''Chaahat – Ek Nasha'' is a 2005 Indian

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romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by Jai Prakash. It premiered on 11 February 2005. The film stars

Manisha Koirala Manisha Koirala (; born 16 August 1970) is a Nepali people, Nepalese actress who works in Cinema of India, Indian films, predominantly in Hindi and Tamil language, Tamil. Born to the politically prominent Koirala family, she is the daughter of ...

, Sharad Kapoor, Aryan Vaid and

Preeti Jhangiani Preeti Jhangiani (born 18 August 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film '' Mazhavillu'' (1999) and her Hindi debut with the multi-starrer romantic film ''Moha ...

Plot

Mallika Arora, a pop star, falls in love with Rahul Kapoor, the owner of RK Music World. He thinks of her as his best friend only. Though she is physically attracted to Rahul, she does not want to tie the knot. Rahul and Mallika have had physical relations. However, when he proposes to her, she politely turns him down, saying that she does not believe in wedlock. She is strongly of the view that the instant a couple gets married, love and attraction slip away. The story takes a new turn with the downfall of Mallika, as all of her albums are flopping and she is becoming a fading star. Rahul launches a newcomer, Rashmi Jaitly, in his new music video. Rashmi's debut music video is a big hit, and she becomes a star overnight. Rahul falls in love with her, and Rashmi reciprocates his feelings. Rahul decides to marry her. When this reality of Rahul's falling in love with Rashmi dawns upon Mallika, she is shattered. She gets drunk and orders her personal bodyguard Jaidev to kill Rahul. However, the next morning, when her alcoholic intoxication vanishes, Mallika realizes her mistake and calls up Jaidev in order to stop him from killing Rahul. But Jaidev, who is in one-sided love with Mallika, is all set to eliminate Rahul. A dangerous game has begun, in which Mallika wants to save her love at any cost.

Cast

as Mallika Arora *

Sharad Kapoor Sharad Kapoor (born 13 February 1976) is an Indian actor, who works in Hindi and Bengali movies and television. Having debuted in ''Mera Pyara Bharat'' in 1994, Kapoor has acted in many films throughout his career, including '' Jai Ho'', '' ...

as Jaidev * Aryan Vaid as Rahul Kapoor *

as Rashmi Jaitly *

Govind Namdev Govind Namdev (born 3 September 1954) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Namdev made his debut as a corrupt cop in David Dhawan's '' Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1992). He has acted in numerous movies, often as a villain. He is an alumnus o ...

as Dr.Sanjeev Jaitley *

Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi, and Bhojpuri films. Sayaji started his act ...

as Manmohan Rangeela

Music

The soundtrack of the film contains six songs composed by

Anand Raj Anand Anand Raaj Anand is an Indian composer, lyricist and playback singer in the Hindi film industry. He was nominated for the Best Music Director Filmfare Award for '' Kaante'' (2003). Early life Anand Raj was born on 8 November 1961 in Delhi in ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaahat - Ek Nasha 2005 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Anand Raj Anand