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Ab Tak Chhappan (2004)

Ab Tak Chhappan poster
Original title
अब तक छप्पन
Directed by
Shimit Amin
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 09m
Rated
16
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police inspector in Mumbai's encounter squad has killed 56 people in so-called encounters. The film follows his professional and personal life as the body count rises.

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What happens

Ab Tak Chhappan (transl. Fifty-six so far) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Shimit Amin. It was written by Sandeep Shrivastava and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars Nana Patekar, Revathi, Yashpal Sharma, Mohan Agashe, Nakul Vaid, and Hrishitaa Bhatt. The story revolves around Inspector Sadhu Agashe from the Mumbai Encounter Squad famous for having killed 56 people in police encounters. A film without any songs, it is inspired by the life of Police sub-Inspector with Mumbai Police force Daya Nayak. The film was premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival. Times Internet released a first-person shooter game titled Fatal Encounter as a tie-in to the film. The film released theatrically on 27 February 2004 and was a moderate success at the box office. A sequel Ab Tak Chhappan 2 directed by Aejaz Gulab was released in 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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