Chehre (transl. Faces) is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film directed by Rumy Jafry with production by Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and Saraswati Entertainment Private Limited starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi as leads.[3] The film featuring Krystle D'Souza, Rhea Chakraborty, Siddhanth Kapoor, Annu Kapoor,Alexx O'Nell, Dhritiman Chatterjee and Raghubir Yadav in other pivotal roles sees Bachchan playing a lawyer, while Hashmi a business tycoon.[4] The movie is an uncredited adaptation of the 1956 German novel A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt[5] which had earlier been adapted in Marathi as Shantata! Court Chaalu Aahe (1971)[6] in Kannada as Male Nilluvavarege (2015) and in Bengali as Anusandhan (2021).[7]
The film was announced on 11 April 2019 and filming began on 10 May 2019. It was scheduled for worldwide release on 17 July 2020,[8] but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] As of March 2021, the release date of film has been postponed due to rise in COVID-19 cases.[10] Finally film released in theatres on 27 August 2021.[1]