The Body (2019 film)

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The Body
The Body film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jeethu Joseph
Story by Oriol Paulo
Based on The Body
by Oriol Paulo
Produced bySunir Kheterpal
Starring Rishi Kapoor
Emraan Hashmi
Vedhika
Sobhita Dhulipala
Cinematography Satheesh Kurup
Edited byAyoob Khan
Music bySongs:
Shamir Tandon
Arko
Tanishk Bagchi
Score:
Clinton Cerejo
Production
company
Azure Entertainment
Distributed by Viacom18 Studios
Release date
  • 13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)
Running time
100 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
Language Hindi
Box office₹3.47 crore [2]

The Body is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language mystery-thriller film [1] written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi, Vedhika and Sobhita Dhulipala. [3] It is an official remake of the 2012 Spanish film of the same name. [4]

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The film was released on 13 December 2019, [5] [6] [7] and marked the final film appearance of Kapoor prior to his death. [8]

Plot

The dead body of a powerful businesswoman named Maya Verma, who died because of having a heart attack, disappeared from the morgue before the autopsy. SP Jairaj Rawal calls in Maya's husband, Ajay Puri, for investigation. Ajay Puri, who is the owner of a lab and worked under Maya's company seemed to have committed something wrong along with his girlfriend Ritu.

Jairaj suspects Ajay and makes him stay in the morgue until Maya's corpse is found. Strange incidents start to happen with Ajay. He feels Maya's presence around him and gradually gets clues including the bottle of toxin (TH-16) which he had used to induce a heart attack in Maya's body and also gets a phone in another corpse's bag having the calls only from Maya. All these events make him believe that Maya is still alive and is playing a game with him to take her revenge.

In a flashback, it is shown that Maya always used to dominate Ajay with her money and power. Ajay's possessiveness and his affair with Ritu made him kill Maya and made it look like a heart attack by using a cardiotoxin which takes about 8 hours to work. In the morgue, Ajay continuously keeps contact with Ritu and they find out that Maya knew about their relationship by hiring a private detective named Tony D'Costa. Ajay tells Ritu to run away to a safe place as he feels that Maya is after her. When Ajay fails to contact Ritu, he confesses everything to Jairaj out of fear and requests him to save Ritu from Maya. In the meantime, Jairaj gets a call from his team that they have found a female corpse which is revealed to be Maya's. When Jairaj orders the police to arrest Ajay, he tries to run away but falls down due to chestpain.

Finally, it is revealed that Ritu is none other than Jairaj's daughter Isha. Everything that has happened to Maya and Ajay since the last night was their plan. Yet again, in a flashback, it is revealed that Jairaj's wife Nancy, who died in a car accident was hit by a drunk Maya and Ajay and instead of helping them, they return to the crime scene and hit the car again as Ajay had noticed that the little girl sitting on back seat has seen them. After 10 years, when Isha recognizes Ajay and Maya in her university, she plans a revenge along with her father. Isha attracts Ajay towards her and starts an affair.

At the end, Jairaj discloses to Ajay that he is going to have a heart attack from cardiotoxin, which he had used to kill Maya, which Ritu (Isha) had mixed in his drink 8 hours ago.

Cast

Soundtrack

The Body
Soundtrack album by
Shamir Tandon, Arko and Tanishk Bagchi
Released13 December 2019 [9]
Recorded2019
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length28:00
LanguageHindi
Label T-Series
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The soundtrack for the film was composed by Shamir Tandon, Arko and Tanishk Bagchi with the lyrics written by Arko, Kumaar, Manoj Muntashir and Sameer Anjaan. [10] The song "Jhalak Dikhlaja Reloaded" is a remake of the song ''Jhalak Dikhlaja'', originally composed by Himesh Reshammiya for the film Aksar , which was recreated by Bagchi.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Aaina"Arko Arko Arko, Tulsi Kumar 4:12
2."Main Janta Hoon" Sameer Shamir Tandon Jubin Nautiyal 4:17
3."Jhalak Dikhlaja Reloaded"Sameer Tanishk Bagchi Himesh Reshammiya 2:28
4."Khuda Haafiz" Manoj Muntashir Arko Arijit Singh 4:46
5."Rom Rom"SameerShamir Tandon Sunny Hindustani 3:40
6."Itna Pyaar Karo"KumaarShamir Tandon Shreya Ghoshal 4:57
7."Rom Rom" (Version 2)SameerShamir TandonAltamash Faridi3:40
Total length:28:00

Reception

Critical reviews

Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of The Times of India gave the film, a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "The Body is low on content and high on glamour. There is not much to unravel in this one." [11] Hindustan Times wrote "As the series of events unfold, you’re shown flashbacks which are, each time, topped with a romantic song. Even though they’re shot at the most picturesque locales and look pretty, they totally take you away from the story." [12] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 2 out of 5 and wrote "The Body has no scope for Bollywood-style romance but it insists on banking on plenty of it framed against the picturesque backdrops on offer in the Indian Ocean nation where the story is set." [13] Criticizing the plot and performances, Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express stated "Everything in it is flat: the plot, the performers, the alleged twists. And that must have taken some doing, given that the filmmakers had a ready-made plot to dip into." [14] Filmfare wrote "What could have been a short film for a digital platform has unnecessarily been stretched as a feature. Weak writing, flawed editing and a disinterested cast doesn't help its prospects..." [15]

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