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2004 Indian film
Hatya
Poster
Directed byKader Kashmiri
Written byM. Salim
Produced bySA Luthria
StarringAkshay Kumar
Navin Nischol
Varsha Usgaonkar
Music byNadeem-Shravan
Release date
  • 15 October 2004 (2004-10-15)
Running time131 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Hatya (transl. Murder) is a 2004 Hindi-language fantasy film directed by Kader Kashmiri. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Navin Nischol, Reema Lagoo and Varsha Usgaonkar in lead roles with Rajendra Gupta, Raza Murad and Rajesh Vivek in supporting roles.

Plot

Ravi Lal (Akshay Kumar) lives a wealthy lifestyle with his father Ratanlal (Navin Nischol), his mother Seema (Reema Lagoo) and with his sister. Meanwhile, Ravi has fallen in love with Kavita (Varsha Usgaonkar), and they get married. Ratan Lal is killed by businessman Murugan (Rajendra Gupta) after turning down the offer of various land and royalties. Ravi witnesses his father's brutal end and is injured badly by Murugan's men and is hospitalized. Soon Kavita notices that Ravi has changed... He is more quiet and brooding. Kavita eventually suspects that Ravi is having an affair. But what she doesn't know is that.. he was already killed, and his body transformed into a shape-changing venomous snake. Now out for revenge, he sets out to kill Murugan.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film was average in terms of collection. However, its soundtrack was outdated. Music was composed by the popular music director duo Nadeem-Sharvan.

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Yun Hafte Hafte Milna" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
2 "Kitna Intezar Tera Aur" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
3 "Khabar Chhap Jayegi" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
4 "Ankhon Hi Ankhon Mein" Ahmed Mirza, Sarika Kapoor
5 "Koyaliya Bole Kuhu Kuhu" Ahmed Mirza, Kavita Krishnamurthy
6 "Raat Ke Baj Gaye" Roop Kumar Rathod, Sapna Mukherjee

Critical response

Subhash K. Jha had criticised the film story and direction, terming as "murder" for every aesthetic value in cinema.

References

  1. "Hatya: The Murder Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes", The Times of India, retrieved 24 May 2020
  2. K. Jha, Subhash (18 October 2004). "Hatya: The Murder review". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.

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