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in lead roles and released on 21 February 2003. The film is a remake of the 1997 American

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Plot

Simran lives in a wealthy Malhotra family with her uncle, Rajendra. She falls in love with Sameer, a photographer. While she participates in a beauty contest her college mate Taniya Khurana becomes frustrated. Taniya's brother, Ajit threatens her regularly. But Simran's best friend Kajal and Kajal's boyfriend Kunal support Simran. They assure her. Simran takes part in the contest and wins. Disheartened, Ajit attacks Simran and Kajal but they accidentally kill him after a short fight. When their respective boyfriends return, they decide not to tell anyone about the horrific incident. But Bikram, close to the Malhotra family tries to blackmail those four friends that he knows everything about Ajit's death. Police inspector Ashutosh Khanna suspects the gang of four but he has no evidence against them.

Cast

as Sameer *

as Simran Malhotra *

as Kunal *

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as Kajal *

as Ajit Khurana *

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as Tanya Khurana *

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as Rajendra Malhotra *

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as Inspector Ashutosh Khanna *

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as Bikram *

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as Uncle Tom * Pappu Polyester

Soundtrack

All tracks were composed by Viju Shah and lyrics penned by Ibrahim Ashq, Chandrashekhar Rajit and Rakesh Mishra.

References

External links

* 2003 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Viju Shah Indian thriller films Indian slasher films Indian horror thriller films 2000s horror thriller films Indian remakes of American films Films directed by Shyam Ramsay {{2000s-horror-film-stub