Honour Killing (film)

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Honour Killing
Honour Killing poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAvtar Bhogal
Written byAvtar Bhogal
Screenplay byAvtar Bhogal
Story byAvtar Bhogal
Produced by Manmohan Singh
Starring
CinematographyChris Tritschler
Edited byRajeev Gupta
Music by Uttam Singh
Production
companies
  • ABC Films International
  • Ek Onkar Films
Release date
  • 27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)
Running time
145 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Hindi
  • Punjabi
  • English

Honour Killing is a 2015 Bollywood multilingual social drama film written and directed by Avtar Bhogal, and produced by Manmohan Singh under the banners of ABC Films International and Ek Onkar Films. The film features actors Zara Sheikh and Sandeep Singh in the lead roles. The film's music was composed by Uttam Singh. [2]

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Cast

Music

Honour Killing
Soundtrack album by
Released13 March 2014 (2014-03-13)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length41:42
Label Blue Tomatoes Music
Uttam Singh chronology
Rajjo
(2013)
Honour Killing
(2014)

Uttam Singh composed the film score of Honour Killing with lyrics by Dev Kohli. [3]

All lyrics are written by Dev Kohli; all music is composed by Uttam Singh

Honour Killing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Dilan Te Hukumtaan - Female" Shreya Ghoshal 4:58
2."Dilan Te Hukumtaan - Male" Kunal Ganjawala 5:05
3."Dholna"Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala5:50
4."Dharti Guruan DI" Lakhwinder Wadali 6:29
5."Khao Piyo Jio"Sumitra Iyer, Ravinder Updhyay4:33
6."Rabba Maaf Kareen" Roop Kumar Rathod 7:11
7."Balle Balle Shava Shava" Javed Ali, Uttam Singh 7:36
Total length:41:42

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References

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  2. "Honour Killing (2014)". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. "Honour Killing soundtrack". iTunes. Retrieved 21 April 2014.