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Shool
Sign in to saveShool () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Eeshwar Nivas. Written and produced by Ram Gopal Varma, it portrays the politician-criminal nexus and the criminalization of politics in Bihar and its effect on the life of an honest police officer. It stars Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh and Sayaji Shinde as the criminal-politician Bachhu Yadav.
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7.1Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers.
Cast
- Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh
- Sayaji Shinde as Bacchu "Bhaiyyaji" Yadav
- Raveena Tandon as Manjari Singh
- Shilpa Shetty Kundra as Item Girl
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Waiter
- Rajpal Yadav as Violent Coolie
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Shool
- Film.image
- Shool 1999 poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Poster
- Film.director
- Eeshwar Nivas
- Film.producer
- Ram Gopal VarmaNitin Manmohan
- Film.story
- Ram Gopal VarmaEeshwar Nivas
- Film.writer
- Screenplay:Ram Gopal VarmaDialogues:Anurag Kashyap
- Film.starring
- Manoj BajpayeeSayaji ShindeRaveena Tandon
- Film.music
- Score:Sandeep ChowtaSoundtrack:Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
- Film.cinematography
- Hari Nair
- Film.editing
- Bhanodaya
- Film.studio
- Varma Corporation
- Film.distributor
- Dream Merchants Enterprise
- Film.runtime
- 135 minutes
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Hindi
- Film.budget
- 5 crore
- Film.gross
- 8.58 crore
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- 1999-01-01
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Shool () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Eeshwar Nivas. Written and produced by Ram Gopal Varma, it portrays the politician-criminal nexus and the criminalization of politics in Bihar and its effect on the life of an honest police officer. It stars Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh and Sayaji Shinde as the criminal-politician Bachhu Yadav.
The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Shool was featured at the International Film Festival of India, and the Toronto International Film Festival. It went on to gather a cult following over the years.