''Tarkieb'' is a 2000 Indian

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film directed by

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and produced by

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. It stars

Nana Patekar Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, film maker, mainly working in Hindi language, Hindi and Marathi language, Marathi cinema. Widely regarded as one of the finest and most influential actors ...

, Tabu,

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and

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. The film was shot in

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Plot

A washer girl finds a hand in a creek where she was washing clothes. She and other washers nearby gather together and summon the police. After an investigation, the police find various parts of this body, and determine it to be that of a young woman. They do not succeed in finding the head of the corpse, and a check with missing persons produces negative results. When

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Pyare Mohan, who was assigned to this investigation, receives a threat by an anonymous caller on the phone, he recommends that this file be closed. Then additional evidence surfaces, and the case is turned over to CBI Officer Jasraj Patel, who along with his assistant, Gangaram, arrive to take over this investigation. They find out that the corpse is indeed of a young woman, Roshni Choubey. Roshni comes from a poor family of four unmarried sisters. Roshni seemed to be involved with several men of Army Hospital, including Dr. Kamal Dogra, Mohan Multani, Captain Ajit Verma and Bishan Nanda - all of whom have a motive for killing her and disposing of her body. Determining who is the real killer - is the challenge that now faces Jasraj, apart from the telephonic threat that he too has received from the anonymous caller. Patel delves into the case even more deeply, putting his life at risk as the killer is constantly trying to bump him off. Eventually, Patel concludes that Roshni might not have been killed by any of the men she was involved with. In the end, it is revealed that Bishan Nanda has killed Roshni as she becomes the object of his lust. Jasraj Patel finally succeeds in nabbing Roshni's murderer and putting him behind bars.

Cast

as CBI Asst. Director Jasraj Patel * Tabu as Lt. Roshni Bharadwaj *

as Lt. Preeti Sharma *

as Mohan Multani, Businessman *

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Ajit Sharma ,

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(Dr.) Kamal Dogra *

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as Gangaram / Musafir Singh *

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as ex- L/Nk. Bishan Nanda, mess and canteen contractor *

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as Nainsukh, blind shopkeeper *

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as Dr. Sunder Trivedi, gold-teeth specialist * Javed Khan as ice-cream vendor * Deepak Qazir as

Pyare Mohan *

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as Chandrakant Choubey, Roshni's father *

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* Annapoorna as Lali *

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as CBI Director * Meghana Tiwari as Shanti, Roshni's immediate younger sister * Farah as Roshni Ashwini (fake), Roshni's second sister * Aayukti as Nandini, Roshni's youngest sister *

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as Multani's son * Neha as Multani's daughter *

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as RTO Officer * Razzaq Siddiqui as

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as Hotel boy * Shahzad Sheikh as Driver *

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as singer in club, in the song "Dil Mera Tar Se" Additionally Shaan and

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appeared in a special appearance in the song "Dil Mera Tarse"

Soundtrack

All songs were written by

Nida Fazli Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli, known as Nida Fazli (12 October 1938 – 8 February 2016), was a prominent Indian Urdu poet, Urdu and Hindi poet, lyricist and dialogue writer. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013 by the government of India for his co ...

. Soundtrack is Disc Mobile available on Zee Music.

Reception

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gave the film 2 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, TARKIEB lacks in shock-value (a must for any murder mystery!) and repeat-value (for people to throng the theatres despite knowing the identity of the killer!). Even the initial-value is missing, which combined together will result in the film facing a rough time at the box-office.″ Kanchana Suggu of

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wrote ″To cut a long story short, Tarkieb is… well, pathetic. Going by the way it began, it could have been a good thriller. Unfortunately, it isn't.″

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0252038 2000s Hindi-language films Indian detective films 2000 films Films scored by Aadesh Shrivastava Films shot in Dubai Indian crime drama films Police detective films Central Bureau of Investigation in fiction Indian Army in films Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police Indian murder mystery films Indian mystery thriller films Indian crime thriller films Indian rape and revenge films Films set in hospitals Films set in Delhi Films shot in Mumbai Films set in Mumbai Fictional portrayals of the Delhi Police Films shot in Delhi