Khoya Khoya Chand, (translation: Lost Moon) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Sudhir Mishra and produced by Prakash Jha. The film stars Shiney Ahuja and Soha Ali Khan with Rajat Kapoor, Sushmita Mukherjee, Sonya Jehan and Vinay Pathak in supporting roles. The film captures the lifestyle of celebrities with aplomb with the 1950s film industry as its backdrop. It was released on 7 December 2007.
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Synopsis
Zafar, a young and rebellious writer, comes to Mumbai to try his luck in the Bollywood film industry. He soon falls in love with a starlet and loses himself in the intoxicating world of glamour.
Cast
Shiney Ahuja as Zafar
Soha Ali Khan as Nikhat
Rajat Kapoor as Prem Kumar
Vinay Pathak as Shaymol Mukherjee
Saurabh Shukla as Producer Khosa
Sonya Jehan as Ratanbala
Sushmita Mukherjee as Sharda
Mahie Gill as Starlet at Prem's house
Haidar Ali as Michael
Ashish Ghosh as Noni Ganguly
Alka Pradhan as Nikhat's mother
Music
The soundtrack of the film was released on 8 November 2007; composed by Shantanu Moitra, with lyrics by Swanand Kirkire.
Reception
Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, writing ″Like it or not, Soha Ali Khan is hopelessly miscast.The role required at least one per cent of what Smita Patil gave to Bhumika. Ms Khan may be sincere but not mature enough to make you care about this Soya Soya Chand.″ Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, the film has some interesting moments, but the impact it ought to create as also its slow pacing and excessive length dilute the effect.″