Shor in the City

Shor in the City
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raj Nidimoru Krishna D.K.
Produced by	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Written by	Raj Nidimoru Krishna D.K. Sita Menon
Starring	Sendhil Ramamurthy Preeti Desai Tusshar Kapoor Nikhil Dwivedi Pitobash Radhika Apte Sundeep Kishan Girija Oak Zakir Hussain Amit Mistry
Music by	Sachin-Jigar Harpreet
Cinematography	Tushar Kanti Ray
Edited by	Ashmith Kunder
Distributed by	ALT Entertainment Balaji Motion Pictures
Release date	October 2010 (2010-10) (Pusan) 29 April 2011 (2011-04-29) (India)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹30 million (US$460,000)
Box office	₹43.9 million (US$680,000) (nett.domestic gross)

Shor in the City is a 2011 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. starring Tusshar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Preeti Desai, Girija Oak, Radhika Apte, Nikhil Dwivedi, Pitobash Tripathy, Sundeep Kishan, and Amit Mistry. The background score of the film was composed by Roshan Machado. The first look of the film was unveiled on 21 March 2011 while the film was released in India on 28 April 2011.

The film revolves around five central characters in the city of Mumbai. Tilak (Tusshar Kapoor) is a small-time publisher of unlicensed books who along with his friends Mandook (Pitobash Tripathy) and Ramesh (Nikhil Dwivedi) kidnaps a famous author and forces him to give the manuscript of his latest book to them so that they will be the first ones to publish it. Abhay (Sendhil Ramamurthy) is a NRI who returns to India to start his own small business and meets Shalmili (Preeti Desai). Sawan (Sundeep Kishan) is a young cricketer hoping to break into the under-22 Mumbai cricket team. The story focuses on their trials and tribulations as they battle life in the city of Mumbai during the chaotic period of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.

The film tries to deal with concepts of chance, the constant struggle between hope and despair and self-actualization. The opening of the movie starts with the song "Karma is a bitch" which fits in with the central theme of the story where the characters of the film keep trying to come to terms with their own actions. Abhay has a dark past which is not revealed in the film but it can be speculated that he came to India to stay away from it. Tilak initially holds himself responsible for the injury of the child due to bomb explosion that happens in the movie which brings him closer to his wife and viewing life from a different perspective. The goons who traumatize Abhay eventually end up being shot by their own bullets on the day of Ganesha Visarjan. Tilak gets a new life and finds his treasure at home. Sawan gives up the money he finds at the bank robbery and instead focuses on improving his game for cricket selections and gets support from Sejal(Sawan's partner)too. Ramesh is seen applying for jobs and Mandook protesting at a rally. Towards the end of the movie all characters move on different paths.