Chamku (film)

Chamku
Promotional film poster
Directed by	Kabeer Kaushik
Produced by	Vijayta Films Pvt. Ltd
Written by	Kabeer Kaushik
Starring	Bobby Deol Priyanka Chopra Danny Denzongpa Irrfan Khan Riteish Deshmukh Rajpal Yadav
Music by	Monty Sharma
Cinematography	Gopal Shah
Distributed by	Zee Motion Pictures
Release date(s)	August 29, 2008
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Chamku is a 2008 Indian crime drama film written and directed by Kabeer Kaushik. It stars Bobby Deol in the eponymous role. It also co-stars Priyanka Chopra, Danny Denzongpa and Irrfan Khan. The film released worldwide on 29 August 2008.

Plot

The film tells the story of Chandrama Singh alias Chamku (Bobby Deol), who was raised by Baba (Danny Denzongpa), a Naxal leader based in the southern interiors of Bihar, after his family was brutally murdered. He later gets picked up under a covert Governmental program jointly conceived by RAW and Intelligence Bureau to carry out political assassinations. He falls in love with Shubhi (Priyanka Chopra), a kindergarten teacher, and decides to lead a reformed life but a chanced encounter entangles him in the world of crime once again.^{[1] [2]}

Production

Kabeer Kaushik, the director of the film had approached Bobby Deol to play the lead role in his debut film, Sehar, which was eventually played by Arshad Warsi. Despite liking the script Deol turned it down because he was not prepared to work with a debutant director and also felt that the plot was similar to some other film.^[3] Filming for the movie began in October 2007.^{[citation needed]} The song "Gola Gola" from the film picturised on the festival of Holi was released exclusively on radio stations on 21 March 2008, to coincide with the festival of Holi. Rosa Catalano features in a dance number in the film titled Trance.^[4]

Cast

• Bobby Deol as Chandrama Singh alias Chamku
• Priyanka Chopra as Shubhi
• Danny Denzongpa as Baba
• Irrfan Khan as Mr Kapoor
• Rajpal Yadav as Hussain
• Arya Babbar
• Akhilendra Mishra as Thakur Mahendra Pratap Singh
• Deepal Shaw
• Rosa Catalano

Soundtrack

Monty Sharma has composed the soundtrack for the movie and the lyrics have been written by Sameer. The soundtrack was released on 29 July 2008 under the label of T-Series.

See also

• Sehar

References

1. ^ "Chamku : Preview". IndiaFM. http://www.indiafm.com/movies/preview/13773/index.html. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
2. ^ "Chamku : Synopsis". http://www.chamkuthefilm.com. Retrieved 2008-08-09. 
3. ^ "Bobby Deol to play Bihari tramp in Chamkoo". IndiaFM. http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/07/25/9793/index.html. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
4. ^ "Roza is the new item girl!". The Times of India. 16 April 2008. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2952304.cms. Retrieved 2008-06-06. 

External links

• Chamku at the Internet Movie Database