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No Smoking

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 8m
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7.3/10
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No Smoking (2007)
A surreal story about a man, his addiction of smoking, and a mysterious and powerful organisation, which claims to cure such addictions, though through very unusual ways.
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A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.

  • Director
    • Anurag Kashyap
  • Writers
    • Raj Singh Chaudhary
    • Anurag Kashyap
  • Stars
    • John Abraham
    • Ayesha Takia
    • Paresh Rawal
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    10K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Anurag Kashyap
    • Writers
      • Raj Singh Chaudhary
      • Anurag Kashyap
    • Stars
      • John Abraham
      • Ayesha Takia
      • Paresh Rawal
    • 100User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    John Abraham
    John Abraham
    • K
    Ayesha Takia
    Ayesha Takia
    • Anjali…
    Paresh Rawal
    Paresh Rawal
    • Shri Shri Prakash Guru Ghantal Baba Bangali Sealdah Wale
    Ranvir Shorey
    Ranvir Shorey
    • Abbas Tyrewala
    Kiku Sharda
    Kiku Sharda
    • Doctor in charge of K's brother J
    Akhauri P. Sinha
    • ACP
    Joy Fernandes
    • J's friend Alex
    Karan Makhija
    • J's friend, at the starting.
    Megh Pant
    • ACP Assistant
    Vasan Bala
    Vasan Bala
    • The man at the launch party of Alex's cigars
    Pravishi Das
    Pravishi Das
    • Woman in Burkha
    • (as Pravishee)
    Joy Fernandas
    Sanjay Gandhi
    Sanjay Gandhi
    • Chacha
    Vikramaditya Motwane
    Vikramaditya Motwane
    • Man showing middle finger.
    Jesse Randhawa
    • Dancer…
    Gajraj Rao
    Gajraj Rao
    • Rajendra Kishan Dhingra
    Vineet Sharma
    Vineet Sharma
    Vivek Sharma
    • Director
      • Anurag Kashyap
    • Writers
      • Raj Singh Chaudhary
      • Anurag Kashyap
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    8bollywoodplusplus

    Very dark, but subtle....

    You read thru the comments here, either its in 8-9-10 range or its in 1-2-3 range. Its funny to see the movie invokes such drastic reactions in different people. That itself talks a lot about the cinematic power of this masterclass movie of "A", (Anurag Kashyap).

    To some extent, its a director's indulgence. He didn't make the movie for you or me, he made it for himself. It's a movie made for film school. The movie can be a textbook for various film-making subjects. Technically brilliant! A very dark movie indeed, probably first movie of the film-noir kind to be made from Bollywood stable. Anurag Kashyap is a sort of rebel in the industry. I am glad he was able to express himself cinematically through this movie.

    Honestly, its really hard to understand the movie. And I didn't quite follow it either. But somehow, I really enjoyed watching it.

    Vishal Bharadwaj produced it - who else but another master of dark movies will understand this movie.

    Vishaal's music is infectious in the movie. He surprises me with his never-ending creativity. Musically I associated him with Omkara, Maachis type music, mellow, neo-classical, haunting. But his experimentation with Jazz in this movie is truly outstanding. Apart from the songs, the movie SHOULD get recognition for its background score. Deep rooted in jazz, I had to rewind the movie several times to listen to some background jazz scores. What else Vishaal has in store for us??? Its interesting to get a piece of director A's mind through his blog, where he really expresses himself, go to passionforcinema.com to read his blog. If you are anywhere close to film-making, you will love reading his writings.

    Anurag Kashyap is a different class of movie director. I am not sure if he can make much money trying to follow his passion, because it is very hard to get accepted with this kinda movies. However, I wish he make a few semi-commercial movies to give him the money to experiment with true gems like No Smoking. Last thing I want him to be branded as a crazy lunatic of the bollywood.

    Bravo Mr Kashyap!!
    7singh-amrit

    Vivid. Unreal. Stunning. Abstract art at its best.

    Hmmm… so didn't we think "abstract art" is a term coined to be used only for paintings or photographs or at best sculptures or any form of art that is static? Whenever we thought of an abstract cinema, most of us would start and stop at Shyam Benegal.

    But Anurag Kashyap with his latest film, changes lots of definitions and perceptions. No doubt Shayam Benegal brand of cinema is one of the USPs of Indian film Industry. But usually in that brand of cinema you could see through Director's brain by the end. You could make out what was the film maker trying to portray. But Anurag Kashyap keeps his card close to his chest till the end. It's hard to define if it was a good thing to do or bad. But the fact remains that there would be numerous questions in your mind after watching this film with various possible answers and none of the answer being totally right or totally wrong. This is peak of vivid imagination. This is stuff dreams are made of.

    Anurag, the director of highly rated Black Friday, shows that there is an intelligent film maker in there who dares to think away from ordinary. This bold attempt may not fetch him commercial success every time, but one thing is for sure that we have a film maker who makes film he believes in and not for making money. This is a good sign for Indian cinema. He gives a new dimension to Art Cinema. Every few reels, you can feel proud that you have got to the crux of the events going on screen, you can soar sky high. But then suddenly you realize that you don't have wing, the film takes an unimaginative new turn and you are left where you started.

    With stunning cinematography, amazing art work, superb direction and high class acting, this certainly is an experience of its own kind. John Abraham looks sexy with his hot 6 packs. Paresh Rawal is as good as it gets. Ayesha Takia is decent.

    Don't try to find or infuse any sense or logic of your own, just watch what is shown, be it lady singing in Adnan Sami's voice or a bath tub in Siberia opening in underground world in Mumbai, and you might like the ride.
    8ashu_win2003

    Itzz different

    I watched this movie once and couldn't resist myself from watching it again only 10 mins later. A black metaphor of life, which poses some serious questions to the thinking mind. Lust, and how far can you go to pursue your lust? What if some supernatural entity is destined to stop you from committing the lust? And what if the darker side of nature forces you to commit it?

    Questions answered and many others unanswered.. this is a movie brilliantly crafted; though at times the pace is slackened. And who says its a copy of the Game? The questions this movie asks and forces us to think is totally different from the game. The treatment of this movie is very different, but i am afraid this difference will become too much for the general audience to grasp or to digest.

    Kudos to you Anurag Kashyap, for giving hungry people like me ( those who have hunger for watching movies which are a class apart) a classic movie to feast upon, on the risk of losing most of your other customers.
    10vishal-17422

    Ahead Atleast 50 years of its actual time of release

    One of the best hindi movie John 10/10 Paresh rawal 11/10 Anurag 20/10 Vishal Bhardwaj Music 50/10
    9NolanFan7

    wanna THINK deep, just watch it than!

    EXCELLENT is the only word that suits on this movie, i just saw this movie in December 2010 because of the great Indian reviewers who had given such a bad comments on this movie, my friend told me again and again to watch this movie but i was always saying no to him (i thought why to watch that movie which is rated 1.5/5 in the times of India)...i was wrong with every aspect, it is a shame that i had watch this great movie so late! i loved every scene of this movie, this movie has really something to say in each and every scene, Anurag Kashyap no doubt is the best director in India who wanted to change the taste of Indian viewers and i know that he will succeed in this...storyline great, cinematography great, a big hand for Jhon and Paresh, they did the great job...a deep, dark and real concept makes confused sometimes but if you start thinking deeper you'll see that this masterpiece really has many things to say...very well done Anurag, very well done the other star cast...lastly i wanted to say that please watch this different masterpiece and you'll be surely comparing it to the Hollywood movies!

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    • Trivia
      Kay Kay Menon was the first choice for the lead role (K), but he declined suggesting Kashyap to cast an actor having stardom. Anurag then offered SRK the role, who ultimately declined as he felt that the movie promotes 'anti-smoking' feelings. John Abraham was the only star-actor to love the script, and agree to do it.
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    • Release date
      • October 26, 2007 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Пагубное пристрастие
    • Production companies
      • Big Screen Entertainment
      • Eros Worldwide
      • Panorama Studios
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      • $797,693
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 8m(128 min)
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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