Shool (1999)

Original title

शूल

Directed by

Eeshwar Nivas

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 22m

Rated

A

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An honest police officer in Bihar struggles against a politician and criminal who are in league. The film shows how this alliance makes it difficult for him to do his job.

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What happens

Shool (transl. Spike) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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