Murder (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Anurag Basu |
| Produced by |
Mukesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt |
| Story by | Anurag Basu |
| Starring |
Emraan Hashmi Mallika Sherawat Ashmit Patel |
| Music by |
Anu Malik Amir Jamal Najam Sheraz Miles Raju Rao (background score) |
| Cinematography | Fuwad Khan |
| Edited by | Akiv Ali |
| Distributed by | Vishesh Films |
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Running time
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130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | est. ₹50.89 million (US$760,000) |
| Box office | est. ₹456.5 million (US$6.8 million) |
Murder is a 2004 Hindi erotic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. It stars Emraan Hashmi , Mallika Sherawat and Ashmit Patel in the lead roles and is set in Bangkok, Thailand. It is an uncredited remake of the 2002 Hollywood film Unfaithful.
Murder released on 2 April 2004 and, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, managed to become a highly successful venture at the box office, earning a "super hit" status from Box Office India. The film was a huge breakthrough for its lead actors, particularly Hashmi and Sherawat. It received an A certificate from the Indian Censor Board for its erotic subject and scenes.
Today, it has become a film series spawning over three sequels, Murder 2 in 2011 , Murder 3 in 2013 and "Murder reboot".
The story follows Simran (Mallika Sherawat), a young woman married to Sudhir (Ashmit Patel), a workaholic and ex-husband of her dead sister, Sonia. Simran married Sudhir in order to give motherly love to Sudhir and Sonia's son. Due to her lonely, passionless married life, she begins an affair with her college love, Sunny (Emraan Hashmi), whom she accidentally meets. Sunny came in Simran's life after many years. She starts telling lies to Sudhir so as to meet Sunny daily. She gets so engrossed in their affair that she forgets all her commitments as a wife and mother, and she realizes that it is grossly wrong. She decides to end the affair but, to her surprise, she finds another woman named Radhika with him. Simran then realizes her mistake of sleeping with Sunny just because of an unhappy marital life. She laments her unfaithful act.
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