Chocolate (2005 film)
| Chocolate | |
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| Directed by | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Produced by |
Vibha Bhatnagar Ragini Sona Mehmood Ali |
| Written by |
Rohit Malhotra Vivek Agnihotri |
| Starring |
Anil Kapoor Sushma Reddy Irrfan Khan Tanushree Dutta Emma Bunton Sunil Shetty Arshad Warsi Emraan Hashmi |
| Narrated by |
Irrfan Khan Tanushree Dutta |
| Music by |
Songs: Pritam Score: Abhijit Vaghani |
| Cinematography | Attar Singh Saini |
| Edited by |
Vivek Agnihotri Satyajeet Gazmer |
| Distributed by | Pen N Camera International |
Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Chocolate is a 2005 Indian Hindi crime thriller film starring Anil Kapoor, Sushma Reddy, Irrfan Khan, Tanushree Dutta, Sunil Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Emraan Hashmi and the British recording artist Emma Bunton in the lead roles. Most of it was shot in London. The film is severely criticized to be a brazen copy of the 1995 Hollywood film The Usual Suspects.[1][2]
Plot
Following the 11 September 2001 attacks in the U.S.A., an explosion in a motorboat shatters the peace on Christmas Eve in London, UK. Following this incident is a daring robbery on an armoured vehicle carrying billions of pounds. The police suspect two Indians: PP (Irrfan Khan) and Sim (Tanushree Dutta). They are interrogated extensively amidst allegations that they may be linked to Al-Qaeda.
Crime journalist Monsoon Iyer (Sushma Reddy) learns about their plight, meets them, and asks her boyfriend advocate Krishan Pundit (Anil Kapoor) to represent them. Krishan meets with the two, listens to their side of the incidents, is convinced of their innocence, and is quite sure that the two incidents — as well as the deaths of three of PP and Sim's friends (Chip (Arshad Warsi), Deva (Emraan Hashmi) and Rocker (Sunil Shetty)) — were the actions of a notorious terrorist named Murtaza Arzai.
Cast
- Anil Kapoor as Krishan Pundit
- Sunil Shetty as Rocker
- Emraan Hashmi as Devaa
- Arshad Warsi as Chip
- Sushma Reddy as Monsoon Iyer
- Irrfan Khan as PP
- Tanushree Dutta as Simran
- Emma Bunton as Tabetha Gagoh
- Murli Sharma as Bilal
- Raj Zutshi as Roshan Gandhi
- Jagmohan Mundhra as Vivek Agnihotri
- Kelly Dorjee as Roshan Abbas
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Honey
- Ashwin Mushran
- Yasmin Haines
Soundtrack
| Chocolate | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Pritam | ||||
| Released |
23 July 2005 (Digital Release) 16 September 2005 (Film) | |||
| Genre | Feature Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 44:06 | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Pritam | |||
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The soundtrack of Chocolate is composed by Pritam. The songs "Halka Halka" and "Zahreeli Raatein" were chartbusters.Bheega Bheega sa song is copied from December by Abrar UL Haq whereas Halka Halka sa is copied from Breeze from Saintes Maries by Jesse Cook.
All music composed by Pritam.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Halka Halka Sa Yeh Sama" | Mayur Puri | Sonu Nigam | 5:10 |
| 2. | "Zahreeli Raatein" | Praveen Bharadwaj | K.K. | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Jhuki Jhuki" | Dev Kohli | Sunidhi Chauhan & Kailash Kher | 5:17 |
| 4. | "Mummy" | Mayur Puri | Saurabh Vishwakarma | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Panaahon Mein Mohabbat Ki" | Praveen Bharadwaj | Kunal Ganjawala | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Bheega Bheega" | Ajeet Srivastava | Indee & Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:05 |
| 7. | "Halka Halka Sa Yeh Sama" (Remix) | Mayur Puri | Sonu Nigam | 4:23 |
| 8. | "Khalish" | Mayur Puri | Suzanne & Kunal Ganjawala | 5:23 |
| 9. | "Chocolate Theme" | Instrumental | 5:03 | |
| Total length: | 44:06 | |||
- Track "Zahreeli Raatein" wasn't used in the movie due to a copyright dispute with Jal and Atif Aslam's "Aadat".
- A duet version of "Zahreeli Raatein" was later created to promote the movie, sung by K.K. and Shreya Ghoshal. Originally composed by Jal and written by Aslam, the track is an adaptation of the song "Aadat", sung by Aslam.
- Incidentally, the rights of song "Aadat" were purchased by Mahesh Bhatt for his movie Kalyug (2005 film) which released in same year. The song was picturised on actor Emraan Hashmi who was featured in "Zehreeli Raatein" too. Atif Aslam rendered his voice to the track.
Controversy
Actor Tanushree Dutta alleges director Vivek Agnihotri had told her 'kapde utaar ke naacho' [3] Tanushree Dutta accused Vivek Agnihotri of behaving inappropriately with her during the making of Chocolate.
References
- ↑ "Shahid Khan review of Chocolate". Planet Bollywood. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ↑ "Jaspreet Pandohar review of Chocolate (Deep Dark Secrets) (2005)". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ↑ "Dutta accused Vivek Agnihotri of behaving inappropriately with her during the making of Chocolate".