Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena, released in 2005, is an Indian Hindi supernatural thriller film directed by Suparn Verma. It is a remake of the 2003 Hollywood crime drama movie Confidence. This movie was another movie in which the father-son duo Fardeen Khan and Feroz Khan had worked. Before this, they had worked in the 2003 movie Janasheen. This movie was the 1st lead role for actress Koena Mitra who was seen in small roles.
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Directed by | Suparn Verma |
Produced by | Rangita Pritish Nandy |
Written by | Suparn Verma |
Starring | Fardeen Khan Koena Mitra Kay Kay Menon Feroz Khan Rohit Roy |
Music by | Pritam Lyrics: Mayur Puri (Ishq Hai Jhootha, Yaaron) |
Cinematography | Manoj Soni |
Edited by | Hemal Kothari |
Distributed by | Pritish Nandy Communications |
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Running time | 143 minutes 120 minutes (cut edition) |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ?24 crore (equivalent to ?58 crore or US$8.1 million in 2017) |
Box office | ?11 crore (equivalent to ?27 crore or US$3.7 million in 2017) |
Screenplay
Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena focuses on the duo of Arjun Verma (Fardeen Khan) and his best friend Bula (Rohit Roy) who con people for a living.
During their latest of escapades, the duo manages to con the rich accountant of a don by the name of Sikander (Gulshan Grover), resulting in them stealing millions of rupees. Soon after, Bula (Rohit Roy) is killed by Kharbu's men and Arjun escapes to another city. Kharbu manages to track him down and orders him to pay up the stolen sum plus interest or face Sikander's retirement plan.
To get his hands on millions, Pawaria sets up a special team who will help him execute the plan. Also involved in the team is Natasha Kapoor (Koena Mitra), a psychiatrist who ends up being conned by the group but eventually succeeds in seeking revenge. Arjun finds out that Natasha has a sexy body. He eventually he succeeds in sleeping with her in a hotel room.
Thrown into this mix is another character by the name of Suresh Dhakal (Feroz Khan) who slows down Pawaria's plans to get his hands on the money.
But later it is shown that it was plan of Arjun to seek the revenge of death of Rohit as Sikander is killed by Jehangir's men. The film ends with Jehangir having trigger of bomb jet in which Arjun and his friend are travelling but whether Jehangir blasts the jet or not shown in the movie.
- Fardeen Khan as Arjun
- Koena Mitra as Natasha(Mona Ghosh Shetty as the Hindi dubbing voice)
- Kay Kay Menon as Kaif
- Gulshan Grover as Sikander
- Feroz Khan as Jahangir Khan
- Kurush Deboo as Chipu
- Mukul Dev as Bhatia
- Amin Hajree as Neeru Dala
- Rohit Roy as Rohit
- Makrand Deshpande as Poker Player
- Murli Sharma as Patel
- Mumaith Khan as Harsh noida wala Appearance (Song)
- Rakhi Sawant as Special Appearance (Song)
- Zabyn Khan as Special Appearance (Song)
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Soundtrack album by Pritam | ||||
Released | 27 June 2005 | |||
Genre | Feature Film soundtrack | |||
Length | 38:17 | |||
Label | T-Series | |||
Producer | Pritam | |||
Pritam chronology | ||||
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The music is composed by Pritam while the Lyrics are penned by Shabbir Ahmed, Amitabh Verma, Dev Kohli, Subrat Sinha and Mayur Puri.
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ishq Hai Jhootha" | Mayur Puri | Pritam | Kunal Ganjawala & Sunidhi Chauhan | 3:46 |
2. | "Jal Jal Ke Dhuan" | Amitabh Verma | Pritam | Sonu Nigam | 5:27 |
3. | "Yaaron" | Mayur Puri | Pritam | Shaan & Sonu Nigam | 4:04 |
4. | "Akhiyan Na Maar" | Dev Kohli | Pritam | Sunidhi Chauhan | 3:40 |
5. | "Nasha" | Subrat Sinha | Pritam | Sukhwinder Singh, | 3:55 |
6. | "Jhoom" | Shabbir Ahmed | Pritam | Suzzane D'Mello | 4:53 |
7. | "Ishq Hai Jhootha (Remix)" | Mayur Puri | Pritam | Kunal Ganjawala & Sunidhi Chauhan | 3:27 |
8. | "Jal Jal ke Dhuan (Remix)" | Amitabh Verma | Pritam | Sonu Nigam | 5:32 |
9. | "Akhiyan Na Maar (Remix)" | Dev Kohli | Pritam | Sunidhi Chauhan | 3:38 |