No Smoking (2007)

A surreal story about a man, his addiction of smoking, and a mysterious and powerful organisation, which claims to cure such addictions, though through very unusual ways.

Director:

Anurag Kashyap

Writers:

Raj Singh Chaudhary (story) (as Raja Chaudhary), 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
Kiku Sharda	...	Doctor in charge of K's brother J
Akhauri P. Sinha	...	ACP
Joy Fernandes	...	J's friend Alex
Karan Makhija	...	J's friend, at the starting.
Megh Pant	...	ACP Assistant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vasan Bala	...	The man at the launch party of Alex's cigars
Pravishi Das	...	Woman in Burkha (as Pravishee)
Joy Fernandas
Sanjay Gandhi	...	Chacha
Vikramaditya Motwane	...	Man showing middle finger.
Jesse Randhawa	...	Dancer / Singer

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:

neo noir | secretary | absurdism | ambiguity | snorricam | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the middle of the movie we can hear the song E Ajnabi from the movie Dil Se starring SRK.

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Connections

References Schindler's List (1993)

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Soundtracks

Jab Bhi Cigarette
Written by Gulzar
Composed by Vishal Bhardwaj
Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan
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!

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English

Release Date:

26 October 2007 (India)

Also Known As:

No Smoking

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$797,693

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Screen Entertainment, Eros Entertainment, Panorama Studios

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color