The Film

The Film
	Film's poster
Directed by	Junaid Memon
Produced by	Amitabh Bhattacharya; Junaid Memon
Story by	Junaid Memon
Starring	Mahima Chaudhry; Khalid Siddiqui
Music by	Samidha-Khalid; Siddharth-Suhas
Cinematography	Amitabha Singh; Ayhan Ghanim
Edited by	Ajay Kedare
Distributed by	Nomad Films
Release date	25 November 2005; ; ; ; ;
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	?145,000 (US$2,200) (total)

The Film is a 2005 Indian thriller film directed by Junaid Memon also produced along with Amitabh Bhattacharya. The film stars Mahima Chaudhry, Khalid Siddiqui, Ananya Khare, Chahat Khanna, Ravi Gossain, Vaibhav Jhalani and Vivek Madan in lead roles with Sulabha Deshpande, Mukesh Khanna, Nasser Abdullah and Rakesh Bedi in important supporting roles with a voice-over by Irrfan Khan. The film focuses on seven strugglers, after failing constantly in their attempts to enter Bollywood industry, chooses the path of crime to achieve this end.

Cast

Mahima Chaudhry as Sushmita Banerjee
Khalid Siddiqui as Vijay
Ananya Khare as Nandini
Chahat Khanna as Ankita
Ravi Gossain as Raman
Vaibhav Jhalani as Aditya
Vivek Madan as Irfan
Mukesh Khanna as Police Commissioner
Sulabha Deshpande as Mrs. Briganza
Nassar Abdullah as Inspector Javed Khan
Rakesh Bedi as Pappi Da
Ranvir Shorey as Director Kaushik
Irrfan Khan as voice-over of Shamim Bhai
Satyen Kappu as Guruji

Critical reception

Joginder Tuteja from IndiaGlitz stated that film has a message of "shortcuts" and "crime never pays" but with a "predictable script". Critic Taran Adarsh rated the film 1,5 out 5, stating "THE FILM is a decent attempt by a first-time director, who has focused more on the story than the stars".^[4] Indrani Roy Mitra from Rediff praised the film, stating it as "a laudable effort" from Junaid Memon.^[5]