Zeher

Zeher
Zeher
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik, Mithoon, Roop Kumar Rathod, Jal
Released	25 February 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	45:05
Language	Hindi
Label	Saregama

Zeher
Zeher
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mohit Suri
Written by	Mahesh Bhatt; Dialogues:; Jay Dixit
Produced by	Mukesh Bhatt
Starring	Emraan Hashmi; Shamita Shetty; Udita Goswami;
Cinematography	Fuwad Khan
Edited by	Akiv Ali
Music by	Songs:; Roop Kumar Rathod; Mithoon; Anu Malik; Naresh Sharma; Jal: the Band; Background Score:; Raju Singh
Production; company	Vishesh Films
Release date	25 March 2005;
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹50 million
Box office	₹110 million

Zeher (transl. Poison) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film directed by debutant Mohit Suri and produced by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Shamita Shetty and Udita Goswami, and is an adaptation of the 2003 American film Out of Time.^[3] Released on 25 March 2005, the film was moderately successful at the box office.^[2]^[4]

Plot

In a small town in Goa steeped in azure seas and sultry secrets, the chief of the local police station, Siddharth, finds himself caught in the midst of a brewing storm. He is going through a divorce with his wife, Sonia, whom he still loves, but finds himself involved with a local married woman named Anna. Unable to cope with the pressures of his wife's success, who is in the special police force, he continues his secret relationship with Anna.

Things get even more complicated when Siddharth realizes that Anna's husband, Sean, is abusive and Anna is dying from cancer. Being a good soul, Siddharth does not have it in him to abandon this woman, who seems to have given him some affection in recent times.

In the heat of the moment, Siddharth takes an irrational decision to give Anna the money he recovered in a drug raid for her medication in a final effort to save her. Things are not what they seem since Anna dies in a fire that very night. Siddharth now races to uncover a murky tail of drug money, murder, and deceit because all the evidence points to him.

With Sonia heading the case, Siddharth is now in a race against time to find out the real truth behind Anna's murder, recover the drug money, and also win his Sonia's love back.

After a bunch of wild goose chases, Siddharth finds out that Anna is alive and was actually controlling Sean and Siddharth in the whole plot for getting the insurance money. Siddharth finds this out, and while confronting Anna with the truth, Anna points a gun at him. In the scuffle that follows, Sonia shoots Anna, and she provides the alibi for him, stating that Anna's death was an accident.

Siddharth recovers the lost drug money and reconciles with Sonia.

Cast

Emraan Hashmi as Siddharth Mehra: Goa Police officer, Sonia's husband
Shamita Shetty as Sonia Mehra: Special Investigating Officer, Siddharth’s wife
Udita Goswami as Anna Varghese
Samir Kochhar as Sean Varghese
Ninad Kamat as James: Siddharth’s friend
Vishwajeet Pradhan as Sooraj Shah: Narcotics Inspector
Prasad Oak as Nihaal: Sonia's assistant
Puneet Vashist as Rahul Varma
Kunal Deshmukh as Assistant Director
Nikhil Ratnaparakhi as police officer

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Zeher was composed by Anu Malik, Roop Kumar Rathod, Mithoon, Jal: the Band and Naresh Sharma with lyrics were penned by Sayeed Quadri and Shakeel Azmi.^[5]

According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 1,800,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fourth highest-selling.^[6]

Track No	Song	Artist	Composer
1	"Agar Tum Mil Jao" (Female)	Shreya Ghoshal	Anu Malik
2	"Woh Lamhe Woh Baatein"	Atif Aslam	Mithoon, Jal: the band,^[1] Naresh Sharma
3	"Jaane Jaa Jaane Jaa"	Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal	Roop Kumar Rathod
4	"Aye Bekhabar"	K.K.	Roop Kumar Rathod
5	"Agar Tum Mil Jao" (Male)	Udit Narayan	Anu Malik
6	"Lamhe (Remix)"	Atif Aslam	Jal, Naresh Sharma, Mithoon
7	"Zamana Chhod Denge Hum"	Udit Narayan	Anu Malik
8	"Agar Tum Mil Jao" (Instrumental)	Instrumental	Anu Malik

Reception

Jaspreet Pandohar of BBC.com gave the film 3 out of 5, writing, "Zeher is a good example of how the new generation of contemporary Bollywood films are capable of handling sexual themes in a mature and entertaining manner."^[7] Patcy N of Rediff.com wrote that "The film is just about watchable, because of the story in the second half. It's the kind of film that's decent timepass, provided you are watching it at home on television".^[8]

Awards

Nominations:

Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (2005) – Atif Aslam
Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2005) – Shreya Ghosal
Zee Cine Award for Best Popular Track of the Year (2005)
Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male (2005) – Atif Aslam
IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer (2006) – Atif Aslam
Screen Award for Best Debut Director (2006) – Mohit Suri
Screen Award for Best Playback Singer – Male (2006) – Atif Aslam

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "'Music can bind India and Pakistan'". Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India. 28 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zeher - Movie". Box Office India.
^ "Deepak Tijori claims Mohit Suri stole his idea for Zeher but didn't give credit: 'He has never come in front of me'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ "Skin flicks sink at BO". Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 April 2005.
^ Grover, Anil (6 May 2005). "MUSIC REVIEWS". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008.
^ Pandohar, Jaspreet (21 March 2005). "BBC - Movies - review - Zeher (Poison)". BBC.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ N., Patcy (25 March 2008). "Zeher is barely watchable!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

External links

Zeher at IMDb

[jal-1] "'Music can bind India and Pakistan'". Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India. 28 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022.

[BO-2] "Zeher - Movie". Box Office India.

[3] "Deepak Tijori claims Mohit Suri stole his idea for Zeher but didn't give credit: 'He has never come in front of me'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[4] "Skin flicks sink at BO". Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 April 2005.

[5] Grover, Anil (6 May 2005). "MUSIC REVIEWS". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[6] "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008.

[7] Pandohar, Jaspreet (21 March 2005). "BBC - Movies - review - Zeher (Poison)". BBC.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[8] N., Patcy (25 March 2008). "Zeher is barely watchable!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

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