Hulchul (transl. Commotion) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic action comedy drama film directed by Priyadarshan. The film is a remake of the 1991 Malayalam film Godfather. The film stars Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Arshad Warsi, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, Arbaaz Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Farha Naaz, and Laxmi.[2]
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Directed by | Priyadarshan |
Written by | K. P. Saxena (Dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Neeraj Vora |
Story by | Neeraj Vora Siddique Lal |
Based on | Godfather by Siddique-Lal |
Produced by | Ratan Jain Ganesh Jain Champak Jain |
Starring | Akshaye Khanna Kareena Kapoor |
Cinematography | Jeeva |
Edited by | Arun Kumar |
Music by | Songs: Vidyasagar Score: Surinder Sodhi |
Production company | Venus Films |
Distributed by | Venus Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 149 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹100 million[1] |
Box office | ₹328.6 million[1] |
Angar Chand has a rich lifestyle in a small Indian town with his wife and four sons. The eldest son Balram falls for Dhamini, who reciprocates his feelings. Though her mother Laxmi opposes this, Angar wants their wedding. Dhamini's dad Sanjeev in anger accidentally kills Angar's wife Parvati. Dhamini is forcefully married off to Kashinath Pathak. Enraged, Angar kills Sanjeev and is jailed for 14 years.
Bailed, Angar returns home to declare women won't be allowed in his property, posting a sign on the front gate and forbidding his sons to ever marry.
Dhamini's daughter Anjali is in college with Jai, Angar's youngest son. Angar learns Anjali will marry the state's Home Minister. Still having a grudge, he breaks the wedding by political pressure. Anjali and Jai seek revenge but eventually fall in love. Angar's second son Kishan turns out leading a dual life; he is married to dance teacher Gopi since 7 years and has 2 children. Angar finds out and kicks Kishan and Jai out as Jai supports him. Laxmi fixes Anjali's marriage with her lawyer's son Sattu with the help of Angaar Chand, so Jai that will not enter the wedding.
On the wedding day, Jai enters the venue by help from Veeru (Laxmi's son), knocks Sattu unconscious and dresses as the groom. He goes through marriage rituals but reveals himself at end of the ceremony, finally marrying Anjali. She asks Laxmi to end the feud. Jai asks Angar to forgive him, who leaves and contemplates all his sons' actions. Anjali and Gopi are finally welcomed into the family, with the four sons.
According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 10,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fourteenth highest-selling.[3] The song "Rafta Rafta" is a Hindi remake of the song "Aasai Aasai" with a slight change in tune from the 2003 Tamil film Dhool, another film where the music was composed by Vidyasagar. The song 'Ishq Mein Pyaar Mein' is also a remake of the Tamil song Thaamara poovukku from the 1995 Tamil film Pasumpon, which also had music by Vidyasagar. The lyrics are penned by Sameer.
All music is composed by Vidyasagar.
No. | Title | Playback | Length |
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1. | "Dekho Zara Dekho" | Udit Narayan, Kunal Ganjawala | 5:47 |
2. | "Hum Dil Ke" | Sadhana Sargam, Shaan | 4:56 |
3. | "Lut Gayee" | Gayatri Iyer, Sayanora Philip, Poornima & Raja Lakshmi | 5:18 |
4. | "Ishq Mein Pyar Mein" | Alka Yagnik, Shaan | 4:57 |
5. | "Lee Humne Thi Kasam" | Hariharan | 4:49 |
6. | "Rafta Rafta" | Udit Narayan, Sujatha Mohan | 5:17 |
It received generally positive reviews, who appreciated the performances of cast, humor, and cinematography, but criticized for its screenplay, narration, cliched plot, and running time.[4]
50th Filmfare Awards:
Nominated