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 Pandit, Gulshan Devaiah

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Cast

Credited cast:
Kalki Koechlin	...	Amrita 'Amy' Jayshankar
Shiv Pandit	...	Dash / Dushyant Sahu
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

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Composer Prashant Pillai just took one and a half hour to finish 'Bali - The Sound of Shaitan' from scratch.

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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

An international Hindi Film

Shaitan, when i first heard of the title i thought it was was weird. Anurag, the producer has always been associated with different cinema, some great (Udaan), some quite bad (No Smoking) and some weird (Dev D). I thought that this would also be in the later category of weird. But I was curious, I wanted to check it out. Some subconscious inside me was telling me that this is gonna be good. Well my subconscious was spot on. This is one film that is not to be missed. To all my international friends who think bollywood is all about song and dance will sit up to this movie. On the downside this movie is not for everyone. The old and the still not adult category may not like it. It has some disturbing shots but are actually a piece of art. This is what cinema is all about, The ART. The film excels in all the departments, both on and off the camera. screenplay and direction are of the highest quality, cinematography and editing is breathtaking, background score is superb and the music is in sync with the film. The film has an ensemble cast and each and every character shines in their respective roles. Very good characterization also helps in their performance. This film like Udaan has a long long way to go. Everuone like it or not, But do WATCH IT