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Kill the Rapist?

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Kill the Rapist?
Directed bySanjay Chhel
Screenplay bySanjay Chhel
Produced bySidharth M Jain
StarringAnjali Patil
Sunny Hinduja
Sadiya Siddiqui
Isheta Sarckar
Distributed byiRock Media Pvt. Ltd
Running time
90 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Kill the Rapist? is a Bollywood drama-thriller film directed by Sanjay Chhel and produced by iRock Media Pvt. Ltd with financial contributions by female private equity investors.[1] The film starring Anjali Patil attempts to amplify the burning issue of Rape in India.[2] The official theatrical trailer of the film was released on December 16, 2013, exactly one year after 2012 Delhi gang rape.[3][4]

Plot

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The film is about a woman (Anjali Patil) who tracks down a serial rapist (Sunny Hinduja) who attempts to make her his latest target. The woman lives with her two female housemates (Sadiya Siddiqui and Isheta Sarckar).

Cast

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Production

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The film doesn't advocate the death penalty for convicted rapists.[5][6] Instead, the movie is trying to channel widespread outrage at a perceived increase in sexual crimes against women.[7] The film is set in Delhi. Private equity investors Charu Goel from Delhi and a woman identified as Ms Kothari from Mumbai put money into the film.[8] Some scenes of the film have been shot in Madh Island in northern Mumbai. As many as 400 men auditioned to play the part of the rapist, a role that eventually went to Sunny Hinduja.[9]

The production company released a trailer on YouTube giving two telephone numbers to call in, stating that whether the callers voted to kill the rapist or not would determine how the film would end.

References

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  1. ^ When cops came calling Anjali Patil
  2. ^ 'Kill The Rapist' makers to launch a campaign for Delhi gangrape victim
  3. ^ "Kill the Rapist? Trailer out: Hard-hitting and disturbing promo calls for some soul searching".
  4. ^ "'Kill the Rapist?' trailer: Makers ask viewers to suggest climax". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ Trailer: Kill The Rapist - The Times of India
  6. ^ Hindustan Times
  7. ^ The brutal rape of Nirbhaya jolted India - Siddhartha Jain | Bollywood News | Hindi Movies News | News - BollywoodHungama.com
  8. ^ New movie aims at channelling rage about rape – Livemint
  9. ^ "'Kill the Rapist?' movie aims to empower India women". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
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