MUMBAI: A CBI officer is assigned a double murder case which involves two witnesses who are also the prime suspects of the case. The officer is presented with both the versions and is entrusted with the humungous task of nailing the murderer. Thus begins a cat and mouse chase to catch the real culprit, which makes for the crux of Ittefaq. Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Dharma Productions, Ittefaq is directed by Abhay Chopra and stars Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles. The movie will air on &pictures, Naye India Ka Blockbuster Movie Channel on Saturday, 21st July at 8pm.
Following the Rashomon style of storytelling, Ittefaq has a fast, incisive cutting, anxious, edgy style that keeps the audiences intrigued till the end and boasts of sleek twists and turns. With superlative sharp performances by Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha and Akshaye Khanna, Ittefaq has a gripping narrative sprinkled with some tongue in cheek humour. The movie bagged several award nominations including Best Supporting Actor Male, Best Negative Role, Best Debutante Director, Best Editing amongst others. Ittefaq also features a beautiful rendition of Bappi Lahiri’s ever green song Raat Baaki sung by Nikhita Gandhi and Jubin Nautiyal and is a youth favourite.
The movie follows the story line of Vikram Sethi (Sidharth Malhotra) a renowned British writer who is in Mumbai to launch his second book. With cops on his tail for being charged with his wife’s murder, Vikram runs into Maya (Sonakshi Sinha) and manages to get refuge in her house on a rainy Mumbai night. Maya soon learns that Vikram could be a convict on the run and alerts the cops, who nab Vikram and discover the dead body of her husband Shekhar in the house. Maya accuses Vikram of the double murder but Vikram pleads innocence. The case is assigned to officer Dev (Akshaye Khanna), who must decode the mystery in three days whether Vikram is the victim of Maya’s deceit wrapped in beauty or is Maya indeed the damsel in distress that she claims to be?
