9 crore (US$1.95 million)No One Killed Jessica is a 2011 Hindi film starring Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan, produced by UTV Spotboy and directed by Rajkumar Gupta, who had earlier directed the acclaimed film Aamir (2008).
The film has music by Amit Trivedi, who earlier gave music in Dev D (2009).[5][6] Vidya Balan plays the character of Jessica’s elder sister, Sabrina Lal, Rani is set to play a reporter.[7] So far the film has been met with positive critical and box office reception.[
* Vidya Balan as Sabrina Lall
* Rani Mukerji as Meera Gaity
* Neil Bhoopalam as Vikram Jai Singh
* Rajesh Sharma as N. K
* Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Manish Bharadwaj
* Bubbles Sabharwal as Mallika Sehgal
* Yogendra Tikku as Sanjit Lall
* Geeta Sudan as June Lall
* Shireesh Sharma as Pramod Bharadwaj
* Samara Chopra as Naina Sehgal
* Satyadeep Mishra as Meera's Boss
* Myra Karn as Jessica Lall
[edit] Production
The political thriller, set in New Delhi, was believed to be based on the controversial Jessica Lal murder case. However, later, the director clarified that the title and the script are actually inspired by a headline carried out by The Times Of India in 2006, when the accused in the infamous murder case were acquitted by the lower courts, leading to nationwide protests, reopening of the case and subsequent sentencing of the accused, and not the case per se.[9][10]
[edit] Release
The film was released on 7 January 2011. It received positive reviews from critics.[11] Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan liked the movie. According to Amitabh this film is a "pertinent, media friendly and brave effort by the makers. The performances living up to the title and story of the film." [12] No one killed Jessica opened quite well and got positive feedback from audience.[13] The film recovered its cost before release through satellite and music rights.[3]
[edit] Soundtrack
The music of the film is composed by National award-winning composer Amit Trivedi who had debuted with the same director in Aamir. Lyrics are penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The album has been receiving generally positive reviews from critics.[14]
[edit] Track listing
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Aitbaar" Amitabh Bhattacharya Vishal Dadlani, Mame Khan, Robert Omulo Bob
2. "Yeh Pal" Amitabh Bhattacharya Shilpa Rao
3. "Aali Re" Amitabh Bhattacharya Tochi Raina, Biswajit Chakraborty, Shriram Iyer, Raja Hassan, Anushka Manchanda, Sonu Kakkar, Aditi Singh Sharma, Sonika Sharma
4. "Dilli" Amitabh Bhattacharya Tochi Raina, Shriram Iyer, Aditi Singh Sharma
5. "Dua" Amitabh Bhattacharya Meenal Jain, Joi Barua, Raman Mahadevan, Amitabh Bhattacharya
6. "Dilli - Hardcore" Amitabh Bhattacharya Tochi Raina, Shriram Iyer, Aditi Singh Sharma
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