Humraaz

Humraaz
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Abbas–Mustan
Written by	Shiraz Ahmed Shyam Goel
Produced by	Ganesh Jain Ratan Jain Champak Jain
Starring	Bobby Deol Akshaye Khanna Ameesha Patel
Cinematography	Ravi Yadav
Edited by	Hussain A. Burmawala
Music by	Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Background Score: Aadesh Shrivastava
Distributed by	Venus Movies
Release date	5 July 2002 (2002-07-05)
Running time	174 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹15 crore [better source needed] Note: figure contains print and advertising costs
Box office	₹29 crore

Humraaz (transl. Confidant) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by the duo Abbas–Mustan. It stars Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna, and Ameesha Patel. This film marks the third collaboration between Deol and Abbas–Mustan. The film is inspired from the 1998 American film A Perfect Murder (which was a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Dial M for Murder, itself an adaptation of Frederick Knott's 1952 play of the same name). It was remade in Tamil as Girivalam.

Plot

While leading a dance troupe, Karan and Priya are in love and participate in a dance audition where the winner gets the chance to perform on the luxurious Singhania cruise ship owned by Raj Singhania. Jojo Fernandes, leader of another troupe, wins by cheating in the competition. Karan beats up Jojo and accidentally kills him, and his troupe is selected to perform eventually. Raj meets Priya, falls in love with her, and proposes to her. She says yes. It is revealed that Priya and Karan were scheming to get Raj's wealth.

Meanwhile, another dancer named Harry from the troupe gets wind of their plot and starts to blackmail Karan. It is revealed that Karan killed Jojo Fernandes deliberately, rather than the latter dying in an accident. Karan meets him at the designated place to hand him over the money but instead kills him. Unknown to Karan, just before dying, he calls Raj to reveal the truth. The call goes in the voice mailbox since Raj is not in his office.

Priya meets with an accident while returning home. Raj showers Priya with all his love and care. Priya is overwhelmed to know Raj has kept a fast for two days. Priya tells Karan that she will not go ahead with the divorce. Karan feels betrayed and decides to get his revenge on Priya and Raj. He feigns a call from Harry and acts as if he is being harassed for a bribe. Priya decides to give her jewelry to Karan to save him. However, Karan anonymously calls Raj from a public phone and lies to him that Priya loves Karan and she is giving away the money that she looted from Raj to Karan. Raj follows her and sees that Priya is meeting Karan and handing over her jewelry. He also finds the recording of Harry later in his office.

Raj blackmails Karan by showing him the tape to kill Priya. Raj explains every point of the plan right up to precise time and says that he will call on the landline as he wants to hear Priya scream while she is dying. Priya, unaware of the plan, decides to confess everything to Raj in an audio recording and replace the tape with the music cassette in Raj's car. She knows that Raj has a habit of listening to music while traveling to the office. In the recordings, she mentions that if Raj has forgiven her, he should give her a call. If not, she will leave him forever.

Raj was discussing a meeting with an employee that day and hence doesn't listen to the tape. Karan enters the house as planned and waits for the call. At the same time, Priya is also waiting for the call from Raj, expecting him to forgive her. Raj calls the landline as planned, and an excited Priya answers the phone. Karan attacks her at the same time and ensures Raj can hear her screams. Raj soon listens to the tape as he sits in the car in horror. He rushes to save Priya only to see the police and an ambulance waiting at the house.

It is revealed that Priya is saved and her attacker dead. Her savior is none other than Karan; the person who really attacked Priya is another man. Karan then tells Raj that by using Harry's cassette, he can prove nothing. He blackmails Raj, saying he had recorded the meeting with him about the murder, and demands that Raj divorce Priya with large alimony as a part of his ransom plan.

Raj goes to meet Karan at a decided spot where he says he is ready to go to prison, but only after Karan is killed. The two men fight. The two men fight as Karan prepares to kill Raj until Priya catches up and steps in, exposing her realization of Karan's murderous nature. Karan subsequently shoots Priya, and Raj runs to kill Karan. Karan tries to kill Raj, but it turns out Priya is still alive and shoots Karan and saving Raj, and Karan dies. Raj and Priya are finally reunited.

Cast

• Bobby Deol as Raj Singhania
• Akshaye Khanna as Karan Malhotra
• Ameesha Patel as Priya
• Johnny Lever as Darshan Bhatt
• Suhasini Mulay as Raj's grandmother
• Jeetu Verma as Jojo Fernandes
• Farhan Khan as Harry
• Dinesh Hingoo as Rustom Uncle
• Dilip Joshi as Gauri Shankar
• Sheela Sharma as Rosy
• Sudhir as Tommy
• Bhairavi Vaidya as Raj's aunt
• Firoz Irani as Raj's uncle
• Roshan Tirandaz as Shireen
• Shabanam Kapoor as Mrs. Braganza

Production

Before production began, Priyanka Chopra was initially signed to play the female lead and was expected to make her film debut with Humraaz. She reportedly shot for two days but was unable to continue due to a dispute, after which the role went to Amisha Patel.

Arjun Rampal and Abhishek Bachchan were initially considered to portray the negative lead in the film. However, things could not materialize, and the role was eventually played by Akshaye Khanna.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Humraaz was composed by Himesh Reshammiya, with lyrics by Sudhakar Sharma. According to Box Office India, the album sold approximately 2.2 million units.

The song "Bardaasht Nahi Kar Sakta" was reused as "Nee Yaaro Nee Yaaro" in the Tamil remake Girivalam (2005).

Reception

Accolades

See also

• Remakes of films by Alfred Hitchcock

References

External links

• Humraaz at IMDb