''Zeher: A Love Story'' () is a 2005 Indian
Hindi
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-language
mystery
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directed by debutant
Mohit Suri
Mohit Suri is an Indian film director. Born into the Bhatt family, he is well known for directing the films '' Murder 2 '' (2011), the musical romance ''Aashiqui 2'' (2013) and the romantic thrillers ''Awarapan'' (2007), ''Ek Villain'' (2014) a ...
and produced by
Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is ''Saaransh'' (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film F ...
. The film stars
Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi (; born 24 March 1979) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi cinema. Hashmi debuted in 2003 with the crime thriller film ''Footpath'' and subsequently appeared in films include ''Murder'' (2004), '' Kalyug'' ...
,
Shamita Shetty
Shamita Shetty (born 2 February 1979) is an Indian Bollywood actress, model and interior designer. She made her Hindi film debut in the musical romance film ''Mohabbatein'' (2000), which earned her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – ...
and
Udita Goswami
Udita Goswami (born 9 February 1984) is a former Indian actress who worked in Hindi cinema. She has been married to film director Mohit Suri since 2013.
Personal life
Goswami was born in Dehradun. Her father is from Banaras and her mother is fr ...
. It is an adaptation of the 2003 American film ''
Out of Time''.
Plot
In a small town in
Goa
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steeped in azure seas and sultry secrets, the chief of local police station, Siddharth finds himself caught in the midst of a brewing storm. He is going through a divorce with his wife, Sonia whom he still loves, but finds himself involved with a local married woman named Anna. Unable to cope with the pressures of his wife's success who is in the special police force, he continues his secret relationship with Anna.
Things get even more complicated when Siddharth realizes that Anna's husband, Sean is abusive and Anna is dying from cancer. Being a good soul, Siddharth does not have it in him to abandon this woman who seems to have given him some affection in recent times.
In the heat of the moment, Siddharth takes an irrational decision to give Anna the money he recovered in a drug raid, for her medication in a final effort to save her. Things are not what they seem since Anna dies in a fire that very night. Siddharth now races to uncover a murky tail of drug money, murder and deceit, because all the evidence points to him.
With Sonia heads the case, Siddharth is now in a race against time to find out the real truth behind Anna's murder, recover the drug money and also win his Sonia's love back.
After a bunch of wild goose chases, Siddharth finds out that Anna is alive and was actually controlling Sean and Siddharth in the whole plot for getting the insurance money. Siddharth finds this out and while confronting Anna with the truth, Anna points a gun at him. In the scuffle that follows, Sonia shoots Anna and she provides the alibi for him stating that Anna's death was an accident.
The movie ends with Siddharth recovering the lost drug money and reconciling with Sonia.
Cast
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Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi (; born 24 March 1979) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi cinema. Hashmi debuted in 2003 with the crime thriller film ''Footpath'' and subsequently appeared in films include ''Murder'' (2004), '' Kalyug'' ...
as Siddharth Mehra: Police Officer, Sonia's husband
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Shamita Shetty
Shamita Shetty (born 2 February 1979) is an Indian Bollywood actress, model and interior designer. She made her Hindi film debut in the musical romance film ''Mohabbatein'' (2000), which earned her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – ...
as Sonia Mehra: Special Investigating Officer, Siddharth’s wife
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Udita Goswami
Udita Goswami (born 9 February 1984) is a former Indian actress who worked in Hindi cinema. She has been married to film director Mohit Suri since 2013.
Personal life
Goswami was born in Dehradun. Her father is from Banaras and her mother is fr ...
as Anna Varghese
*
Samir Kochhar
Samir Kochhar (born 23 May 1980) is an Indian actor and television presenter known for being the host of the pre-match Indian Premier League show, ''Extraaa Innings T20''. He currently stars in Netflix India's Sacred Games.
Career
Kochhar star ...
as Sean Varghese
*
Ninad Kamat as James: Siddharth’s friend
*
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Vishwajeet Pradhan (born 11 September 1965) is an Indian and television actor who has worked in Hindi films and television.
Incidents on sets
A major fire broke out on the sets of ''No Problem'' while the unit was shooting in the middle of th ...
as Sooraj Shah: Narcotics Inspector
*
Prasad Oak
Prasad Prabhakar Oak (Marathi pronunciation: ɾəsaːd̪ oːk born 17 February 1975) is an actor, director, writer, singer, anchor, poet and film producer. In 2007 he participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (Celebrity Round) and won, became Ajinkyata ...
as Nihaal: Sonia's assistant
*Puneet Vashist as Rahul Varma
*Kunal Deshmukh
*Nikhil Ratnaparakhi
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of Zeher was composed by
Anu Malik
Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film indus ...
,
Roop Kumar Rathod
Roop Kumar Rathod is an Indian music director and playback singer. He has performed a number of songs in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi,
Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Kannada films.
Personal life
Rathod is the sec ...
,
Mithoon
Mithun Sharma (born 11 January 1985), also known as Mithoon, is an Indian Hindi film music director, lyricist-composer and singer.
Mithoon composed the Hindi song "Tum Hi Ho" from the 2013 Bollywood romantic film ''Aashiqui 2''. Mithoon recei ...
,
Jal: the Band and Naresh Sharma with lyrics were penned by
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 ...
and
Shakeel Azmi
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.
According to the Indian trade website
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, with around units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fourth highest-selling.
Awards
Nominations:
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Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer
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(2005) –
Atif Aslam
Atif Aslam is a Pakistani playback singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He has recorded many songs in both Pakistan and India, and is known for his vocal belting technique.
Aslam predominantly sings in Urdu, but has also sung in Hindi, ...
*
Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by '' Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song.
Although the award ce ...
(2005) –
Shreya Ghosal
Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awar ...
*
Zee Cine Award
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They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went interna ...
for Best Popular Track of the Year (2005)
*
Zee Cine Award
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They were first held in Mumbai until 2004, when the ZCA went interna ...
for Best Playback Singer – Male (2005) – Atif Aslam
*
IIFA Award
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for Best Male Playback Singer (2006) – Atif Aslam
*
Screen Award
The Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by t ...
for Best Debut Director (2006) –
Mohit Suri
Mohit Suri is an Indian film director. Born into the Bhatt family, he is well known for directing the films '' Murder 2 '' (2011), the musical romance ''Aashiqui 2'' (2013) and the romantic thrillers ''Awarapan'' (2007), ''Ek Villain'' (2014) a ...
*
Screen Award
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for Best Playback Singer – Male (2006) – Atif Aslam
References
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2005 films
2000s Hindi-language films
Films scored by Mithoon
Films scored by Anu Malik
Indian mystery thriller films
Films shot in Goa
Indian erotic thriller films
2000s erotic thriller films
2005 directorial debut films
2000s mystery thriller films
Indian remakes of American films
Films directed by Mohit Suri
Indian crime thriller films
Films about infidelity
Films about drugs
Films about organised crime in India