Hate Story

Hate Story is a 2012 Indian erotic thriller film directed by Vivek Agnihotri and produced by Vikram Bhatt. It stars Nikhil Dwivedi, Gulshan Devaiya and Paoli Dam in lead roles and the film was released on 20 April 2012. As the first installment in the Hate Story film series the film was a commercial and critical success. The premise of the film chronicles a woman and her struggle to fight against the man that betrayed her.

             

Directed by      Vivek Agnihotri
Produced by    Vikram Bhatt

Written by        Rohit Malhotra
                              (Dialogue)
Screenplay by Vikram Bhatt
Story by            Vikram Bhatt

Starring Paoli Dam,
               Gulshan Devaiya,
               Nikhil Dwivedi,
               Joy Sengupta

Music by Songs:
                  Harshit Saxena
                  Background Score:
                  Amar Mohile

Production company BVG Films
Distributed by              ASA Productions and Enterprises

Release date                20 April 2012
Running time               139 minutes

Country                          India
Language                      Hindi

Budget                          ₹ 9 crore
Box office                     ₹ 16.43 crore

Cast

Paoli Dam 
         as Kavya Krishnan
Gulshan Devaiah 
         as Siddharth Dhanrajgir
Nikhil Dwivedi 
         as Vicky
Joy Sengupta 
         as Rajdev Singh
Mohan Kapoor 
         as Cabinet minister K. Malhotra
Bhairavi Goswami 
         as Bhairavi
Iravati Harshe 
         as Archana Jaidev Singh
Saurabh Dubey 
         as Kumar Dhanrajgir
Mukti Mohan 
         Special Appearance in the song 'Raat'

Soundtrack

The film features background score
composed by Amar Mohile and songs composed by Harshit Saxena.

Track listing

No.     Title             Singer(s)
1. "Mahee Jaan"
                         Harshit Saxena
2. "Dil Kanch Sa"
                          Krishna Beura 
3. "Raat"
                       Sunidhi Chauhan 
4. "Mahee Jaan (Rock version)"
                        Harshit Saxena 
5. "Dil Kaanch Sa (Heart & Soul Version)"
                        Harshit Saxena 
6. "Raat (Remix)"
                        Sunidhi Chauhan 

Box office

The film's total nett gross was ₹ 12.01 crore and was declared "Average" by the Box Office India.

Sequel

A sequel, entitled Hate Story 2 released on 18 July 2014. The film stars Surveen Chawla, Jay Bhanushali and Sushant Singh in the lead roles. Its third sequel is Hate Story 3, starring Sharman Joshi, Zarine Khan, Karan Singh Grover and Daisy Shah. It was released in December 4, 2015. Both sequels were commercially successful.