Shanghai (2012 film)
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| Directed by | Dibakar Banerjee |
| Produced by | Ajay Bijli Dibakar Banerjee Sanjeev K Bijli Priya Sreedharan |
| Screenplay by | Urmi Juvekar Dibakar Banerjee |
| Based on |
Z by Vassilis Vassilikos |
| Starring |
Abhay Deol Emraan Hashmi Kalki Koechlin Prosenjit Chatterjee |
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Songs: Vishal-Shekhar Background Score: Mikey McCleary |
| Cinematography | Nikos Andritsakis |
| Edited by | Namrata Rao |
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PVR Pictures National Development Finance Corporation |
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120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹20 million (US$300,000) |
| Box office | ₹200 million (US$3.0 million) (Domestic) |
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| Soundtrack album by Vishal-Shekhar | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Vishal-Shekhar | |||
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Shanghai is a 2012 Indian political thriller film co written, co produced and directed by Dibakar Banerjee, starring Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee, and based on the French novel "Z" by Vassilis Vassilikos. On 6 June 2012, the high court refused stay on the release of the film. It received critical acclaim upon its release on 8 June 2012 with 1200 prints.
The film is set in the fictional city of Bharat Nagar, which is hailed as an example of progress through infrastructure. State government is planning to build an International Business Park (IBP), making the city a Shanghai.
Bhaggu (Pitobash Tripathy) participates in the assault of a local bookstore owner who stocked the copies of Dr. Ahmadi's (Prosenjit Chatterjee) latest book, which criticises the local political party Morcha for ignoring the plight of the poor in its quest for infrastructure. Ahmadi, a socialist academic, is scheduled to visit Bharat Nagar for a speech. Shalini (Kalki Koechlin), a former student of Ahmadi, is part of a small group that struggles to raise awareness about the underside of the local party's platform. Jogi (Emraan Hashmi) works in a video shop of questionable repute with the owner Vinod. Krishnan (Abhay Deol), an IAS officer and Vice Chairman of IBP, who is the favourite of the Chief Minister (Supriya Pathak), is assured by Principal Secretary Kaul (Farooq Sheikh) of a promotion and a trip to .
Ahmadi arrives from New York City and delivers a scathing speech against the establishment. A mob gathers and attacks his associates. Ahmadi is run over by a Tempo driven by Jaggu (Anant Jog), who is arrested. Ahmadi winds up comatose in a hospital. Shalini is confident that this was a planned attack. Vinod informs Jogi that he has incriminating evidence against the IBP and wants to sell Shalini the tape. Dr. Ahmadi's wife Aruna (Tillotama Shome) agrees to lead a media campaign demanding the truth, though she seems uninterested. The campaign forces the CM's office to set up an inquiry commission headed by Krishnan. Krishnan finds that the police are hiding evidence, so he summons SSP Chavan (Chinmay Mandlekar), who is also uncooperative.
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