''Sau Jhooth Ek Sach'' () is a 2005 Hindi-language indie thriller film directed by Bappaditya Roy, the film marks Bappaditya Roy's directorial debut. Produced by Amitabha Singh through the production house Think 16. The film stars

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and

Vikram Gokhale Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theater and film actor, Chandrakant ...

. Gokhale plays an industrialist. The film was screened at the 7th

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. The film was a failure at the box office.

Plot

The films follows Inspector Vivek as he inspects the case of a girl's suicide. He crosschecks members of industrialists Vikrant Pradhan's family. The next day to Pradhan's family surprise, they realize that there is nobody named Vivek and that no girl died.

Cast

as Inspector Vivek *

as Vikrant Pradhan *

Lilette Dubey Lillete Dubey (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian actress and theatre director. She has worked in Indian and international theatre, television and films in Hindi and English languages. Dubey began her career with Barry John in Delhi and was the ...

Joy Sengupta Joy Sengupta (born 14 December 1968) is an Indian film and stage actor works Bollywood cinema and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema as well as theatre. He is best known for his debut feature, ''Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa'' (1998) directed by ...

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as Zoya *

Kiran Janjani Kiran Janjani is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films and television shows. He is well known for his performance as Vikas Nanda in Life OK's ''Hum Ne Li Hai- Shapath'' and as Ujjwal Mishra in &TV's '' Santoshi Maa''. He was last seen ...

Meghna Kothari Meghna Kothari is an Indian actress. She has acted in Bollywood movies and in Gurinder Chadha's film '' Bride and Prejudice'' where she played the role of Maya Bakshi based on the character Mary Bennett and is known for the famous cobra dance ch ...

Tisca Chopra Tisca Zareen Chopra (née Arora; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress, author and film producer who has appeared in over 45 feature films, predominantly in Hindi language. ''Taare Zameen Par'', her best known feature film, was India's off ...

*Kiran Janjani as Vikrant Pradhan's son *

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Production

The film marks actor Mammootty's return to Hindi cinema.

said about his role that "Mine is a very difficult and challenging role; so very unlike a typical Hindi movie cop. In fact, it is completely non-action, and probably my best in the national language." Music Department was handled by Faizal Qureshi, Story written by Pankaj Kapoor and the dialogues by the Director Bappaditya Roy himself.

Reception

Critical response

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of ''

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'' wrote that "On the whole, SAU JHOOTH EK SACH - THE UNINVITED has something for the festival circuit, but nothing for the masses". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "Sau Jhooth Ek Sach' is a film about all of us". Film critic

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wrote that "Debutant director Bappaditya Roy's morality tale is an arresting ensemble piece" and gave the film two stars out of five. ''Webindia 123'' wrote that "Overall this offbeat film is surely not for the masses but for the select few who dig this genre".

Box office

According to

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the movie has collected on its first day. The first weekend gross was and from one week the movie has collected . Final worldwide gross was . Considering the budget the movie was average at the box office.

References

{{Reflist 2005 films 2000s Hindi-language films