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Manorama Six Feet Under is a 2007 Indian thriller film directed and co-written by Navdeep Singh. The film features Abhay Deol, Raima Sen and Gul Panag in the lead roles.
₹15.1 crore (equivalent to ₹32 crore or US$5.0 million in 2017)
Manorama Six Feet Under is a 2007 Indian thriller film directed and co-written by Navdeep Singh. The film features Abhay Deol, Raima Sen and Gul Panag in the lead roles.
Satyaveer Randhawa (Abhay Deol), a Junior Engineer with Lahkot Municipality gets suspended from work pending an inquiry in ...
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Satyaveer
accepts money from Manorama, wife of an irrigation minister, to collect
evidence against her husband for having an extra-marital affair. He
accepts, unaware that he too is being deceived.
Release date: 21 September 2007 (India)
Language: Hindi
Box office: 15.1 crores INR (equivalent to ₹32 crore or US$5.1 million in 2017)
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A bit too long screenplay makes the film dull. But it's one best Political Drama from Indian Cinema.
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Manorama Six Feet Under - Wikipedia
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The movie is a neo-noir with an amateur detective in a small sleepy town from Rajasthan who finds himself caught in a web of lies, deceit and murder. This movie is based on Chinatown (1974) by Roman Polanski, with the basic premise being similar to the original, despite changes in the representation of characters and some key plot points. In a cinema-noir style, the makers of Manorama Six Feet Under acknowledge the inspiration from the original by playing the sequence where Jack Nicholson's character gets his nose slashed on the main character's (Satyaveer) television.
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Plot
The film opens with a narrative about a nondescript town called Lakhot in Rajasthan, India. The narrator is Satyaveer Singh Randhawa (Abhay Deol), a down-on-his-luck public works engineer. He compares Lakhot – dry, desolate and despondent – to the general downturn in his own life. As he returns to his irritable and nagging wife Nimmi and their young son, we learn that Satyaveer has just been implicated in a small bribery scandal at work. Nimmi (Gul Panag) broods over how she wishes she had married a richer fellow. Satyaveer, an aspiring writer whose only novel Manorama sank without a trace, laments about how he had once wished to be famous but is now resigned to a banal and unremarkable existence.They have an unusual visitor that night. A well dressed, affluent woman presents herself as Mrs. P. P. Rathore, the wife of the Irrigation Minister (and former Maharaja, presumably prior to Independence) P. P. Rathore (Kulbhushan Kharbanda). She says she is a big fan of Satyaveer's novel. Captivated by the ingenuity of the detective Raghu, the principal character of the novel, she hopes to secure Satyaveer's assistance in applying the same ingenuity to procure photographic evidence of her husband's affair. She pays him an advance and leaves. Satyaveer accepts the job in spite of Nimmi's reproach. He stealthily stakes out Rathore's manor. He spots another woman visiting Rathore. Rathore rebukes the woman and turns her away. Satyaveer snaps a few pictures of this exchange and hands over the roll to Mrs. Rathore. He also confides in his brother-in-law and best friend, the loutish but generally well-meaning local cop Brij Mohan (Vinay Pathak). Brij finds this all very fishy and advises Satyaveer to take Nimmi on a short vacation. Strange events happen to Satyaveer. He finds out that the woman who hired him is not Mrs. Rathore; the real Mrs. Rathore is an invalid. Late one evening, as Satyaveer returns home after drinks with Brij, he spots the same woman running for her life from people who are out to kill her. She earnestly urges him to remember her real name, Manorama (Sarika), and that she is 32 years old. The next day's papers report that Manorama committed suicide in connection with her protests against a canal being built through Lakhot. The canal project is sponsored by Rathore.
He decides to investigate further. He finds out that Manorama was connected with a local children's home and lived with a roommate, Sheetal (Raima Sen). The roommate is confused and scared. She refuses to talk with Satyaveer. Satyaveer is later set upon by thugs; they turn out to be the same men who chased Manorama on the night of her death, and they want to find out what she told him that night. Satyaveer tells them what was told to him after getting his two fingers broken and his motorbike is stolen. Satyaveer later uncovers that Manorama's death was an accident; she was hit by a truck as she fled her pursuers.
Sheetal calls him. She is still scared but somehow warms to him and asks if she can stay with him for a few days. Seeing as Nimmi has returned to Rohtak (her parent's house) for Diwali, Satyaveer agrees. Sheetal moves in for a little while. Around this time, Satyaveer attends a rally function with Rathore in attendance. He follows Rathore and discovers that Rathore receives regular medication from a doctor for an unknown ailment. He also spots the woman who visited him on the night Satyaveer took the photos.
He follows the woman and makes contact with her. She lives with the doctor Anil Potdar. She turns out to be Sameera Rathore, the illegitimate daughter of Rathore. She was trying to get Rathore to accept her as a daughter. Satyaveer begins piecing the parts together. However, when Satyaveer visits the doctor, he finds that the doctor and Sameera have both been brutally murdered. There he and Sheetal discuss what to do next and they almost kiss but his wife calls him and he takes her call immediately remembering his marriage.He runs to the children's home where he discovers that Sheetal has been dead for quite some time!
Arriving home, he finds that the woman masquerading as Sheetal is neither surprised nor scared. She blames him for the act she had to up (as Sheetal), and she directs him to meet Rathore. Rathore demands the photos. Satyaveer turns over the photos he had taken. Not surprisingly, Rathore is not the least bit interested in photos of him having an argument with his biological daughter. It turns out that Neetu (the girl pretending to be Sheetal) is a concubine for Rathore. Rathore now openly threatens him and asks that he hand over those photos. Satyaveer returns home. He scans one of the photos he had taken and suddenly finds a clue in it. This clue leads him to what Manorama had said to him on the night she died. The clue was that Manorama from his book died at page 32. He uses the clues to land up in the room of a small hotel in town, where he discovers a shocking set of photos in a packet cached behind the light switchboard.
Satyaveer returns to confront Rathore. He presents the shocking evidence he has found. Rathore was a pedophile (a person who is sexually attracted to children). The children's home was his steady supply of (orphaned) children. The real Sheetal and Manorama, who worked at the orphanage, had realized his wicked activities. They were about to blow his cover and hence he had them silenced. Rathore calmly informs Satyaveer that Satyaveer, smart though he may be, is still a small-town man that may easily be dispensed with. He then has Neetu harass him sexually which makes Satyaveer come out of disgust and he sees the goons dismantaling his scooter. Satyaveer then comes back and reveals another fact. The doctor, Anil Potdar and Manorama were siblings. Also, though the doctor knew that Rathore had lung cancer, he kept concealing the fact from him and kept giving him placebos merely to suppress the symptoms of cancer. The doctor and Manorama merely wanted to keep him alive long enough for him to accept Sameera as his daughter and heir. Then, on Rathore's eventual death, the estate would come to Sameera and thus also to the doctor and Manorama. It was now too late since cancer had reached an advanced stage and Rathore had precious little time left to live. Hearing this Rathore's wife laughs with great relief. She commits suicide in the morning.
The film ends as Satyaveer quietly walks out. He remarks that the only thing that is certain in an unknown world is a known God.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Abhay Deol | Satyaveer Randhawa |
| Raima Sen | Sheetal/ Neetu |
| Gul Panag | Nimmi Randhawa |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Minister P P Rathore |
| Sarika | Manorama |
| Vinay Pathak | Brijmohan |
| Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Chhaila |
| Brijendra Kala | Bihari Lal |
| Yana Gupta | as herself in a brief friendly appearance |
| Nakshatra | Raju, son of Satyaveer |
| Poonam Gibson | Sameera Rathore |
| Devinder Madan | Mrs P P Rathore, wife of Minister |
| Jogi | Fauji |
| Rajesh M | Dr Anil Poddar |
| Shabnam Wadhera | Head-mistress of orphanage |
| Tejpal Singh | Attendant of P P Rathore |
Production
The director, Navdeep Singh's love for murder mysteries was the reason to debut with this film. The choice of Gul Panag was based on her performance in the critically acclaimed Dor (2006). The selection of Raima Sen was because of her versatility and suitability for most roles. Navdeep not only wanted a good script, but also great actors to work with. The character of Manorama went to Sarika because she was convinced of the role.Since most of the movie was shot in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan during the winter season, the crew encountered trouble with the prevailing extreme cold conditions. The ensuing fog and rain also gave them trouble during the shoot.
Box office
The film did not work well commercially but critics appreciated the film and especially excellent written dialogues. Film was given the verdict of average.Score
Track listing
- "Dhokha" (4:12) - Richa Sharma
- "Dhundla Jo Sama Bandh" (5:04) - Kailash Kher
- "Tere Sawalon Ke" (5:43) - Roop Kumar Rathod, Mahalakshmi Iyer
- "Woh Bheege Pal" (6:49) - Jayesh Gandhi
- "Woh Bheege Pal" (6:48) - Zubeen Garg
- "Woh Bheege Pal" (Remixed by Akbar Sami) (6:18) - Jayesh Gandhi
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| Directed by | Navdeep Singh |
| Produced by | Ketan Maroo |
| Written by | Devika Bhagat Navdeep Singh |
| Starring | Abhay Deol Raima Sen Gul Panag |
| Music by | Jayesh Gandhi Raiomond Mirza |
| Cinematography | Arvind Kannabiran |
| Edited by | Jabeen Merchant |
| Distributed by | Shemaroo Entertainment |
Release date
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21 September 2007 |
Running time
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138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹13.4 crore (equivalent to ₹29 crore or US$4.4 million in 2017) |
| Box office | ₹15.1 crore (equivalent to ₹32 crore or US$5.0 million in 2017) |
Manorama Six Feet Under (2007) - IMDb
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Rating: 7.8/10 - 4,977 votes
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Rajasthan-based Satyaveer Singh Randhawa works as a
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lives a middle-class lifestyle with his wife, Nimmi, and son, Raju...
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Navdeep SinghWriters:
Devika Bhagat (story and screenplay), Navdeep Singh (story and screenplay) | 2 more credits »Cast
| Credited cast: | |||
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Abhay Deol | ... | Satyaveer Randhawa |
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Gul Panag | ... | Nimmi |
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Raima Sen | ... | Sheetal / Neetu |
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Sarika | ... | Manorama |
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... | Minister P.P. Rathore |
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Vinay Pathak | ... | Brij Mohan |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Yana Gupta | ... | Herself (Illusion) |
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Brijendra Kala | ... | Bihari lal |
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Jogi Mallang | ... | Fauji (as Jogiji) |
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui | ||
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Rajasthan-based
Satyaveer Singh Randhawa works as a Junior Engineer with Lahkot
Municipality's Public Works Department and lives a middle-class
lifestyle with his wife, Nimmi, and son, Raju. The region faces drought
and extreme temperatures, with the local Irrigation Minister, P.P.
Rathore, making tall promises of diverting water from Haryana and Punjab
via a canal that is being constructed on a controversial site.
Satyeveer also authored a fictional novel 'Manorama' that sold only
about 200 copies. So dismayed was he with this that he decided to not
even keep a copy for his private library. To make matters worse he
accepts a motorbike from Seema Constructions as a bribe, is apprehended,
and suspended pending an inquiry. Now out of a job, he is approached by
Manorama Rathore, the wife of the Irrigation Minister, to collect
evidence that her husband is having an extra-marital affair for a fee of
Twenty thousand rupees. Satyaveer accepts this offer little knowing
that he will soon be ...
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a must watch suspense
Before watching
Manorama, i considered Johnny Gaddar as best scripted suspense movie of
modern times, but Manorama is far above from Johnny. The best thing is
that the storyline looks real and on the level of a common person. It is
not like a typical Hindi Cinema (bollywood) suspense movie with the
protagonist playing a hero. I gave 9 because i felt detached in middle
of the movie but approaching to the end, it captures attention and the
climax is well written. I'll curse myself for not watching it for so
long even after i heard its praise from my friends. Abhay Deol looks
good as a Middle class Rajasthani and so as Gul Panag. Vinay Pathak is
exceptional as usual.
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