Woodstock Villa

Woodstock Villa
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHansal Mehta
Written byRajiv Krishna
S. Farhan
Milap Zaveri
(dialogue)
Based onChaos
by Hideo Nakata
Produced bySanjay Gupta
Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
StarringSikandar Kher
Neha Oberoi
Arbaaz Khan
Gulshan Grover
Sachin Khedekar
CinematographyVikas Nowlakha
Mahesh Aney
Edited byBunty Nagi
Music byAnu Malik
Bappi Lahiri
Distributed byWhite Feather Films
Release date
  • 30 May 2008 (2008-05-30)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹380 million[2]
Box office₹200 million[3]

Woodstock Villa is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Hansal Mehta and jointly produced by Sanjay Gupta and Ekta Kapoor. Loosely based on the 2000 Japanese film Chaos,[4] it features Sikandar Kher and Neha Oberoi in their debut roles[5] alongside Arbaaz Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Sachin Khedekar. Sanjay Dutt makes a guest appearance in a song sequence.[6] The soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik. It was filmed in Mumbai and Mauritius. The film follows an unemployed man who helps a woman plot her own abduction in order to test her husband's love and dedication towards her.[7]

The film, released in India on 30 May 2008, underperformed at the box office.[8] Kher's performance received praise, while the song placement was criticized.[9]

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