| 88 Antop Hill | |
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| Directed by | Kushan Nandy |
| Written by | Kushan Nandy Kiran Shroff |
| Produced by | Kiran Shroff |
| Starring | Rahul Dev Atul Kulkarni Shweta Menon Jasmine D'Souza |
| Cinematography | Hari Nair |
| Music by | Rajesh Roy |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
88 Antop Hill is a 2003 Hindi mystery thriller film. The story, screenplay and direction are by Kushan Nandy; dialogues by Ashish Deo.[1] The film is a murder mystery and is loosely based on James Hadley Chase's 1954 novel Tiger by The Tail[2] and was released on 27 June 2003.[3]
Plot
The film opens with the brutal murder of Neeraj Shah. His body is dumped in the trunk of a car. On the other side bank executive Pratyush Shelar gets home late on his anniversary because he had to console an old college classmate about her marital woes. His own marital woes are worsened when his wife Antara leaves their home with their daughter. Pratyush's colleague Aslam Durrani suggests an exotic dancer Teesta. Pratyush is not interested but Aslam calls Pratyush and pretends as though some thugs are about to kill him. He asks Pratyush to come immediately to 88 Antop Hill. Later Teesta is mysteriously murdered. Scared and confused, Pratyush leaves immediately and become chased by local police. Suspicion goes upon him. Pratyush contacts cops but a dimwitted cop sternly asks him to surrender, as the police have found the murder weapon and a blood stained shirt, with Pratyush's diary. Here detective inspector Arvind Khanvilkar takes the charge of investigation.
Cast
- Rahul Dev as Inspector Arvind Khanvilkar
- Atul Kulkarni as Pratyush Shelar
- Shweta Menon as Teesta
- Subrat Dutta as Prashant
- Jasmine D'Souza as Sonali
- Suchitra Pillai as Antara
- Harsh Khurana as Aslam Durrani
- Shauket Baig as Murli Mansukhani
- Sachin Dubey as Neeraj
- Sharad Ponkshe as Police officer
- Sanjay Singh as K. K. Memon
Reception
Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1 out of 5, ″On the whole, 88 ANTOP HILL is high on technique, but low on substance.″[4] Deepa Gumaste of Rediff.com wrote ″ilms like 88 Antop Hill don't exactly need a saving grace -- they are better off not being made at all. But if there is something worth a mention, it is a couple of scary moments and solid performances from Atul Kulkarni and Rahul Dev. Both actors rise above the frailties of the film (and the rest of the cast), but their heroic efforts aren't enough to salvage the situation.″[5]
References
- ↑ "All roads lead to 88 Antop Hill! | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ↑ Arunachalam, Param (14 April 2020). BollySwar: 1981 - 1990. Mavrix Infotech Private Limited. ISBN 978-81-938482-2-7.
- ↑ "BBC - Shropshire - Bollywood - 88 Antop Hill Preview". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Hungama, Bollywood. "88 Antop Hill Review 1.5/5 | 88 Antop Hill Movie Review | 88 Antop Hill 2003 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama.
- ↑ "Madness at 88 Antop Hill". www.rediff.com.