Supari (film)

2003 Indian action film

Supari

Film poster

Directed by| Padam Kumar
Written by| Padam Kumar
Anuradha Tiwari
Mushtaq Shiekh
(story and screenplay)
Sutapa Sikdar
Atul Sabharwal
(dialogues)
Produced by| Padam Kumar
Starring| Uday Chopra
Rahul Dev
Nandita Das
Purab Kohli
Nauheed Cyrusi
Irrfan Khan
Cinematography| Ramji
R. Velraj
Edited by| Sanjay Verma
Music by| Vishal–Shekhar
Distributed by| Yash Raj Films

Release date

* 20 June 2003 (2003-06-20)

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Running time

| 143 minutes[2]
Country| India
Language| Hindi
Budget| ₹ 4.25 crore[3]
Box office| ₹ 2.65 crore[4]

Supari (transl. Contract killing), titled Supari - Your Time Starts Now in the UK,[2] is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action film[5][6] directed and produced by Padam Kumar. The film stars Uday Chopra, Rahul Dev, Nandita Das, Purab Kohli, Nauheed Cyrusi and Irrfan Khan. The story is set in the Mumbai underworld, and follows four friends who become contract killers after losing a bet to an underworld figure.[7]

Released theatrically on 20 June 2003, it was also the first Hindi-language film to be later distributed online via Kazaa.[8][9] Although the film was not commercially successful, the performances were praised.[10]

## Plot

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Aryan Pandit lives a middle-class lifestyle with his family in Nasik, India, where the entire family depends on his salesman father's earnings. He relocates to Mumbai's St. Andrews College with big dreams of being wealthy and driving a red Ferrari. He befriends three other middle-class youths: Papad, Mushy, and Chicken. He borrows money from Matka Rajan, gambles it, loses everything, and is unable to repay. As a result, Rajan sets his goons on him.

Aryan goes to a man named Baba for help, who in turn takes him to Mamta Sekhari. Sekhari offers to hire him as a hitman, agreeing to pay him 20,000 rupees for every killing so that he can repay his gambling loan. Aryan reluctantly accepts, is trained by Baba to shoot a gun, and kills his first target, none other than Rajan himself. He tells his friends about his good fortune, and they join forces with him. In all killing contracts, they are provided with a photograph and the location and are instructed to look at the photo just 15 minutes before killing the person. In this manner, the friends enjoy their newfound wealth. When Aryan's Parsi girlfriend, Dilnawaaz, finds out, she wants him to quit. He does, but his friends refuse to let go of this easy money and luxurious life. Shortly after that, the trio are given a contract; before the killing, they look at the photograph of Aryan. The trio knows that it is too late to back out of this 'supari' (contract killing). Soon events take a worse turn as one by one they get killed. Chicken commits suicide, and a gun battle ensues where Papad and Mushy are killed by Sekhari's men. Aryan puts everything to an end by killing Mamta Sekhari and Baba once and for all.

## Cast

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* Uday Chopra as Aryan Pandit
* Rahul Dev as Papad
* Supriya Karnik as Papad's sister
* Nandita Das as Mamta Shekari
* Purab Kohli as Chicken
* Nauheed Cyrusi as Dilnaswaaz 'Dillu'
* Irrfan Khan as Baba
* Akashdeep Saigal as Mushy

## Development

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Director Padam Kumar originally signed Arjun Rampal for the lead role in the film but replaced him with Uday Chopra after Rampal became a huge star and had a certain image following the release of the latter's debut film Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001).[7]

## Soundtrack

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Supari

Soundtrack album by

Vishal–Shekhar

Released| 6 March 2003
Genre| Feature film soundtrack
Length| 27:04
Label| Saregama

The music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, with lyrics written by Vishal Dadlani and Javed Akhtar.

Track listingNo.| Title| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Tere Ishq Mein"| Vishal Dadlani, Mahalaxmi Iyer| 4:07
2.| "Chand Chahiye"| Vishal Dadlani, Sunidhi Chauhan| 5:26
3.| "Chhaha"| Sunidhi Chauhan, Shekhar Ravjiani| 4:58
4.| "Bombai Bagiyan"| Makarand Deshpande, Hariharan| 4:41
5.| "Bombay Town"| KK| 5:08
6.| "Ek Saans"| Sukhwinder Singh| 3:24

## Reception

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Supari received generally mixed reviews from critics. Shahid Khan from Planet Bollywood gave the film a 7/10 rating and praised the direction, editing and performances, especially that of Nandita Das, while criticizing Chopra's performance in a few scenes, the background score and the ending.[11] Mithun Verma from Fullhyd.com similarly gave a 7/10, praising the characterizations, performances and shootout sequences, while criticizing the performances of Chopra and Das, and the editing.[12] On the other hand, Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the film a 1/5 rating, feeling the screenplay and characterizations were "faulty" and found the action sequences ordinary. However, he praised the dialogues, songs and performances.[13] Jitesh Pillai from The Times of India also gave it a 1/5 rating and criticized the performances, dialogue and overabundance of characters, while praising Dev's performance and the cinematography.[14] Saibal Chatterjee from Hindustan Times similarly gave it 1 star and felt Chopra was "terribly miscast" for the action hero role.[15]

## Box office

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Supari opened with ₹ 0.45 crore on the first day of release. It grossed ₹ 1.25 crore in its first weekend, and ₹ 1.85 crore in its first week. The film's closing collections amounted to ₹ 2.65 crore.[4] It was one of the biggest commercial failures of 2003.[16]

## References

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1. ^ "Supari Movie - Release Date, Cast & Crew Details". Yash Raj Films. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
2. ^ a b "SUPARI - YOUR TIME STARTS NOW". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
3. ^ "Supari - Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
4. ^ a b "Supari Box Office Collection till Now". Bollywood Hungama. 20 June 2003. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
5. ^ "Uday Chopra speaks on Supari". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2020. "The action orientated film, Supari is currently being screened at Cineworld Wolverhampton"
6. ^ "Shah Rukh, Rani still rule BO". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2020. "Friday saw the action flick Supari and musical Jhankaar Beats hit the marquee."
7. ^ a b "Supari is all about easy money". Rediff.com.
8. ^ "How Kazaa plans to sell Supari online". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
9. ^ "First Bollywood film to be sold online via Kazaa". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
10. ^ "'I don't want to show my chest anymore'". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
11. ^ "Supari - movie review by Shahid Khan". Planet Bollywood. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
12. ^ "Supari review: Supari (Hindi) Movie Review". Fullhyd.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
13. ^ "Supari Review". Bollywood Hungama. 20 June 2003. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
14. ^ "Supari". The Times of India. 23 June 2003. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
15. ^ "Supari". Hindustan Times. 21 June 2003. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
16. ^ "Top India Total Net Gross 2003". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

## External links

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* Supari at IMDb
* Supari at Yash Raj Films portal

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