High Jack (film)

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High Jack
High Jack - Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Akarsh Khurana
Written byAkarsh Khurana
Story byAdhir Bhat
Produced byNickhil Jakatdar
Arun Prakash
Vikramaditya Motwane
Vikas Bahl
Madhu Mantena
Starring Sumeet Vyas
Mantra
Sonnalli Seygall
CinematographyMikhaeil Shah
Parthiva Nag
Edited byAjay Sharma
Music by Nucleya
Shwetang Shankar
Slowcheeta
Rajat Tiwari
Anurag Saikia
Production
companies
Release date
  • 18 May 2018 (2018-05-18)
CountryIndia
Language Hindi
Box office 0.34 crore [1]

High Jack is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy stoner film directed by Akarsh Khurana, starring Sumeet Vyas, Mantra and Sonnalli Seygall. [2] The film's theatrical trailer was launched on 27 March 2018. [3] [4] It was released on 18 May 2018. [5] Upon release, the film received negative reviews & was a Disaster at the Box-Office.

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Plot

An aspiring DJ is duped by a conman and he inadvertently acts as a drug mule. Hilarity ensues when the flight he is on gets hijacked by a group of well meaning employees of the airline, and every one unknowingly gets high on the drug.

Cast

Soundtrack

High Jack
Soundtrack album by
Nucleya, Vibha Saraf, Slowcheeta, Shwetang Shankar, Anurag Saikia & Rajat Tiwari
Released5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) [6]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length21:35
Label Zee Music Company
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Behka" Vibha Saraf Nucleya & Vibha SarafVibha Saraf03:55
2."Kripya Dhyaan De"SlowCheetaSlowCheeta & Shwetang ShankarSlowCheeta02:13
3."Aapaatkaaleen"Akarsh KhuranaNucleyaLisha Bajaj & Mantra02:12
4."Prabhu Ji"Akarsh Khurana Anurag Saikia Asees Kaur 03:30
5."Happy Ending Song"Akarsh KhuranaRajat Tiwari Sumedha Karmahe & Taaruk Raina 02:39
6."Prabhu Ji"Akarsh KhuranaAnurag SaikiaSuvarna Tiwari03:27
7."Happy Ending Song"Rajat TiwariAkarsh Khurana Taaruk Raina & Manasi Mulherkar02:39
Total length:21:35

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