Chehre

Chehre (transl. Faces) is a 2021 Hindi mystery thriller film directed by Rumy Jeffery with production by Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi in lead roles. The film features Krystle D’Souza, Rhea Chakraborty, Siddhanth Kapoor, Annu Kapoor, Alexx O’Nell, Samir Soni, Dhritiman Chatterjee, and Raghubir Yadav in supporting roles sees Bachchan playing a lawyer, while Hashmi a business tycoon. The film is an uncredited adaptation of the 1956 German novel A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt which had earlier been adapted in Marathi as Shantata! Court Chaalu Aahe (1971) in Kannada as Male Nilluvavarege (2015) and in Bengali as Anusandhan (2021).

The film was announced on 11 April 2019 and filming began on 10 May 2019. It was scheduled for worldwide release on 17 July 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was ultimately released in theatres on 27 August 2021.

Directed byRumy Jafry
Written byScreenplay and Dialogues: Ranjit Kapoor,
Rumy Jafry
Story byRanjit Kapoor
Based onA Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (uncredited)
Produced byAnand Pandit
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Emraan Hashmi
Krystle D’Souza
Siddhanth Kapoor
Annu Kapoor
Alexx O’Nell
Samir Soni
Raghubir Yadav
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Rhea Chakraborty
CinematographyBinod Pradhan
Edited byBodhaditya Banerjee
Music byScore: Clinton Cerejo
Songs: Vishal–Shekhar,
Gourav Dasgupta
Production
companies
Anand Pandit Motion Pictures
Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited
Distributed byPen Marudhar Entertainment
Release date27 August 2021
Running time139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹40 crore
Box office₹16.55 crore 

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