''Zeher: A Love Story'' () is a 2005 Indian

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-language mystery

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directed by debutant

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and produced by

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. The film stars

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, Shamita Shetty and

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. It is an adaptation of the 2003 American film '' Out of Time''.

Plot

In a small town in Goa 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

as Siddharth Mehra: Police Officer, Sonia's husband * Shamita Shetty as Sonia Mehra: Special Investigating Officer, Siddharth’s wife *

as Anna Varghese *

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as Sean Varghese * Ninad Kamat as James: Siddharth’s friend *

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as Sooraj Shah: Narcotics Inspector *

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as Nihaal: Sonia's assistant *Puneet Vashist as Rahul Varma *Kunal Deshmukh *Nikhil Ratnaparakhi

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Zeher was composed by

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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 and

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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: *

Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer The Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer Award is given by Indian film magazine ''Filmfare'' as a part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song. ...

(2005) –

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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 cere ...

(2005) – Shreya Ghosal * Zee Cine Award for Best Popular Track of the Year (2005) * Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male (2005) – Atif Aslam *

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for Best Male Playback Singer (2006) – Atif Aslam *

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for Best Debut Director (2006) –

for Best Playback Singer – Male (2006) – Atif Aslam

References

External links

* {{Mahesh Bhatt 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