Cabaret (2019 film)

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Cabaret
Cabaret 2019 poster.jpg
Directed byKaustav Narayan Niyogi
Written byZuhaebb
Pooja Bhatt
Bhushan Kumar
Story byZuhaebb
Produced byPooja Bhatt
Bhushan Kumar
Rahul Mittra [1]
Starring Richa Chadda
Gulshan Devaiah
S. Sreesanth
CinematographyEdward Lutyens
Edited byPooja Bhatt
Music byKaustav Narayan Niyogi
Production
companies
Fisheye Network Private Limited
T-Series
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 9 January 2019 (2019-01-09)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Cabaret is a 2019 Indian romantic drama thriller dance film directed by Kaustav Narayan Niyogi, produced by Pooja Bhatt and Bhushan Kumar under the banner of Fisheye Network private limited. Principal photography of the film began around 9 June 2015. [2] Originally scheduled for a 2016 release, alleged copyright violations led to delays before its eventual release on 9 January 2019. [3] It was released on the ZEE5 on 9 January 2019. [4]

Contents

Plot summary

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film is composed by Kaustav Narayan Niyogi and Munish Makhija except for the song "Phir Teri Bahon Mein", which is composed by Tony Kakkar. The soundtrack consists of 6 songs. The background music is composed by Bapi Tutul.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Paani Paani" Sunidhi Chauhan 03: 47
2."Phir Teri Bahon Mein" Sonu Kakkar  
3."Biwi Sanam Singer" Usha Uthup  
4."Do Anjaane" Roop Kumar Rathod  
5."Aakhri Shaam" Bhoomi Trivedi  
6."Mohe Aaye Na Jag Se Laaj" Neeti Mohan  

Reception

Rahul Desai of Film Companion called it "one of the worst Hindi movies of the decade." [5] Indo-Asian News Service wrote, "Cabaret is a comedy masquerading as a drama of a doomed damsel's distressful adventures. Even the lovemaking scenes are a howl." [6]

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