Kalyug
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mohit Suri
Written by	Jay Dixit (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	Anand Sivakumaran
Story by	Mohit Suri
Produced by	Mukesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt
Starring	Kunal Khemu Emraan Hashmi Smiley Suri Deepal Shaw Amrita Singh Ashutosh Rana
Cinematography	Rituraj Narain
Edited by	Amit Saxena
Music by	Songs: Anu Malik Faizal Rafi & Rohail Hyat Jal (Band) Amon Amarth Soilwork Background Score: Raju Singh
Production company	Vishesh Films
Distributed by	Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date	9 December 2005 (2005-12-09)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kalyug (transl. Modern era) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film^[1] written and directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. It introduces actor Kunal Khemu, in his debut film as an adult actor.^[2][3] It also stars Emraan Hashmi, Smilie Suri, Deepal Shaw, Amrita Singh and Ashutosh Rana.^[4][5] The film follows a young man who sets out to exact revenge upon the porn industry after his wife commits suicide due to the footage of their first night getting released on internet by some people in the hotel.

Kalyug released on 9 December 2005. It featured the hardcore pornographic website indiapasssion.com which inspired a real website of the same name.^[6]

Plot

18 years ago, the Dhar family, consisting of Pushkaran and his son, Kunal, were forced to leave Kashmir by terrorists. Pushkaran and Kunal re-locate to Bombay, where Kunal grows up. One day, the police knock on Kunal's door, informing him that his father had lost his hold from a crowded local train and was instantly killed after falling on the rails. A devastated Kunal arranges his father's funeral. Before he can reconcile to living alone, relatives contact him from Jammu, informing him that his father had promised to look after a young woman named Renuka. Kunal agrees to fulfill his father's promise.

When Renuka arrives, she finds out about the untimely death, and wants to return, but ticket reservation forces her to stay with Kunal for a week. It is this week that changes their lives, for they fall in love and get married.

They spend their first night together at a hotel, where they encounter Johnny, a womaniser who tells the manager to book them into the honeymoon suite. A few nights later, police storm into their house and arrest the two. During the interrogation, it is revealed that their intimate night at the hotel was secretly recorded and uploaded onto a porn website. Kunal realizes that Johnny was responsible for having them exploited.

Meanwhile, Renuka is forced by the police to sign papers and testify against Kunal. As she is led out, she encounters Kunal, who tells her the truth and begs her not to sign the papers. All these feelings of guilt, embarrassment, and confusion proves too much for Renuka, she then jumps off the ledge and commits suicide in front of Kunal. Kunal is sent to prison since he refuses to admit guilt to the false charge.

Kunal is later able to prove himself innocent and decides to track down Johnny and his team to get revenge. He discovers Johnny is working for a businesswoman Simi Roy, who secretly is the porn-website creator living in Zurich, Switzerland. Kunal leaves for Zurich in order to take revenge against Johnny and Simi Roy.

In Zurich, Kunal comes across Ali, a modern-day emo, who runs an adults only shop. In his shop, Kunal sees a magazine featuring an adult actress he had seen on the same website where his and Renuka's video was featured.

Kunal and Ali track the girl down in a bar where she is a prostitute, instead Kunal finds a young girl being held hostage and beats up the bodyguards, but gets hit by Simi Roy. The next day, Kunal overhears Simi fighting with her abusive daughter, Tanya, about being drunk and doing sexual activities with her girlfriend. Kunal then asks Simi about the blue film porn website, but Simi lies to him.

The girl Kunal helped is revealed to be Annie and tells Kunal that after her hometown got destroyed in the Gujarat earthquake, which killed her parents, her uncle sold her to Johnny and his friend Vick for money. She tried to escape but was quickly captured and forced to enter the porn industry and be sexually exploited.

Kunal and Ali lure Johnny and his bouncer goons into a trap during the fight, Ali is fatally stabbed by Johnny in the genitalia, but is still able to kill Johnny and his men. Before dying, Ali reveals that he knows Simi Roy is the main mastermind behind the pornography website and also controls the red light district in Zurich.

Kunal asks Tanya for help, and in return, he will help her ruin Simi's life and reputation. Simi, who see her own daughter on her porn website following a news report, feels devastated and is confronted by Kunal and Tanya, where Tanya kills her following a brief fight. Kunal is found not guilty of all charges and starts a new life with Annie.

Cast

• Kunal Khemu as Kunal Dhar / Rajeev Chawla
• Smiley Suri as Renuka Ahuja
• Emraan Hashmi as Ali Bilal (extended cameo appearance)
• Deepal Shaw as Anita (Annie) Varma
• Atul Parchure as Bhaskar Rajput
• Amrita Singh as Simi Roy
• Ashutosh Rana as Farid Ahmed aka Johnny (extended cameo appearance)
• Yatin Karyekar as Pushkaran Dhar
• Nisha Lalwani as Tanya Rampal
• Sheena Bajaj as Hema Birla
• Atif Aslam as Singer
• Billy Herrington as a bouncer
• Amitabh Bhattacharjee as Mumbai Police ACP Jadhav
• Prasad Oak as Anny's uncle

Production

The film was initially titled 'Blue Film' however the title was later changed to 'Kali Yuga'.^[7] Sunny Leone was originally offered the lead role, but due to her demanding $10 million for the role, director Mohit Suri retreated.

Music

The soundtrack was released on 29 October 2005. Raju Singh composed the film score while the songs featured in the Soundtrack were composed by Anu Malik, Faisal Rafi, Rohail Hyatt, Jal, Goher Mumtaz and Mithoon. The track "Aadat" was reused from Jal's album of the same name, with music being recreated by Mithoon.^[8] According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 1,400,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's twelfth highest-selling.^[9]

Track listing

Reception

Film critic Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote that "On the whole, KALYUG is a well-made film that has a contemporary and modern feel to it".^[10][11]

Home media

Kalyug's VCDs and DVDs were released by Shemaroo six weeks after the theatrical release.^[12]

References

External links

• Kalyug at IMDb