<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> ₹ 15 crore (US $2.2 million) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> ₹ 20 crore (US $2.9 million) </Td> </Tr> <P> 7 Khoon Maaf (read as Saat Khoon Maaf, released internationally as Seven Sins Forgiven) is a 2011 Indian psychological thriller film directed, co-written and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj . The film stars Priyanka Chopra in the lead role, with Vivaan Shah, Irrfan Khan, Annu Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Naseeruddin Shah and Usha Uthup in supporting roles . The film tells the story of a femme fatale, Susanna Anna - Marie Johannes, an Anglo - Indian woman who murders her seven husbands in an unending quest for love . </P> <P> 7 Khoon Maaf is an adaptation of the short story Susanna's Seven Husbands by Ruskin Bond . After Bhardwaj saw the possibility of a script in the short story, he requested Bond to develop the story for a film adaptation . Bond expanded his four - page short story into an 80 - page novella, and later Bhardwaj co-wrote the script with Matthew Robbins . The film's musical score was composed by Bhardwaj, and Gulzar wrote the lyrics . Principal photography started in Kashmir before moving to Coorg, where extensive filming was done . </P>

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