Shaitan (film)
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| Directed by | Bejoy Nambiar |
| Produced by |
Anurag Kashyap Sunil Bohra Guneet Monga Meraj Shaikh |
| Screenplay by |
Megha Ramaswamy Bejoy Nambiar |
| Starring |
Rajit Kapoor Rajeev Khandelwal Kalki Koechlin Pawan Malhotra Shiv Pandit Gulshan Devaiya Neil Bhoopalam Kirti Kulhari Rukhsaar Rehman Sheetal Menon Rajkummar Rao |
| Music by |
Prashant Pillai Amar Mohile Ranjit Barot Anupam Roy |
| Cinematography | R. Madhi |
| Edited by | Sreekar Prasad |
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| Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
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Running time
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121 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹110 million (US$1.6 million) |
| Box office | ₹397.6 million (US$5.9 million) |
Megha Ramaswamy
Shaitan (translation: Devil) is a 2011 Indian crime thriller film directed by Bejoy Nambiar starring Rajeev Khandelwal, Kalki Koechlin, Gulshan Devaiya, Shiv Pandit, Neil Bhoopalam, Kirti Kulhari, Rajit Kapoor, Pawan Malhotra and Rajkummar Rao. The film was released on 10 June 2011.
Shaitan starts off with Amy (Kalki Koechlin), who is mentally disturbed and deeply affected by the attempted suicide and eventual institutionalisation of her mother, Saira. She moves from Los Angeles to Mumbai, where she meets KC (Gulshan Devaiya) at a party her parents forcefully take her to. KC introduces her to his gang – Dash (Shiv Pandit), Zubin (Neil Bhoopalam) and Tanya (Kirti Kulhari). They lead a directionless life, having fun, drinking, using drugs and driving around in a Hummer. On one such occasion, they start racing a random car and win. In the celebration rush, they run over two people riding on a scooter, killing them instantly.
They quickly leave the spot but are easily traced down by a slimy cop, Inspector Malwankar (Rajkummar Rao), who demands ₹ 2,500,000 ($41,500) to drop the case. Dash tells them about a friend (Rajat Barmecha) who faked his own brother's kidnapping and extracted ₹ 2 million from his own parents. After Amy volunteers to be the kidnapping victim, they hatch a plan. Upon receiving the ransom call, Amy's father, contrary to their expectations immediately approaches Police Commissioner (Pavan Malhotra) for help. The Police Commissioner assigns an upright cop Arvind Mathur (Rajeev Khandelwal) to solve the case unofficially, as he is on suspension after throwing a corporator from the first floor of his own house for allegedly beating up a woman. Inspector Mathur is shown to be having a disturbed married life and nearly divorces his wife.
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