Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001)

Original title

चोरी चोरी चुपके चुपके

Directed by

Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla, Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 36m

Rated

UA

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 81 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married couple hires a young prostitute to become a surrogate mother for their child. The film deals with the taboo of surrogacy in Indian society.

dramaticemotionaltaboo-drivenserioussentimentalromanticcontroversial

What happens

Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (transl. Secretly and Stealthily) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Abbas–Mustan, with screenplay and story from Shyam Goel and Neeraj Vora respectively. Starring Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji and Preity Zinta in lead roles, the film's music is composed by Anu Malik and lyrics are penned by Sameer. Telling the story of a married couple hiring a young prostitute as a surrogate mother, the film generated controversy during its release for dealing with the taboo issue of surrogate childbirth in India. Initially set to release on 22 December 2000, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke's release was delayed for several months when producer Nazim Rizvi and financier Bharat Shah were arrested and the Central Bureau of Investigation seized the film's prints on the suspicion that the production had been funded by Chhota Shakeel of the Mumbai underworld. The film was released in March 2001 to a wide audience and emerged as a commercial success, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2001 in India. Critical praise was majorly directed towards Zinta's performance as a prostitute-turned-surrogate mother, earning her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 47th Filmfare Awards, the only nomination for the film. The film has often been associated with surrogacy in Indian popular culture. This film was remade as a television drama series named Dil Se Dil Tak in which Sidharth Shukla portrayed as Raj, Rashami Desai as Priya and Jasmin Bhasin as Madhubala. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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