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Article Updated 02 April, 2004 09:43:32 PM IST

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'Murder' - What Murder?

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Credits
Producer/s:	Mukesh Bhatt
Director:	Anurag Basu
Cast:	Mallika Sherawat, Ashmit Patel, Emraan Hashmi, Raj Zutshi, Uday Tikekar, Sheeba Chaddha, Shabnam
Music:	Anu Malik
Lyrics:	Rahat Indori, Sayeed Quadri

The film starts with a chase scene. A decently dressed Simran (Mallika Sherawat) is being chased by the Bangkok police for a cold-blooded murder that she has committed (has she really?). A couple of hours later her husband, Sudhir (Ashmit Patel) is arrested in connection with the same murder. Doesn't this remind you of the recently released flop, 'Tum'. The victim is killed twice (at least that is the impression one gets). Before this leads to more confusion, let's get on with the story.

Simran is unhappily married to her dead sister's husband, Sudhir. Reason- she holds herself responsible for her sister's death so marries the husband to mother his little motherless son. Is marriage the only solution in cases like this, we wonder. Simran's major grouse is that Sudhir hasn't forgotten her dead sister. We don't blame him considering Simran behaves like a spoilt brat most of the times and even nags him. Not to mention her temper tantrums and penchant for flinging things around in anger. Feeling ignored and unloved by her husband, she bumps into her college sweetheart, Sunny (Emraan Hashmi). The chemistry is at work instantly and before you can blink your eyes they are at it. The audience is assured of his money's worth in the first half; good music, lavish skin and sex show. Indian cinema has really come of age! In one of those erotic scenes, Sunny even slides his hands down Simran's thighs while she is lying down and saying, 'this is not right'. Then why doesn't she stop him? And is she trembling with excitement or fear? Someone please tell us! Why is Simran, who is portrayed as a woman of today hiding her affair from her husband? If he still has memories of his dead wife then isn't she justified in falling in love with her old sweetheart? Double standards! Simran's sexual escapades arouse Sudhir's suspicions and a private detective is on the job, who even gives him counseling sessions. A mysterious girl suddenly pops out of nowhere as Sunny's girlfriend. Someone please explain again! Where was the mystery girl hiding all this time? Why would a man who is getting sexual gratification from his woman (Simran) everyday look around. To top it all he is even possessive about her. Which of the two women was he leading on? Why? All hell breaks loose soon after this. After a lot of mayhem and madness, Simran decides that Sunny is a creep while Sudhir is the man to lust for. The two fall in love and it is a case of 'All's well that ends well'. Phew! Did Sudhir and Simran have to go through all this to discover each other and fall in love?

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