''Aggar'' (), is a 2007 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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. It is a remake of the 2004

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film '' Sajani''. It stars

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Tusshar Kapoor Tusshar Kapoor (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor and producer who works in Hindi films. Early and personal life Tusshar Kapoor is the son of actors Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor. His elder sister, Ekta Kapoor is a television and ...

and

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. It was produced by Narendra Bajaj and Shyam Bajaj and . The film was released on 14 September 2007 and emerged as a

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Plot

Janvi is a woman whose life would seem ideal on the surface: she runs a thriving business and is married to Dr. Aditya Merchant, a psychiatrist. But a faint air of discontent has begun to creep into her relationship, when Aryan Mehta joins Janvi's company. Aryan himself has issues as an angry outburst leads him to accidentally kill his cheating girlfriend. Janvi impulsively gets drawn into a relationship with Aryan to keep her sanity. But after her issues with her husband are resolved, she tries to break off the affair. Aryan, however, is not willing to give her up so easily, and his attraction to her soon becomes a dangerous obsession.

Cast

as Jhanvi Merchant *

as Aryan Mehta, Jhanvi's love interest *

as Dr. Aditya Merchant, Jhanvi's husband *

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as Radhe *

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as Mihir Rao *

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as Ritu Chaudhary *

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as Nisha Raval

Soundtrack

The Soundtrack of the film was composed by Mithoon, and the lyrics were by

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. Joginder Tuteja from ''

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'' gave the album 3 stars out of 5, stating that while the album did not have one single track which could be marked as THE song of the album, it had a fine assortment of numbers belonging to different genres which made it a decent listening experience.

Reception

Patcy N of

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gave the film 3.5 out of 5, writing, "This well-woven thriller keeps you involved throughout, and one can't help but appreciate the director's efforts." Subhash K Jha of

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gave the film 2 out of 5, writing, "Well-packaged and evenly narrated, Aggar has a plot that keeps the narration going at a hot trot till the very last visual spills out in a pool of blood."

Box office

The film was a financial debacle, which Tusshar Kapoor acknowledged and attributed to poor publicity; he felt that releasing the film during the holy month of Ramzan and

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as well as the India-Pakistan match left viewers with no time for ''Aggar''.

References

External links

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Film Review
2007 films 2000s Hindi-language films Indian romantic thriller films Films scored by Mithoon Films directed by Anant Mahadevan Hindi remakes of Bengali films Hindi-language thriller films {{2000s-Hindi-film-stub