Charas (2004 film)

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Charas: A Joint Effort
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Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia
Written byTigmanshu Dhulia
Produced byAnjum Rizvi
Starring Jimmy Sheirgill
Uday Chopra
Irrfan Khan
CinematographySatyajit Pande (Setu)
Music by Raju Singh
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Release date
  • 7 May 2004 (2004-05-07)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office 5.1 million [1]

Charas is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Set in Kasol, a village near Manikaran in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, the film explores the illegal drug trade. It stars Jimmy Sheirgill, Uday Chopra and Irrfan Khan with Kabir Sadanand, Namrata Shirodkar, and Hrishita Bhatt in supporting roles.

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Released2004
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.TitleSinger(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]

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References

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  2. "Charas (2004)". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. "Charas (2004) Track listing". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. Taran Adarsh (7 May 2004). "Charas review". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. Vivek Fernandes (7 May 2004). "Watch Charas purely for kicks!". Rediff desk. Rediff . Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. Kaveree Bamzai (28 May 2008). "Film review: 'Charas' starring Uday Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Namrata Shirodkar". India Today . Retrieved 2 February 2016.