7 Khoon Maaf (2011)

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Director:

Vishal Bhardwaj

Writers:

Ruskin Bond (short story)
Matthew Robbins (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

18 February 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Susanna's quest for love leads to a series of marriages, each ending in the mysterious death of her latest husband.

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Confession | Arson | Doctor | Russian Spy

Awards:

2 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Priyanka Chopra	...	Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes
Vivaan Shah	...	Arun Kumar
Manuj Bhaskar	...	Department Head
Sanjay Verma	...	Police Inspector
Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Nandini Kumar
Shashi Malviya	...	Goonga
Neil Nitin Mukesh	...	Major Edwin Rodriques
Usha Uthup	...	Maggie - Maid
Harish Khanna	...	Ghalib
Ayush Tandon	...	Young Arun
Timothy P. Jarvis	...	Taj
Narendra Kumar	...	School Teacher
John Abraham	...	Jimmy Stetson / Jamshed Singh Rathore
Satish Sharma	...	Jimmy's Manager
Cyndy Khojol	...	Girl with Jimmy in the Hotel #1
Asha Tage	...	Girl with Jimmy in the Hotel #2
Bharat Kaul	...	Film Producer
Annu Kapoor	...	Inspector Keemat Lal
Irrfan Khan	...	Wasiullah Khan
Mohan Kapoor	...	MC
Alexander Diachenko	...	Nicolai Vronsky (as Alexander Dyachenko)
Ruskin Bond	...	Man at Bar
Naseeruddin Shah	...	Dr. Modhusudhon Tarafdar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vidushi Mehra

Directed by
Vishal Bhardwaj

Writing credits
Ruskin Bond		(short story)
Matthew Robbins		(screenplay) and
Vishal Bhardwaj		(screenplay)

Produced by
Vikas Bahl	....	creative producer
Rekha Bhardwaj	....	co-producer
Vishal Bhardwaj	....	producer
Manish Hariprasad	....	associate producer
Siddharth Roy Kapur	....	co-producer
Deven Khote	....	co-producer
Vikas Mehta	....	line producer
Zarina Mehta	....	co-producer
Sanjeevkumar Nair	....	line producer (as Sanjeev Kumar)
Ajay Rai	....	executive producer
Punam Sawhney	....	supervising producer
Ronnie Screwvala	....	producer
Satish Sharma	....	line producer: Russia

Original Music by
Vishal Bhardwaj

Cinematography by
Ranjan Palit

Film Editing by
A. Sreekar Prasad

Casting by
Honey Trehan

Production Design by
Samir Chanda

Art Direction by
Subrata Chakraborthy
Punita Grover

Costume Design by
Payal Saluja

Makeup Department
Martin Astles	....	makeup effects sculptor
Martin Astles	....	special makeup effects artist
Tim Jarvis	....	Special Makeup Effects Application
Danielle Lyn Saunders	....	makeup department head
Todd Tucker	....	special makeup effects artist
Noreen Wilkie	....	special makeup effects artist (special makeup effects artist)

Production Management
Omshankar Bhagat	....	production manager
Ronak Bhagat	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Javed Ansari	....	first assistant director
Sandeepan Chanda	....	trainee assistant director
Aalaap Majgavkar	....	trainee assistant director
Manjari Makijany	....	second second assistant director
Siddharth Nima	....	trainee assistant director
Rahil Patel	....	second assistant director
Sunny Tiku	....	trainee assistant director
Honey Trehan	....	associate director

Art Department
Shraddha Johri	....	assistant art director
Abhishek Pandey	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Abhishek S. Bhattathiri	....	sound editor
Manoj M. Goswami	....	sound editor
Sanjay Kurian K.	....	sync sound
Shajith Koyeri	....	sound designer
Anuj Mathur	....	sound re-recording mixer
P.M. Satheesh	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Todd Tucker	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Mukherjee Aniruddha	....	digital compositor
Yatin Bhave	....	digital compositor
Neil Cunningham	....	creative director
Soumen Das	....	digital compositor
Nelson Dsouza	....	visual effects producer
Marchila Dutta	....	visual effects artist: PIXION
Manoj Gohil	....	compositor
Pankaj Kalbende	....	digital compositing supervisor
Ramesh Karthikeyan	....	senior compositor
Siddhartha S. Mondal	....	digital compositor
Himesh Nagda	....	line producer: Reliance Media Works
Dheeraj Nakra	....	lighting artist
Hanuman Patel	....	digital compositor
Rajiv Raghunathan	....	digital intermediate production head
Ranadheer Reddy	....	compositing head
Sarika Salian	....	senior compositor
Ashutosh Sharma	....	visual effects coordinator
Gaurvendra Singh	....	digital compositor
Balakrishna P. Subaiah	....	digital compositor
Meghna Thakar	....	visual effects production assistant
Viral Thakkar	....	lead computer graphics
Govardhan Vigharan	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Shyam Kaushal	....	stunt coordinator (as Sham Kaushal)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ravikiran Ayagiri	....	assistant camera
Mithun Gangopadhyay	....	additional photography
Anirudh Garbyal	....	second unit: cinematographer
Saurabh Goswami	....	first assistant camera
Aparna Jayakumar	....	still photographer
Abhyuday Khaitan	....	assistant camera
N. Ram Prasad	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Manorama Aher	....	costume assistant
Sweety Bachani	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Datatraya Ghodke	....	assistant editor
Rohit Karkera	....	digital intermediate conformist

Music Department
Rekha Bhardwaj	....	playback singer
Vishal Bhardwaj	....	playback singer
Clinton Cerejo	....	music producer
Clinton Cerejo	....	playback singer
Francois	....	playback singer
Gulzar	....	lyrics
Ajinkya Iyer	....	lyrics
Suraj Jagan	....	playback singer
Kay Kay	....	playback singer
Master Saleem	....	playback singer
Simaab Sen	....	music producer
Hitesh Sonik	....	music producer
Usha Uthup	....	playback singer
Suresh Wadkar	....	playback singer

Other crew
Faiz Akhtar	....	marketing: pixion
Waléra Kanischtscheff	....	voice actor: Vronsky
Vikas Kumar	....	dialogue coach to Aleksandr Dyachenko
Sonam Nair	....	script supervisor
Prakash Nathan	....	marketing: distribution & syndication
Aditya Nimbalkar	....	director's assistant
Sandeep Soparrkar	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• UTV Spotboy
• V.B. Pictures

Distributors

• Mind Blowing Films (2011) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sendi Mutiara Multimedia Sdn. Bhd. (2011) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Mind Blowing Films (2011) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• UTV Communications (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• UTV Communications (UK) Ltd. (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• Panorama Studios (2011) (India) (theatrical)
• UTV Motion Pictures (2011) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Drac Studios
• Illusion Industries (special makeup effects)

Other Companies

• Jar Pictures  production services (credited as Jar Entertainment)
• Light n Light  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

"7 Sins Forgiven" - International (English title) (festival title)
"Seven Murders Forgiven" - International (English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

USA:137 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English | Urdu | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA15+ (2011) | Ireland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

UTV Spotboy

Trivia:

The Panther in the film is fully computer generated and created through computer graphics. A white cat which was real and snakes were used in the film. No animals were injured while filming, as stated in the end credits.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bol Bachchan (2012)

Soundtrack:

Oh Mama - Acoustic

Great movie if you crack it,and find the reason behind it being titled "Saat Khoon Maaf"!!!

Its a great movie for mature audience!!!Vishal bharadwaj has done so much study into all the different stories,that every murder seems acceptable!!!Most of the audience, did'nt even get who the 7th khoon was!!And thats the best part,the answer is quiet easy,but yet it compels u to think who was it,at the end?She newer got love from her first 6 husbands,but the 7th was the last option she could turn to!!!Wait till the end to find the answer yourself!!Great direction and awesome cinematography!!!Something Different in Bollywood!!Keep it up Vishal Bharadwaj,looking forward for more such intense movies!!!Go for it!!!