Charas (2004 film)
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| Charas: A Joint Effort | |
|---|---|
Poster
|
|
| Directed by | Tigmanshu Dhulia |
| Produced by | Anjum Rizvi |
| Written by | Tigmanshu Dhulia (dialogues and lyrics) Javed Akhtar (lyrics)[1] |
| Starring | Jimmy Shergill Uday Chopra Irrfan Khan |
| Music by | Raju Singh |
| Cinematography | Setu |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
|
Release dates
|
7 May 2004 |
|
Running time
|
142 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹5.1 million (equivalent to ₹15 million or US$230,000 in 2020)[2] |
Charas is a 2004 Bollywood action thriller film about the illegal drug trade, produced by Anjum Rizvi and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Set in Kasol, a village near Manikaran in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, it stars Irfan Khan, Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill, Namrata Shirodkar, and Hrishita Bhatt in lead roles.
Cast
- Jimmy Shergill as Officer Dev Anand
- Uday Chopra as Ashraf Khan
- Irrfan Khan as Randhir Singh Rathore (Policeman)
- Namrata Shirodkar as Pia
- Hrishita Bhatt as Naina
- Anup Soni as a cop
- Varun Badola as Afghani terrorist
- Sanjay Mishra
- Adam Bedi as Sam Higgins
Music
| Charas: A Joint Effort | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Raju Singh | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Saregama-HMV[1] | |||
| Raju Singh chronology | ||||
|
||||
The soundtrack of Charas was composed by Raju Singh with the lyrics being written by Javed Akhtar and Tigmanshu Dhulia.[3]
| Track no. | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bhambole" | Sunidhi Chauhan |
| 2 | "Charas" | Sowmya Raoh |
| 3 | "Hum Chale" | Shaan, Sonu Nigam |
| 4 | "Sulge Huye Hain" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 5 | "Tumhen Arpan" | Hariharan, K.S Chithra |
| 6 | "Ye Dhuaan" | Mahalaxmi Iyer |
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama rated 1 out of 5, terming it as "a half-baked product that disappoints".[4] Vivek Fernandes from Rediff stated the film as "compelling watch. So catch it, even if it is just for kicks."[5] Kaveree Bamzai from India Today criticised the film as a "completely flat entertainer".[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Charas: A Joint Effort at IMDb
- Charas at Yash Raj Films portal
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about a Hindi film of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- Use Indian English from August 2013
- All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English
- Hindi-language films
- Music infoboxes with Module:String errors
- Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters
- 2004 films
- Indian films
- Films about organised crime in India
- 2000s action films
- Indian crime thriller films
- Films about the illegal drug trade
- Films about cannabis
- Films set in Himachal Pradesh
- Indian mystery films
- Yash Raj Films films
- 2000s Hindi-language films
- 2000s Hindi-language film stubs
