| Naqaab | |
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| Directed by | Abbas-Mustan |
| Produced by | Ramesh S Taurani Kumar S Taurani |
| Starring | Bobby Deol Urvashi Sharma Akshaye Khanna |
| Music by | Pritam Chakraborty |
| Cinematography | Ravi Yadav |
| Editing by | Hussain Burmawalla |
| Distributed by | Tips Music Films |
| Release date(s) | 13 July 2007 |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Naqaab (English: The Hidden Mask) is a Bollywood suspense thriller directed by the famous duo Abbas Burmawalla and Mustan Burmawalla. The film reunites Bobby Deol and Akshaye Khanna after their last film Humraaz which was also directed by Abbas-Mustan. Former model Urvashi Sharma makes her film debut as the leading actress of the film. The story of the film is inspired from the Hollywood movie Dot the I.[1]
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After Sophia D'Costa (Urvashi Sharma) is stalked and attacked in Goa by Rakesh, she decides to re-locate to Dubai. Here she rents a room in a villa near Jumeirah Beach, owned by wealthy star Karan Oberoi (Bobby Deol). Six months later he proposes to her, and she accepts. Shortly before the marriage, she meets with an unemployed actor, Vicky Malhotra (Akshay Khanna), and is attracted to him, but decides to go ahead and marry Karan. At the altar, she changes her mind, ditches him and decides to move in with Vicky. But things take a turn for the worse. When Karan gets embarrassed in front of everyone at his marriage, he commits suicide, and when Sophia finds out about this, she also finds out that it was Vicky's fault Karan was killed. Later on, Vicky confesses that him and some guy named Rohit Shroff were shooting a film about Karan's life and Vicky didn't really love Sophia, but what Vicky doesn't know is that Rohit actually is Karan, since Vicky has clearly never seen Karan's full face, and Rohit had just bluffed everyone and staged fake suicide. However in end Karan is actually killed in what is supposed to be a freak accident and Sophia turns into a rich widow. In a twist end during aftermath of Karan's death, it is actually revealed that Sophia in fact killed Karan herself as she concealed a gun in her dress at the party.
| Actor/Actress | Role |
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| Bobby Deol | Karan Oberoi/Rohit Shroff |
| Akshaye Khanna | Vicky |
| Urvashi Sharma | Sophia D'Costa Oberoi |
| Vikas Kalantri | Siddharth (executive producer 1) |
| Vishal Malhotra | Ronnie (executive producer 2) |
| Rajendranath Zutshi | Detective Sam |
| Archana Singh | Herself (Special Guest Appearance) |
Despite some positive reviews, Naqaab opened to a poor response and in its opening week made Rs. 12,67,24,665 in India. The second week saw a sharp decline and made Rs. 1,00,62,515[2]
Overseas, the film debuted at number 9 in the U.K charts and collected £75,250 in its first week.[3] In its second week the film dropped to number 15.[4]
Naqaab received positive reviews. Critics were generally positive to the performances of the three lead actors. Taran Adarsh of Indiafm.com said "Naqaab belongs to Akshaye, who delivers yet another powerful performance. He's splendid, the real scene stealer, the soul of the enterprise. Bobby is relegated to the backseat in the first hour, but manages to make his presence felt in the second half. Urvashi Sharma gets a dream launch and she utilizes the golden opportunity completely."[1] Bollywoodarchive.com said "Akshaye Khanna’s stands out most outstandingly. His chemistry with Urvashi is superb. Bobby Deol does his part well but offers nothing vulnerable. Newcomer Urvashi Sharma acts as if she has the experience of many films behind her."[5]
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