No Smoking (2007)

A man fights against a tyrannical institution for his right to smoke, hence, for individual freedom.

Director:

Anurag Kashyap

Writers:

Raj Singh Chaudhary (story), Anurag Kashyap (story),

Stars:

John Abraham, Ayesha Takia, Paresh Rawal

Cast

Credited cast:
John Abraham	...	K
Ayesha Takia	...	Anjali / Annie
Paresh Rawal	...	Shri Shri Prakash Guru Ghantal Baba Bangali Sealdah Wale
Ranvir Shorey	...	Abbas Tyrewala
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joy Fernandas
Sanjay Gandhi	...	Chacha
Karan Makhija
Megh Pant
Pravishee	...	Woman in Burkha
Jesse Randhawa	...	Dancer / Singer
Gajraj Rao	...	Rajendra Kishan Dhingra
Kiku Sharda
Vineet Sharma
Vivek Sharma
Sanjay M. Singh	...	J

Storyline

K lives a wealthy lifestyle in India along with his widowed mother and brother, J. His mother works as an interpreter with the German embassy. As a child K acquired the habit of chain-smoking along with his friend, Abbas Tyrewala. Now matured, running his own business, married to Anjali, who also doubles as his Secretary, Annie, K continues to chain-smoke. When Abbas quits, he manages to convince K to undergo treatment at the Prayogshala located near Kalkatta Karpets but K refuses. He changes his mind when Anjali moves out, decides to undergo treatment, goes to Prayogshala, meets with Guruji, is forcibly enlisted, then again forced to sign a Cheque for 21 Lakhs Rupees for his treatment, and after doing so is discharged with a warning that very bad things will happen to him and everyone of his family if he dares to smoke again. Watch what happens when K decides to secretly re-locate and continue to smoke.

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Plot Keywords:

secretary | neo noir | apartment | cigarette case | suicide | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (India)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Screen Entertainment, Eros Entertainment, Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

About halfway through the film one character says a dialogue, while launching his cigars in India, which goes like "'Beedi Jalaai le' ke is 'vishal' desh mein, cigar 'gulzar'" (In this 'Vishal' (huge) country of 'Beedi jalaai le' (smoking), cigar is 'Gulzar' (flourishing or pleasant)). This dialogue is a cleverly put tribute to the following: Vishal Bhardwaj - the music director and producer of this film (and a good friend of Anurag Kashyap), the lyrics writer of the film Gulzar (a close friend of both Vishal Bharadwaj and Anurag Kashyap) and the song 'Beedi Jalaai Le' from Vishal's then recently released movie Omkara

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Connections

References Main Hoon Na (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Phoonk De - Club Mix"
Written by Gulzar
Composed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Performed by Rekha Bhardwaj
Courtesy of EROS Music

User Reviews

wanna THINK deep, just watch it than!

EXCELLENT is the only word that suits on this movie, i just saw this movie in December 2010 because of the great Indian reviewers who had given such a bad comments on this movie, my friend told me again and again to watch this movie but i was always saying no to him (i thought why to watch that movie which is rated 1.5/5 in the times of India)...i was wrong with every aspect, it is a shame that i had watch this great movie so late! i loved every scene of this movie, this movie has really something to say in each and every scene, Anurag Kashyap no doubt is the best director in India who wanted to change the taste of Indian viewers and i know that he will succeed in this...storyline great, cinematography great, a big hand for Jhon and Paresh, they did the great job...a deep, dark and real concept makes confused sometimes but if you start thinking deeper you'll see that this masterpiece really has many things to say...very well done Anurag, very well done the other star cast...lastly i wanted to say that please watch this different masterpiece and you'll be surely comparing it to the Hollywood movies!