Hate Story 3

"Open Love. Hidden Hate"

2015 2h 6m HI

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4.7

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★4.7TMDB · 33

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Synopsis

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Siya appears to be the bone of contention between warring businessmen Aditya and Saurav. But this one runs deeper than your average love triangle.

“Open Love. Hidden Hate”

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Cast

Sharman Joshi
Aditya Singh
Zareen Khan
Siya Singh
Daisy Shah
Kavya
Karan Singh Grover
Saurav Singhania
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Vikram Diwan
Prithvi Zutshi
Vaswani
Puja Gupta
Dancer in 'Neendein Khul Jaati Hain' Song

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vishal Pandya
Writers: Vikram Bhatt, Vikram Bhatt, Madhuri Banerji
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vishal Pandya, shot by Prakash Kutty. 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 Amaal Mallik. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

CAST

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Sharman Joshi and Zareen Khan and Daisy Shah carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vishal Pandya directs. Prakash Kutty behind the camera. Amaal Mallik scores. Manish More cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
3Released 11 years ago.
4Part of the "Hate Story Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Vishal Pandya, shot by Prakash Kutty. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Amaal Mallik. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Manish More shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sharman Joshi and Zareen Khan and Daisy Shah carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Open Love. Hidden Hate".
10IMDB entry: tt4865436 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 33 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Prakash Kutty
Original score: Amaal Mallik
Editing: Manish More
Stunt coordinator: Abbas Ali Moghul
Runtime: 126 min · 2h 6m
Status: Released
Budget: $2,900,000
Box office: $8,900,000
Return: 307% of budget
Original language: HI
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hate Story 3 (2015)

Part of

Hate Story Collection

Hate Story is a series of Indian erotic thriller films, produced by Vikram Bhatt and Bhushan Kumar under the banner BVG Films and T-Series. The first film was released in 2012 and was directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Vishal Pandya has directed all of the sequels. Hate Story 3, till date, is the most financially successful film in the franchise.