''Blue Oranges'' is a 2009

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film produced by S M Ferozeuddin Alameer under the Khussro Films banner and directed by Rajesh Ganguly. The film features

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, and

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in key roles.

Plot

The film is a crime, suspense thriller where

plays the role of the detective Nilesh. Nilesh has to investigate the murder of a rich alcoholic woman (

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). He investigates a bunch of suspects such as the murdered woman’s ex-lover (

), the tenant's son, a rich-brat who gave the woman a lift and the police commissioner's own brother (

) who had befriended her, before arriving at the truth. The film is shot in a flashback-and-forth mode of storytelling.

Cast

... Nilesh *

... Anurag Dixit *

... Uma Dixit *

... Kevin Travasso *

... Shalini Chauhan * Richashree ... Rati Bose *

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... Commissioner Dixit * Shivani Joshi ... Rudra *

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... Ramprasad *

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... Mr. Goel * Asheesh Kapur ... Hari Goel *

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... Mrs. Goel * Javed Abedi ... Doctor * Rajeev Acharya ... Principal * Kamal Adib ... Sunil Mehra * Imtiaz Amir ... Judge * Honey Chhaya ... Old Man in jail * Naina Dixit ... News Reader * Yusuf Hussain ... Janak Raj Chauhan * Alex Joseph ... Jail Warden * Siddhant Karnick ... Aditya Mehra * Bharat Kaul ... Mr. Mehta * Moin Khan ... Man with Ranjit's wife * Neeraj Kumar ... Ranjit * Sujata Kumar ... Dr. Reddy * Anjali Londhe ... Ranit's wife * Jagruti Mehta ... Maid Servant * Nandu ... Police with fax * Chandrabhan Patel ... Drug Pedlar * Himanshu Powdwal ... Control room investigator * Jaspal Sandhu ... Jailor * Simran Sawhney ... Henchman * Savi Sidhu ... Mahadev (as Savi Siddhu) * Satyendra Verma ... Lawyer

Reception

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'' rated the movie 2.5/5 stars and although the movie was appreciated for being painstakingly crafted; it was criticized for being too dour and clinical and bereft of humour, pace and drama.

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too rated the movie 2.5/5 stars and summed up his review as "If there are no highs in the narration, there are no plunging lows either" and singled out Rajit Kapur’s acting as the one stand-out performance.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1334437, Blue Oranges 2009 films 2000s Hindi-language films