Raqt

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Raqt
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Directed by Adi Irani
Shiva Rindan
Written byAdi Irani
Shiva Rindan
Ranjeev Verma
Produced by Amit Mishra
Ashish Mishra
Starring Shweta Bhardwaj
Sheena Shahabadi
Farida Jalal
Gulshan Grover
Cinematography Nirmal Jani
Music by Daboo Malik
Distributed byMultimedia Combines
Release date
  • 27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
Running time
127 Min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Raqt is a 2013 Indian Hindi psychological thriller film produced by Ashish Mishra & Amit Mishra and directed by Adi Irani & Shiva Rindan. [1] [2] The film stars Shweta Bhardwaj, Arjun Mahajan, Sheena Sahabadi and Gulshan Grover in lead roles and was released on 27 September 2013.

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Plot

The film revolves around Sonia (played by Sweta Bharadwaj) and Suhani (played by Sheena Shahabadi). The film is about the fatal obsession of an adopted daughter for her mother's affection.

Sonia is a single mother who adopts her sister's daughter when her sister and brother-in-law die in an accident due to her carelessness. Sonia, along with her maid Maria (Farida Jalal), pampers Suhani to not let her miss her parents. [3] But this has an opposite effect with Suhani, with her developing an obsessive relationship with Sonia. She will let nothing come between her and her mother.

Unaware of her child's problem, Sonia becomes a career-woman not focusing on her personal life beyond Suhani. She becomes a successful heroine. One day, Suhani sees Sonia and a friend arguing. She kills him, and Sonia takes the blame and is jailed for seven years.

Cast

Soundtrack

Rakt
Soundtrack album by
Daboo Malik
Released15 September 2013 (2013-09-15) [4]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length26:12
LanguageHindi
Label Yellow & Red Music
External audio
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The soundtrack of Rakt consists of 6 songs composed by Daboo Malik while the lyrics of which written by Panchhi Jalonvi.

Tracklist
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Raqt" Amaal Mallik & Suzanne D'Mello 04:24
2."Tu Hi Tu" Shaan & Akriti Kakkar 04:39
3."Maula" Shadab Faridi 04:37
4."Mujhe Mili" Sunidhi Chauhan 04:50
5."Tu Hi Hai" (Sad)Amaal Mallik03:08
6."Tu Hi Hai" (Reprise)Amal Malik & Akriti Kakkar04:31
Total length:26:12

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