No Smoking (2007 film)

No Smoking
Directed by	Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Kumar Mangat Vishal Bharadwaj
Screenplay by	Anurag Kashyap
Based on	Quitters, Inc. by Stephen King
Starring	John Abraham Ayesha Takia Paresh Rawal Ranvir Shorey
Music by	Vishal Bharadwaj
Cinematography	Rajeev Ravi
Editing by	Aarti Bajaj
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date(s)	26 October 2007
Running time	128 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi English

No Smoking is a 2007 Indian film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, and produced by Vishal Bharadwaj and Kumar Mangat. The film stars John Abraham, Ayesha Takia, and Paresh Rawal. This film was shot in Mumbai, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Siberia. The film is based on the short story Quitters, Inc. by Stephen King. The film did not go well in the box-office, it stayed in the cinemas for three weeks only.

Synopsis

John Abraham as appeared in the film

John Abraham plays K, a 30-year-old who thinks himself smart and refuses to listen to anyone. Confident in himself and everything he does, he is a chain smoker in the true sense. Catching hold of this habit from a very young age, he hasn't looked back ever since. K is also revealed to have smoked spiked ganja (marijuana) and landed up in hospital due to it.

His well-wishers have tried in vain to make him quit but to no avail. Both K's friend Abbas Tyrewala (Ranvir Shorey) and the doctor who treats K's brother offer to set up an appointment at a rehabilitation center called Prayogshaala ("The Laboratory"), which they claim will rid K of his dreadful habit. K finally relents after his wife Anjali (Ayesha Takia) leaves him, unable to take the strain K's smoking places on their relationship. K decides to check out Prayogshaala, and meets Shri Shri Prakash Guru Ghantal Baba Bengali Sealdahwale (Paresh Rawal), the man who is to save him. When he gets to Kalkatta Karpets, the front for the unconventional rehab center, his Pan's Labyrinthesque adventure starts. The method Prayogshaala uses to cure their patients of their addiction is fear. Each time a patient gives in to their vice, Baba makes sure that something shocking happens to them.

1. The first offense is almost killing a loved one by keeping him/her in a chamber full of cigarette smoke the person has smoked in his entire life for a duration of 5 minutes.
2. The second offense is losing a finger.
3. The third offense is the death of a loved one.
4. The last offense is taking the soul of the person from his body although this offense is described very loosely.

K refuses to sign the contract and pay the fee of about 20 lakhs and 1 Rs for his treatment but is forced to do so by Baba Bengali and his disciples.

Cast

• John Abraham as K
• Ayesha Takia as Anjali / Annie
• Paresh Rawal as Shri Shri Prakash Guru Ghantal Baba Bengali Sealdahwale
• Ranvir Shorey as Abbas Tyerwalla
• Joy Fernandes as Alex
• Jesse Randhawa as (Special appearance in an item number)
• Bipasha Basu as (Special appearance in song "Phook De")

Crew

• Banner: Big Screen Entertainment & Vishal Bhardwaj Films Production
• Producers: Kumar Mangat , Vishal Bharadwaj
• Director: Anurag Kashyap
• Lyrics: Gulzar
• Music Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
• Director of Photography: Rajeev Ravi
• Choreography: Ganesh Acharya
• Co-Producer: Sunil Lulla
• Action: Jai Singh Nijjar
• Editor: Aarti Bajaj
• Screenplay: Anurag Kashyap
• Sound: Kunal Sharma
• Publicity Designs: Rahul Nanda , Himanshu Nanda & HR Enterprises
• Story / Writer: Anurag Kashyap
• Compositing Supervisor/Particle FX: Sudeepto Bose

Box Office

The film was not really successful in Indian theatres. It wasn't generally accepted because of unusual screenplay and a storyline, which isn't easily decipherable. It has acquired a cult following amongst many critics and movie buffs, who rate it amongst one of the most abstract stories, which can have multiple interpretations.

Soundtrack

No Smoking
Studio album by Vishal Bharadwaj
Released	September 2007 (2007-09) (India)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Eros Entertainment
Producer	Kumar Mangat & Vishal Bharadwaj
Professional reviews
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Vishal Bharadwaj chronology
Omkara (2006) No Smoking (2007) U, Me Aur Hum (2008)

No Smoking's soundtrack was released in September 2007.^[1][2] Lyrics by Gulzar.

Song	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Duration	Notes
Phook De (Club Mix)	Rekha Bhardwaj	Gulzar	5:15
Kash Laga	Sukhwinder Singh, Daler Mehndi, Vishal Bhardwaj	Gulzar	5:47
Ash Tray	Deva Sengupta	Gulzar	4:39
Phook De	Sukhwinder Singh	Gulzar	5:55
Jab Bhi Ciggaret (Trance)	Sunidhi Chauhan	Gulzar	5:06
Jab Bhi Ciggaret (Jazz)	Adnan Sami	Gulzar	5:03

References

1. ^ "music.erosentertainment.com". Music Review. http://music.erosentertainment.com/musicstore/songlistN.asp. Retrieved 14 October 2007. 
2. ^ "planetbollywood.com". Music Review. http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=101407073113. Retrieved 15 October 2007. 

External links

• No Smoking at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website at Eros Entertainment
• Debunking the Myth of No Smoking at Indian Auteur
• Anurag's No Smoking Blog
• No Smoking In Film Festival Rome
• Best Special Effects
• No Smoking In Film Festival French