Shool

Shool
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Directed byEeshwar Nivas
Written byScreenplay:
Ram Gopal Varma
Dialogues:
Anurag Kashyap
Story byRam Gopal Varma
Eeshwar Nivas
Produced byRam Gopal Varma
Nitin Manmohan
StarringManoj Bajpayee
Sayaji Shinde
Raveena Tandon
CinematographyHari Nair
Edited byBhanodaya
Music byScore:
Sandeep Chowta
Soundtrack:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Production
company
Varma Corporation
Distributed byDream Merchants Enterprise
Release date
  • 5 November 1999 (1999-11-05)
Running time
135 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget5 crore[1]
Box office8.58 crore[1]

Shool (transl. Spike) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action crime 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, a character loosely based on politician turned criminal, Prahlad Yadav .[2]

Parts of the film were shot in Motihari, Bihar. The climax of the film was entirely shot at the abandoned state Legislative Assembly in Bhopal.[3] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi,[4] and was screened at the International Film Festival of India, and the Toronto International Film Festival.[5] The film is considered as a cult film over the years.[6] The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.

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  2. ^ "Violent drama". Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  3. ^ Bajpayee, Manoj (20 May 2023). "Manoj Bajpayee ने Anurag Kashyap को टेढ़ा आदमी बताया, फिर Paanch फिल्म पर क्या कह गए?" [Manoj Bajpayee called Anurag Kashyap a crooked man, then what did he say on the film Paanch?]. Guest in the Newsroom (Interview). Interviewed by Saurabh Dwivedi. Noida: The Lallantop. Retrieved 18 June 2023. Actor Manoj Bajpayee is in Guest in the newsroom. Manoj Bajpayee starer movie 'Sirf Ek Banda Kafi Hai' is about to release on Zee 5. Manoj talks about his character in the film. Apart from this, Manoj also talks about his role in series and films like Satya, Shool, Gangs of Wasseypur, Family Man. He shares how he approaches a character, right from his NSD days to working in films. Manoj talks about his experience of working with actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan in the industry. Watch the full interview to know what Manoj Bajpayee talks about his career, personal life and Bollywood in an interview with Saurabh Dwivedi.
  4. ^ Nagpal, B.B (6 July 2000). "Vanaprastham is best film, Sarfarosh is most popular". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  5. ^ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Manoj Bajpayee: 'Shool' has become quite a game changer". Telangana Today. Indo-Asian News Service. 20 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.