Murder (film)
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Murder is a 2004 Bollywood
erotic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu
and written by Mahesh Bhatt
. The film stars Mallika Sherawat
, Emraan Hashmi
and Ashmit Patel
and is set in Bangkok, Thailand. The film's soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik
. The film draws inspiration from the 2002 Hollywood film, Unfaithful starring Richard Gere
and Diane Lane
. Two other Bollywood films, Hawas
and Tezaab - The Acid of Love
, are also inspired from the same film.
The film was a huge success at the box office and was the tenth highest grosser of the year.
) is married to Sudhir (Ashmit Patel
), but due to her lonely married life she gets into an affair with her college time lover Sunny (Emraan Hashmi
), whom she accidentally meets after marriage. She starts telling lies to Sudhir so as to meet Sunny daily, and gets so engrossed in love affair, that she forgets all her commitments as a wife and mother, and she realises that it is grossly wrong. Finally, she decides to end the affair, but to her surprise she finds another woman with him. Sima then realises the mistake she did by sleeping with Sunny just because of unhappy marital life. She laments for her unfaithful act of the immoral affair.
On the other hand, Sudhir hires a detective, and comes to know about the affair, and the fact of Sunny being a womaniser.
The police comes to their house and inquires about the missing Sunny, on a report registered by his girlfriend. Simran gets an idea that it has something to do with Sudhir. Then it is revealed that when Sudhir goes to Sunny to request him to end the affair, in the heat of the moment he beats him brutally and buries his dead body. She accepts her mistake, supports Sudhir, and even tries to take every risk and blame on herself. This develops and strengthens their love and faith.
When Sunny is murdered, she is arrested by the police for the said murder, and she pleads guilty. But instead Sudhir claims that it is actually he who has killed Sunny. This leaves the police in confusion. Moreover, the dead body was also missing from the spot.
Finally, the story takes a u-turn when it is found that actually, this "murder" never took place; rather it was a plot planned by Sunny with the aid of Radhika to separate Simran and Sudhir, so that he could continue his love affair with Simran.
The couple reunites with the love developed on the strong foundations of the test of mutual support and understanding, to lead a happily married life.
The Murder film grossed over 58 Cr(in Indian Rs) worldwide.It was a modern success for the film.The film's budget was 19 Cr only.It is the
29th biggest grossed film in Bollywood(world wide)and the 32nd biggest grossed film in Bollywood(46Cr appx).
. Lyrics are penned by Sayeed Quadri and Rahat Indori
.
, the music composer of the film composed a song called Jana Jane Jana. The chords of that song was reportedly copied from Nishwa Korechho Amay, a song by a Bangladeshi band called Miles
. The Arabic portion of Kaho Na Kaho is reportedly a stanza from the 2000 single Tamally Maak by Egyptian artist Amr Diab
, also the tune is copied from the same. The tune of the song Bheege Hont Tere is also reportedly copied from a song of Pakistani artist Najam Sheraz
.
was released on July 8, 2011 with Emraan Hashmi
and Jacqueline Fernandez
. Murder 2 received the verdict of Blockbuster in its first week itself. After the success of the first two installments, the producers have planned for third installment to the series.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
erotic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu
Anurag Basu
Anurag Basu is an Indian film director and writer, known for directing films that tackle the themes of dark passion and adultery like Life in a... Metro, Gangster and Murder. Basu was nominated in the Best Director category at the 53rd Filmfare Awards in 2008 for Life in a... Metro. He has also...
and written by Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....
. The film stars Mallika Sherawat
Mallika Sherawat
Mallika Sherawat is a former Indian model, now working as an actress in mainly Bollywood films. Known for her bold onscreen attitude, Sherawat has been frequently featured in the media as a sex symbol...
, Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
and Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films.-Early life:Ashmit Patel is the son of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, the younger brother of Amisha Patel, and the grandson of the famous lawyer-politician Barrister Rajni Patel who was the Congress Pradesh Committee President of Bombay...
and is set in Bangkok, Thailand. The film's soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik
Anu Malik
Anu Malik , born Anwar Sardaar Malik, is a famous music director in the Hindi film industry. Son of veteran music director Sardar Malek, Anu Malik made his debut as a music composer in the year 1977. After a considerable period of struggle, the 90's welcomed Anu with hits like 'Phir Teri Kahani...
. The film draws inspiration from the 2002 Hollywood film, Unfaithful starring Richard Gere
Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol...
and Diane Lane
Diane Lane
Diane Lane is an American film actress.Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her screen debut at the age of 13 in George Roy Hill's 1979 film A Little Romance, starring opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. Soon after, she was featured on the cover of Time magazine...
. Two other Bollywood films, Hawas
Hawas (2004 film)
Hawas is a Hindi movie released in 2004. Like another Bollywood movie, Murder, it is an adaptation of the American film Unfaithful . Hawas was directed by Karan Razdan and stars Meghna Naidu, Shawar Ali and Tarun Arora....
and Tezaab - The Acid of Love
Tezaab - The Acid of Love
Tezaab - The Acid of Love is an Indian film directed by Shakeel Noorani. It is an adaptation of the United States film Unfaithful. The film stars Shruti Sharma, Praveen Dabas, Sharat Saxena, and Irrfan Khan. Murder was also adaption of this movie....
, are also inspired from the same film.
The film was a huge success at the box office and was the tenth highest grosser of the year.
Plot
Siman (Mallika SherawatMallika Sherawat
Mallika Sherawat is a former Indian model, now working as an actress in mainly Bollywood films. Known for her bold onscreen attitude, Sherawat has been frequently featured in the media as a sex symbol...
) is married to Sudhir (Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films.-Early life:Ashmit Patel is the son of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, the younger brother of Amisha Patel, and the grandson of the famous lawyer-politician Barrister Rajni Patel who was the Congress Pradesh Committee President of Bombay...
), but due to her lonely married life she gets into an affair with her college time lover Sunny (Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
), whom she accidentally meets after marriage. She starts telling lies to Sudhir so as to meet Sunny daily, and gets so engrossed in love affair, that she forgets all her commitments as a wife and mother, and she realises that it is grossly wrong. Finally, she decides to end the affair, but to her surprise she finds another woman with him. Sima then realises the mistake she did by sleeping with Sunny just because of unhappy marital life. She laments for her unfaithful act of the immoral affair.
On the other hand, Sudhir hires a detective, and comes to know about the affair, and the fact of Sunny being a womaniser.
The police comes to their house and inquires about the missing Sunny, on a report registered by his girlfriend. Simran gets an idea that it has something to do with Sudhir. Then it is revealed that when Sudhir goes to Sunny to request him to end the affair, in the heat of the moment he beats him brutally and buries his dead body. She accepts her mistake, supports Sudhir, and even tries to take every risk and blame on herself. This develops and strengthens their love and faith.
When Sunny is murdered, she is arrested by the police for the said murder, and she pleads guilty. But instead Sudhir claims that it is actually he who has killed Sunny. This leaves the police in confusion. Moreover, the dead body was also missing from the spot.
Finally, the story takes a u-turn when it is found that actually, this "murder" never took place; rather it was a plot planned by Sunny with the aid of Radhika to separate Simran and Sudhir, so that he could continue his love affair with Simran.
The couple reunites with the love developed on the strong foundations of the test of mutual support and understanding, to lead a happily married life.
The Murder film grossed over 58 Cr(in Indian Rs) worldwide.It was a modern success for the film.The film's budget was 19 Cr only.It is the
29th biggest grossed film in Bollywood(world wide)and the 32nd biggest grossed film in Bollywood(46Cr appx).
Cast
- Emraan HashmiEmraan HashmiEmraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
as Sunny - Mallika SherawatMallika SherawatMallika Sherawat is a former Indian model, now working as an actress in mainly Bollywood films. Known for her bold onscreen attitude, Sherawat has been frequently featured in the media as a sex symbol...
as Simran - Ashmit PatelAshmit PatelAshmit Patel is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films.-Early life:Ashmit Patel is the son of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, the younger brother of Amisha Patel, and the grandson of the famous lawyer-politician Barrister Rajni Patel who was the Congress Pradesh Committee President of Bombay...
as Sudhir - Raj Zutshi as a Cop
- Kashmira ShahKashmira ShahKashmira Shah is an Indian actress and model. She is the granddaughter of noted Hindustani classical singer, Anjanibai Lolekar. She has appeared in numerous Hindi and Marathi films. Shah is a half Maharashtrian and half Gujarati...
as a Lounge Singer
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Anu MalikAnu Malik
Anu Malik , born Anwar Sardaar Malik, is a famous music director in the Hindi film industry. Son of veteran music director Sardar Malek, Anu Malik made his debut as a music composer in the year 1977. After a considerable period of struggle, the 90's welcomed Anu with hits like 'Phir Teri Kahani...
. Lyrics are penned by Sayeed Quadri and Rahat Indori
Rahat Indori
Rahat Indori is an eminent Urdu language poet and a bollywood lyricist, prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at Indore University.-Early life and education:...
.
Track listing
Controversies
Anu MalikAnu Malik
Anu Malik , born Anwar Sardaar Malik, is a famous music director in the Hindi film industry. Son of veteran music director Sardar Malek, Anu Malik made his debut as a music composer in the year 1977. After a considerable period of struggle, the 90's welcomed Anu with hits like 'Phir Teri Kahani...
, the music composer of the film composed a song called Jana Jane Jana. The chords of that song was reportedly copied from Nishwa Korechho Amay, a song by a Bangladeshi band called Miles
Miles (band)
Miles is a popular rock band from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest bands in Bangladesh, forming as early as 1978.Miles currently consists of Hamin Ahmed on lead guitar, Shafin Ahmed on Bass, Manam Ahmed on keyboard, Iqbal Asif Jewel on guitar, and Syed Ziaur Rahman Turjo on drums...
. The Arabic portion of Kaho Na Kaho is reportedly a stanza from the 2000 single Tamally Maak by Egyptian artist Amr Diab
Amr Diab
Amr Abdol-Basset Abdol-Azeez Diab is an Egyptian singer and composer of geel music; the contemporary face of Egyptian el-geel pop music, according to World Music. Diab is the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time, according to Let's Go Egypt...
, also the tune is copied from the same. The tune of the song Bheege Hont Tere is also reportedly copied from a song of Pakistani artist Najam Sheraz
Najam Sheraz
Najam Sheraz is a Pakistani pop singer, musician, composer and comedy actor. He is most prolific singer; indeed he is a household name in Pakistan. Many of his songs have become anthems all over the world. His latest album, eight in his career, "Najam" has been released recently both in India and...
.
Sequel
A sequel to the film titled Murder 2Murder 2
Murder 2 is a 2011 Bollywood thriller film and the sequel to the 2004 hit film, Murder. The film is the second installment to the Murder Series which stars Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead. Directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, the film released on July 8, 2011...
was released on July 8, 2011 with Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
and Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress and model who works in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen who won the Miss Sri Lanka Universe in 2006...
. Murder 2 received the verdict of Blockbuster in its first week itself. After the success of the first two installments, the producers have planned for third installment to the series.