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Kasoor (transl. Fault) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film produced under Mukesh Bhatt's Vishesh Films and directed by Vikram Bhatt. It features Aftab Shivdasani in his second Bollywood appearance and Lisa Ray in her Bollywood debut.[4] Ray's voice was dubbed by Divya Dutta.[5][6] The film also stars Apoorva Agnihotri, Irrfan Khan and Ashutosh Rana in supporting roles. It was released on 2 February 2001.[7] The film is mainly based on the 1985 American film Jagged Edge, and the climax, on the 2000 American film What Lies Beneath.[8][9] The film was a moderate commercial success.[10] It continues to remain notable for its soundtrack.[11]
Kasoor | |
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Directed by | Vikram Bhatt |
Written by | Mahesh Bhatt Girish Dhamija |
Produced by | Mukesh Bhatt |
Starring | Aftab Shivdasani Lisa Ray Divya Dutta Apurva Agnihotri Irrfan Khan Ashutosh Rana Pushkar Dwivedi |
Cinematography | Pravin Bhatt |
Edited by | Amit Saxena |
Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
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Distributed by | Eros International Sony Pictures Networks India |
Release date |
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Running time | 151 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹3 crore (US$360,000)[2] |
Box office | ₹14.1 crore (US$1.7 million)[3] |
The film starts with the murder of Priti, wife of Shekhar, a wealthy and well-known journalist. Inspector Lokhande investigates the case and accuses Shekhar of the murder, saying he has enough evidence to arrest and convict him. However, upon getting bail from the court, Shekhar asks his lawyer to fight his case for him; however, his lawyer tells him that he will not be able to fight his case because he is a corporate lawyer and only fights civil cases. He suggests Shekhar ask Simran Bhargav, who is a skilled criminal lawyer in his firm, to fight his case.
Shekhar goes to Simran's house to convince her to take his case. Simran tells Shekhar that she'll defend him only if she is convinced that he is innocent. Simran is battling inner demons over a case in which she got a man convicted for a crime he had not committed. Her guilt increases when she learns that the innocent man had committed suicide in custody.
While representing Shekhar, whom she considers innocent, Simran falls in love with him – a part of Shekhar's plan to win her trust. They end up spending the night together. Throughout the case, a mysterious man sends clues to Simran, which helps her prove Shekhar's innocence. It is revealed that Shekhar was having an affair with another woman, and his wife Priti was having an affair with Jimmy Pereira. When Simran learns this, she is heartbroken and decides to leave the case, but Amit tells her to keep fighting the case. After the court declares Shekhar innocent, Simran spends the night with Shekhar at his house. The next morning, while opening his closet, she finds a typewriter hidden between sheets.
The typewriter proved to be the one the mysterious man used to write clue letters to Simran with earlier. Simran realizes this because the typed letters all have a flyaway 't' on them.
Simran realizes that Shekhar is the murderer and the mysterious man who wrote the letters to her. She then contacts Inspector Lokhande about the typewriter. He tells her to come to the police station with the typewriter. She continuously ignores Shekhar, who asks her for dinner. Shekhar realizes that Simran knows the truth. Shekhar quickly reaches her house and tries to kill her, but Simran kills him in self-defense and reconciles with Amit.
The whole film was shot in Himachal Pradesh in four months.
Kasoor | ||||
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Released | December 2000 | |||
Recorded | 2000 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Label | Sa Re Ga Ma | |||
Producer | Nadeem-Shravan | |||
Nadeem-Shravan chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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The music of Kasoor was composed by Nadeem-Shravan. This was their second album after comeback. The lyrics were penned by Sameer. Singer such as Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik lent their voices for the album. The soundtrack received a rating of 8/10 from Planet Bollywood.
No | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1 | "Kitni Bechain Hoke" | Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan | 07:25 |
2 | "Koi To Saathi Chahiye" | Kumar Sanu | 05:32 |
3 | "Zindagi Ban Gaye Ho Tum" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 05:35 |
4 | "Dil Mera Tod Diya" | Alka Yagnik | 05:07 |
5 | "Kal Raat Ho Gayi" | Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu | 07:32 |
6 | "Mohabbat Ho Na Jaaye" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 06:35 |
The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama praised the performance of the lead cast saying, "Kasoor scores the most in that one important department — performances. Credit for this must go primarily to the two principal performers — Aftab Shivdasani and Lisa Ray — who come up with proficient performances."[13] Aparajita Saha of Rediff.com stated, "this is a film that attempted an intriguing premise but failed when it didn't fully explore that very premise and take it to its logical and rightful conclusion."[14]
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