Hate Story 4 (styled as Hate Story IV) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language revengethriller film directed by Vishal Pandya and written by Sammeer Arora. The film features Urvashi Rautela, Karan Wahi and Vivan Bhatena in the lead roles. The film marks Bollywood debut of Punjabi film actress Ihana Dhillon.[4][5] It is the fourth installment in the Hate Story film series and it received mostly negative reviews from critics.[6][7][8][9] The film was declared "Average" at the box office.[4]
Plot
The movie starts with Tasha confronting Aryan about their intimate photo, which had been sent to her phone anonymously. Aryan's girlfriend Rishma appears with a gun to kill him. In a tussle, Rishma is shot and dies.
The story moves back, introducing Aryan and Rajveer, sons of London based billionaire and politician Vikram Khurana. Looking for a fresh face to represent their company, Rajveer goes to a bar, where he is smitten by Tasha. He woos Tasha by promising her to make her a star and hires her for their company. In an attempt to lure her into bed, he pays some goons to attack her so he can swoop in as the hero. As he is paying the goons, someone takes a picture of the transaction. Aryan too is captivated by Tasha's beauty and is able to get her drunk at a party. That night, he sleeps with her, and she wakes up regretting the event. This is when their photo is sent to her phone.
In the present, Aryan convinces Tasha to quietly dispose of Rishma's body. They dump the body in a river. Tasha then reveals to the audience that she herself is the person behind all of this – the mastermind behind all the events thus far. She had known that Rajveer had hired goons and had bribed them as well; she also spiked Aryan's drink at the party, and after he passed out, took photos with him in compromising positions to make it look like they slept together. She then sent the photos to Rishma.
Tasha continues to avoid Rajveer, making him desperate for her. Playing the brothers against each other, she publicly rejects Rajveer's proposal, telling him that Aryan told her about how Rajveer lures girls into bed, then leaves them. She also reveals that she and Aryan are involved. Aryan receives a video clip of him dumping Rishma's body.
Vikram is baffled by Rajveer's behaviour when he receives the compromising picture of Aryan and Tasha and the video of Aryan dumping a dead body. He gets a threatening call in which the blackmailer (Tasha) demands that his sons confess to the crime they committed two years ago in India. It is revealed that two years ago, Rajveer tried to force a girl named Bhavna into his car. When a passerby named Ashwin came to help her, Aryan shot him. Overcome by rage, Rajveer shot him multiple times, killing him. In the hospital, Ashwin is declared dead as his sister Natasha (Tasha) and his mother arrive. Bhavna's family is threatened by Vikram to keep silent, with Natasha vowing to avenge her brother's murder.
Presently, Rajveer, heartbroken, is unable to overcome the pain when he is informed that Aryan is the one who kidnapped his love. He confronts Aryan and threatens to reveal that Aryan killed Rishma. In the struggle to stop him, Aryan ends up killing Rajveer, then dumps him in a grave as suggested by Tasha. Rajveer's ex Monica discovers the truth about Tasha and tells Aryan. Aryan tries to kill Tasha but she successfully knocks him out and injures herself, acting innocent in front of the police, who then arrest Aryan.
In the ending credits, Tasha blames Vikram for being a bad father. At Natasha's home, Rishma, revealed to be alive, stands in front of Ashwin's picture: she had been his fiancé when he was alive.
The first song, "Aashiq Banaya Aapne" from the 2005 film of the same title, originally composed by Reshammiya, was recreated for this film in the voices of Neha Kakkar and Reshammiya, and was released on 31 January 2018. The second song, "Boond Boond", sung by Nautiyal and Neeti Mohan, was released on 7 February 2018. This was the second collaboration of Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Nautiyal after "Meherbani" in The Shaukeens. The third song released was "Tum Mere Ho", sung by Nautiyal and Amrita Singh and released on 13 February 2018. This was the first collaboration between Mithoon and Nautiyal following Baaghi 2. It was also the first Bollywood song for Amrita. The fourth song to be released was "Mohabbat Nasha Hai", sung by Tony Kakkar and Neha Kakkar and released on 17 February 2018. There is also a solo version of the song sung by Tony Kakkar. The fifth song was "Badnaamiyan", sung by Armaan Malik and released on 21 February 2018. This was the second collaboration of Armaan Malik and Baman-Chand after "Wajah Tum Ho" from Hate Story 3. There is also a female version of the song sung by Sukriti Kakar. The sixth and last song, "Naam Hai Mera", originally composed by Himesh Reshammiya, was also recreated for this film in the voice of Neeti Mohan and released on 23 February 2018.
The soundtrack of the film was released by T-Series on 23 February 2018; it includes eight songs.
