| Cash | |
| Director: | Anubhav Sinha |
| Producer: | Sohail Maklai Anish Ranjan |
| Starring: | Ajay Devgn Sunil Shetty Esha Deol Riteish Deshmukh Zayed Khan Shamita Shetty Dia Mirza |
| Music: | Songs: Vishal–Shekhar Background Score: Ranjit Barot |
| Cinematography: | Ravi Walia |
| Editing: | Amarjeet Singh |
| Studio: | Seven Entertainment Ltd. Sohail Maklai Entertainment Pvt Ltd ASP White |
| Distributor: | Adlabs |
| Runtime: | 133 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Budget: | ₹32 crore[1] |
| Gross: | ₹29.30 crore |
Cash is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language heist film directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Shamita Shetty and Dia Mirza. The film was released on 3 August 2007.
The film begins with Dhananjay "Danny" Jhumbevalkar aka DJ meeting Rhea, whose real name is Preeti, on an airplane. They soon become friends. Danny begins to narrate a tale about a diamond. This story is actually a story from his past. He tells her about a diamond that was discovered by a South Indian miner in 1836. The miner presented this diamond to his king. The king, in turn, gifted the diamond to a British viceroy, but during a sea voyage to Britain, the viceroy's ship sank. After 100 years, a fisherman found the diamond and presented it to his master. The master broke it into three pieces and distributed it among his three sons. One son lost his diamond gambling, another lost him to a general, and the last brother lost it when he was murdered. In 1994, two of these three diamonds were again recovered and housed in a Belgium museum. No one knew where the third diamond was until a Gujarati diamond dealer made a call to a South Africa high commission security manager named Shanaya. But then the dealer also lost it when some goons stole the diamond from him in a preplanned car accident. The Uncle, who is a diamond thief, arranges for his goon Angad to steal two of the diamonds from the Belgian museum.
Additionally, Bruna Abdullah appears as a dancer in song "Rahem Kare."
Cash was primarily shot in Cape Town, South Africa.[2]
The film consists of 20 minutes of animated segments. Sinha told Rediff.com, "While writing the film, I thought we should incorporate animation but we dropped the idea because of cost constraints, but after we returned from South Africa and saw the rushes, everyone suggested that animation should be included."[3]
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 2 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, CASH has style, but rests on a thin plot and that is its biggest flaw. At the box-office, the film might attract the audience in its initial weekend, but a weak script will throw a spanner".[4] Raja Sen of Rediff.com gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing "Cash could have been a ride -- if only they paid half as much attention to the script as they did to the title song".[5] Andy Webster of The New York Times gave the film negative review, writing, "Cash, for all its flash, leaves you hungry. But not for more".[6]
Jyoti Kanyal of India Today in a retrospective review in 2020, called the film, "So bad it's good."[7]
The soundtrack of the film was composed by Vishal–Shekhar. The song "Raham Kare" has been penned by Panchhi Jalonvi, and all other songs were penned by Vishal Dadlani.[8]
According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 12 lakh units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's ninth highest-selling.[9]