7 Khoon Maaf | |
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Theatrical release poster
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Directed by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
Produced by |
Ronnie Screwvala Vishal Bhardwaj |
Screenplay by |
Matthew Robbins Vishal Bhardwaj |
Based on |
Susanna's Seven Husbands by Ruskin Bond |
Starring |
Priyanka Chopra Neil Nitin Mukesh John Abraham Irrfan Khan Aleksandr Dyachenko Annu Kapoor Naseeruddin Shah Vivaan Shah Usha Uthup |
Narrated by | Vivaan Shah |
Music by | Vishal Bhardwaj |
Cinematography | Ranjan Palit |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Production
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VB Pictures
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Distributed by | UTV Spotboy |
Release date
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Running time
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147 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹15 crore (US$2.2 million) |
Box office | ₹20 crore (US$3.0 million) |
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Soundtrack album by Vishal Bhardwaj | ||||
Released | 21 January 2011 24 January 2011 (CD) |
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Recorded | 2010–2011 Studio Satya, Mumbai Empire Audio Center Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai Rajiv Menon Studios, Chennai |
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Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 40:30 | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
Producer | Hitesh Sonik, Clinton Cerejo, Simaab Sen | |||
Vishal Bhardwaj chronology | ||||
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7 Khoon Maaf (read as Saat Khoon Maaf, released internationally as Seven Sins Forgiven) is a 2011 Indian black comedy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj. The film stars Priyanka Chopra in the lead role, with Naseeruddin Shah, Irrfan Khan, Annu Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Vivaan Shah and Usha Uthup in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a femme fatale, Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, an Anglo-Indian woman who murders her seven husbands in an unending quest for love.
7 Khoon Maaf is an adaptation of the short story Susanna's Seven Husbands by Ruskin Bond. After Bhardwaj saw the possibility of a script in the short story, he requested Bond to develop the story for a film adaptation. Bond expanded his four-page short story into an 80-page novella, and later Bhardwaj co-wrote the script with Matthew Robbins. The film's musical score was composed by Bhardwaj, and Gulzar wrote the lyrics. Principal photography started in Kashmir before moving to Coorg, where extensive filming was done.
The film opened on 18 February 2011 to mostly positive reviews, with praise for Chopra's performance. Despite the critical acclaim, 7 Khoon Maaf underperformed at the box-office. However, according to its producers, it made a profit by earning a total of ₹33 crore (US$4.9 million) for its box-office run and television-music-home-video rights against a production budget of ₹15 crore (US$2.2 million). It premiered at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, receiving several accolades at award ceremonies across India. At the 57th Filmfare Awards 7 Khoon Maaf received three nominations, winning two: the Best Actress Critics Award for Chopra and the Best Female Playback Singer for Uthup and Rekha Bhardwaj's song, "Darling".