Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin
Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (transl. No End to This Night) is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film stars Tara Deshpande and Nirmal Pandey, with the entire plot taking place over a single night. The film is based on a story written by Sudhir Mishra's brother, Sudhanshu Mishra, who died in 1995.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Sudhir Mishra |
| Written by | Nikhil Advani (screenplay) Sudhir Mishra (screenplay) Shivkumar Subramaniam (screenplay) |
| Story by | Sudhanshu Mishra |
| Produced by | Mahesh Bhatt Amit Khanna |
| Starring | Nirmal Pandey Smriti Mishra Tara Deshpande Ashish Vidyarthi |
| Cinematography | Sukumar Jatania |
| Edited by | Renu Saluja |
| Music by | M. M. Kreem |
Production company | Plus Films |
| Distributed by | Vishesh Films |
Release date | 7 June 1996 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
In 2011, Sudir Mishra launched a spiritual sequel to Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin, titled Yeh Saali Zindagi, with Arunoday Singh, Irrfan Khan and Chitrangada Singh.[3][4]
Plot
An advertising executive, Aditya has a beautiful wife, Pooja and a beautiful mistress, Malvika. This secret affair is the catalyst for much of the plot. Adi gets into a scuffle with a bunch of gangsters led by Ramanbhai,. To add to the tension, Ramanbhai is under duress because his colleague, Vilas Pandey is after his life.
A small-scale gang war erupts in the city: A police Inspector Patankar is changing sides faster than a chameleon, a rival gang lord Prafulla Kalia is offering deals and — in the middle of all this — Aditya finds himself stuck. A fast-paced sequence of events happen in the span of one single night.
Cast
- Nirmal Pandey as Aditya
- Tara Deshpande as Pooja
- Smriti Mishra as Malvika
- Manoj Pahwa as Rajesh
- Saurabh Shukla as Vilas Pandey
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Ramanbhai
- Seema Bhargava as Ramanbhai's sister
- Johnny Lever in a guest role
- Deepak Qazir as Vilas's accomplice
- Virendra Saxena as Prafulla Kalia
- Sandeep Kulkarni as Shankar
- Kishore Kadam as Ganya
- Ganesh Yadav as Inspector Patankar
- Murad Ali as Chhotu, Ramanbhai's so-called younger brother
- R. Madhavan as the club singer in the song "Chup Tum Raho"
- Akhil Mishra as the Neighbour
Soundtrack
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| Released | 9 June 1996 (India) | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Label | PLUS MUSIC/T-SERIES | |||
| Producer | M. M. Kreem | |||
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The soundtrack includes the following tracks and instrumentals, composed by M. M. Kreem, with lyrics by Nida Fazli, who received a Filmfare Best Lyricist Award Nomination for "Jeevan Kya Hai." Background music was by Salim–Sulaiman.
| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "Mere Tere Naam" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| "Hey Babu, Hello Babu, Jhoomo Naacho" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra |
| "Dushmani Hogi" | K. S. Chithra |
| "Pehli Baar Mile" | K. S. Chithra, Mano |
| "Chup Tum Raho" | K. S. Chithra, M. M. Kreem |
| "Jeevan Kya Hai" | M. M. Kreem |
Critical reception
Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin features in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed. "Violent and sensuous, opaque and funny, the movie creates the Bollywood mafia stylebook," Ghosh writes.
Awards
References
- "बाइस्कोप: सुधीर मिश्रा की इस फिल्म से मिली सत्या को असली सांसें, इम्तियाज के संवादों ने जमा दिया रंग". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
- Taneja, Parina (8 June 2021). "Sudhir Mishra on 25 years of Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin: Wish I could do directors cut of the film". www.indiatvnews.com.
- Dasgupta, Priyanka (14 September 2009). "It hurt my husband's ego: Chitrangada". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- K Jha, Subhash (23 August 2009). "Sudhir Mishra back in Raat race". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2009.