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{{Short description|2004 Hindi erotic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu}}
{{about| the 2004 Bollywood film|the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film|Murder!|other uses|Murder (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox film
| name = Murder
| image = Murder (2004).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Anurag Basu]]
| producer = [[Mukesh Bhatt]] [[Mahesh Bhatt]]
| writer = Anurag Basu
| based_on = [[Unfaithful (2002 film)|Unfaithful]]
| starring = [[Emraan Hashmi]] [[Ashmit Patel]] [[Mallika Sherawat]]
| music = [[Anu Malik]] Raju Rao (background score)
| cinematography = Fuwad Khan
| editing = Akiv Ali
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]]
| distributor = [[Shemaroo Entertainment]] [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2004|04|02}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}} 50 million<ref name="Murder Box Office" />
| gross = {{INR}} 250 million<ref name="Murder Box Office" />
}}

'''Murder''' is a 2004 Indian [[Bollywood|Hindi]] [[erotic film|erotic]] [[romance film|romantic]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller film]], directed by [[Anurag Basu]] and produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]]. It is the first installment in the ''[[Murder film series]]''. It stars [[Emraan Hashmi]], [[Ashmit Patel]] and [[Mallika Sherawat]] in the lead roles and is set in [[Bangkok, Thailand]]. This film is based on the 2002 American film [[Unfaithful (2002 film)|''Unfaithful'']],<ref>{{cite news|title=From 'Jai Ho' to 'Raaz':21st Century Bollyood Remakes of Hollywood Films|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/jai-ho-raaz-21st-century-bollywood-remakes-hollywood-films-606332/|access-date=9 August 2017|website=[[IB Times]]|date=8 August 2014}}</ref> which itself was inspired by the French film ''[[The Unfaithful Wife]]'' (1969).

''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]].<ref name="Murder Box Office">90 crore{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=210&catName=MjAwNA== |title=Box Office 2004|access-date=2013-03-16|work=[[Box Office India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231221959/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=210&catName=MjAwNA==|archive-date=31 December 2010}}</ref> The film was a huge breakthrough for its lead actors, particularly Hashmi and Sherawat. It received an [[Central Board of Film Certification#Certificates and censorship|A certificate]] from the [[Indian Censor Board]] for its erotic subject and scenes. The film was remade in Kannada as ''[[Ganda Hendathi]]'' (2006).

It had a cult following fan base upon release, and began a [[Murder film series|film series]] which continued with ''[[Murder 2]]'' in 2011 and ''[[Murder 3]]'' in 2013.

==Plot==
Simran Sehgal ([[Mallika Sherawat]]) is a young woman married to Sudhir ([[Ashmit Patel]]), a workaholic, who was previously married to Simran's elder sister now deceased sister, Sonia. Simran only married Sudhir in order to give motherly love to Sudhir and Sonia's son. She leads an unhappy, lonely and passionless married life. After accidentally meeting her former flame, Sunny ([[Emraan Hashmi]]), she decides to engage in an affair with him. The affair starts to consume her life and Simran finds herself constantly lying to her husband and neglecting her motherly duties. After some time, she decides to end the relationship, but to her surprise, she finds that Sunny has also been simultaneously seeing another woman named Radhika. She regrets her unfaithful act and tries to cut all ties with Sunny.

Meanwhile, Sudhir has started to have doubts about his wife, and hires a detective to trace Simran's whereabouts. The detective is able to provide Sudhir with pictures of Sunny and Simran having sex and sleeping together tells him that Sunny is a serial womanizer, and had find with many girlfriends.

The next day, Sunny suddenly goes missing. The police come to Sudhir and Simran's house and inquire about him, on a report registered by his girlfriend Radhika. Simran comes across the photographs of her and Sunny amongst Sudhir's things, and realizes that he may have something to do with Sunny's disappearance. Sudhir reveals that he went to Sunny's apartment to confront him about the affair, and the two men began to argue. The situation escalated, and Sudhir fatally beat Sunny and buried him in a panic. Realising her fault and role in the situation, Simran supports Sudhir and takes the blame for killing Sunny. This develops and strengthens their love and faith in each other. Simran is arrested by the police and pleads guilty, while at the same time, Sudhir claims that it is he who killed Sunny. This confuses the police. Moreover, the body is missing from the burial spot.

In a sudden change of events, Sunny is shown to be alive. It is revealed that the entire situation, from initiating the affair to goading Sudhir into a fight was planned in advance by Sunny, with the help of Radhika. Sunny hoped to have Sudhir imprisoned so that he could continue his affair with Simran. Sunny isolates Simran and chases her into a jungle, where Sudhir arrives and the two begin to fight. Sudhir manages to beat him, and Sunny leaves as he sees the couple together, seemingly realizing their love for each other. However, Sunny then runs up behind Sudhir with a rake but is then shot in the back by a police officer, who arrives just in time. Finally safe, Sudhir and Simran reunite and take care of their son together.

==Cast==
* [[Emraan Hashmi]] as Sunny
* [[Ashmit Patel]] as Sudhir Sehgal
* [[Mallika Sherawat]] as Simran Sehgal
* [[Raj Zutshi]] as Inspector Rajvir Singh
* [[Kashmera Shah]] as a [[Lounge singer]], special appearance in item song "Dil Ko Hazaar"
* Krish Chawla as Kabir Sehgal

==Reception==
''Murder'' received mixed reviews from film critics in India. [[Taran Adarsh]] of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' rated it 3 out of 5 and called it an "engrossing entertainer".<ref>{{Cite web| title = Murder Review | work = [[Bollywood Hungama]]| access-date = 2016-04-12 |date=1 April 2004|first=Taran|last=Adarsh| url = http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/201574}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] in her review for ''[[India Today]]'' called Sherawat "the hero of the film" but criticized the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chopra|first1=Anupama|title=Derailed plot|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/film-review-murder-starring-mallika-sherawat-emraan-hashmi-ashmit-patel/1/197210.html|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=24 April 2016|date=19 April 2004}}</ref> At the box office, it opened well and grossed over {{INR}} 247.5 million.<ref name="Murder Box Office"/> The film was elevated to "super hit" verdict by ''[[Box Office India]]'' after its second weekend.<ref name="Murder Box Office"/> It was also the [[Bollywood films of 2004|ninth highest-grossing film of the year 2004]].<ref name="Murder Box Office" />

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Anu Malik]]. Lyrics were penned by [[Sayeed Quadri]] and [[Rahat Indori]]. According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 22,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fourth highest-selling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081557/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce|archive-date=15 February 2008|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref> The song 'Jana Tere Pyaar' is not portrayed in the film.

===Track listing===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| extra_column2 = composer
| title1 = Bheege Hont Tere
| extra1 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
| lyrics1 = [[Sayeed Quadri]]
| length1 = 4:32
| title2 = Bheege Hont Tere
| extra2 = [[Instrumental]]
| lyrics2 =
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Dil Ko Hazar Bar
| extra3 = [[Alisha Chinoy]]
| lyrics3 = [[Rahat Indori]]
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Jaana Tere Pyar
| lyrics4 = Sayeed Quadri
| extra4 = Amir Jamal
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = Kaho Na Kaho
| extra5 = Amir Jamal
| lyrics5 = Sayeed Quadri
| length5 = 5:08
| title6 = Kaho Na Kaho
| extra6 = Instrumental
| lyrics6 =
| length6 = 5:08
| title7 = Zindagi Iss Tarah
| extra7 = [[Sonu Nigam]]
| lyrics7 = Sayeed Quadri
| length7 = 5:37
| title8 = Zindagi Iss Tarah
| extra8 = [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
| lyrics8 = Sayeed Quadri
| length8 = 5:37
}}

==Awards and Nominations==
{| class="wikitable Plainrowheaders sortable"
! Award
! Category
! Recipients and Nominees
! Results
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[50th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best playback singer male]]
|[[Kunal Ganjawala]] for "Beegi Hont Teri"
|rowspan="2" {{won}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for RD Burman award for new music talent|RD Burman new music talent]]
|[[Kunal Ganjawala]]
|-
|}

==Controversies==
The song "Jaana Tere Pyaar" is a reported copy of the Bengali song "Firiye Dao" by [[Miles (band)|Miles]], a pop band from [[Bangladesh]]. Miles later sued the filmmakers, which resulted in the song being removed from the film's original soundtrack. The Bangladeshi band also sought compensation for 'hurting its business interests'. However, due to challenges in terms of uncertainty about the outcome, lack of information and lack of initiative from the relevant authorities on either side, compensation has not ({{as of|2005|lc=y}}) been yet awarded.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Abul Kalam Azad|title=Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation|date=15 December 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=53|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWOGfYYI2BQC&q=murder+miles+firiye+dao+copy&pg=PA53|access-date=12 April 2016|isbn=9781139449007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Band cries Murder over tune lift| work = The Telegraph — Calcutta| date = 20 May 2004| access-date = 2016-04-12| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040520/asp/calcutta/story_3268390.asp}}</ref>{{failed verification|date= August 2017}}

Although the filmmakers denied all the accusations and said that they have bought the copyrights of the songs 'Kaho Na Kaho' and 'Jana Tere Pyaar' from Pakistani singer Amir Jamal whose album titled 'Kaho Na Kaho - A Fusion of Arabic and Urdu' was released in 2002, Amir Jamal took permission from Egyptian singer [[Amr Diab]], to use his Arabic song [[Tamally Maak]]'s a portion of lyrics to be reused in the Kaho Na Kaho song.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jeddah's Amir Jamal makes waves in Bollywood|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/268966|access-date=10 August 2017|website=[[Arab News]]|date=24 June 2005}}</ref>

==Remake and sequels==
The film was remade into [[Kannada]] as ''[[Ganda Hendathi]]'' in 2006.

A sequel titled ''[[Murder 2]]'' was released on 8 July 2011 with [[Emraan Hashmi]] and [[Jacqueline Fernandez]] in the lead roles, which was loosely based on
the 2008 Korean film [[The Chaser (2008 film)|''The Chaser'' (film)]]. Commercially, the sequel surpassed the collections of ''Murder'', becoming a blockbuster.<ref>{{cite web|title=Huge July With Surprise MURDER 2 Topping|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3279&nCat=box_office_news|work=Box Office India|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020041216/http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3279&nCat=box_office_news|archive-date=20 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the success of the first two instalments, the producers released a third instalment, ''[[Murder 3]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Murder-3-next-year/Article1-720518.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713230554/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Murder-3-next-year/Article1-720518.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2011|title=Murder 3 next year|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=15 July 2011|access-date=12 August 2011}}</ref> on 15 February 2013. The film, which was an official remake of Spanish film ''[[The Hidden Face (film)|The Hidden Face]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Murder 3 is a remake of Spanish film|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Murder-3-is-a-remake-of-Spanish-film/Article1-990140.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116054854/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Murder-3-is-a-remake-of-Spanish-film/Article1-990140.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2013|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2013-03-16}}</ref> starred [[Randeep Hooda]], [[Aditi Rao Hydari]] and [[Sara Loren]] in the lead roles. However, unlike the earlier parts, it only performed moderately well at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|last=Adarsh|first=Taran|title=Top 5: 'Murder 3' recovers cost, in profit zone!|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/top5-hindi-movies/id/941/date/|date=22 February 2013|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> A fourth film is in development with Hashmi returning, after not appearing in the third film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-murder-4-will-happen-for-sure-emraan-hashmi-2211988|title=Emraan Hashmi confirms that 'Murder 4' is in the pipeline|date=13 May 2016|work=Daily News and Analysis|agency=Press Trust of India|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|murder}}
* {{IMDb movie|0405507}}
* {{AllMovie movie|343568}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|murder2004}}

{{Anurag Basu}}
{{Mahesh Bhatt}}
{{Murder series}}

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[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s erotic thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian erotic thriller films]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Indian thriller drama films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of English films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Anurag Basu]]

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