Agent Vinod (2012)

A series of seemingly unconnected events across the world leads to Agent Vinod undertaking a globe-trotting mission to discover why his colleague was murdered.

Director:

Sriram Raghavan

Writers:

Arijit Biswas (story), Sriram Raghavan (story)

Stars:

Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Adil Hussain

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kareena Kapoor	...	Iram Parveen Bilal / Dr. Ruby Mendes / Josie
Saif Ali Khan	...	Agent Vinod
Adil Hussain	...	Colonel
Rajat Kapoor	...	Col. Iftekhaar
Prem Chopra	...	David Kazaan
Ravi Kishan	...	Rajan (as Ravi Kissen)
Maryam Zakaria	...	Farah Faqesh
Ram Kapoor	...	Abu Nazer
Zakir Hussain	...	Associate in Tangier
Gulshan Grover	...	Tehmur Pasha (Special Appearance)
Shahbaaz Khan	...	Huzefa Lokha
Arif Zakaria	...	Suicide bomber
Dhritiman Chatterjee	...	Sir Jagdishwar Metla
B.P. Singh	...	RAW chief
J. Brandon Hill	...	Auction Mc

Storyline

In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhua, RAW Agent Vinod (Saif Ali Khan) is rescued by colleague Rajan (Ravi Kishan) from a rogue Pakistani army officer (Shahbaz Khan). In Russia/Uzbekistan, an ex-KGB Officer is tortured and murdered. In Cape Town, a group of international business tycoons discusses a rumor that the dead KGB officer possessed a nuclear suitcase bomb. In Moscow, Rajan is exposed and shot dead while trying to send a Code Red message to India. In India, the head of RAW sees the incomplete message containing just number 242. Agent Vinod undertakes a globe-trotting secret mission to discover the reason why his colleague, Rajan, was murdered. A series of twists and turns take Vinod across the globe to Morocco and Latvia, Karachi to Delhi and finally London where he discovers the actual conspiracy.

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Plot Keywords:

bomb | st. petersburg russia | machine gun | action hero | tough guy | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

23 March 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

O praktoras me tis 9 taftotites

Filming Locations:

Riga, Latvia

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$427,043, 25 March 2012, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$632,446, 30 March 2012

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eros International,Illuminati Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

157 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Before release, Agent Vinod ran into trouble when Saif Ali Khan's brawl with businessman Iqbal Meer Sharma was touted as a publicity stunt for the film. However, Khan has strongly denied the brawl to be such, and said, "I don't believe in garnering publicity in such a negative manner. Rather our posters and promos should create the right kind of buzz"

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Connections

Features Phir Subha Hogi (1958)

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Soundtracks

I'll Do The Talking Tonight
Lyrics by: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Music by: Pritam Chakraborty
Performed by: Neeraj Shridhar, Aditi Singh Sharma, Shefali Alvaris and Barbie Amod

User Reviews

A circus of a film!

Perhaps this film was designed to be something like an Indian version of James Bond, but it does not turn out to be ANYWHERE close to 007. James Bond is not a circus man!

The intro is high octane and worth watching, but then the film DRAGS for quite a while, and picks up in between. There are many a flaw in it. The makers shouldn't have tried to make the actors talk about things they KNOW NOTHING about, especially in the medical field! Music is unremarkable.

The background score does not correspond to the various scenes in the film. Many people come, are killed quickly, and through it all, agent Vinod jumps on and off, dodging bullets, killing goons. REAL CIRCUS.

You can watch this just for fun. Don't look for complete logic.