| Charas: A Joint Effort | |
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| Directed by | Tigmanshu Dhulia |
| Written by | Tigmanshu Dhulia |
| Produced by | Anjum Rizvi |
| Starring | Jimmy Sheirgill Uday Chopra Irrfan Khan |
| Cinematography | Satyajit Pande (Setu) |
| Music by | Raju Singh |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 142 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹ 5.1 million[1] |
Charas is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Set in Kasol, a village near Manikaran in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, the film deals with illegal drug trade. It stars Jimmy Sheirgill, Uday Chopra and Irrfan Khan with Kabir Sadanand, Namrata Shirodkar, and Hrishita Bhatt playing supporting roles.
Cast
- Jimmy Sheirgill as Dev Anand
- Uday Chopra as ACP Ashraf A. Khan
- Irrfan Khan as Policeman/DCP Randhir Singh Rathore
- Namrata Shirodkar as Piya Goswami
- Hrishita Bhatt as Naina Thakur
- Anup Soni as ACP Yashpal Chaturvedi
- Varun Badola as Amin Mohammed
- Kabir Sadanand ACP Siddharth Negi
- Sanjay Mishra as the blind man
- Deepak Dobriyal as Afghan militant
- Adam Bedi as Sam Higgins
- Rajiv Gupta
Music
| Charas: A Joint Effort | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Saregama-HMV[2] | |||
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The soundtrack of Charas was composed by Raju Singh with the lyrics being written by Javed Akhtar and Tigmanshu Dhulia.[3]
| Track no. | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bhambole" | Sunidhi Chauhan |
| 2 | "Charas" | Sowmya Raoh |
| 3 | "Hum Chale" | Sonu Nigam, Shaan |
| 4 | "Sulge Huye Hain" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 5 | "Tumhen Arpan" | Hariharan, K.S Chithra |
| 6 | "Ye Dhuaan" | Mahalaxmi Iyer |
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama rated 1 out of 5, terming it as "a half-baked product that disappoints".[4] Vivek Fernandes from Rediff stated the film as "compelling watch. So catch it, even if it is just for kicks."[5] Kaveree Bamzai from India Today criticised the film as a "completely flat entertainer".[6]
References
- ↑ "Charas (2004) Box Office gross". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "Charas (2004)". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "Charas (2004) Track listing". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ↑ Taran Adarsh (7 May 2004). "Charas review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ Vivek Fernandes (7 May 2004). "Watch Charas purely for kicks!". Rediff desk. Rediff. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ Kaveree Bamzai (28 May 2008). "Film review: 'Charas' starring Uday Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Namrata Shirodkar". India Today. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
External links
- Charas: A Joint Effort at IMDb
- Charas at Yash Raj Films portal