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Zeher
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMohit Suri
Screenplay byMahesh Bhatt
Dialogues byJay Dixit
Produced byMukesh Bhatt
Starring
CinematographyFuwad Khan
Edited byAkiv Ali
Music bySongs:
Roop Kumar Rathod
Mithoon
Anu Malik
Naresh Sharma
Jal: the Band[1]
Score:
Raju Singh
Production
company
Release date
  • 25 March 2005 (2005-03-25)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹5 crore[2]
Box office₹13 crore[2]

Zeher: a Love Story (transl. Poison) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film directed by Mohit Suri in his directorial debut 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] The film was released on 25 March 2005, and was moderately successful at the box office.[2][4]

Plot

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In a small town in Goa the chief of the local police station, Siddharth Mehra is going through a divorce with his wife Sonia whom he still loves, but finds himself involved with a local married woman named Anna Varghese. 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. But despite his affair with Anna, Siddharth is still in love with Sonia and cannot forget about her.

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 trail 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 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 to get 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

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Soundtrack

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Zeher
Soundtrack album by
Anu Malik, Mithoon, Roop Kumar Rathod, Jal[1]
Released25 February 2005
Recorded2004
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length45:05
LanguageHindi
LabelSaregama
ProducerAnu Malik
Mithoon
Roop Kumar Rathod
Jal

The soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik, Roop Kumar Rathod, Mithoon, Jal: The Band and Naresh Sharma with lyrics written 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][1]

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Agar Tum Mil Jao (Female)"Sayeed QadriAnu MalikShreya Ghoshal06:00
2."Woh Lamhe Woh Baatein"Sayeed QadriMithoon, Jal: the band, Naresh SharmaAtif Aslam05:19
3."Jaane Ja Jaane Ja"Shakeel AzmiRoop Kumar RathodUdit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal06:33
4."Aye Bekhabar"Shakeel AzmiRoop Kumar RathodKK05:43
5."Agar Tum Mil Jao (Male)"Sayeed QadriAnu MalikUdit Narayan06:00
6."Lamhe (DJ Mix)" (Remixed by DJ Suketu)Sayeed QadriMithoon, Jal: the band, Naresh SharmaAtif Aslam04:41
7."Zamana Chhod Denge Hum"Sayeed QadriAnu MalikUdit Narayan04:36
8."Agar Tum Mil Jao (Instrumental)"InstrumentalAnu MalikInstrumental06:00

Reception

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Jaspreet Pandohar of BBC.com gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, 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

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Nominations:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "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. 26 November 2023. 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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