Chehre
Chehre (transl. Faces) is a 2021 Hindi mystery thriller film directed by Rumi Jaffery and produced by Anand Pandit with Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited. Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi in lead roles, the film features Krystle D'Souza, Rhea Chakraborty, Siddhanth Kapoor, Annu Kapoor, Alexx O'Nell, Samir Soni, Dhritiman Chatterjee and Raghubir Yadav in supporting roles and is an uncredited adaptation of the 1956 German novel A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, which had earlier been adapted in Marathi as Shantata! Court Chaalu Aahe (1971), in Kannada as Male Nilluvavarege (2015) and in Bengali as Anusandhan (2021).
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| Directed by | Rumi Jaffery |
| Written by | Ranjit Kapoor Rumi Jaffery |
| Story by | Ranjit Kapoor |
| Based on | A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
| Produced by | Anand Pandit |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Emraan Hashmi Krystle D'Souza Siddhanth Kapoor Annu Kapoor Alexx O'Nell Samir Soni Raghubir Yadav Dhritiman Chatterjee Rhea Chakraborty |
| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Edited by | Bodhaditya Banerjee |
| Music by | Score: Clinton Cerejo Songs: Vishal–Shekhar Gourov Dasgupta |
Production companies | Anand Pandit Motion Pictures Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited |
| Distributed by | Pen Marudhar Entertainment |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹25 crore |
| Box office | ₹7.5 crore |
The film was announced on 11 April 2019 and filming began on 10 May 2019. It was scheduled for worldwide release on 17 July 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was ultimately released in theatres on 27 August 2021. Upon release, the film was a box office disaster, grossing only 7.5 Crore INR against its 25 Crore INR budget.