Monsoon Shootout Movie Poster::
Monsoon Shootout Movie Reviews and History::
Monsoon Shootout is an upcoming Bollywood thriller directed by Amit Kumar and
produced by Guneet Monga and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, Arun Rangachari and
Vivek Rangachari...
The film unlocks coolly and cruelly in chaotic Mumbai when a big car and an oxcart block each other’s path in a thin alley. It’s not just a case of India’s
ageless poverty confronting its new millionaires: it’s a mortal trap for the rich
building constructor in the car, who is promptly sliced to death by the Axe Man.
This gruesome hit man, a.k.a. Shiva (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), works for an elusive
local boss called the Slum Lord.
First scenario: Adi (Vijay Varma), an idealistic rookie who lives with his
mother, receives his first consignment under the tutelage of Khan (archly played
by an icy Neeraj Kabi), who knows the only way to make sure a killer is brought
to justice is to put a bullet in his back. When he first witnesses Khan murder
two suspects, the cadet is shocked; by the end of the film, summary justice is
one of his three options. Adi’s big moment comes when he corners Shiva in a
dead-end alley, but in the first story he hesitates to pull the trigger. Shiva
slips away and continues his cruel rampage, which ends with wreaking a
dreadful revenge on Adi’s beautiful girlfriend Anu.
In the second version, Adi returns to his moment of truth in the alley and pulls
the trigger, killing Shiva, although he’s not sure the man is even a criminal. He
could have been an innocent bystander who ran away in panic. Wracked with guilt,
Adi makes an enemy of the dead man’s 10-year-old son, who gets hold of a gun and
comes after him.
The India-U.K.-Dutch coproduction has an international look in its clean, easily
readable images, but it's still so packed with colorful things it's hard to
mistake it for anything but Indian. For example, Kumar takes full advantage of
the pouring rain of the title to create a very specific film noir-ish feeling.
The high-powered cinematography in movement is lit by D.P. Rajeev Ravi, who so
brilliantly shot Gangs of Wasseypur directed by Anurag Kashyap, a coproducer on
this film. Without being nonsensically intrusive and over-the-top, modern Indian
pop songs by Indian-American singer and composer Gingger Shankar pump up the
Rhythm.
Monsoon Shootout Movie Actors::
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Vijay Varma
Neeraj Kabi
Sreejita De
Monsoon Shootout Movie Trailer::
Director: Amit Kumar
Screenwriter: Amit Kumar Producers: Trevor Ingman, Guneet Monga, Martijn De Grunt
Co-producers: Anurag Kashyap, Arun Rangachari
Director of photography: Rajeev Ravi
Production designer: Mayur Sharma
Editor: Atanu Mukherjee, Ewa Lind
Music: Gingger Shankarv Sales Agent: Fortissimo Films
Release date(s)
24 May 2013 (Cannes)
4 November 2014 (India)
Country India
Language Hindi