Overview
Police 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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $2.3M worldwide, about 7.4 times its $310K budget
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Setting
Set in India
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Music
Music by Shankar: Ehsaan: Loy
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hari Nair
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Eeshwar NivasStory
- Ram Gopal VarmaStory, Screenplay
- Original title
- शूल
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 4, 1999
- Original language
- Hindi
- Budget
- $310K
- Revenue
- $2.3M
- Countries
- India
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In the United States
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Cast
Manoj BajpayeeInspector Samar Pratap Singh
Sayaji ShindeBacchu "Bhaiyyaji" Yadav
Raveena TandonManjari Singh
Shilpa Shetty KundraItem Girl
Nawazuddin SiddiquiWaiter
Rajpal YadavViolent Coolie
Ganesh YadavInspector Hussain
Yashpal SharmaLallan Singh
Veerendra SaxenaPrabal Pratap Singh
Vineet KumarInspector Tiwari
Shri Vallabh VyasD.S.P
Pratima KazmiBhachhu Yadav's Mother- Nandu MadhavLaljee Yadav
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