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No Smoking is a 2007 Indian neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj and Kumar Mangat. The film stars John Abraham, Ayesha Takia, Ranvir Shorey and Paresh Rawal in the lead roles, while Bipasha Basu appears in an Item number. The film is loosely based upon the short story Quitters, Inc. by Stephen King, which was previously adapted as one of three segments featured in Hollywood anthology film, Cat's Eye (1985). It became the first Indian film to be adapted from a Stephen King short story. The story follows K (Abraham) a self-obsessed, narcissist chain smoker who agrees to kick his habit to save his marriage and visits a rehabilitation centre, but is caught in a labyrinth game by Baba Bengali (Rawal), the man who guarantees he will make him quit.
Original Release
10/26/2007
US Release
10/26/2007
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Cast
Name | Character |
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John Abraham | K |
Ayesha Takia | Anjali / Annie |
Paresh Rawal | Shri Shri Prakash Guru Ghantal Baba Bangali Sealdah Wale |
Ranvir Shorey | Abbas Tyrewala |
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 | The man at the launch party of Alex's cigars |
Directors
Writers
Anurag Kashyap, Raj Singh Chaudhary
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Abraham | K |
Ayesha Takia | Anjali / Annie |
Paresh Rawal | Shri Shri Prakash Guru Ghantal Baba Bangali Sealdah Wale |
Ranvir Shorey | Abbas Tyrewala |
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 | The man at the launch party of Alex's cigars |
Pravishi Das | Woman in Burkha |
Joy Fernandas | |
Sanjay Gandhi | Chacha |
Vikramaditya Motwane | Employee in K's Office / Man showing middle finger. |
Jesse Randhawa | Dancer / Singer / Item Number |
Gajraj Rao | Rajendra Kishan Dhingra |
Vineet Sharma | |
Vivek Sharma | |
Sanjay M. Singh | J |
Yuvraj | Guruji's goon |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sanjeev Joshi | Executive Producer |
Vishal Bhardwaj | Producer |
Inderjit Chadha | Producer |
Sunil Lulla | Producer |
Vikas Mehta | Producer |
Kumar Mangat Pathak | Producer |
Satish Sharma | Producer |