Charas-A Joint Effort 
By IndiaFM News Bureau, November 28, 2003 - 04:39 IST
Producer/Banner : Mediatrack
Director : Tigmanshu Dhulia
Music : Raju Singh
Reels completed: 15
Cast : Jimmy Shergill, Uday Chopra, Namrata Shirodkar, Irfan Khan, Raj Zutshi, Rajat Kapoor.
The Backdrop: Amidst trees, there is a tent with curtains and glass beads. There is a constant smoke emerging from the background. A group of foreigners keep swaying.
The scene: Namrata Shirodkar spotted a red gypsy outfit. She plays a news reporter who would do anything do get a good story. She is gyrating with the foreigners to an item number, Dhua Dhua...
The movie is based on a modern-day Dronacharya (Irfan Khan) and Eklavya (Uday Chopra) and their relationships. Both play cops in the film. Jimmy Shergill is a Scotland Yard cop.
His mission: Nearly 26,000 foreigners come to Kullu Manali every year. Many of them do not return. Many are found dead and some don't want to be found. Jimmy has come to India looking for a missing boy.
The movie has been shot on real locations, in Himachal Pradesh, in drug dens and introduces the whole atmosphere of drugs and it's distribution.
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Jimmy Shergill speaks on 'Charas'
