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MONEY
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Shot for just $1.7M โ micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Shaitan
"Free Your Inner Shaitan"
2011 2h 6m HI
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6.3
MID
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6.3TMDB ยท 54
ActionCrimeDramaThriller
Synopsis
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Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
โFree Your Inner Shaitanโ
Cast
Rajeev Khandelwal
Inspector Arvind Mathur
Kalki Koechlin
Amrita "Amy" Jayshankar
Shiv Panditt
Dushyant "Dash" Sahu
Neil Bhoopalam
Zubin Shroff
Gulshan Devaiah
Karan "K.C." Chaudhary
Kirti Kulhari
Tanya Sharma
Rajit Kapoor
Amy's Father
Rajat Barmecha
Shomu
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Bejoy Nambiar
- Writers
- Bejoy Nambiar, Megha Ramaswamy, Megha Ramaswamy
- Languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts ๐ฟ
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MONEY
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Made its money back 3.6ร over at the box office.
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ERA
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Released 15 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, shot by R. Madhi. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Prashant Pillai. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Sreekar Prasad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Rajeev Khandelwal and Kalki Koechlin and Shiv Panditt carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Free Your Inner Shaitan".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Bejoy Nambiar directs. R. Madhi behind the camera. Prashant Pillai scores. Sreekar Prasad cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $1.7M โ micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Made its money back 3.6ร over at the box office.
- 3Released 15 years ago.
- 4Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, shot by R. Madhi. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Prashant Pillai. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Sreekar Prasad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Rajeev Khandelwal and Kalki Koechlin and Shiv Panditt carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Free Your Inner Shaitan".
- 9IMDB entry: tt1836912 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Only 54 TMDB ratings โ you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- R. Madhi
- Original score
- Prashant Pillai
- Editing
- Sreekar Prasad
- Production design
- Rajeevan
- Costume design
- Shubhra Gupta
- Makeup / hair
- Serina Tixeira
- Sound
- Manik Batra
- Stunt coordinator
- Ejaz Gulab
- Runtime
- 126 min ยท 2h 6m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,700,000
- Box office
- $6,100,000
- Return
- 359% of budget
- Original language
- HI
- Certification (US)
- 16
- IMDB
- Shaitan (2011)
Also by
Bejoy Nambiar
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
- AN
Anurag Kashyap Films
IN
Bohra Bros Productions
IN
- GE
Getaway Films Private Limited
IN
Viacom18 Studios
IN
Key crew
- ProducerGuneet Monga Kapoor
- Supervising ProducerMeraj Shaikh
- Second Assistant DirectorBharat Jha
- Line ProducerSimran Sawhney
- EditorSreekar Prasad
- Production DesignRajeevan
- ProducerSunil Bohra
- DialogueAbhijeet Deshpande
- Sound Re-Recording MixerManik Batra
- CastingBharat Jha
- Costume DesignShubhra Gupta
- Additional SoundtrackRanjit Barot
- Sound DesignerKunal Sharma
- Makeup ArtistSerina Tixeira
- Stunt CoordinatorEjaz Gulab
- Stunt CoordinatorJaved Karim
- Production ManagerNaved Farooqui
- CastingAnand Tiwari
- Production ManagerGopal Bhasin
- ProducerAnurag Kashyap
- Casting Directorgirdharswami
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- drug abuse
- drug addiction
Release history ยท US
When it landed
- TV2016-08-1416ยท Zee One
Also known as
International titles
- ๆๆฆCN
