Red Swastik (2007)

Sarika is a single mother, who lives in Mumbai, India, along with her physically challenged daughter and works as an Editor with a magazine. One day she gets a phone call from an female ... See full summary »

Director:

Vinod Pande

Writer:

Vinod Pande

Stars:

Sherlyn Chopra, Zahid Ali, Amrita

Cast

Credited cast:
Sherlyn Chopra	...	Smita / Rohini Mathur / Zeenat / Anamika (as Menaka Chopra)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zahid Ali
Amrita
Usha Bachani
Manuj Bhaskar	...	First victim
Harsh Chhaya	...	D.C.P. Chaudhary
Deepshika	...	Sarika
Priya Om Jha
Pankaj Kalra	...	(as Pankaj Kalraa)
Yusuf Khan
Rishi Khurana
Preeti Koppikar
Kuldeep Mallik	...	(as Kuldeep Malik)
Mukesh Panchal
Deep Raj Rana	...	Crime Branch Inspector Sunil Ranade (as Deepraz Rana)

Storyline

Sarika is a single mother, who lives in Mumbai, India, along with her physically challenged daughter and works as an Editor with a magazine. One day she gets a phone call from an female reader, who is upset as her submission was not printed. The caller seemed threatening and she notifies her friend, D.C.P. Chaudhary, who meets with her but is unable to provide any assistance. Then late one night Sarika gets a visit from him and Crime Branch Inspector Sunil Ranade, informing her that a businessman has been brutally knifed to death with a blood-smeared 'swastika' mark on his forehead. They inform her that they re-dialed the last number from the victim's phone number and found that it was her work number. They also informed her that they suspect that the killer is a woman, who has killed another male in Delhi in a similar fashion and her modus operandi appears to be to kill married males who are unfaithful to their respective spouses. They provide her with a recording machine just in ...

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Plot Keywords:

swastika | female nudity | sexuality | blood | psychopathic killer | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (India)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rainspirit Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Abysmall B-grade sleazy thriller from Vinod Pande

Wonder what has come over Vinod Pande who had backing of good credentials to come up with a thriller which is nothing short of B-grade semi-porn sleazy outing.

Vinod seems to have stumbled upon a book and the plot very much akin to desi version of James Hadley Chase. Not only the plot, the screenplay, the dialogues and the narrative resembles a book. Add to that the plastic performances of the actors namely Sherlyn Chopra, Deepshika & Harsh Chayya, the end-result is a B-grade lookalike. Only Deep Raj Rana manages to put up a convincing show. However navigating the hunter to fall into the lap of the hunted is extremely lame. The supposedly smart conversations between Sherlyn and Deepshika is perhaps the lowest point of writing. The motive of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" is very-very lame.

You can do better than this, Vinod!