Chocolate (2005)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Vivek Agnihotri

Writers:

Vivek Agnihotri (written by)
Rohit Malhotra (written by)

Release Date:

16 September 2005 (India)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Deep dark secrets

Plot:

Christmas Eve, London. While the snow-clad city gets ready to celebrate the festival of peace and joy...

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Christmas Eve | Chocolate | Suspect | Death

Cast

Anil Kapoor	...	Advocate Krishan Pundit
Sunil Shetty	...	Rocker
Arshad Warsi	...	Chip
Emraan Hashmi	...	Deva
Irrfan Khan	...	Pipi
Sushma Reddy	...	Monsoon Iyer
Tanushree Dutta	...	Simran "Sim" Chopra
Mumait Khan	...	Special Appearance (Song)
Emma Bunton	...	Anna
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kelly Dorji	...	Roshan Abbas
Vishwajeet Pradhan	...	Bilal

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

India:UA

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

Inspired Movies

Quotes:

Deva: I'm telling you, these dogs have a sex-life better than ours!
Chip: Better than *yours*, not ours

Movie Connections:

Remake of The Usual Suspects (1995)

How not to remake a film

Pure trash. That about sums it up. Essentially, this is "The Usual Suspects" done by Bollywood while trying to do a half-baked Tarantino dialogue. This could have been a decent re-make, but the stories do not gel, the acting is horrible, the songs make you vomit ("I am a shot of tequila, but don't tell my mommy"--what class) and the dialogue is some of the most ridiculous to come out of Bollywood. Should be called "Boom Part 2". The problem here is one that Bollywood makes time and time again: try to copy the new western films while trying to put Indian elements in it. Another problem is you try to show that Western ideas only equate to Taliban and and sex, and that does not make a film. Bollywood should stick to the old formula of film naiveté (a la the 70's and late 80's films) and not try to be the next Rodriguez/Tarantino/Singer.