Jannat

"In Search of Heaven"

2008 2h 20m HI

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 48

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Synopsis

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A gambler turns into a cricket bookie banking on his sixth sense for the game. But his urge to make quick money pushes him into match-fixing and he loses control of his life and love.

“In Search of Heaven”

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Cast

Emraan Hashmi
Arjun Dixit
Sonal Chauhan
Zoya Mathur
Javed Sheikh
Abu Ibrahim
Sameer Kochhar
Shekhar Malhotra
Vishal Malhotra
Sachin
Vipin Sharma
Arjun's Father
Abhimanyu Singh
Shakeel
Vineet Kumar Singh
Cricket team captain

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kunal Deshmukh
Writers: Kunal Deshmukh, Vishesh Bhatt
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Jannat Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kunal Deshmukh, shot by Manoj Soni. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Pritam Chakraborty. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Deven Murudeshwar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Emraan Hashmi and Sonal Chauhan and Javed Sheikh carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In Search of Heaven".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kunal Deshmukh directs. Manoj Soni behind the camera. Pritam Chakraborty scores. Deven Murudeshwar cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Part of the "Jannat Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Kunal Deshmukh, shot by Manoj Soni. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Pritam Chakraborty. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Deven Murudeshwar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Emraan Hashmi and Sonal Chauhan and Javed Sheikh carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "In Search of Heaven".
9IMDB entry: tt1216300 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.