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|name = 88 Antop Hill |
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|image = 88anatophill.jpg |
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| director = [[Kushan Nandi|Kushan Nandy]] |
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| writer = Kushan Nandy<br>[[Kiran Shroff]] |
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| producer = Kiran Shroff |
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|director = [[Kushan Nandy]] |
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|starring = [[Rahul Dev]]<br>[[ |
| starring = [[Rahul Dev]]<br>[[Atul Kulkarni]]<br>[[Shweta Menon]]<br>[[Jasmine D'Souza]] |
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| cinematography = [[Hari Nair]] |
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| music = Rajesh Roy |
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|released = {{Film date|2003|06|27|df=y}} |
| released = {{Film date|2003|06|27|df=y}} |
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|runtime = 122 minutes |
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| runtime = 119 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/88-antop-hill-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zntcxodm|title=88 Antop Hill|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref> |
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|country = India |
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|language = Hindi |
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'''''88 Antop Hill''''' is a 2003 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Kushan Nandi|Kushan Nandy]], with dialogues by [[Ashish Deo]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 7, 2003|title=All roads lead to 88 Antop Hill! {{!}} undefined News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/all-roads-lead-to-88-antop-hill/articleshow/33614297.cms|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The film is a murder mystery and is loosely based on [[James Hadley Chase]]'s 1954 novel ''[[Tiger by the Tail (Chase novel)|Tiger by The Tail]]''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Arunachalam|first=Param|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4rcDwAAQBAJ&dq=88+Antop+Hill+James+Hadley+Chase&pg=PA306|title=BollySwar: 1981 - 1990|date=2020-04-14|publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited|isbn=978-81-938482-2-7|language=en}}</ref> and was released on 27 June 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/2003/06/antop_hill_preview.shtml|title=BBC - Shropshire - Bollywood - 88 Antop Hill Preview|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> |
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'''''88 Antop Hill''''' is a 2003 mystery thriller [[Hindi]] film. The story, screenplay and direction are by [[Kushan Nandy]]; dialogues by [[Ashish Deo]]. The film is a murder mystery and is loosely based on [[James Hadley Chase]]'s novel ''Tiger By The Tail''. |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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The film opens with the brutal murder of Neeraj Shah. His body is dumped in the trunk of a car. Elsewhere, bank employee Pratyush Shelar gets home late on his anniversary because he was consoling an old college classmate and crush about her marital woes, which does not go over well with his wife Antara, furthering their own marital woes and leading to her leaving home with their daughter. Pratyush's colleague, Aslam Durrani, suggests he visit an exotic dancer, Teesta. Pratyush is not interested. However, that night, Aslam calls Pratyush in a panic, stating that some thugs are about to kill him and asking Pratyush to come immediately to 88 [[Antop Hill]]. Pratyush arrives, only to find out that Aslam was putting on an act to get him to see Teesta. Pratyush is frustrated but, curious to know what exactly Teesta knows about him, goes to a club with her, where she points out a few folks she knows. Having learned nothing significant, he drives her home and asks for the keys to his car; she tells him to come upstairs and get them from her place. While she is waiting for Teesta to get the keys, Teesta is mysteriously murdered. Scared and confused, Pratyush leaves immediately, but is seen by a neighbor and the watchman. Inspector Arvind Khanvilkar is assigned the case, and while investigating, the cops become suspicious for Pratyush. Desperate to prove his innocence, Pratyush tries to investigate and comes across a few more suspicious characters and, eventually, another murder. He contacts cops, but a dimwitted cop doesn't hear him out and instead sternly asks him to surrender, as the police have found the murder weapon and his blood-stained shirt. At wits end, Pratyush decides to go visit Teesta's friend, who is also the sister of the other murder victim; Inspector Khanvilkar also ends up here, and the truths of the multiple murders are revealed. |
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The film opens with the brutal murder of Neeraj Shah ([[Sachin Dubey]]). His body is dumped in the trunk of a car. This crime isn't committed on impulse: Whoever did it had good reason. |
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We then enter the life of a bank executive Pratyush Shelar ([[Atul Kulkarni (actor born 1965)|Atul Kulkarni]]). He 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 ([[Suchitra Pillai]]) kicks up a big fight and leaves their home with their daughter Saanjh. |
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* [[Subrat Dutta]] as Prashant |
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* [[Suchitra Pillai]] as Antara |
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* [[Harsh Khurana]] as Aslam Durrani |
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* Sachin Dubey as Neeraj |
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* [[Sharad Ponkshe]] as Police officer |
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* Sanjay Singh as K. K. Memon |
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==Reception== |
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Pratyush is upset about this. His colleague Aslam Durrani ([[Harsh Khurana]]) picks up on this and suggests an exotic dancer Teesta ([[Shweta Menon]]). Pratyush is too upset to be interested. But Aslam is determined; later that night he calls Pratyush and pretends as though some thugs are about to kill him. He asks Pratyush to come immediately to a certain location. |
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[[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.″<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/88-antop-hill/critic-review/88-antop-hill-movie-review/|title=88 Antop Hill Review 1.5/5 | 88 Antop Hill Movie Review | 88 Antop Hill 2003 Public Review | Film Review|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] }}</ref> 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.″<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/27antop.htm|title=Madness at 88 Antop Hill|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> |
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That location is 88 [[Antop Hill]]. |
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Pratyush arrives. 88 Antop Hill is a halfway house mainly occupied by exotic dancers and escorts. Pratyush walks into the flat Aslam had mentioned; it is Teesta's lair. She attempts to seduce him but he refuses her advances. Upon her request, he takes her to the Moksha club and buys her a drink. (He doesn't drink.) She remarks that the bartender Sol ([[Rahul Panday]]) knows all her secrets. While leaving the bar, their car is attacked by an apparently drunk man, who seems to know Teesta. Teesta urges Pratyush to leave fast. When he brings her back home, he realizes that his car keys are missing. He waits as she looks for them. |
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When Teesta gets into her bedroom, she is mysteriously murdered. She stumbles into Pratyush's arms, fatally stabbed, and collapses. Scared and confused, Pratyush leaves immediately. One of the neighbors, a weird and on-and-off senile old fellow called Murli Mansukhani ([[Shauket Baig]]) sees him leave. |
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When the cops begin to investigate, they find that Teesta had a roommate Sonali ([[Jasmine D'Souza|Jasmine]]) and that Sonali is engaged to a prominent businessman, K.K. Menon ([[Sanjay Singh]]). The investigating officer, and the hero of this movie, Inspector Arvind Khanvilkar ([[Rahul Dev]]), starts his work. The prime suspect is an unwitting Pratyush because he was the last person to see Teesta alive. |
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A somewhat convoluted plot evolves. Sonali has several dark secrets and a good-for-nothing brother Prashant ([[Subrotto Dutta]]). Teesta was somehow connected to Sonali's dark past. Menon knows this and wanted to wipe out everything, including Prashant. He has Prashant kidnapped, and later he tells Sol to bump off Prashant. There is a three-way fight among them. Pratyush arrives upon the scene and witnesses two more murders. A dying Prashant advises Pratyush to go to Sonali at the earliest. In the meantime, the weird old man of 88 Antop Hill, Murli, recalls that he had seen Pratyush and follows him to blackmail him. When Pratyush asks him to get lost, he goes to Sonali's house and tries to blackmail her. Aslam Durrani visits Pratyush and, seeing him, thinks he has probably committed the crime, saying that Pratyush would better leave the city and that he wouldn't want anything to do with the latter anymore. |
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Pratyush contacts the cops but a dumbwitted cop sternly asks him to surrender, as the police have found the murder weapon and a blood stained shirt, with Pratyush's diary stating 88 Antop Hill on the fateful date at his house. Pratyush panics and goes to Sonali to convey Prashant's message to her. She does not listen to what he says. Here Menon and the good inspector show up as well. |
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At this point the crux arises — the inspector says that he has found out that Sonali is actually "Sonali Shah", and she was married already to the deceased Neeraj Shah; it was Sonali who killed him because he wouldn't give her a divorce to marry Menon. He also says that Neeraj's house was ransacked by Sonali to find the marriage certificate. |
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At this point, Arvind goes to the fridge and finds Murli Mansukhani lying stabbed in it! The truth is then out. It is known that Sonali murdered Neeraj and hid his corpse in the fridge and murdered Murli because he opened the fridge out of curiosity and found Neeraj's corpse. Arvind also reveals that Sonali killed Teesta. Sonali says it was because Teesta knew about her marriage with Neeraj, and used to blackmail her, saying she will make it known to Menon. It was Sonali who had followed Pratyush and Teesata on the fateful night back to 88 Antop Hill, secretly climbed into Teesta's bedroom and slit her throat. She further followed Pratyush and leaves the knife in his house to implicate him. It is then revealed that Menon has murdered Prashant, at which Sonali is shocked. |
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At this point, Menon makes a last effort to save himself and Sonali. He tries to bribe Arvind with 10 million, saying that he must arrest poor Pratyush on charges of all the murders. To this, Arvind agrees and shoots Pratyush in the shoulder. But the wounded Pratyush releases gas from the cylinder nearby and threatens to light his cigarette lighter. While he grabs Arvind's phone and tries to call police, Menon attacks him and stabs him on the sofa, and Arvind quickly turns out the gas. But the wounded Pratyush pulls out Menon's revolver, kicks him off and shoots him through a cushion. |
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At this point, a dumbfounded Sonali picks up a pistol and threatens to kill Pratyush. Arvind tells her not to, but she pulls the trigger — only to find that the gun is empty. |
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Arvind then apologizes to Pratyush, saying he had to wound the latter or else Menon would've killed Pratyush. Sonali is then arrested on charges of multiple homicide and attempt to kill Pratyush. |
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The film ends with the inspector relieving Pratyush of all charges in the case and requesting him to take care of a pet dog. Pratyush's wife and child return. |
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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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
88 Antop Hill is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Kushan Nandy, with dialogues by Ashish Deo.[2] The film is a murder mystery and is loosely based on James Hadley Chase's 1954 novel Tiger by The Tail[3] and was released on 27 June 2003.[4]
Plot
[edit]The film opens with the brutal murder of Neeraj Shah. His body is dumped in the trunk of a car. Elsewhere, bank employee Pratyush Shelar gets home late on his anniversary because he was consoling an old college classmate and crush about her marital woes, which does not go over well with his wife Antara, furthering their own marital woes and leading to her leaving home with their daughter. Pratyush's colleague, Aslam Durrani, suggests he visit an exotic dancer, Teesta. Pratyush is not interested. However, that night, Aslam calls Pratyush in a panic, stating that some thugs are about to kill him and asking Pratyush to come immediately to 88 Antop Hill. Pratyush arrives, only to find out that Aslam was putting on an act to get him to see Teesta. Pratyush is frustrated but, curious to know what exactly Teesta knows about him, goes to a club with her, where she points out a few folks she knows. Having learned nothing significant, he drives her home and asks for the keys to his car; she tells him to come upstairs and get them from her place. While she is waiting for Teesta to get the keys, Teesta is mysteriously murdered. Scared and confused, Pratyush leaves immediately, but is seen by a neighbor and the watchman. Inspector Arvind Khanvilkar is assigned the case, and while investigating, the cops become suspicious for Pratyush. Desperate to prove his innocence, Pratyush tries to investigate and comes across a few more suspicious characters and, eventually, another murder. He contacts cops, but a dimwitted cop doesn't hear him out and instead sternly asks him to surrender, as the police have found the murder weapon and his blood-stained shirt. At wits end, Pratyush decides to go visit Teesta's friend, who is also the sister of the other murder victim; Inspector Khanvilkar also ends up here, and the truths of the multiple murders are revealed.
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]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.″[5] 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.″[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "88 Antop Hill". British Board of Film Classification.
- ^ "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.
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