''Rog'' () is a 2005 Indian
Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
-language
romance
Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to:
Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
thriller film directed by Himanshu Brahmbhatt, written by
Mahesh Bhatt and produced by
Pooja Bhatt
Pooja Bhatt (born 24 February 1972) is an Indian film director, actress, voice over artist and film maker. Born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of Indian filmmaker, Mahesh Bhatt. Bhatt played her first leading role in Mahesh Bhatt's ...
. The film stars
Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan () (born Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan; 7 January 196729 April 2020), also known simply as Irrfan, was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well as British and American films. Widely regarded as one of the finest actors in In ...
,
Himanshu Malik
Himanshu Malicki is an Indian actor, screenwriter and producer known for his works in Bollywood. He started his acting career with the film, '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love'' (1996) and gained recognition with his portrayal of Abhigyan, a wealthy C ...
and
Ilene Hamann
Ilene Hamann (born 9 June 1984) is a South African actress and model.
Early life
Ilene Hamann was born in Jeffreys Bay, where she lived until she moved to Cape Town, South Africa. Her mother is of Portuguese descent and her father of Dutch ...
.
Plot
Uday Singh Rathod is a law-abiding police officer, famous for his extraordinary investigations, but is experiencing
insomnia
Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which people have trouble sleeping. They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep as long as desired. Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, ...
. When Maya Solomon, a famous model is murdered, Rathod is given the custody of the case and he is asked to solve it within a week by the Dy Commissioner Kumar. Three people are shortlisted as prime suspects; Harsh, a famous journalist, Ali, a millionaire and Shyamoli, Ali's partner.
When the investigation begins, Harsh offers Rathod help in hunting down the murderer, while drawing his attention to the fact that Maya was about to mary Ali, but because Ali was a womanizer and couldn't keep up with one woman. So Ali, along with Shyamoli, killed Maya. Rathod theorizes on these lines and goes to Ali's house with Harsh.
He questions Ali and reaches Maya's house to gather further evidence on the case. While leading the investigations and running through Maya's past, Rathod starts to fall in love with the image of the dead woman. One night, to his shock, as he is gathering evidence in her house, Maya appears suddenly. This leaves Rathod confused about the dead body found in the house and forces him to reconsider the suspects.
All this while, Maya's simplicity, and subtle beauty keeps drawing Rathod towards her. He interrogates Maya whereupon she reveals that before the night of the murder, she left for a two-day holiday. Ali, meanwhile, used duplicate keys to bring another girl Neena to spend the night at Maya's house. Neena was killed, but Ali wasn't involved in the killing. Rathod tells Maya that due to lack of evidence, all suspicions fall on her and that she could be prosecuted for the crime. Rathod thinks for a few moments and tells Maya that regardless of everyone's opinion, he thinks she is innocent. He advises her to flee, offering to make all arrangements. She refuses to leave.
Maya, seeing Rathod's helpful nature and his faith in her, starts falling in love with him. They both get out of the interrogation room and spend the night together. In the morning, Rathod visits Maya's house one last time to recover the murder weapon, hoping that it would help clarify things. He is able to retrieve the weapon and happens to realize the identity of the actual murderer. He goes back to the house, only to find Harsh already there trying to kill Maya. After some resistance, Rathod gets hold of Harsh and holds him down, immersed in the bath-tub. However, Harsh, in a final attempt, leaps out of the bath-tub and flashes a knife at Rathod. Maya appears behind Harsh and shoots him to death.
It is later revealed that Maya was conscious of her beauty because wherever she went instead of getting to know her, people hit on her. What she was looking for were trust and faith. When she met Harsh, he offered her his riches, but couldn't offer faith. She got disappointed and started having an affair with Ali, who turned out unfaithful and broke her trust. Things continued the way they were and she almost considered marrying Ali, until Harsh attempted to kill Maya, but ended up killing the other girl Neena who accompanied Ali that night to Maya's place. In the end, Rathod is congratulated by fellow policemen, as he gazes into Maya's eyes.
Cast
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Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan () (born Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan; 7 January 196729 April 2020), also known simply as Irrfan, was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well as British and American films. Widely regarded as one of the finest actors in In ...
as Inspector Uday Singh Rathod
*
Ilene Hamann
Ilene Hamann (born 9 June 1984) is a South African actress and model.
Early life
Ilene Hamann was born in Jeffreys Bay, where she lived until she moved to Cape Town, South Africa. Her mother is of Portuguese descent and her father of Dutch ...
as Maya Solomon
*
Himanshu Malik
Himanshu Malicki is an Indian actor, screenwriter and producer known for his works in Bollywood. He started his acting career with the film, '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love'' (1996) and gained recognition with his portrayal of Abhigyan, a wealthy C ...
as Ali Ahmed Khan
*
Suhel Seth as Harsh Bhatt
*
Ankur Desai
*
Shyamoli Varma as Shyamoli
*
Sridhar Gorthi
*
Manish Makhija as Munna
*
Denzil Smith
Denzil Leonard Smith (born 6 November 1960) is an Indian film and stage actor and producer. Born to Anglo-Indian parents in Mumbai, he is known for his stage and screen roles as a character actor. Smith has acted in over 50 plays and 60 films. ...
as Deputy Commissioner Kumar
Soundtrack
Track list
The film's soundtrack was composed by
M. M. Kreem, with lyrics penned by
Neelesh Mishra
Neelesh Misra (born 4 May 1973) is an Indian journalist, author, radio storyteller, scriptwriter and lyricist. He is most known for his radio show, Yaadon Ka IdiotBox with Neelesh Misra on BIG FM 92.7. He is co-founder-editor of Gaon Connecti ...
and
Sayeed Quadri
Sayeed Quadri is an Indian lyricist and poet who works in Bollywood. He was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He won the Best Lyricist award at the 6th IIFA Awards for ''Murder'', and Standout Performance by Lyricist at the Stardust Awards 2005 for ...
. M. M. Kreem reused the tune of "Vellipothe Ila" from his Telugu movie ''
Okariki Okaru
''Okariki Okaru'' () is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by cinematographer Rasool Ellore in his directorial debut. It stars Sriram and Aarthi Chhabria. The film was praised for the non-vulgarity and classiness carrie ...
'' for "Guzar Naa Jaaye". Songs "Maine Dil Se Kaha" and "Khoobsoorat" became extremely popular.
Critical reception
Harish Kotian of
Rediff.com
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, it had more than 300 e ...
″I would recommend the film if you have time to spare and if the other releases this Friday are running house full. And you are bound to be impressed by Irrfan Khan.″
References
External links
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{{Mahesh Bhatt
2000s Hindi-language films
Indian detective films
2005 films
Films scored by M. M. Keeravani
Indian remakes of American films