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| screenplay = | | writer = [[Vikram Bhatt]]<br/>Girish Dhamija | ||
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| starring = [[Arjun Rampal]] <br />[[Priyanka Chopra]] | | starring = [[Arjun Rampal]] <br />[[Priyanka Chopra]] | ||
| music = [[Himesh Reshammiya]] | | music = [[Himesh Reshammiya]] | ||
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'''''Yakeen''''' (Translation: Trust) is a | '''''Yakeen''''' (Translation: Trust) is a 2005 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller (genre)|romantic mystery thriller]] film co-written and directed by Girish Dhamija, starring [[Arjun Rampal]], and [[Priyanka Chopra]] while [[Kim Sharma]], [[Sudhanshu Pandey]], and [[Saurabh Shukla]] play supporting roles. The film's screenplay was written by [[Vikram Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/7360/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208175627/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/7360/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2008|title=Yakeen: Complete Cast and Crew details|publisher=IndiaFm|date=2005-06-01|access-date=2011-04-07}}</ref> The film's plot is loosely inspired by the 1991 American film ''[[Shattered (1991 film)|Shattered]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Christine Haase|title=When Heimat Meets Hollywood: German Filmmakers and America, 1985-2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-CAXVjNvFoC&pg=PA83|year=2007|publisher=Camden House|isbn=978-1-57113-279-6|page=83}}</ref> The film's premise centres around a man who recovers from an accident with [[amnesia]], and as he starts to piece together his former life, he feels that something is wrong.<ref name=TaranAdarshreview>{{cite web|last=Adarsh|first= Taran|author-link=Taran Adarsh|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/7360/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019004106/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/7360/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2008|title=Yakeen: Movie Review|publisher=[[IndiaFM]]|date=2005-07-01|access-date=2011-04-07}}</ref> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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The film begins with the recovery of Simar | The film begins with the recovery of Simar and her husband Nikhil from a car accident. Simar comes out unscathed, while Nikhil suffers most of the physical damage along with [[psychogenic amnesia]]. Simar is confident he will heal and resume his life. She brings in the best surgeons to reconstruct his damaged leg and face and helps him with his physiotherapy. | ||
Although Nikhil is at first cautious, Simar's love and dedication | Although Nikhil is at first cautious, Simar's love and dedication win him over. After six months of therapy, he is discharged from the hospital, and the couple returns home. However, when Nikhil meets up with his old friends and goes through his personal files, he finds evidence that all was not well in his previous life. Now uncertain of his wife's true intentions, he starts retracing his steps from the night of the accident, meeting with his friend Tanya, who tells him that on the night of the accident, he had planned to divorce Simar for infidelity on her part. | ||
Nikhil hires a private investigator named Chamanlal who discovers that the accusation is true: Simar had been having an affair with a man named "Kabir." Nikhil secretly overhears Simar talking on the phone with Kabir, in which she insists their relationship is over because she has fallen back in love with Nikhil. She agrees to meet Kabir one last time. Nikhil follows Simar to a secluded house, where he witnesses an argument between Simar and Kabir. After a chase through the woods, it is revealed that Simar staged the entire thing: Kabir was never on the phone nor in the house because he has been dead the entire time. Simar confesses that on the night of the accident, Nikhil had found Simar and Kabir together, and in his rage, he killed Kabir. Simar wanted to protect Nikhil from the guilt and believed his amnesia had been a chance to start their relationship anew. Nikhil believes this and reconciles with Simar. | Nikhil hires a private investigator named Chamanlal, who discovers that the accusation is true: Simar had been having an affair with a man named "Kabir." Nikhil secretly overhears Simar talking on the phone with Kabir, in which she insists their relationship is over because she has fallen back in love with Nikhil. She agrees to meet Kabir one last time. Nikhil follows Simar to a secluded house, where he witnesses an argument between Simar and Kabir. After a chase through the woods, it is revealed that Simar staged the entire thing: Kabir was never on the phone nor in the house because he has been dead the entire time. Simar confesses that on the night of the accident, Nikhil had found Simar and Kabir together, and in his rage, he killed Kabir. Simar wanted to protect Nikhil from the guilt and believed his amnesia had been a chance to start their relationship anew. Nikhil believes this and reconciles with Simar. | ||
Tanya contacts Nikhil with new information but he finds her shot dead. He informs Chamanlal that he has been having vivid flashbacks to the night of the accident | Tanya contacts Nikhil with new information, but he finds her shot dead. He informs Chamanlal that he has been having vivid flashbacks to the night of the accident and has an idea where Kabir was buried. They drive out and dig up the body, which has been preserved in the snow. The corpse's face is exactly the same as Nikhil's. | ||
"Nikhil" realises that ''he'' is in fact Kabir | "Nikhil" realises that ''he'' is in fact Kabir and had been the one having an affair with Simar. It is revealed that the real Nikhil was emotionally abusive toward Simar. Kabir saw Simar being abandoned by Nikhil at a party one night, and they began their affair, but after a while, Simar became obsessed with him. On the night of the accident, Kabir had been trying to leave Simar, who threatened to commit suicide if he did. Nikhil had arrived and started a fight with Kabir, which ended when Simar killed Nikhil with her gun. They buried the body in the snow, but on the way back, Kabir blamed Simar for the murder and declared that they should go to the police. In the ensuing argument, Kabir lost control of the car, which resulted in the accident that changed everything. | ||
In the present, Kabir is | In the present, Kabir is angry that his identity has been robbed by Simar, who took advantage of his amnesia and ordered plastic surgeons to reconstruct his face like Nikhil's. He and Chamanlal decide to bring Nikhil's body to the police but are stopped when Simar shoots Chamanlal. She still wants Kabir to accept Nikhil's identity so they can be together, but Kabir refuses. Simar tries to kill them both so they can be together in death; Kabir escapes, but Simar does not. | ||
The final scene is of Kabir arriving at the police station, carrying Nikhil's corpse with him. The [[Closing credits|end credits]] begin over footage of Kabir explaining his story to the officers. | The final scene is of Kabir arriving at the police station, carrying Nikhil's corpse with him. The [[Closing credits|end credits]] begin over footage of Kabir explaining his story and confessing the truth to the police officers. | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
* [[Arjun Rampal]] as Nikhil Oberoi / Kabir Malhotra | * [[Arjun Rampal]] as Nikhil Oberoi / Kabir Malhotra | ||
* [[Priyanka Chopra]] as Simar Oberoi | * [[Priyanka Chopra]] as Simar Oberoi | ||
* [[Sudhanshu Pandey]] as Kabir Malhotra | |||
* [[Kim Sharma]] as Tanya Thakur | |||
* [[Ankur Nayyar]] as Siddharth Thakur | * [[Ankur Nayyar]] as Siddharth Thakur | ||
* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Chamanlal | * [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Chamanlal | ||
* [[Anang Desai]] as Dr. Kapadia | * [[Anang Desai]] as Dr. Kapadia | ||
==Soundtrack== | ==Production== | ||
The film was announced in 2003 with [[Priyanka Chopra]] in lead.<ref>{{cite web |title=Priyanka in ‘Yakeen’ |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/priyanka-in-yakeen/ |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=14 January 2025 |date=December 20, 2003}}</ref> | |||
== Soundtrack == | |||
{{Infobox album | {{Infobox album | ||
| name = Yakeen | | name = Yakeen | ||
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| released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">{{Start date|df=y|2005|05|16}}</div> | | released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">{{Start date|df=y|2005|05|16}}</div> | ||
| recorded = | | recorded = | ||
| venue = | | venue = [[Mumbai]] | ||
| studio = | | studio = | ||
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | | genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | ||
| length = | | length = | ||
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] | | label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] | ||
| producer = | | producer = Himesh Reshammiya | ||
| prev_title = [[Main Aisa Hi Hoon]] | | prev_title = [[Main Aisa Hi Hoon]] | ||
| prev_year = 2005 | | prev_year = 2005 | ||
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}} | }} | ||
The music is composed by [[Himesh Reshammiya]] | The music is composed by [[Himesh Reshammiya]] with the lyrics written by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]. The album has eight tracks, including one instrumental and two reprise tracks.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tuteja, Joginder|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/7360/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803183705/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/musicreview/7360/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2009|title=Yakeen: Music Review|date=2005-05-16|publisher=IndiaFm|access-date=2011-04-07}}</ref> | ||
===Track listing=== | ===Track listing=== | ||
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| 3 || "Tu Hi" || [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]] || 6:02 | | 3 || "Tu Hi" || [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]] || 6:02 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 4 || "Bhoolna Nahin" || [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] || 6:19 | | 4 || "Bhoolna Nahin" || [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] || 6:19 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 5 || "Chehra Tera" || Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik || 5:38 | | 5 || "Chehra Tera" || Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik || 5:38 | ||
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| 6 || "Meri Aankhon Mein" || [[Instrumental]] || 6:29 | | 6 || "Meri Aankhon Mein" || [[Instrumental]] || 6:29 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 7 || "Bhoolna Nahin - II" || | | 7 || "Bhoolna Nahin - II" || Sunidhi Chauhan || 5:04 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 8 || "Bhoolna Nahin - III" || Shaan || 6:15 | | 8 || "Bhoolna Nahin - III" || Shaan || 6:15 | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Reception== | |||
Taran Adarsh of [[IndiaFM]] gave the film 2 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, YAKEEN could've been a taut edge of the seat thriller, which it isn't thanks to its not-too-happening post-interval portions."<ref name=TaranAdarshreview/> Patcy N of [[Rediff.com]] called the film "entertaining yet very predictable." She further wrote that the "movie starts well but tends to drag later. The end, though predictable, is very dramatic."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/yakeen/20050701.htm|title=Yakeen: Predictable fare|first=Patcy|last=N|website=[[Rediff.com]]|date=1 July 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222172114/https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/yakeen/20050701.htm|archive-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> | |||
Jaspreet Pandohar of [[BBC.com]] wrote, "Sticking closely to its [[Shattered (1991 film)|American predecessor]], Yakeen races along, delivering twist after turn until it reaches its devastating climax. Rampal and Chopra also deliver convincing performances as the traumatised husband and wife, proving they are more than just pretty faces. But Yakeen still doesn't entirely impress: as the umpteenth Hollywood-Bollywood remake to be released this year, there clearly isn't an original bone in its entire body."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/07/04/yakeen_2005_review.shtml|title=BBC - Movies - review - Yakeen (Belief)|website=[[BBC.co.uk]]|last=Pandohar|first=Jaspreet|date=4 July 2005|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=22 February 2024|archive-date=18 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518194201/https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/07/04/yakeen_2005_review.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:2005 films]] | [[Category:2005 films]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2005 Hindi-language films]] | ||
[[Category:2000s romantic thriller films]] | [[Category:2000s romantic thriller films]] | ||
[[Category:2000s mystery thriller films]] | [[Category:2000s mystery thriller films]] | ||
[[Category:Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya]] | [[Category:Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya]] | ||
[[Category:Indian romantic thriller films]] | [[Category:Indian romantic thriller films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian mystery thriller films]] | [[Category:Indian mystery thriller films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]] | [[Category:Indian remakes of American films]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:27, 3 March 2026
| Yakeen | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Girish Dhamija |
| Produced by | Sujit Kumar Singh |
| Written by | Vikram Bhatt Girish Dhamija |
| Starring | Arjun Rampal Priyanka Chopra |
| Music by | Himesh Reshammiya |
| Cinematography | Anshuman Mahaley |
| Edited by | Kuldeep Mehan |
| Distributed by | Shreya Creations P R Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Yakeen (Translation: Trust) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language romantic mystery thriller film co-written and directed by Girish Dhamija, starring Arjun Rampal, and Priyanka Chopra while Kim Sharma, Sudhanshu Pandey, and Saurabh Shukla play supporting roles. The film's screenplay was written by Vikram Bhatt.[1] The film's plot is loosely inspired by the 1991 American film Shattered.[2] The film's premise centres around a man who recovers from an accident with amnesia, and as he starts to piece together his former life, he feels that something is wrong.[3]
Plot[edit | edit source]
The film begins with the recovery of Simar and her husband Nikhil from a car accident. Simar comes out unscathed, while Nikhil suffers most of the physical damage along with psychogenic amnesia. Simar is confident he will heal and resume his life. She brings in the best surgeons to reconstruct his damaged leg and face and helps him with his physiotherapy.
Although Nikhil is at first cautious, Simar's love and dedication win him over. After six months of therapy, he is discharged from the hospital, and the couple returns home. However, when Nikhil meets up with his old friends and goes through his personal files, he finds evidence that all was not well in his previous life. Now uncertain of his wife's true intentions, he starts retracing his steps from the night of the accident, meeting with his friend Tanya, who tells him that on the night of the accident, he had planned to divorce Simar for infidelity on her part.
Nikhil hires a private investigator named Chamanlal, who discovers that the accusation is true: Simar had been having an affair with a man named "Kabir." Nikhil secretly overhears Simar talking on the phone with Kabir, in which she insists their relationship is over because she has fallen back in love with Nikhil. She agrees to meet Kabir one last time. Nikhil follows Simar to a secluded house, where he witnesses an argument between Simar and Kabir. After a chase through the woods, it is revealed that Simar staged the entire thing: Kabir was never on the phone nor in the house because he has been dead the entire time. Simar confesses that on the night of the accident, Nikhil had found Simar and Kabir together, and in his rage, he killed Kabir. Simar wanted to protect Nikhil from the guilt and believed his amnesia had been a chance to start their relationship anew. Nikhil believes this and reconciles with Simar.
Tanya contacts Nikhil with new information, but he finds her shot dead. He informs Chamanlal that he has been having vivid flashbacks to the night of the accident and has an idea where Kabir was buried. They drive out and dig up the body, which has been preserved in the snow. The corpse's face is exactly the same as Nikhil's.
"Nikhil" realises that he is in fact Kabir and had been the one having an affair with Simar. It is revealed that the real Nikhil was emotionally abusive toward Simar. Kabir saw Simar being abandoned by Nikhil at a party one night, and they began their affair, but after a while, Simar became obsessed with him. On the night of the accident, Kabir had been trying to leave Simar, who threatened to commit suicide if he did. Nikhil had arrived and started a fight with Kabir, which ended when Simar killed Nikhil with her gun. They buried the body in the snow, but on the way back, Kabir blamed Simar for the murder and declared that they should go to the police. In the ensuing argument, Kabir lost control of the car, which resulted in the accident that changed everything.
In the present, Kabir is angry that his identity has been robbed by Simar, who took advantage of his amnesia and ordered plastic surgeons to reconstruct his face like Nikhil's. He and Chamanlal decide to bring Nikhil's body to the police but are stopped when Simar shoots Chamanlal. She still wants Kabir to accept Nikhil's identity so they can be together, but Kabir refuses. Simar tries to kill them both so they can be together in death; Kabir escapes, but Simar does not.
The final scene is of Kabir arriving at the police station, carrying Nikhil's corpse with him. The end credits begin over footage of Kabir explaining his story and confessing the truth to the police officers.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Arjun Rampal as Nikhil Oberoi / Kabir Malhotra
- Priyanka Chopra as Simar Oberoi
- Sudhanshu Pandey as Kabir Malhotra
- Kim Sharma as Tanya Thakur
- Ankur Nayyar as Siddharth Thakur
- Saurabh Shukla as Chamanlal
- Anang Desai as Dr. Kapadia
Production[edit | edit source]
The film was announced in 2003 with Priyanka Chopra in lead.[4]
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| Yakeen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 16 May 2005 | |||
| Venue | Mumbai | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Himesh Reshammiya | |||
| Himesh Reshammiya chronology | ||||
| ||||
The music is composed by Himesh Reshammiya with the lyrics written by Sameer. The album has eight tracks, including one instrumental and two reprise tracks.[5]
Track listing[edit | edit source]
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Tune Mujhko" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 6:19 |
| 2 | "Meri Aankhon Mein" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 6:29 |
| 3 | "Tu Hi" | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal | 6:02 |
| 4 | "Bhoolna Nahin" | Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan | 6:19 |
| 5 | "Chehra Tera" | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik | 5:38 |
| 6 | "Meri Aankhon Mein" | Instrumental | 6:29 |
| 7 | "Bhoolna Nahin - II" | Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:04 |
| 8 | "Bhoolna Nahin - III" | Shaan | 6:15 |
Reception[edit | edit source]
Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 2 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, YAKEEN could've been a taut edge of the seat thriller, which it isn't thanks to its not-too-happening post-interval portions."[3] Patcy N of Rediff.com called the film "entertaining yet very predictable." She further wrote that the "movie starts well but tends to drag later. The end, though predictable, is very dramatic."[6]
Jaspreet Pandohar of BBC.com wrote, "Sticking closely to its American predecessor, Yakeen races along, delivering twist after turn until it reaches its devastating climax. Rampal and Chopra also deliver convincing performances as the traumatised husband and wife, proving they are more than just pretty faces. But Yakeen still doesn't entirely impress: as the umpteenth Hollywood-Bollywood remake to be released this year, there clearly isn't an original bone in its entire body."[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Yakeen: Complete Cast and Crew details". IndiaFm. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ↑ Christine Haase (2007). When Heimat Meets Hollywood: German Filmmakers and America, 1985-2005. Camden House. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-57113-279-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Adarsh, Taran (1 July 2005). "Yakeen: Movie Review". IndiaFM. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ↑ "Priyanka in 'Yakeen'". Bollywood Hungama. 20 December 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ↑ Tuteja, Joginder (16 May 2005). "Yakeen: Music Review". IndiaFm. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ↑ N, Patcy (1 July 2005). "Yakeen: Predictable fare". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024.
- ↑ Pandohar, Jaspreet (4 July 2005). "BBC - Movies - review - Yakeen (Belief)". BBC.co.uk. BBC Online. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2024.