Blue Oranges

Blue Oranges
Directed by	Rajesh Ganguly
Produced by	Feroze Alameer
Written by	Rajesh Ganguly Sreekanth Agneeaswaran
Starring	Rajit Kapur; Harsh Chhaya; Aham Sharma ; Rati Agnihotri
Music by	Bipin; Ajay Panchal
Cinematography	Ranjan Kothari
Edited by	Praveen P Kathikuloth
Release date	18 September 2009; ; ; ; ;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Blue Oranges is a 2009 Bollywood film produced by S M Ferozeuddin Alameer under the Khussro Films banner and directed by Rajesh Ganguly. The film features Rajit Kapur, Rati Agnihotri, Harsh Chhaya, and Aham Sharma in key roles.

Plot

The film is a crime, suspense thriller where Rajit Kapur plays the role of the detective Nilesh. Nilesh has to investigate the murder of a rich alcoholic woman (Pooja Kanwal). He investigates a bunch of suspects such as the murdered woman’s ex-lover (Aham Sharma), the tenant's son, a rich-brat who gave the woman a lift and the police commissioner's own brother (Harsh Chhaya) who had befriended her, before arriving at the truth. The film is shot in a flashback-and-forth mode of storytelling.^[2]

Cast

Rajit Kapur ... Nilesh
Harsh Chhaya ... Anurag Dixit
Rati Agnihotri ... Uma Dixit
Aham Sharma ... Kevin Travasso
Pooja Kanwal ... Shalini Chauhan
Richashree ... Rati Bose
Shishir Sharma ... Commissioner Dixit
Shivani Joshi ... Rudra
Anupam Shyam ... Ramprasad
Akhil Mishra ... Mr. Goel
Asheesh Kapur ... Hari Goel
Rasika Joshi ... Mrs. Goel
Javed Abedi ... Doctor
Rajeev Acharya ... Principal
Kamal Adib ... Sunil Mehra
Imtiaz Amir ... Judge
Honey Chhaya ... Old Man in jail
Naina Dixit ... News Reader
Yusuf Hussain ... Janak Raj Chauhan
Alex Joseph ... Jail Warden
Siddhant Karnick ... Aditya Mehra
Bharat Kaul ... Mr. Mehta
Moin Khan ... Man with Ranjit's wife
Neeraj Kumar ... Ranjit
Sujata Kumar ... Dr. Reddy
Anjali Londhe ... Ranit's wife
Jagruti Mehta ... Maid Servant
Nandu ... Police with fax
Chandrabhan Patel ... Drug Pedlar
Himanshu Powdwal ... Control room investigator
Jaspal Sandhu ... Jailor
Simran Sawhney ... Henchman
Savi Sidhu ... Mahadev (as Savi Siddhu)
Satyendra Verma ... Lawyer

Reception

The Times of India rated the movie 2.5/5 stars and although the movie was appreciated for being painstakingly crafted; it was criticized for being too dour and clinical and bereft of humour, pace and drama.^[3]

Subhash K Jha too rated the movie 2.5/5 stars and summed up his review as "If there are no highs in the narration, there are no plunging lows either" and singled out Rajit Kapur’s acting as the one stand-out performance.^[2]