Mohit Suri's directorial mystery thriller film Zeher completed 20 years. Emraan Hashmi, Shamita Shetty, and Udita Goswami starred in the lead roles, and the film was released on 25 March 2005.
This film was the debut directorial venture of Mohit Suri. Mukesh Bhatt produced the film under the banner of Vishesh Films. The film marked director Mohit Suri's maiden collaboration with Emraan Hashmi, Shamita Shetty, and Udita Goswami
The film was written by Mahesh Bhatt, with dialogues by Jay Dixit. Fuwad Khan handled the cinematography of this film marking his maiden collaboration with director Mohit Suri. Akiv Ali edited this film marking his maiden collaboration with director Mohit Suri.
Samir Kochhar, Ninad Kamat , Vishwajeet Pradhan, Prasad Oak, Puneet Vashist, Kunal Deshmukh, Nikhil Ratnaparakhi appeared in crucial roles in this film. The songs were composed by Roop Kumar Rathod, Mithoon, Anu Malik, Naresh Sharma, and Jal: the Band, while the background score was composed by Raju Singh.
The film is an adaptation of the 2003 American film Out of Time, directed by Carl Franklin and starring Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, and Dean Cain. The film had a budget of ₹5 crore and earned ₹11 crore at the box office.
The film received nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (2005) for Atif Aslam and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer (2005) for Shreya Ghoshal.
The film was nominated for the Zee Cine Award for Best Popular Track of the Year (2005) and the Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male (2005) for Atif Aslam.
The film received nominations for the IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer (2006) for Atif Aslam, the Screen Award for Best Debut Director (2006) for Mohit Suri, and the Screen Award for Best Playback Singer – Male (2006) for Atif Aslam.
Zeher was Emraan Hashmi's fourth film in a lead role after Footpath, Murder, and Tumsa Nahin Dekha. The film marked Emraan Hashmi's maiden collaboration with Shamita Shetty and Udita Goswami. Zeher was Udita Goswami's second film in a lead role after making her debut in Paap (2004), directed by Pooja Bhatt.
Police chief Siddharth’s (Emraan Hashmi) affair with Anna (Udita Goswami) takes a dark turn when she dies after he gives her stolen drug money. As his ex-wife Sonia (Shamita Shetty) investigates, he discovers Anna faked her death for insurance. In a final showdown, Sonia kills Anna—but will Siddharth ever truly escape the chaos he created?
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