film (Mukhbiir)(2008) (Translation: Informer)

Mukhbiir	Mani Shankar	Jackie Shroff, Om Puri, Sunil Shetty, Rahul Dev, Sameer Dattani, Raima Sen, Sushant Singh	Thriller

Mukhbiir

CBFC: A

2008 ‧ Drama/Thriller ‧ 2h 17m

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Kailash is a police informer; however, the biggest threat to Kailash's life is the corrupt police who may reveal his identity to influential criminals for huge amounts of money.

Release date: 22 August 2008 (India)

Director: Mani Shankar

Producer: Sudhish Ram Medhla

Music director: Karthik Raja, Pritam, Sandeep Chowta, Ilaiyaraaja, Shashi Pritam, Shashi Preetam

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Mukhbiir - Wikipedia

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Hindi. Mukhbiir (Translation: Informer) is a 2008 Indian spy thriller film directed by the Mani Shankar. Filmed in Hindi, the film revolves around the life and events surrounding an Indian spy.

Starring‎: ‎Sameer Dattani‎; ‎Om Puri‎; ‎Sunil Shetty‎; ...

Music by‎: ‎Karthik Raja‎; ‎Shashi Preetam

Release date‎: ‎29 August 2008

‎Production · ‎Release and reception

Mukhbiir (Translation: Informer) is a 2008 Indian spy thriller film directed by the Mani Shankar. Filmed in Hindi, the film revolves around the life and events surrounding an Indian spy. The film stars actor Sameer Dattani as the spy, and Om Puri, Sunil Shetty, Sushant Singh, Rahul Dev, Jackie Shroff and Raima Sen play the supporting roles.

Cast

Sunil Shetty as Rehman
Sameer Dattani as Kailash / Vinayak D. Marathe / Shahzad Khan
Om Puri as S.P. Rathod
Rahul Dev as Saaya
Sushant Singh as Pasha
Jackie Shroff as Home Minister
Raima Sen as Roshni
Alok Nath as Mammu
Vinay Varma as Ismil
Kelly Dorji as Captain Dorji
Rajendranath Zutshi as Biju
Supriya Karnik as Bharati Rathod
Beneka as Didi

Production

Director Mani Shankar had a story in mind in 1996 itself when he was shooting an anti-militancy music video for the Intelligence Bureau. It was during this time that he met a young Intelligence Bureau recruit who was badly tortured in militant captivity. The young man was left unaided by the Indian government thereafter as he offered them no utility. This rendezvous with the stark reality of their lives inspired Mani Shankar into the story for this film. Mani Shankar was once asked in an interview on why his previous films such as Rudraksh spent too much on research and very little on character emotions. He replied in affirmative and said that he strived to blend both of them well in this film. Since the subject of the film revolved around espionage, SMani hankar resorted to intense research to avoid any unverifiable instances in his film. He worked closely with the Indian espionage service and utilised information for the film. Producer Sudhish Rambottla selected Mani Shankar's script after reviewing 40 of them.^[1]
Director Mani Shankar felt that actor Sameer Dattani will not comprehend fear and hence not emote well while filming. To overcome this, Mani Shankar insisted that Dattani spend a night in a prison.^[1] Only the local inspector knew him to be an actor. Besides conducting several training workshops for Dattani to prepare for his character, Mani Shankar also organized a visit to the underworld.^[2] Though he had a harrowing experience during the night, he was happy that his efforts brought him praise from the critics.^[1]

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Release and reception

Prior to its release, director Mani Shankar claimed that he was able to help the producer recover the budget costs. He hypothesized that the revenue from television, home video rights along with the soundtrack is usually more than the cost of the production. Since Mani Shankar claimed "pre-release profit" for this film due to intelligent budgeting,^[3] he was confident even before the film's release.^[2]
The film released on 29 August 2008 across India. The film's release coincided with the release of six other movies - Hijack, Chamku, C Kkompany, Rock On!!, Wanted and WALL-E.^[4] Usually Indian film distributors don't expect much from the films which are released during the Ramadan season. Citing them as "gap fillers" and average films, the distributors didn't foresee much revenue for this film and for those released during this season.^[3] On the contrary, Mani Shankar said that they tried for the film to release during the holy month of Ramadan. This was because it had relevance to film's story that had the protagonist getting converted to Islam.^[3] Actor Dattani was not quite worried about the audience' expectations, but instead he was worried about his expectations from the film.^[2]
In the first week of its release, the film garnered ₹15 lakh (US$22,000).^[5] Producer Rambottla was so impressed with the efforts of actor Dattani and director Mani Shankar, that he declared a unique money-back offer to audiences. As per this, he was prepared to offer a ticket refund to 5,000 viewers across India if they did not like the film.^[1]
Though film critic Taran Adarsh liked the idea of the film, he found it similar to Ram Gopal Varma's Contract. Despite various cinematic sequences which he found to be well written and enacted, Adarsh found the climax to be totally completely unnatural. Terming it as a film that "could've been a riveting experience, but it fails to register an impact."^[6]

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Mukhbiir
Promotional poster
Directed by	Mani Shankar
Produced by	Sudhish Rambottla
Written by	Mani Shankar
Starring	Sameer Dattani Om Puri Sunil Shetty Sushant Singh Rahul Dev Jackie Shroff Raima Sen
Music by	Karthik Raja Shashi Preetam
Cinematography	Ajayan Vincent
Edited by	Apurva Asrani
Release date	29 August 2008
Running time	137 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mukhbiir (2008) - IMDb

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Rating: 6.9/10 - ‎345 votes

Crime ... Mukhbiir (2008). 2h 12min | Crime, Drama, Mystery ..... Movie is close to reality and it reflects the real life of Mukhbir. Sammir Dattani has done a good ...

A youth is compelled by police to infiltrate gangs and terrorist groups.

Director:

Mani Shankar

Writers:

P.K. Mishra (lyrics), Iqbal Patni (lyrics) | 1 more credit »

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Sammir Dattani, Rahul Dev, Om Puri | See full cast & crew »

Cast

Credited cast:
	Sammir Dattani	...	Kailash / Vinayak D. Marathe / Shahzad Khan (as Mukhbiir Sammir)
	Rahul Dev	...	Saaya
	Om Puri	...	S.P. Rathod (as Ompuri)
	Alok Nath	...	Mammu (as Aloknath)
	Kelly Dorji	...	Captain Dorji
	Sushant Singh	...	Pasha
	Raj Zutshi	...	Biju
	Raima Sen	...	Roshni
	Supriya Karnik	...	Bharati Rathod
	Beneka	...	Didi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Sunil Shetty	...	Rehman
	Jackie Shroff	...	Home Minister

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Storyline

After being orphaned at the age of 12 and living with incompatible relatives, Kailash ends up on the streets, is picked by police and lodged in a cell at the age of 18. It is here he will be interrogated by S.P. Rathod and given an option of either rotting in jail or spying for him. He undertakes to co-operate fully with Rathod, undergoes training, and infiltrates a gang of Andhra Pradesh Naxalites - successfully arranging the death of its' leader, Mahendra Thapa. Kailash is made aware that the greatest threat he faces is from the police themselves - who consider him fully dispensable. Thereafter he is given a new identity, Vinayak Deviprasad Marathe, and instructed to infiltrate a gang run by Mammu, which he not only does but also befriends Mammu's step-son, Biju, as well as invites sexual attention from Mammu's wife, Didi. Biju is killed in a police encounter, while Pasha kills Mammu, and carries on an affair with Didi. Then Pasha's associate, Mustafa, also gets killed, and an ... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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World's most dangerous profession

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India

Language:

Hindi | Marathi | English | Arabic

Release Date:

22 August 2008 (India) See more »

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Box Office

Budget:

INR 200,000,000 (estimated)

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Company Credits

Production Co:

Color Chips Entertainment & Media, Pyramid Saimira Group See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

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Mani Shankar's best : till date

9 September 2008 | by ritwiksondhi – See all my reviews

fabulous, extremely well made, performances at their peak, flawless narration of an untold story.. this is what Mukhbir is .... one of the most powerful movies of the year.. a masterpiece of its genre .... Hats off to Mani Shankar .... his best work till date. The movie is about a MUKHBIR(informer) working for Indian Intelligence, the movie revolves around what risks,losses and sacrifices he has to face in this dangerous profession. The best thing about the movie is its realism.. If u r expecting a masala entertainer then m sorry... it has only 1 or 2 songs and nothing else except an excellent story..no comedy even . The movie did bad business at Box Office and the credit goes to: 1.its promoters who forgot that even a brilliant movie like this needs good promotion and marketing..so many people didn't knew about the movie .also the movie released with very few prints..it was released at only 4 theaters in Delhi, thankfully one of these theaters was near to my place 2. Immature audiences : no further comments 3.Some other grown up immature kids called CRITICS.... they suck

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