Hatya (2004 film)

Hatya is a 2004 Hindi-language fantasy film directed by Kader Kashmiri. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Navin Nischol, Reema Lagoo and Varsha Usgaonkar in lead roles with Rajendra Gupta, Raza Murad and Rajesh Vivek in supporting roles.

Plot
Ravi Lal (Akshay Kumar) lives a wealthy lifestyle with his father Ratanlal (Navin Nischol), his mother Seema (Reema Lagoo) and with his sister. Meanwhile, Ravi has fallen in love with Kavita (Varsha Usgaonkar), and they get married. Ratan Lal is killed by businessman Murugan (Rajendra Gupta) after turning down the offer of various land and royalties. Ravi witnesses his father's brutal end and is injured badly by Murugan's men and is hospitalized. Soon Kavita notices that Ravi has changed... He is more quiet and brooding. Kavita eventually suspects that Ravi is having an affair. But what she doesn't know is that.. he was already killed, and his body transformed into a shape-changing venomous snake. Now out for revenge, he sets out to kill Murugan.

Cast

 * Akshay Kumar - Ravi Lal
 * Navin Nischol - Ratan Lal
 * Reema Lagoo - Mrs. R. Lal
 * Laxmikant Berde - Bhandari(90s)
 * Varsha Usgaonkar - Kavita Jaiswal
 * Rajendra Gupta - Murugan
 * Rajesh Vivek - Snake Charmer
 * Johnny Lever - Paid Mourner
 * Raza Murad-Bhandari(2004)
 * Dinyar Contractor
 * Sudhir - Johny
 * Pankaj Berry - Babu Rokde
 * C S Dubey

Soundtrack
The film was average in terms of collection. However, its soundtrack was outdated. Music was composed by the popular music director duo Nadeem-Sharvan.

Critical response
Subhash K. Jha had criticised the film story and direction, terming as "murder" for every aesthetic value in cinema.