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Ittefaq

2017 · 107 min

A twisty cat-and-mouse thriller that keeps you guessing as two conflicting stories collide, with a sharp, tense edge.

Tagline
It Happened One Night
Overview
Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses - an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • crime
  • justice
  • betrayal
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller
Directed by
Abhay Chopra
Written by
Abhay Chopra, Shreyas Jain
Starring
Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha, Akshaye Khanna, Pavail Gulati, Mandira Bedi, Mir Sarwar, Himanshu Kohli, Ajay Jadhav
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
107 min
Country
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Languages
Hindi, German, Thai, English

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