music cassette in Raj's car. She knows that Raj has a habit of listening to music while traveling to the office. In the recordings, she mentions that if Raj has forgiven her, he should give her a call. If not, she will leave him forever.
Raj was discussing a meeting with an employee that day and hence, doesn't listen to the tape. Karan enters the house as planned and waits for the call. At the same time, Priya is also waiting for the call from Raj expecting him to forgive her. Raj calls the landline as planned, an excited Priya answers the phone. Karan attacks her at the same time and ensures Raj can hear her screams. Raj soon listens to the tape as he sits in the car in horror. He rushes to save Priya only to see the police and an ambulance waiting at the house.
It is revealed that Priya is saved and the saviour is none other than Karan; meanwhile, the person who really attacked Priya is a small thief and he is the one who is dead. Karan then tells Raj that by using Harry's cassette, he can prove nothing. He blackmails Raj saying he had recorded the meeting with him about the murder and demands that Raj divorce Priya with large alimony as a part of his ransom plan. Raj goes to meet Karan at a decided spot where he says he is ready to go to jail, but only after Karan is killed. Both men break out in a fight and Karan is about to kill Raj but is confronted by Priya. Karan tells her about Raj's plan to kill her, but she says that she is aware of it. Karan shoots Priya and Raj runs to kill Karan. Karan tries to kill Raj, but it turns out Priya was still alive and she and Raj kill Karan, and finally, Priya and Raj reunite together.
Cast
- Bobby Deol as Raj Singhania
- Akshaye Khanna as Karan Malhotra
- Amisha Patel as Priya Singhania
- Johnny Lever as Darshan
- Sheela Sharma as Rosy
- Suhasini Mulay as Dadi
- Sudhir as Tommy
- Jeetu Verma as Jojo
- Bhairavi Vaidya as Buaji
- Sudhir Mishra as Saxena
- Dilip Joshi as Gauri Shankar
- Firoz Irani in a guest appearance as Uncle
- Dinesh Hingoo as Rustom Uncle
- Roshan Tirandaz as Shireen
- Farhan as Harry
Production
Before production began, Priyanka Chopra was offered the role of Priya Singhania and she was supposed to make her debut with this film, but she was unable to accept due to prior commitments. Upon her refusal, the role went to Amisha Patel.[2]
Box office
Template:Expand section Humraaz grossed ₹29.7 crore. The film's budget, plus print and advertising costs totaled ₹15 crore. [3]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of Humraaz was composed by Himesh Reshammiya with lyrics by Sudhakar Sharma. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 2.2 million units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's highest-selling Indian Hindi-language soundtrack.[4]
Awards and nominations
Below is an incomplete list showing the awards and nominations received by Humraaz:[5]
| Year | Presenter | Award(s) | Result |
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| 2003 | IIFA Awards | Best Actress (Amisha Patel) | Template:Nom |
| Best Villain (Akshaye Khanna) | Template:Won | ||
| Filmfare Awards | Best Film | Template:Nom | |
| Best Director (Abbas-Mustan) | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Actor (Bobby Deol) | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Actress (Amisha Patel) | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Villain (Akshaye Khanna) | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Comedian (Johnny Lever) | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Music Director (Himesh Reshammiya) | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Lyricist (Sudhakar Sharma) | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Male Playback (K K) for Bardaasht Nahi Kar Sakta | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Male Playback (Kumar Sanu) for Sanam Mere Humraaz | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Female Playback (Alka Yagnik) for Sanam Mere Humraaz | Template:Nom | ||
| Star Screen Awards | Best Director (Abbas-Mustan) | Template:Nom | |
| Best Actress (Amisha Patel) | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Villain (Akshaye Khanna) | Template:Nom | ||
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Villain (Akshaye Khanna) | Template:Nom |
References
- ↑ https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=595
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- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 12 February 2006.
- ↑ Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units). Box Office India.
- ↑ Humraaz : Awards and Nominations. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 17 September 2011.