Kasoor
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| Directed by | Vikram Bhatt |
| Produced by | Mukesh Bhatt |
| Written by | Mahesh Bhatt Girish Dhamija |
| Starring | Aftab Shivdasani Lisa Ray Divya Dutta Apurva Agnihotri Irrfan Khan Ashutosh Rana |
| Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
| Cinematography | Pravin Bhatt |
| Edited by | Amit Saxena |
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Release dates
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2 February 2001 |
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Running time
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151 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹50 million (US$740,000) |
| Box office | ₹150 million (US$2.2 million) |
Kasoor (meaning 'Guilt/Fault') is a 2001 Bollywood suspense thriller film produced under Mukesh Bhatt's Vishesh Entertainment Ltd. and directed by Vikram Bhatt. It features Aftab Shivdasani in his second Bollywood appearance and Lisa Ray in her Bollywood debut.[1] Ray's voice was dubbed by Divya Dutta.[2] Aftab's voice was dubbed by Vikram Bhatt. The film also stars Apoorva Agnihotri, Irrfan Khan and Ashutosh Rana in supporting roles. It was released on 2 February 2001.[3] Storyline of Kasoor is Copied From 1985's Hollywood movie Jagged Edge
Anil Kapoor was signed to play the lead initially, but he opted out of the film after the initial schedule to join Nayak.
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Plot
The plot is a copy of the 1985 Hollywood thriller Jagged Edge & The Kannada film Antima Ghatta] (1987) starring Shankar Nag, Urvashi and Tara. The film starts with the murder of Priti, wife of Shekhar (Aftab Shivdasani), a wealthy and well-known journalist. Inspector Lokhande (Ashutosh Rana) 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 suggest he ask Simran Bhargav (Lisa Ray), who is a very 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 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 in bed and Shekhar enjoys Simran in bed. 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 significance of this typewriter is that there have been typed 'crank' letters sent to her office, leaving little clues that point the finger to the swimming coach (Vishwajeet Pradhan), who had an affair with Shekhar's wife. The typed letters all have a flyaway 't' on them.
Simran then comes to know that Shekhar is the real murderer. She leaves for the police station to give the typewriter she has found. Shekhar realizes this and is on the prowl to claim his next victim. In the end, Simran kills Shekhar in self-defense.
Main Cast
- Aftab Shivdasani — Shekhar Saxena
- Lisa Ray — Simran Bhargav
Supporting Cast
- Syra Yousuf — Pritty Saxena
- Apurva Agnihotri — Amit
- Irfan Khan — public prosecutor
- Ashutosh Rana — Inspector Lokhande
- Masood Ahmed — Inspector Champak
- Dhagga - Witness, Rustam Sodawaterwalla
- Arham Saleem - Jimmy Parera
Music
| Kasoor | ||||
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| Studio album by Nadeem-Shravan | ||||
| Released | December 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Sargema | |||
| Producer | Nadeem-Shravan | |||
| Nadeem-Shravan chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Planet Bollywood |   [4] |
The music of Kasoor was composed by Nadeem Shravan. The music was extremely popular among the masses. Songs such as "Kitni Bechain Hoke" & "Zindagi Ban Gaye Ho Tum" were chartbusters and other songs were also extremely popular. Singer such as Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik lent their voices for the album. The soundtrack received 8/10 rating from Planet Bollywood. The lyrics were penned by Sameer. Composers Nadeem-Shravan composed fresh tunes for Bhatts and this film proved as a successful comeback vehicle for the composers.
Tracklist
| No | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1 | "Kitni Bechain Hoke" | Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik | 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" | Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik | 07:32 |
| 6 | "Mohabbat Ho Na Jaye" | Alka Yagnik & Kumar Sanu | 06:35 |
Reception
The film was a commercial hit and received mixed 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."[5] Aparajita Saha of Rediff 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."[6]
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