| Chehre | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rumi Jaffery |
| Written by | Ranjit Kapoor Rumi Jaffery |
| Story by | Ranjit Kapoor |
| Based on | A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
| Produced by | Anand Pandit |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Emraan Hashmi Krystle D'Souza Siddhanth Kapoor Annu Kapoor Alexx O'Nell Samir Soni Raghubir Yadav Dhritiman Chatterjee Rhea Chakraborty |
| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Edited by | Bodhaditya Banerjee |
| Music by | Score: Clinton Cerejo Songs: Vishal–Shekhar Gourov Dasgupta |
Production companies | Anand Pandit Motion Pictures Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited |
| Distributed by | Pen Marudhar Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 139 minutes[2] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹25 crore[3] |
| Box office | ₹8.26 crore[4][3] |
Chehre (transl. Faces) is a 2021 Hindi mystery thriller film directed and co-written by Rumi Jaffery and produced by Anand Pandit with Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited. Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi in lead roles,[5] the film features Krystle D'Souza, Rhea Chakraborty, Siddhanth Kapoor, Annu Kapoor, Alexx O'Nell, Samir Soni, Dhritiman Chatterjee and Raghubir Yadav in supporting roles[6] and is an uncredited adaptation of the 1956 German novel A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt,[7] which had earlier been adapted in Marathi as Shantata! Court Chaalu Aahe (1971),[8] in Kannada as Male Nilluvavarege (2015) and in Bengali as Anusandhan (2021).[9]
The film was announced on 11 April 2019 and filming began on 10 May 2019. It was scheduled for worldwide release on 17 July 2020,[10] but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] The film was ultimately released in theatres on 27 August 2021. Upon release, the film was a box office disaster, grossing only ₹8 crore against its ₹25 crore budget.[1]
- ^ a b "Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi starrer Chehre to release on August 27 in theatres". Bollywood Hungama. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Chehre (2021)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Chehre Movie (2021)- Box Office India". Box Office India. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Chehre Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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- ^ "Amitabh Bachchan's new film attempts to be a slow-burn thriller".
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (27 August 2021). "'Chehre' movie review: One actor steals the show (it's not who you think)". Scroll.in.
- ^ Roy, Priyanka (27 August 2021). "Amitabh Bachchan's new film Chehre attempts to be a slow-burn thriller". Telegraph India. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ @taran_adarsh (21 January 2020). "New release date... #Chehre - starring #AmitabhBachchan and #EmraanHashmi - will now release on 17 July 2020 and the change in date is due to a request made by the makers of #GulaboSitabo to avert a clash... #Chehre was earlier releasing on 24 April 2020... Here's a new glimpse" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 January 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Chehre producer Anand Pandit explains why Rhea Chakraborty is absent from film's posters". Firstpost. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
..was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.