''Chocolate'' is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film starring Anil Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Emraan Hashmi, Irrfan Khan, Arshad Warsi, Tanushree Dutta, Sushma Reddy in the lead roles. The film was an unauthorised remake of 1995 Hollywood film ''The Usual Suspects'' and received mixed reviews.

Plot

Following the September 11 attacks, 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, an explosion in a motorboat shatters the peace on Christmas Eve in London, UK. Following this incident is a daring robbery on an armoured vehicle carrying billions of pounds. The police suspect two Indians: Pipi (Irrfan Khan) and Sim (Tanushree Dutta). They are interrogated extensively amidst allegations that they may be linked to Al-Qaeda. Crime journalist Monsoon Iyer (Sushma Reddy) learns about their plight, meets them, and asks advocate Krishan Pandit (Anil Kapoor) to represent them in court. Krishan meets with the two, listens to their side of the incidents, is convinced of their innocence, and is quite sure that the two incidents, as well as the deaths of three of Pipi and Sim's friends Chip (Arshad Warsi), Deva (Emraan Hashmi) and Rocker (Sunil Shetty), were the actions of a notorious terrorist named Murtaza Arzai. Listening to Sim and Pipi, Krishan investigates and pieces together the story of how the three died on the boat that night at Arzai's hand. Krishan succeeds in persuading the presiding judge of their innocence, and the charges against them are dismissed and sealed. However, a fleeting glance at a magazine lying on his office table tells Krishan that the names in Sim and Pipi's story match up with names on the magazine's cover stories and the story must therefore be made up. Sim and Pipi escape scot free, to meet with Rocker, Devaa, and Chip whose supposed deaths turn out to be part of the ruse.

Cast

* Anil Kapoor as Advocate Krishan Pandit * Sunil Shetty as Rocker * Emraan Hashmi as Deva * Irrfan Khan as Pipi * Arshad Warsi as Chip * Tanushree Dutta as Simran Khemu * Emma Bunton as Tabetha Gagoh * Sushma Reddy as Crime Journalist Monsoon Iyer * Murli Sharma as Bilal Shaikh * Raj Zutshi as Roshan Gandhi * Jagmohan Mundhra as Vivek Agnihotri * Kelly Dorjee as Roshan Abbas * Vishwajeet Pradhan as Honey * Ashwin Mushran * Yasmin Haines * Mumaith Khan as an item number "Jhuki Jhuki" * Tom Bates as Security Guard

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of ''Chocolate'' is composed by Pritam. The songs "Halka Halka" and "Zahreeli Raatein" were chartbusters.

Controversy

Actress Tanushree Dutta accused director Vivek Agnihotri of inappropriate behavior with her during the making of the movie.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2000s Hindi-language films 2005 films Films shot in London Films featuring songs by Pritam Indian neo-noir films Indian remakes of American films Films directed by Vivek Agnihotri Indian crime thriller films