Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (film)

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Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Suparn Verma
Written bySuparn Verma
Based on Confidence (English)(2003)
Produced by Rangita Pritish Nandy
Starring Fardeen Khan
Koena Mitra
Kay Kay Menon
Feroz Khan
Rohit Roy
Narrated by Fardeen Khan
CinematographyManoj Soni
Edited byHemal Kothari
Music by Pritam
Distributed by Pritish Nandy Communications
Release date
  • 18 November 2005 (2005-11-18)
Running time
143 minutes [1]
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget₹5.75 crore (equivalent to ₹20 croreorUS$2.3 million in 2023)
Box office₹7.88 crore (equivalent to ₹27 croreorUS$3.2 million in 2023)

Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (translation: One Player, One Beauty) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Suparn Verma, according to whom it is inspired by 14 con films, including the American films Confidence and House of Games . [2] [3] It stars Fardeen Khan, Feroz Khan, Kay Kay Menon and Koena Mitra. [4] The film was released on 18 November 2005, and was a commercial failure. [5]

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Plot

Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena focuses on the duo of Arjun Verma and his best friend Rohit Kapoor, who con people for a living.

During their latest of escapades, the duo manages to con the rich accountant of a don by the name of Sikander, resulting in them stealing millions of rupees. Soon after, Rohit is killed by Kharbu's men, and Arjun escapes to another city. Kharbu manages to track him down and orders him to pay up the stolen sum plus interest or face Sikander's retirement plan.

To get his hands on the millions, Arjun sets up a special team who will help him execute the plan. Also involved in the team is Natasha Kapoor, a psychiatrist who ends up being conned by the group but eventually succeeds in seeking revenge.

Thrown into this mix is another character by the name of Jehangir Khan, who slows down Arjun's plans to get his hands on the money.

But later it is shown that it was the plan of Arjun to seek revenge for the death of Rohit as Sikander is arrested by police in a drug case. The film ends with Arjun going with friends and his lover Natasha with the Jahangir money.

Cast

Themes and influences

According to Verma, the film is "a remake of every con film ever made, every real con you've ever read about. It's imbibed from everything I've ever seen."

The film's opening in reverse, where the coin goes into the palm, was a homage to Memento . He also paid homage to Harpo Marx through Amin Hajee's character, who whistles throughout the film and doesn't talk. He compared Fardeen Khan's character to the French actor Alain Delon as seen in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge and Le Samourai , and called him the Amitabh Bachchan for the present century.

When questioned if the film is a rip-off of the American film Confidence as pointed out by many people, Verma explained that while there were mentions of the film being copied from Confidence, The Sting , and even Criminal , he just thought there were moments from a lot of films. He admitted there were certain similarities in the second half, but also claimed the film was not a rip-off but an amalgamation of several films he had loved. [6]

Soundtrack

Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena
Soundtrack album by
Pritam Chakraborty
Released25 August 2005 (2005-08-25) (Digital Release)
18 November 2005 (2005-11-18) (Film)
Genre Feature Film soundtrack
Length38:17
Label T-Series
Producer Pritam Chakraborty
Pritam Chakraborty chronology
Garam Masala
(2005)		Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena
(2005)		 Fight Club - Members Only
(2005)

The music is composed by Pritam Chakraborty while the Lyrics are penned by Shabbir Ahmed, Amitabh Verma, Dev Kohli, Subrat Sinha and Mayur Puri.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Ishq Hai Jhootha" Mayur Puri Pritam Chakraborty Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan 3:46
2."Jal Jal Ke Dhuan"Amitabh VermaPritam Chakraborty Sonu Nigam, Abrar ul Haq 5:27
3."Yaaron"Mayur PuriPritam Chakraborty Shaan, Sonu Nigam4:04
4."Akhiyan Na Maar"Dev KohliPritam ChakrabortySunidhi Chauhan3:40
5."Nasha"Subrat SinhaPritam Chakraborty Sukhwinder Singh 3:55
6."Jhoom" Shabbir Ahmed Pritam Chakraborty Suzanne D'Mello 4:53
7."Ishq Hai Jhootha" (Remix)Mayur PuriPritam ChakrabortyKunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan3:27
8."Jal Jal ke Dhuan" (Remix)Amitabh VermaPritam ChakrabortySonu Nigam5:32
9."Akhiyan Na Maar" (Remix)Dev KohliPritam ChakrabortySunidhi Chauhan3:38

Reception

Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 stars out of 5, feeling it was "too western a flick to find patronage from the Indian audiences" and had "the soul of an English film in the body of a Hindi flick". He noted the film's inspirations from two American films, Confidence and House of Games . [7] On the contrary, Raja Sen from Rediff.com remarked the film was "not a rip-off of an English DVD you might have rented last week." However, he pointed out the film had entire sequences lifted from other films, such as Matchstick Men. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena". British Board of Film Classification .
  2. ↑ "Acid Factory is my second film with Fardeen'". Rediff.com . Retrieved 27 May 2009. Ek Khiladi is inspired by 14 con films -- Confidence and House of Game are among them.
  3. ↑ Pandohar, Jaspreet (12 November 2005). "Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena (The Player And The Beauty) (2005)". BBC . Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Con games". Rediff.com .
  5. ↑ "Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena - Movie". Box Office India .
  6. ↑ "'Ek Khiladi is not a rip-off'". Rediff.com . Retrieved 22 November 2005.
  7. ↑ "Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama . Retrieved 18 November 2005.
  8. ↑ "Ek Khiladi is a racy caper film". Rediff.com . Retrieved 18 November 2005.
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