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| Gunaah | |
|---|---|
| File:Gunaah 2002 Poster.jpg | |
| Directed by | Amol Shetge |
| Produced by | Mukesh Bhatt |
| Written by | Mahesh Bhatt Pranay Narayan |
| Based on | Out of Sight[1] |
| Starring | Bipasha Basu Dino Morea Irrfan Khan |
| Music by | Sajid–Wajid Anand Raj Anand |
| Cinematography | Ishwar R. Bidri |
| Edited by | Mohammed Rafique |
| Distributed by | Vishesh Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹4 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹7.5 crore[1] |
Gunaah (transl. Crime) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film[2] directed by Amol Shetge and written by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Bipasha Basu, Dino Morea and Irrfan Khan. The film was released on 20 September 2002.[3][4] It received mixed reviews from critics[5] and performed averagely at the box-office.[6]
Plot[edit | edit source]
Police Inspector Prabha Narayan is haunted by the demons of her past. Being the illegitimate daughter of a prostitute, she has had a very bad childhood, and there once occurred an incident in her life when she was driven to the point of committing a murder. But today, now that she is an honest cop, she believes that she can clear her conscience by reforming a criminal.
Gradually, Prabha's life is turned topsy-turvy with the entry of Aditya Kashyap, who is a good person at heart but was forced to take the path of crime due to the wrongdoings of the police system. Incidents, which included his father getting urinated on in the police station. Prabha goes to Aditya's house to nab him but gets distracted when she sees him bathing and looks away. Aditya slips from under her vigilant eyes, and a hasty chase follows. Prabha stays close on the heels of fleeing Aditya. At one point, when she is about to fall off the rooftop, Aditya stops running and extends his hand to save her. This act makes a great impact on Prabha.
Aditya and Prabha decides to know Aditya's past and find out what prompted him to commit a crime in the first place. She decides to reform him, but she gets reformed herself and falls in love in the process. Eventually, Prabha and Aditya fall in love. This continues with them being passionate towards each other. Then, a problem arises gets enraged when Aditya escapes from jail and starts killing people again. Prabha being a good officer kills him when he is about to kill Police Inspector Digvijay Pandey. She corrupt politician, gets a gold medal for killing him and shoots explosion keeps the medal in front of his old fireman helmet, saying she loved him and a part of him will always live inside her.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Dino Morea as Aditya Kashyap
- Bipasha Basu as Inspector Prabha Narayan
- Irrfan Khan as ACP Digvijay Pandey
- Ashutosh Rana as Ex-Havaldar Madhusudan Gokhale "Uncle"
- Avtar Gill as Dr Mahesh Mirchandani
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Satyakam Kashyap, Aditya’s father .
- Yashpal Sharma as Parshuram
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| Gunaah | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2002 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | Sony Music India |
The soundtrack was composed by Sajid–Wajid and Anand Raj Anand. The soundtrack had 6 songs. The songs were very popular upon release.
| Song | Lyricist | Artist(s) | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Dil Ne Kaha" | Faaiz Anwar | Sonu Nigam | Sajid–Wajid |
| "Hamne Tumko Dil Ye De Diya" | Praveen Bhardwaj | Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo | Anand Raj Anand |
| "Jab Dil Churaya" | Praveen Bhardwaj | Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo | Anand Raj Anand |
| "Mere Dil Pe Kisine" | Anand Bakshi | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik | Sajid–Wajid |
| "Rooth Kar Hum" | Anand Bakshi | Roop Kumar Rathod, Sabri Brothers | Sajid–Wajid |
| "Sajana Saajna" | Praveen Bhardwaj | Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet Bhattacharya | Anand Raj Anand |
| "Theme of Gunaah" | Sunidhi Chauhan | Anand Raj Anand |
Reception[edit | edit source]
Ronjita Kulkarni from Rediff.com praised Irrfan Khan's performance, felt the film lost steam in the second half, criticized the dialogues, and found the music to be intrusive and at times silly.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gunaah - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com.
- ↑ "BBC - Leicester Films - Gunaah preview". BBC.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kulkarni, Ronjita (20 September 2002). "Romancing the cop". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ "Gunaah Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes". Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021 – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- ↑ "Gunaah Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. 20 September 2002. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (20 September 2002). "Gunaah Box Office Collection | India | Day Wise | Box Office - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 5 May 2025.