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{{short description|2004 film by Sanjay Gupta}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Musafir
| image = Musafir.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
| writer = Sanjay Gupta
| producer = Sanjay Gupta
| starring = [[Anil Kapoor]] [[Sameera Reddy]] [[Aditya Pancholi]] [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] [[Shakti Kapoor]] [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Koena Mitra]]
| cinematography = [[P.S. Vinod]]
| editing = [[Bunty Nagi]]
| music = [[Anand Raaj Anand]] [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| released = {{Film date|2004|12|10|df=y}}
| runtime = 152 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
}}
'''''Musafir''''' (translation: ''Traveller'') is a 2004 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action thriller]] film written,directed and produced by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]] starring [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Sameera Reddy]] and [[Sanjay Dutt]] in the lead roles and introducing [[Koena Mitra]]. The film was controversial because of some sensual scenes, including kissing, between Kapoor and Reddy. At the box office the film opened to almost near housefull collections of 80%–100% all over India but witnessed a steep fall by the end of its first week of release. It was the sixteenth highest grossing Hindi film of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-12-10/movie-reviews/27155847_1_sanjay-dutt-baj-gayi-aditya-pancholi|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120709070616/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-12-10/movie-reviews/27155847_1_sanjay-dutt-baj-gayi-aditya-pancholi|url-status= dead|archive-date= 9 July 2012|title=Sanjay Dutt ki to... |author= Bose Malik, Jhoomur|date=10 December 2004 |work= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/11/stories/2004121100780204.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131111063924/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/11/stories/2004121100780204.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= 11 November 2013|title=Erotic thriller |author= Pillai, Sreedhar|date=11 December 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref> The film is a remake of the 1997 Hollywood film ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cine Blitz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UzEqAAAAYAAJ|year=2004|publisher=[[Blitz (newspaper)|Blitz Publications]]}}</ref>

==Plot==

Lucky ([[Anil Kapoor]]) is a small-time criminal, hoping to retire with his girlfriend Lara ([[Koena Mitra]]) after one last job. Unfortunately for him, things do not go as planned, and he becomes involved with a ruthless killer Billa ([[Sanjay Dutt]]). Lucky steals 2.5 million from Billa. But Lara steals it from him instead. He, then, comes to know that his friends have been murdered. Billa tracks Lucky down. But Lucky is able to strike a deal. He is to go to [[Goa]] and meet Jacko ([[Shakti Kapoor]]) and sell him a bag of unknown contents. He then meets Jacko and sets a rendezvous. On his return to his hotel, he comes across a Police inspector ([[Aditya Pancholi]]) who seems to have become suspicious of Lucky.

In a small restaurant, he sights a dancer Sam ([[Sameera Reddy]]). He follows her and gets an opportunity to meet her when her car breaks down. He offers her a lift home. She introduces herself as Sam. When her husband, Lukka ([[Mahesh Manjrekar]]), shows up, they retrieve her car from the road, and go home. That night Lucky arrives in a disco to meet Jacko again. Here he again comes across Sam. After getting the money, Lucky prepares to leave the next morning. Sam arrives at Lucky's hotel to meet him. But their meeting is cut short when Lucky notices the same inspector. He tells Sam to hide and hides the bag of money in the vehicle of an unsuspecting motorist. By the time the Inspector leaves, the vehicle with the money is gone. Meanwhile, Billa tracks down Lara, gets the money back and kills her.

While Billa hides the fact that he has his money back, Lucky hides that he has lost the money. He again comes across Lukka. It turns out that he wants Lucky to kill Sam, and in return, Lucky would get 2.5 million. Sam meets Lucky and sets up a deal that if Lucky would kill Lukka, she would pay him 2.5 million. Both of them want the work done that night. During a drink, Sam bends down, and Lukka has temptations on her and asks her to remove her blouse, but she refuses, and Lukka forcefully unzips her, attempts to assault Sam, and Sam accidentally shoots him dead. Lucky, however, gets the money, and both try to get out of Goa. But the inspector is following them. Sam identifies the inspector as Lukka's brother Tiger and the 2.5 million actually belong to Tiger. Lucky somehow shakes Tiger off his pursuit, and hides the money. The next morning she is nowhere to be found. Lucky desperately searches for her, and when he finally finds her, he realises that he has fallen in love with her. Suddenly they are attacked by Inspector Tiger with his police force.

Lucky is running out of ammunition when Billa arrives and shoots down all the police officers. Tiger, however, manages to escape by making Sam his hostage. At gunpoint, Lucky agrees to take Billa to the place where the money is hidden. When they reach the platform, Lucky finds that Tiger has discovered the money. A fist-to-fist duel ensues between Tiger and Lucky, but Billa intervenes and strikes a final deal. Both Lucky and Tiger have to walk on two parallel railway tracks blindfolded. The person towards whom the train comes is gone....If Lucky survives, then he will get the girl, while Billa will take the money, but if Tiger is saved, he gets the money, and Billa will take the girl.

The train, however changes tracks at the last moment and heads towards Lucky. Sam screams in horror and pleads with Billa to let her go. From Sam's scream, Tiger comes to know that Lucky is doomed. He takes off his blindfold and waves a farewell at Lucky. But he is promptly shot dead by Billa (because Billa notices the bracelet that was on Tiger's wrist that belonged to his now dead comrade). He then allows Sam to run to Lucky and try to save him. She does pull him off the tracks before the train could reach him. Billa smiles and rides away on his bike. After going a short distance, he stops and drops the bag to the ground in a brief act of generosity and then goes away.

==Trivia==

The TV presenter [[Konnie Huq]] appears as an extra in the club scene of the film.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://bollywood.raftaar.in/Movies/Musafir/2004/Movie-Profile| title=Musafir Movie Profile| access-date=7 December 2011| date=2004| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425161833/http://bollywood.raftaar.in/Movies/Musafir/2004/Movie-Profile| archive-date=25 April 2012| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Anil Kapoor]] as Lucky
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Billa
* [[Sameera Reddy]] as Sam
* [[Aditya Pancholi]] as Inspector Tiger
* [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] as Lukka
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] as Whacko Jacko
* [[Koena Mitra]] as Lara
* [[Manoj Pahwa]]
* [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] as Angela
* [[Pankaj Kalra]]

==Critical Reception==

Avijit Ghosh wrote in The Telegraph: "Musafir is the sort of flick guys like when they watch it with buddies and pretend to hate when they carry girlfriends or wives along. Slick and stylised like his earlier effort, Kaante, director Sanjay Gupta's new film, is about smart-talking men without morals. And cool women without both clothes and morals.<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/1041217/asp/etc/story_4136858.asp]</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Musafir
| type = Compilation
| artist = [[Vishal-Shekhar]] and [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2004
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=97|s=12}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer =
| chronology = [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| prev_title = [[Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Shabd (film)|Shabd]]
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| type =
| prev_title = Wajah
| prev_year = 2003
| title = Musafir
| year = 2004
| next_title = [[Kaal (2005 film)|Kaal]]
| next_year = 2005
}}
}}

The music of the film was composed by [[Vishal-Shekhar]]. [[Anand Raj Anand]] composed one track, "Ishq Kabhi Kario Na". Four tracks in the album are remixes of the original ones from ''[[Kaante]]''. [[Dev Kohli]], [[Kumaar]], [[Vishal Dadlani]] and [[Milap Zaveri]] provided the lyrics. The music was applauded by critics and the audience for being experimental and different. The compositions of Vishal-Shekhar heavily used techno, and trance beats, and the album itself was divided into two CDs—"Club" and "Longue". Songs like "Ishq Kabhi Kario Na", "Saaki", and "Door Se Paas" were highly popular among the youth. Vishal-Shekhar made [[Kumar Sanu]] sing a techno song, "Phir Na Kehna", a very rare Western-style song for Kumar Sanu. According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 18,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's seventh 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 "Saki" was recreated for film ''[[Batla House]]''.Songs ''Rabba'' was recreated in [[Daaka]] and “Door Se Paas” will be recreated in the movie [[Satyameva Jayate 2]].
{{Tracklist
| headline= Original tracklist
| title1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 =
}}
{{track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = CD 1 – Club
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 51:58
| title1 = Ishq Kabhi Kario Na
| note1 = Flea Market Trance Mix
| lyrics1 = Dev Kohli
| music1 = [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| extra1 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length1 = 4:28
| title2 = Saaki
| note2 = Psychedelic Insomnia Mix
| lyrics2 = Dev Kohli
| music2 = [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| extra2 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]], Sunidhi Chauhan
| length2 = 5:24
| title3 = Door Se Paas
| note3 = Missy in the Pool Mix
| lyrics3 = Dev Kohli
| music3 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra3 = [[KK (singer)|KK]]
| length3 = 6:06
| title4 = Rabba
| note4 = Agony And Ecstasy Mix
| lyrics4 = [[Kumaar]], Dev Kohli
| music4 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra4 = [[Krishna Beura]]
| length4 = 5:52
| title5 = Tez Dhaar
| note5 = Sex on Wheels Mix
| lyrics5 = Vishal Dadlani, [[Milap Zaveri]]
| music5 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra5 = [[Sanjay Dutt]]
| length5 = 5:36
| title6 = Ishq Kabhi Kario Na
| note6 = Paradiso Mix
| lyrics6 = Dev Kohli
| music6 = Anand Raj Anand
| extra6 = Sukhwinder Singh
| length6 = 4:23
| title7 = Ishq Samunder*
| note7 = Back To Life Mix
| lyrics7 = Dev Kohli
| music7 = Anand Raj Anand
| extra7 = Sunidhi Chauhan, Anand Raj Anand
| length7 = 5:22
| title8 = Rama Re
| note8 = The Boys Are Back Mix
| lyrics8 = Dev Kohli
| music8 = [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| extra8 = [[Zubeen Garg]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]],
| length8 = 6:65
| title9 = Rabba
| note9 = Kinky in Ibiza Mix
| lyrics9 = Kumaar, Dev Kohli
| music9 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra9 = [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]]
| length9 = 7:51
| title10 =
| length10 =
}}

{{track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = CD 2 – Lounge
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 45:14
| title10 = Rabba
| note10 = Farewell To Sadness Mix
| lyrics10 = [[Kumaar]], Dev Kohli
| music10 = [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| extra10 = [[Richa Sharma (singer)|Richa Sharma]]
| length10 = 6:22
| title11 = Sun Suniyo
| note11 = Anjuna Laguna Mix
| lyrics11 = Dev Kohli
| music11 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra11 = [[Hema Sardesai]]
| length11 = 4:23
| title12 = Tez Dhaar
| note12 = Billa's Journey Mix
| lyrics12 = [[Vishal Dadlani]], [[Milap Zaveri]]
| music12 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra12 = [[Sanjay Dutt]]
| length12 = 5:24
| title13 = Phir Na Kehna
| note13 = Crazy in Zanzibar Mix
| lyrics13 = Dev Kohli
| music13 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra13 = [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length13 = 5:39
| title14 = Ek Dil Ne
| note14 = Casa Brittona Mix
| lyrics14 = Dev Kohli
| music14 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra14 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length14 = 4:57
| title15 = Rabba
| note15 = Kiss of Death Mix
| lyrics15 = Kumaar, Dev Kohli
| music15 = Vishal-Shekhar
| extra15 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| length15 = 6:04
| title16 = Yaar Mangyasi*
| note16 = Eternal Moment Mix
| lyrics16 = Dev Kohli
| music16 = Anand Raj Anand
| extra16 = [[Sonu Nigam]]
| length16 = 6:22
| title17 = Mahi Ve*
| note17 = Sleep With Destiny Mix
| lyrics17 = Dev Kohli
| music17 = Anand Raj Anand
| extra17 = Sukhwinder Singh, Richa Sharma
| length17 = 6:03
}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Originally featured in ''Kaante''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0430381|Musafir}}

{{Sanjay Gupta}}

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