''Cash'' is a 2007 Indian

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directed by

Anubhav Sinha Anubhav Sinha (born 22 June 1965) is an Indian film director, producer and writer known for his work in Hindi film industry. His films include ''Tum Bin'' (2001), ''Dus'' (2005) and ''Ra.One'' (2011) He also directed a series of socio-political ...

. The film stars an

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consisting of

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Ritesh Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Marathi cinema, Marathi films. Known for his comic portrayals, Deshmukh is a recipient of several ...

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and

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. The film was released on 3 August 2007.

Plot

The film begins with Dhananjay "Danny" Jhumbevalkar aka DJ meeting Rhea, whose real name is Preeti, on an airplane. They soon become friends. Danny begins to narrate a tale about a diamond. This story is actually a story from his past. He tells her about a diamond that was discovered by a South Indian miner in 1836. The miner presented this diamond to his king. The king, in turn, gifted the diamond to a British

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, but during a sea voyage to Britain, the viceroy's ship sank. After 100 years, a fisherman found the diamond and presented it to his master. The master broke it into three pieces and distributed it among his three sons. One son lost his diamond

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, another lost him to a general, and the last brother lost it when he was murdered. In 1994, two of these three diamonds were again recovered and housed in a Belgium museum. No one knew where the third diamond was until a

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diamond dealer made a call to a

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high commission security manager named Shanaya. But then the dealer also lost it when some goons stole the diamond from him in a preplanned car accident. The Uncle, who is a diamond thief, arranges for his goon Angad to steal two of the diamonds from the Belgian museum.

Cast

as Karan/Doc *

as Angad *

Riteish Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Marathi cinema, Marathi films. Known for his comic portrayals, Deshmukh is a recipient of several ...

as Lucky *

as Dhananjay "Danny" "DJ" Jhumbevalkar *

as Pooja *

as Inspector Shanaya *

as Aditi Jammwal *

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as Rhea / Preeti Additionally,

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appears as a dancer in song "Rahem Kare."

Production

Cash was primarily shot in

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, South Africa. The film consists of 20 minutes of animated segments. Sinha told

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, "While writing the film, I thought we should incorporate animation but we dropped the idea because of cost constraints, but after we returned from South Africa and saw the rushes, everyone suggested that animation should be included."

Reception

Critical reception

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rated the film 2 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, CASH has style, but rests on a thin plot and that is its biggest flaw. At the box-office, the film might attract the audience in its initial weekend, but a weak script will throw a spanner". Raja Sen of

gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing "Cash could have been a ride -- if only they paid half as much attention to the script as they did to the title song". Andy Webster of

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gave the film negative review, writing, "Cash, for all its flash, leaves you hungry. But not for more". Jyoti Kanyal of

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in a retrospective review in 2020, called the film, "

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by

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. The song "Raham Kare" has been penned by Panchhi Jalonvi, and all other songs were penned by

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. According to the Indian trade website

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, with around 12

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units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's ninth highest-selling.

References

External links

* {{Anubhav Sinha 2007 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2007 action thriller films 2000s crime action films 2007 crime thriller films 2000s buddy films 2000s heist films Films scored by Vishal–Shekhar Films directed by Anubhav Sinha Indian action thriller films Indian crime action films Indian crime thriller films Indian buddy films Indian heist films Hindi-language action thriller films Films shot in South Africa