Khoya Khoya Chand

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Khoya Khoya Chand
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Movie poster
Directed by Sudhir Mishra
Written bySudhir Mishra
Produced by Prakash Jha
Starring Shiney Ahuja
Soha Ali Khan
Rajat Kapoor
Sushmita Mukherjee
CinematographySachin K. Krishn
Music by Shantanu Moitra
Distributed byHoly Cow Pictures
Adlabs [1]
Release date
  • 7 December 2007 (2007-12-07)
Running time
131 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Khoya Khoya Chand, (translation: Lost Moon) is an Indian Hindi film directed by Sudhir Mishra which released on 7 December 2007. [2] The film stars Shiney Ahuja and Soha Ali Khan with Rajat Kapoor, Sushmita Mukherjee, Sonya Jehan and Vinay Pathak in important roles. The film captures the lifestyle of celebrities with aplomb with the 1950s film industry as its backdrop. [3]

Contents

It was produced by Prakash Jha and Alankrita Shrivastava was involved in the production. [4]

Cast

Music

The soundtrack of the film was released on 8 November 2007; composed by Shantanu Moitra, with lyrics by Swanand Kirkire. [5]

Khoya Khoya Chand
Soundtrack album by
Released8 November 2007 (India)
Genre Film soundtrack
Label Adlabs Presents
Shantanu Moitra chronology
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
(2007)
Khoya Khoya Chand
(2007)
SongSinger(s)Picturised on
"Chale Aao Saiyan" Shreya Ghoshal
"Khoya Khoya Chand" Ajay Jhingran & Swanand Kirkire Shiney Ahuja and Soha Ali Khan
"Khushboo Sa" Hamsika Iyer
"O Re Paakhi" Sonu Nigam
"Sakhi Piya"Pranab Biswas & Shreya Ghoshal
"Thirak Thirak"Sonu Nigam & Shreya Ghoshal
"Yeh Nigahein"Sonu Nigam & Antara Chowdhury Rajat Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, Sonya Jehan and Sushmita Mukherjee

Critical reception

Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, writing ″Like it or not, Soha Ali Khan is hopelessly miscast.The role required at least one per cent of what Smita Patil gave to Bhumika. Ms Khan may be sincere but not mature enough to make you care about this Soya Soya Chand.″ [6] Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, the film has some interesting moments, but the impact it ought to create as also its slow pacing and excessive length dilute the effect.″ [7]

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