Khauff

2000 Indian film

Sanjay Gupta
Sutanu Gupta

Story bySanjay GuptaProduced byVijay TolaniStarring

Sanjay Dutt
Manisha Koirala

CinematographyKabir LalEdited by

Dilip-Zafar
Afaque Hussain

Music byAnu Malik

Production
company

Vijay Tolani Productions

Release date

3 March 2000 (2000-03-03)

Running time

122 minutes^[1]CountryIndiaLanguageHindiBudget₹7.5 crore^[2]Box office₹10.58 crore^[2]

Khauff (translation: Fear) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sanjay Gupta, starring Sanjay Dutt and Manisha Koirala.^[2]^[3] It was an unofficial remake of the American film The Juror.^[4] It was released on 3 March 2000.^[2]

Plot

Neha witnesses the Mafia slaying of a police officer and is forced to give a confession to the police, putting her life in danger. Meanwhile, Neha falls in love with Vicky, aka Babu. However, she realizes Vicky is not really who he is and is actually an assassin, hired to prevent her from testifying against the culprits. Then begins her uncertain life. In the end, Babu kills all the culprits. Neha kills Babu. Before dying, Babu realises his mistake and says that he has done a good job, thus ending the fearful life which made her life a hell.^[5]

Cast

Sanjay Dutt as Babu
Manisha Koirala as Neha Verma
Sharad Kapoor as Inspector Arjun
Simran as Ritu Pereira
Mukesh Khanna as ACP Jaidev Singh
Suresh Oberoi as Mr. Singhania
Tinnu Anand as Advocate Bansal
Jaspal Bhatti as Hawa Singh
Farida Jalal as Mrs. Jaidev Singh
Parmeet Sethi as Samrat Singhania
Navin Nischol as Judge
Daler Mehndi as himself in "Nach Baby"
Raveena Tandon as herself in "Nach Baby"

Production

The film started production in 1997 but, due to various delays, was completed and released in 2000.^[6]

Music

Khauff
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik and Sajid-Wajid
Released	1999
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	T-Series

All tracks were given by Anu Malik and one song from duo Sajid–Wajid for "Raja Ki Qaid Mein". The song "Kehte Hain Jo Log Ishq Walon Ko Samjhaaye (Jo Dil Rakhta Hai Wo Mauj)" was included in the film at a later stage. However, its sound track and further details are not available.

*Khauff* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nach Baby Nach Kudi"	Dev Kohli	Anu Malik	Daler Mehndi, Asha Bhosle	7:28
2.	"Nateeja Hamari Mohabbat Ka"	Rahat Indori	Anu Malik	Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu	6:41
3.	"Oh Gori Gori"	Mehboob	Anu Malik	Kumar Sanu	6:10
4.	"Saiyan More Saiyan"	Rani Malik	Anu Malik	Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan	6:15
5.	"Raja Ki Qaid Mein"	Rani Malik	Sajid–Wajid	Jaspinder Narula, Sukhwinder Singh	5:40
6.	"Hye Hye Ye Hawa"	Mehboob	Anu Malik	Anuradha Paudwal & Vinod Rathod	7:21
7.	"Kehte Hain Jo Log Ishq Walon Ko Samjhaaye(Jo Dil Rakhta Hai Wo Mauj)"	Not Available	Not Available	Sukhwinder Singh, Alka Yagnik	4:30
Total length:					44:05

Reception

Aparajita Saha of Rediff.com wrote, "In spite of the cliches, there are a few interesting twists and turns that save the film from being utterly predictable, though eventually, the storyline does succumb to the usual love triumphing over evil. There are times you find your way to the edge of the seat, only to comfortably settle back again."^[7]

References

^ "Khauff". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Khauff – Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
^ "Khauff Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes", The Times of India, archived from the original on 8 April 2022, retrieved 8 April 2022
^ "Welcome to rediff.com: The trailer of Khauff". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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^ Gupta, Sanjay (20 December 1999). "'Everything is okay now'". 5 QUESTIONS (Interview). Interviewed by Kanchana Suggu. Mumbai: Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
^ Saha, Aparajita (3 March 2000). "Review of Khauff: Dangerous liaisons". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2024.