Sankat City
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| Directed by | Pankaj Advani |
| Produced by | MoserBaer Entertainment Ltd. and 7 Entertainment Ltd. |
| Written by | Pankaj Advani |
| Starring | Kay Kay Menon Anupam Kher Rimi Sen Chunky Pandey Dilip Prabhawalkar |
| Music by | Ranjit Barot |
| Cinematography | Chirantan Das |
| Release date(s) | 10 July 2009 |
| Running time | 120 min |
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| Language | Hindi |
Sankat City (Hindi: संकट सिटी) (SANKAT MEANS TROUBLE) is a dark comedy Bollywood Hindi movie directed by Pankaj Advani starring Kay Kay Menon.[1] The film was released in India on July 10, 2009.
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[edit] Synopsis
Guru (Kay Kay Menon) and Ganpat (Dilip Prabhavalkar)are two small time car thieves. One night, they steal a Mercedes along with sum of Rs. 10 million inside the car, unaware of the fact that car belongs to a vicious gangster/loan shark called Faujdaar (Anupam Kher).They try to sell the stolen Mercedes to Suleman Supari (Rahul Dev), a hitman, who recognizes the car and notifies his friend Faujdaar. Faujdaar sends his henchman with Guru to get back the cash. Meanwhile, Ganpat has hidden cash in the safe place, but after meeting with an accident, he loses his memory. Angered by the chain of events, Faujdaar gives three days to Guru to return the money.
[edit] Cast
- Kay Kay Menon - Guru
- Anupam Kher - Faujdar
- Rimi Sen - Mona
- Chunky Pandey - Sikandar Khan and Sheshaiyya (Dual role)
- Dilip Prabhawalkar - Ganpat
- Rahul Dev - Suleman Supari
- Yashpal Sharma - Pachisia
- Hemant Pandey - Filip Fattu
- Virendra Saxena - Godman
- Shrivallabh Vyas - Sharafat
- Manoj Pahwa - Gogi Kukreja
[edit] Critical reception
Sankat City received generally positive reviews from film critics as a dark comedy.[2][3][4]
[edit] Nominations in 2010
- Nominated for Most Promising Debut Director, 55th Filmfare Awards.
- Nominated for Best Director and Best Film; Searchlight Awards - Max Stardust Awards 2010.
- Nominated for Best Screenplay, Most Promising Debut Director, and Best Ensemble Cast; Nokia 16th Star Screen Award.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Sankat City at the Internet Movie Database
- The Sankat City Blogs on PassionForCinema.com
- Nominations for 55th Filmfare Awards
- Nominations for Max Stardust Awards
- Nominations for Nokia 16th Star screen Awards
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