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"It Happened One Night"

2017 1h 47m HI

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 122

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Synopsis

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Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses - an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.

“It Happened One Night”

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Cast

Sidharth Malhotra
Vikram Sethi
Sonakshi Sinha
Maya Sinha
Akshaye Khanna
Dev Sharma
Pavail Gulati
Chirag
Mandira Bedi
Meera Verma
Mir Sarwar
Himanshu Kohli
Inspector Gautam Kohli
Ajay Jadhav
Hawaldar Tambe

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Abhay Chopra
Writers: Abhay Chopra, Nikhil Mehrotra, Shreyas Jain
Languages: Hindi, German, Thai, English
Countries: India

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Hindi, German, Thai, English.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Abhay Chopra, shot by Michał Łuka. 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 Bappi Lahiri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nitin Baid 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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Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha and Akshaye Khanna carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It Happened One Night".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Abhay Chopra directs. Michał Łuka behind the camera. Bappi Lahiri scores. Nitin Baid cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi, German, Thai, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Hindi, German, Thai, English.
4Directed by Abhay Chopra, shot by Michał Łuka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Bappi Lahiri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nitin Baid shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha and Akshaye Khanna carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It Happened One Night".
9IMDB entry: tt6692354 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.