Khoya Khoya Chand

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Khoya Khoya Chand
Directed by Sudhir Mishra
Produced by Prakash Jha
Written by Sudhir Mishra
Starring Shiney Ahuja,
Soha Ali Khan,
Rajat Kapoor,
Sushmita Mukherjee
Music by Shantanu Moitra
Cinematography Sachin Kumar Krishnan
Distributed by Holy Cow Pictures
Language Hindi
Budget Rs. 7 crores

Khoya Khoya Chand, (translation: Lost Moon) is a Bollywood film directed by Sudhir Mishra and the film is slated to release in the first quarter of 2007. [1] The film stars Shiney Ahuja and Soha Ali Khan in the lead roles. The film also stars Rajat Kapoor, Sushmita Mukherjee, Soniya Jehan and Vinay Pathak in importand roles. The film captures the love story between an actress and a writer-director with the film industry as its backdrop in the 1950s.

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[edit] Plot

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The film begins in 1954 and ends in 1965. The film is based in the Hindi film industry of the 50s. It is the story of two talented people. There is a writer-director (Shiney Ahuja) who liberates an actress (Soha Ali Khan) from the stranglehold of a powerful actor (Rajat Kapoor), and then begins to use her for himself. In the end, he realises the folly of his ways and atones for it.

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[edit] Trivia

  • The film was originally titled as Bahut Nikle Mere Armaan which means Many Of My Wishes Subsided.
  • Vidya Balan was approached to do the film but opted out of the film due to her prior commitments. The role finally went to Soha Ali Khan. [2] [3]
  • Soha Ali Khan learnt Kathak under Nandita Puri, studied Urdu and also underwent acting workshops to prepare for the role which according to her is her most challenging role till date. [4]
  • This film is Sudhir Mishra's second film with Shiney Ahuja after Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.
  • Sudhir Mishra said that this fim is based on his experience and is a tribute to the film industry and everyone who existed during the 1950s. [5]

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