Vadh

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Vadh
Directed by Raj Bharat
Produced byDilip Dhanwani
Starring
  • Nana Patekar
  • Puru Raaj Kumar
CinematographyPeter Pereira
Music by Vishal–Shekhar
Release date
  • 29 March 2002 (2002-03-29)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Vadh is a Hindi psychological thriller film directed by Raj Bharat and starring Nana Patekar. [1] and produced by Dilip Dhanwani. This film was released on 29 March 2002, under the banner of Megastar films. [2]

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Plot

Doctor Arjun Singh is a famous psychiatrist lives with his wife Jyoti and brother Vijay. Vijay is Police Officer loves Deepa. One rainy night a serial killer escapes from Arjun's hospital and the whole city is under threat. But no one is able to capture the killer. After the series of murder of young ladies, Vijay suspects one womanizer Aryan. Aryan is the best friend of Dr. Arjun. [2]

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar.

S.NoSong TitleSingers
1"Hath Phirade"Sunidhi Chauhan
2"Vadh"Sunidhi Chauhan
3"Aankh Ladale"Sunidhi Chauhan
4"Aayega Koi Aayega"Sunidhi Chauhan
5"Tere Bina"Sunidhi Chauhan
6"Bahut Khoobsurat"Jagjit Singh

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 2 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, VADH is an engrossing murder mystery that should be appreciated by those who love films of this genre. However, the film needs to be promoted aggressively in order to carve a niche for itself in the face of heavy competition from other big releases.″ [3]

The film was unsuccessful at Box office. [4] [2]

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