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Credits
Producer/s:	Mukesh Bhatt
Director:	Raju Khan
Cast:	Tushar Jalota, Mrinalini Sharma
Music:	Lalit Pandit
Lyrics:	Sayeed Quadri

After choreographing over a hundred films, Raju Khan makes his debut as a director with Showbiz, by giving tribute to/seeking inspiration from, director Paul Abascal's Paparazzi!

Rohan Arya (Tushar Jalota) is a rising star. Four journalists forever hound him, which makes life miserable for him. Also, Rohan is desperately searching for a prostitute by the name of Tara. Eventually when he does find her, the paparazzi, on the lookout for a scoop, chase them. The wild chase leads to an accident, which results in Tara ending up in a coma. Now Rohan wants revenge against the journalists.

This is an ideal example of an interesting plot gone wrong by bad direction (Raju Khan) and bad writing (Raju Khan and Mudassar Aziz). The film is tacky in all possible technical aspects also. Lalit Pandit's music is very disappointing, considering that music has always been a strong point in films produced by the Bhatts.

Tushar Jalota makes his debut as the leading actor in this film and is strictly average. Mrunalini Sharma, who debuted in Aawarapan, has exactly three expressions, which she tries to use whenever required. Sushant Singh and Amin Hajee as the journalists do an average job. Gulshan Grover, Saurabh Shukla, Sachin Khedekar, Ehsaan Khan and Delnaaz Paul comprise the rest of the supporting cast.

It appears that the producers, Vishesh Films (Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt) were aware that they had created a shoddy product and hence decided to go for a low-key release.

* (One Star)