Ittefaq (English: Coincidence) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed by Sanjay Khanna. It stars Sunil Shetty, Pooja Batra and Mukul Dev in pivotal roles. Pop musician Remo Fernandes also makes a special appearance in the film. The film was a box office failure.
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Plot
Efficient ex cop-turned hit man Shiva takes on a contract to find Vikram, an eyewitness to a murder committed by crime boss Jindal and bring him back to Mumbai. But he soon finds himself protecting Vikram and his girlfriend instead, and fighting the people who sent him in the first place.
Cast
Sunil Shetty - Shiv Kumar 'Shiva'
Mukul Dev - Vikram Singh
Pooja Batra - Roshni G. Hiranandani
Anupama Verma - Anu
Tiku Talsania - ACP Narayan Gaitonde
Shakti Kapoor - ACP Pratap Rathod
Puneet Issar - Inspector Paras Thakur
Mushtaq Khan - Batak Lal
Shiva Rindani - Banta
Shehzad Khan - Santa
Ishrat Ali - Manek Rao
Ashok Saraf - Shambhu Shikari
Arun Bakshi - ACP Anand Verma
Mohan Joshi - S.K. Jindal
Kader Khan - Gujjumal Hiranandani
Razzak Khan - Pandit Godbole
Dinesh Hingoo - Gangaram
Anjana Mumtaz - Shanti, Vikram's Mother
Raju Shrestha - Nilesh Panjwani
Rakesh Bedi - Constable Pandit Kaushik Singh
Pappu Polyester
Nawab Shah - Bakhtawar
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, and the lyrics were written by Sameer. The soundtrack was released in April 2001 on Audio Cassette and CDs by Zee Music, which consists of 6 songs. The full album was sung by some playback singers like Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik, Babul Supriyo, Hema Sardesai, Sunidhi Chauhan Jaspinder Narula and Remo Fernandes.
Notes
Track 5 "Tanana Dhir Tanana" was not used in the film.
Reception
Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film one out of five, writing, "Editing is loose. Dialogues are commonplace. Cinematography is average. On the whole, ITTEFAQ is too ordinary a fare and has some chances at small stations only. Ashish Magotra of Rediff.com wrote, "What is this film? An action-thriller, a comedy, a love-story, a drama? Whatever it is, it fails on all counts."