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{{short description|2014 film directed by Anant Mahadevan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Xpose
| image = TheXposePoster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Anant Mahadevan]]
| producer = Vipin Reshammiya Rakesh Upadhyay
| writer = [[Himesh Reshammiya]]
| screenplay = Himesh Reshammiya Jainesh Ejradar
| narrator = [[Irrfan Khan]]
| starring = Himesh Reshammiya [[Sonali Raut]] [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] [[Zoya Afroz]]
| cinematography = Maneesh Chandra Bhatt
| music = Himesh Reshammiya
| editing = Ashish Gaikar
| language = Hindi
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|05|16}}
| country = India
| runtime = 113 minutes<ref name="BOI Report"/>
| budget = {{INR}}25 crore<ref name="BOI Report">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2248 |title=The Xpose – Movie – Box Office India |accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}22.7 crore<ref name="Bollywood Hungama">{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/ |title=The Xpose – Movie – Box Office India|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] }}</ref>
}}

'''''The Xposé''''' (stylized as '''''The XPOSÉ''''') is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language [[romantic thriller film]] directed by [[Anant Mahadevan]] and produced by Vipin Reshammiya under the banner of HR Musik. The film stars [[Himesh Reshammiya]] alongside newcomers [[Sonali Raut]] and [[Zoya Afroz]], while [[Irrfan Khan]] makes a special appearance. Musician [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] also appears in the film, making his Bollywood acting debut.

==Plot==

Two actresses, Zara Fernandes and Chandni Roy, are both set to make their film debut on the same date. Chandni's film becomes a box office success, whereas Zara's film is a flop. This angers Zara who believes she is higher and better than every other new actress. Zara starts an argument with Chandni after an awards party, and the two end up fighting. Later that night, Zara is murdered. The blame obviously goes towards Chandni, and she has no way to prove her innocence.

Chandni's lover, Ravi Kumar, decides to step in and find the real murderer to save his love. Ravi happens to be an ex-cop, who was sacked from his job as a police officer after shooting a parliamentarian . Ravi is now an actor, who happens to have debuted in the same film as Zara. The suspect list in the murder is extremely large, there is Virmaan, who is Chandni's ex-boyfriend, Subba Prasad who is Zara's film director and KD, a music director who had an affair with Zara, as well as many other suspects.

After Ravi's investigation, it turns out that after Zara and Chandni fight, Zara went up to the terrace where she met KD (hinting that their affair was still going on at the time of her death) and as the two got together, KD's wife Shabnam started looking for KD. KD heard Shabnam coming up to the terrace, so tried to run away, and accidentally pushed Zara away from him, which led to her to fall from the terrace. It also turns out that after falling down, she landed outside Subba Prasad's window. Subba decided to let her fall so her death could gain attention and maybe help their flop film be successful.

KD & Subba are convicted. KD is jailed for 7 years and Subba Prasad is given life sentence. After all the supposed suspects leave the court, Chandni confesses to her love for Ravi. The two get together, and Ravi tells Chandni that actually, he knew that she was the one who murdered Zara. In a flashback, it is revealed that after Subba let Zara fall down, she was still alive and was found by Chandni. Chandni was so frustrated and annoyed by her that she hit Zara on the head with a glass bottle, finally killing her.

==Cast==
* [[Himesh Reshammiya]] as Ravi Kumar
* [[Sonali Raut]] as Zara Peter Fernandes
* [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] as Kenny Damania (KD)
* [[Zoya Afroz]] as Chandni Roy
* [[Jesse Randhawa]] as Shabnam Rai
* [[Anant Mahadevan]] as Subba Prasad
* [[Rajesh Sharma (actor)|Rajesh Sharma]] as Raj Grover
* [[Nakul Vaid]] as Virman Shah
* Kunal Thakkur as Ronnie
* Ashwin Dhar as Bobby Chaddha
* Kanika Dang as D'Silva
* [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as Naidu
* [[Irrfan Khan]] as Alec D'Costa and narrator (Special appearance)
* [[Adil Hussain]] as Rajan (Special appearance)
* [[Rushad Rana]] as a prosecution Lawyer (Special appearance)

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = The Xposé
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| longtype = to The Xposé
| artist = Himesh Reshammiya
| cover =
| alt =
| caption = Soundtrack album cover
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|04|21}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/the-xpose-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1111673204 |title=The Xpose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |date=21 April 2014 |publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length = 1:19:55
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[A New Love Ishtory]]
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = [[Humshakals]]
| next_year = 2014
}}

===Soundtrack===
The soundtrack was composed by Himesh Reshammiya, with lyrics penned by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]], [[Kumaar]] and [[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]]. Vocalists include [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]], Reshammiya, [[Ankit Tiwari]], [[Palak Muchhal]]. The soundtrack released on 14 April 2014 with ''The Times Of India'' stating "An album that has something for everyone, ''The Xpose'' is masala magic at its most potent."<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/music-reviews/The-Xpos/articleshow/34475051.cms |title=The Xposé – The Times of India |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2 May 2014 |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ff9; text-align:center;"
! Track# !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration (min)
|-
| 1 || "Ice Cream Khaungi" || [[Palak Muchhal]], Himesh Reshammiya, [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]]|| [[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]] || 05:52
|-
| 2 || "Dard Dilo Ke" || [[Mohammad Irfan Ali]] || [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] || 05:04
|-
| 3 || "Hai Apna Dil Toh Awaara" || Himesh Reshammiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh || Sameer || 04:24
|-
| 4 || "Catch Me If You Can" || Himesh Reshammiya, [[Mika Singh]], [[Mohit Chauhan]], [[Neeti Mohan]], [[Shubhangi Tiwari]], [[Shalmali Kholgade]] || Shabbir Ahmed || 05:06
|-
| 5 || "Surroor" || Himesh Reshammiya, [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]], [[Shalmali Kholgade]] || Sameer || 05:32
|-
| 6 || "Sheeshe Ka Samundar" || [[Ankit Tiwari]] || Sameer || 04:42
|-
| 7 || "Dard Dilo Ke" (reprise) || Mohammad Irfan Ali, Neeti Mohan || Sameer || 04:44
|-
| 8 || "Sheeshe Ka Samundar" (reprise) || [[Rekha Bhardwaj]] || Sameer || 04:23
|-
| 9 || "Ice Cream Khaungi" (remix) || Himesh Reshammiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Palak Muchhal || Shabbir Ahmed || 05:13
|-
| 10 || "Dard Dilo Ke" (remix) || Mohammad Irfan Ali, Neeti Mohan || Sameer || 04:04
|-
| 11 || "Hai Apna Dil Toh Awaara" (Blue'S Mix) || Himesh Reshammiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh || Sameer || 03:19
|-
| 12 || "Surroor" (Arabic Mix) || Himesh Reshammiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Shalmali Kholgade || Sameer || 04:02
|-
| 13 || "Catch Me If You Can" (remix) || Himesh Reshammiya, Mika Singh, Mohit Chauhan, Neeti Mohan, Shubhangi Tiwari, Shalmali Kholgade || Shabbir Ahmed || 04:13
|-
| 14 || "Hai Apna Dil" (Desi Remix) || Himesh Reshammiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh || Sameer || 04:18
|-
| 15 || "Sheeshe Ka Samundar" (remix) || Ankit Tiwari || Sameer || 04:33
|-
| 16 || "Surroor" (remix) || Himesh Reshammiya, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Shalmali Kholgade || Sameer || 03:49
|-af
| 17 || "Theme of Xposé" || Neeti Mohan, [[Irrfan Khan]] || Sameer || 02:34
|-
| 18 || "The Xposé" (Mashup) || DJ Kiran Kamath Ft Various Artists || Sameer, Shabbir Ahmed, [[Kumaar]] || 04:04
|-
|}

==Critical reception==

===Reception===
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Bollywood Hungama]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}
|rev2 = [[Filmfare]]
|rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}
| rev3 = [[Deccan Chronicle]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}
| rev4 = [[NDTV]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}
| rev5 = [[IndiaGlitz]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}
| rev6 = [[Mumbai Mirror]]
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}
|rev7 = [[Music Aloud]]
|rev7Score = {{Rating|7|10}}
}}
[[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] rated the film 3/5 and concluded "an entertaining outing for fans of atypical Bollywood-style murder mysteries."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Xpose |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/728242 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209132507/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/728242 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 February 2014 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref>

Mehul S Thakkar of ''[[Deccan Chronicle]]'' gave it 3.5 stars stating "What also adds to the whole packaging of the film is the attention to minute detail of that era be it as minute as a ceiling lamp or a pen. R.K studios, a treasure house of antique items, have been credited to supply film cameras of those times for the shoot, shown as props in the film."<ref>{{cite web |title='The Xpose': Is all about style, glamour and dirty secrets |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140515/entertainment-movie-review/article/movie-review-%E2%80%98xpose%E2%80%99-all-about-style-glamour-and-dirty |publisher=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

[[Subhash K Jha]] reviewed the film for [[NDTV]] and gave it 3.5 stars stating "The suspense drama is bright, bouncy, believable and entertaining."<ref name="ndtv">{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/the-xpose-movie-review-967 |title=The Xpose Movie Review – NDTV |publisher=movies.ndtv.com |accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref>

Vishal Verma for IndiaGlitz has rated 3 Stars stating "''The Xpose'' is a Dazzling Tour De Sixties"<ref name="indiaglitz">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/the-xpose-hindi-movie-review-18583 |title=The Xpose Bollywood Movie Review - cinema preview stills gallery trailer video clips showtimes - IndiaGlitz.com |website=IndiaGlitz.com |accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref> Rahul Desai for ''Mumbai Mirror'' has given 3 stars for its entertainment.<ref name="mumbaimirror">{{cite web |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/Film-review-The-Xpose/articleshow/35175396.cms |title=Film review: The Xpose – Mumbai Mirror |publisher=mumbaimirror.com |accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref> Shrey Saxena have rated this movie 1/10.<ref>{{cite news |title=Film Review – The Xposé |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PYLxdYzWTV8R6VqL2m1cEJ/Film-Review--The-Xpos.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=17 May 2014}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{{more citations needed|date=April 2016}}
; [[BIG Star Entertainment Awards]]
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ff9; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Category !! Nominee !! Status
|-
|rowspan=3|2014
| Best Music Director
| [[Himesh Reshammiya]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Playback Singer-Male
| [[Mohammad Irfan Ali]] (for Dard-e-Dil)
| {{nom}}
|}

; Life Ok Now Awards
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ff9; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Category !! Nominee !! Status
|-
| 2014
| Life Ok Now Awards<ref>{{cite web |title=Big life ok Now Awards |url=http://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-india/photos/zoya-afroz-wins-big-life-ok-now-award-for-best-actress/Zoya-Afroz-wins-Big-Life-Ok-Now-Best-actress-Award/eventshow/37189891.cms}}</ref> || Best Actress (The Xposé) || {{Won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=3645014}}

{{Himesh Reshammiya}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xpose, The}}
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:2014 masala films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya]]
[[Category:Indian detective films]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:HR Musik films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Anant Mahadevan]]
[[Category:2014 thriller films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language thriller films]]

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