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Paap Movie (2004) Details :

Paap is a 2003 Indian bollywood crime thriller film, directer by Pooja Bhatt in her directorial debut, and features John Abraham, Udita Goswami, Gulshan Grover and Mohan Agashe. Though the film did not fare well at the box office, it received considerable critical acclaim, especially for its cinematography, direction and Mahesh Bhatt’s Indianised adaptation of Peter Weir’s 1985 English film Witness.The film is also remembered for its soundtrack, which featured numerous Pakistani artists, and also marked the Bollywood debut of singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with Mann Ki Lagan, thus setting a trend of Pakistani singers in Bollywood.

• Directer : Pooja Bhatt
• Producer : Pooja Bhatt
• Writter : Mahesh Bhatt,J.P. Dixit,Niranjan Iyengar
• Starring : John Abraham,Udita Goswami,Gulshan Grover
• Music : Anu Malik,Shazad Hassan ,Music Mushrooms,Ali Azmat
• Cinematography : Anshuman Mahaley
• Edited : Akiv Ali
• Production Company : Fish Eye Network,Shreya Creations Pvt. Ltd. (as Shreya Creations)
• Distributor : H.O.M. Vision
• Production Design : Pooja Bhatt
• Makeup Department : Basharat Khan,Meraj,Venkadesh Reddy,Suresh Yadav
• Production Management : Santosh K. Mishra
• Special Effects : Prafull Gade
• Stunts : Ejaz Gulab,Habib,Javed Karim,Hussain Kuwajerwala
• Genres : Action,Drama,Romance,Thriller
• Release date : 20 December 2003,30 January 2004 India
• Running time : 115 minutes
• Country : India
• Language : Hindi

Star Cast Of The Film :

• John Abraham – Inspector Shiven (voice-over by Viraj Adhav)
• Udita Goswami – Kaaya
• Gulshan Grover – ACP Raj Mehra
• Mohan Agashe – Kaaya’s father
• Bikramjeet Kanwarpal – Ratan Singh
• Denzil Smith – Lama Norbu
• Sandeep Mehta – Sushil Mathur, DCP
• Anahita Uberoi – Anna
• Madan Bhiku – Llahmo, the reincarnated boy
• Ahsan Baksh – Zakir
• Vikram Kapadia – Anna’s husband
• Aishwarya Mehta – Niloufer, Zakir’s wife
• Netaji – Lama Dorje
• Ritika Luthria – DCP’s wife
• Megha Burman – DCP’s daughter

Film Story :

Kaya, a Buddhist village girl from Spiti, is waiting to join the monastery. An elderly lama, dreams of his teacher’s rebirth and Kaya is assigned to find and bring the reincarnated boy to the monastery. Kaya finds Llahmo in Mumbai and they plan their journey back to Spiti. On their way back, Llahmo witnesses the murder of a police officer. Police Officer Shiven is assigned to investigate the case. He forbids Llahmo from leaving town much to the resentment of Kaya. Shiven gets into danger when he realizes that some police officers are involved in the murder. He escapes with Kaya and Llahmo to Spiti. It is here that love blossoms between Kaya and Shiven and the movie changes track. Kaya’s father does not approve of their love because he thinks that romantic feelings are sinful. Kaya is torn between love and celibacy and has to decide which one she wants.

Film Release :

The film became the first Bollywood film to be premiered at Karachi International Film Festival (KARA) on 20 December 2003. It was commercially released on 30 January 2004.

Paap Movie Songs / Music :

The films music was by Anu Malik, Shahi, Ali Azmat, with several instrumental tracks by Music Mushrooms. The soundtrack featured several instrumental pieces as well as song, notably the hit songs Garaj Baras by Ali Azmat, the lead vocalist of the Pakistani band, Junoon and noted Sufi singer also from Pakistan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s, Laagi Tumse Mann Ki Lagan, which also marked his debut as a Bollywood playback singer.[8] The songs have been written by Syed Quadri, Sabir Zafar, Ali Azmat, Amjad Aslam Amjad.

• “Intezaar” – Anuradha Paudwal
• “Mann Ki Lagan” – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
• “Garaj Baras” – Ali Azmat
• “Laal (Alaap)” – Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
• “Sun E Mera Dil” -Anuradha Paudwal, Udit Narayan
• “Witness to a Murder” -Instrumental
• “Shiven Gets Shot” – Instrumental 3:49
• “Aaj Ki Raat Kat Gayi Toh” – Instrumental
• “Intezaar Interlude” -Instrumental
• “Apna Sa Kuch Dena Chahti Hoon” – Instrumental
• “Apne Chahato Pe Kaboo” – Instrumental
• “Hamesha Ke Liye Kucch Nahin Rehta” – Instrumental
• “Tumhari Jagah Oonchay Aasman Mein Hai” -Instrumental
• “Tasveer Kheecha To” – Instrumental
• “Zindapal” – Instrumental
• “Kis Kis Ko Maro Ge” – Instrumental

“Mann Ki Lagan” Full Video Song :

• Singer : Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
• Lyricist : Amjad Aslam Amjad
• Music Director : Shahi

“Intezaar” Full Video Song :

• Singer : Anuradha Paudwal
• Lyricist : Amjad Aslam Amjad
• Music Director : Shahi

Paap Movie Awards :

Won

• 2005: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow – Male – John Abraham

Nominated :

• Zee Cine Award Best Lyricist for The Song “Intezaar”.
• Zee Cine Award Best Debuting Director Pooja Bhatt
• Zee Cine Award Best Newcomer Udita Goswami

Paap Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 5.2 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 771.

Paap is an enjoyable romantic thriller, made very well. It is one of the few Hindi films that is very enjoyable, although the musical score is somewhat disappointing. Even if you’ve seen ‘Witness’ (starring Harrison Ford) before, the film will engage you. Witness dealt with an Amish community, and this one is set in a small Buddhist community. Remake or not, this is good cinema. We ought to see more of this kind of films rather than the mindless ones churned out regularly from the Hindi film industry.

Critics Rating by Taran Adarsh , from Bollywood Hungama give 2.5 star out of 5 Star.

Paap Movie Box Office Collection :

INDIA

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