''Stumped'' is a 2003 Indian sports drama film written and directed by Gaurav Pandey and produced by

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. This film marks Tandon's first film as producer. Cricket player

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and actor Salman Khan made cameo appearances in the film. Despite a notable promotional campaign, the film had little impact after its release.

Plot

Reena and her husband Major Raghav Seth; Ranga Khetrapal, Swadesh Deshpande, and their respective wives; Laltu Singh, his wife, Neetu, and son, Bhola; the building watchman, Dukhiram; bachelor Subramaniam; and a visually challenged holy man, Baba, are some of the residents in Happy Home Society. The common interest shared by most of them is their love of playing and watching cricket. Reena experiences isolation after her husband is called back to Kargil to battle terrorists. She is befriended by three youngsters who have a crush on her. Things, however, change dramatically after she gets word that her husband is missing and believed dead. But by the film's end, it is revealed that the husband is miraculously alive and reunites with Reena.

Cast

as Reena R. Seth *

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as Major Raghav Seth *

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as Killer * Amin Gazi as Girish *

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as Man in Brothel *

as Himself * Salman Khan as Himself

Soundtrack

The Music was Composed by Pritam Chakraborty and lyrics was penned by Abbas Tyrewala except two tracks "Naam Apna", which was sung, composed and written by Zubeen Garg and "Tanha Dil" which was sung and written by Shaan and composed by Ram Sampath, however, both were added as hidden tracks and are not used in the film and not mentioned on the tracklist. It was Pritam's first solo album.

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{{Authority control Films about cricket in India 2000s sports comedy-drama films 2000s Hindi-language films 2003 films Films directed by Gaurav Pandey Films featuring songs by Pritam Indian sports comedy-drama films 2003 comedy-drama films India–Pakistan relations in popular culture Indian Army in films Films set in Kargil Kargil War Films based on Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Kashmir conflict in films Cultural depictions of Salman Khan Cultural depictions of Sachin Tendulkar