Chehraa

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Chehraa
Chehraa poster.jpg
Directed by Saurabh Shukla
Produced byDilkush Joshi
Starring Bipasha Basu
Dino Morea
Preeti Jhangiani
Irrfan Khan
Ayub Khan
CinematographyFuwad Khan
Edited byAarif Sheikh
Music by Anu Malik
Nikhil-Vinay
Release date
  • 18 February 2005 (2005-02-18)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Chehraa (English: Face), is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language thriller film, starring Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea, Preeti Jhangiani, and Irrfan Khan. The film is directed by Saurabh Shukla. This movie is Saurabh Shukla's second directorial movie after his debut movie Mudda - The Issue .

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Synopsis

Reena (Preeti Jhangiani) and fellow collegian Akash Mehta (Dino Morea) are medical (psychiatry) students. They are sweethearts and hope to marry after completing their education. Before that could happen, Megha Joshi (Bipasha Basu) enters their lives and changes everything. For Akash falls head over heels in love with her, and will do anything for her. Just when their education is about to get over, Megha disappears from Akash's life for the spectacular task of killing her father to save her mentally challenged mother.

Meanwhile, Aakash becomes a psychiatrist with Reena in the same hospital. Five years later, Megha is admitted in the Psychiatric Ward of the same hospital in a very disturbed condition. She is unable to recollect anything except her last day with Akash, when both had planned to marry each other. Watch how Akash comes to term with his lost love, and promises to do his best to unravel the mystery that is Megha and her equally mysterious disappearance, and her sudden re-appearance in his life. Megha is married to Chandranath Diwan (Irrfan Khan), a very rich drug addict. Megha claims she gets threatening calls and that somebody is trying to kill her.

Soundtrack

Chehraa
Soundtrack album by
Released28 August 2004
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series
#TitleSinger(s)MusicLength
1"Mausam Ki Izazat Hai" Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala Nikhil-Vinay 6:36
2"Kabhi Khamosh Baithogi" Mahalakshmi Iyer, Babul Supriyo Anu Malik 7:14
3"Teri Bahon Mein" Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal Ram Sampath 5:12
4"Chillake Chillake" Viva Anu Malik6:17
5"Khushboo Khayal Hoon" Alka Yagnik Anu Malik7:07
6"Tabahee Tabahee" Alisha Chinai Anu Malik6:04
7"Chillake Chillake" (remix)VivaAnu Malik4:48

Reception

Rediff.com gave a scathing review of the film, calling it "a drag" and "a waste of time". [1] Likewise, Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM labelled it "a weak fare with poor prospects". [2]

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References

  1. N, Patcy (18 February 2005). "Chehraa is a drag!". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. Adarsh, Taran (18 February 2006). "Movie Review : Chehraa". IndiaFM . Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2022.