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Shanghai (2012)
Playing on: Satyam Cineplex and Bangar Talkies
Shanghai is a 2012 Hindi political thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee, starring Emraan Hashmi, Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee and based on the novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos. On 6th June 2012, High court refused stay on the release of the film. The film received critical acclaim upon its release on 8 June 2012 with 1200 prints.
The bustling Indian city of Bharat Nagar has a upcoming infrastructure project backed by the ruling political party. Meanwhile, four individuals find themselves tied up into a gruesome game of crime and politics. A shocking and disturbing road accident leaves a socialist professor/political activist Ahmedi (Prosenjit Chatterjee) in critical condition . Ahmedi’s adherent Shalini (Kalki Koechlin) believes it to be a premeditated murder. A pornographer (Emraan Hashmi) claims to have documented proof on the mishap that will bring the government down. A high-ranking bureaucrat (Abhay Deol) is brought in by the government for damage control and investigation. As days go by, those involved discover a hidden secret in the governments sector: a vision of a new metropolis, a pipe dream, a dream called “Shanghai”.
Cast
- Abhay Deol as T. A. Krishnan, vice-chairman, IBP
- Emraan Hashmi as Joginder Parmar, an adult film maker
- Kalki Koechlin as Shalini Sahay
- Prosenjit Chatterjee as Dr. Ahmadi, a social activist
- Pitobash Tripathy as Bhagu
- Farooq Sheikh as Kaul
- Tillotama Shome as Mrs. Ahmedi
Playing on: Satyam Cineplex and Bangar Talkies
Shanghai is a 2012 Hindi political thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee, starring Emraan Hashmi, Abhay Deol, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee and based on the novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos. On 6th June 2012, High court refused stay on the release of the film. The film received critical acclaim upon its release on 8 June 2012 with 1200 prints.
The bustling Indian city of Bharat Nagar has a upcoming infrastructure project backed by the ruling political party. Meanwhile, four individuals find themselves tied up into a gruesome game of crime and politics. A shocking and disturbing road accident leaves a socialist professor/political activist Ahmedi (Prosenjit Chatterjee) in critical condition . Ahmedi’s adherent Shalini (Kalki Koechlin) believes it to be a premeditated murder. A pornographer (Emraan Hashmi) claims to have documented proof on the mishap that will bring the government down. A high-ranking bureaucrat (Abhay Deol) is brought in by the government for damage control and investigation. As days go by, those involved discover a hidden secret in the governments sector: a vision of a new metropolis, a pipe dream, a dream called “Shanghai”.
Cast
