Shaitan (2011)

Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.

Director:

Bejoy Nambiar

Writers:

Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande (dialogue) (as Abhijeet Deshpande), K.S. Krishnan (lyrics)

Stars:

Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Panditt, Gulshan Devaiah

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kalki Koechlin	...	Amrita 'Amy' Jayshankar
Shiv Panditt	...	Dash / Dushyant Sahu (as Shiv Pandit)
Gulshan Devaiah	...	Karan 'KC' Chaudhary
Rajeev Khandelwal	...	Arvind Mathur
Neil Bhoopalam	...	Zubin
Kirti Kulhari	...	Tanya Sharma
Rajkummar Rao	...	Malwankar (as Raj Kumar Yadav)
Rajat Barmecha	...	Shomu
Nikhil Chinappa
Shelly Skandrani	...	Claudia Jones
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande	...	(as Abhijeet Deshpande)
Raghav Dutt	...	Dancing servant
Trushant Ingle	...	Chanda boy (as trushant)
Rajit Kapoor	...	Anand Jaishankar
Pavan Malhotra

Storyline

After the passing of her mother, and the entry of a step-mother, Amrita Jayshankar retreats into herself. Her father is summoned to her school and is told that his daughter may require counseling, but he refuses to believe and instead makes a donation to the school. Then Amrita meets with three males and a female, namely Zuben, Dushant Sahu, Karan Chaudhary; and Tanya Sharma respectively. Together they live it up with drugs and alcohol until things get out of control when they accidentally kill a couple. A corrupt police constable demands Rs.25 Lakhs to eliminate their involvement. Unable to come up with so much cash, the five decide to fake a kidnapping, demand the cash from Amrita's father, and clear their respective names. Amrita accordingly goes 'missing', and her father involves the police, who assign this case to once-suspended police inspector, Arvind Mathur. With the media getting involved, Arvind begins his investigation, but will soon find it hampered - complicating not only...

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Plot Keywords:

police | kidnapping | alcohol | media | corrupt police | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kalki earlier appeared in a Coca-Cola commercial featuring a song sung by Suman Sridhar. 'Khoya Khoya Chand' from the same album and 'Hawa Hawai' feature in this movie, both sung by Suman and filmed on Kalki. All three are new renditions of old Hindi songs in jazz style.

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Crazy Credits

The end credits rotate about a point in screen instead of rolling upwards.

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Connections

References Kala Bazar (1960)

User Reviews

watch SHAITAN !

Anurag Kashyap .... yes.. that's the name everyone looks before going to watch a movie which has new actors, director, music directors, weird movie title (every body expects the title "Shaitan" to be associated with a horror one). And Anurag did it again by just being a produce. Its like "the MIDAS touch".

First, i was never going to watch this movie, but just gave a shot coz i am a huge fan of Anurag Kashyap. And.. taddaa ! I was not disappointed, even though the director is Bijoy Nambiar.

About Direction - Nambiar has his own style, can say the Guy Ritchie of Bollywood. Super slow motion, more involvement of camera as a character, fast paced flash backs, witty narration and good background music.

About actors - Really believable.. 'that's what is required in a movie'. Most of the lead actors were new ,but were well seasoned campaigners from the TV channels. Rajiv Khandelwal's role was very impact full, so was all the support actors.

About Music - Perfect ! just fitted the movie. It was just a character of the movie. Am really upset and wondering that ... y the songs.. "Khoya khoya chand and Hawa hawai" is not there in the OST? :(

About the Movie - Its the best Bollywood has to offer after "3 Idiots". Its... stylish, has good action, acting, music and its a zero VFX movie. The whole movie is real in its look (the roads, buildings, character, story). We can relate it to our own daily life routine. That's where the movie scores its mark. And above the all.. you can OR just watch this movie in theater... simply superb ! for its action, music, run chase, super slow mo scenes.

Aaah ! Shaitan ......

Details

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English

Release Date:

10 June 2011 (India)

Also Known As:

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Company Credits

Production Co:

Anurag Kashyap Films, Bohra Bros Productions, Getaway Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color