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 Kaante |
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| Directed by | Sanjay Gupta |
| Produced by | Raju Patel |
| Written by | Sanjay Gupta, Milap Zaveri |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lucky Ali, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh Gujral Rati Agnihotri Malaika Arora, Jeff Davis, Ranjit Chowdhary |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand |
| Release date(s) | December 20, 2002 |
| Running time | 150 min |
| Language | Hindi/English |
| IMDb profile | |
Kaante (Hindi: कांटे, Urdu: کانٹے English: Thorns) is a 2002 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Gupta and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh Gujral, Rati Agnihotri, Isha Koppikar, Lucky Ali and Mahesh Manjrekar in the lead roles The film is a Hindi remake of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and also has similarities to Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects. This article relates to Bollywood film director For the CNN senior medical correspondent of the same name see Sanjay Gupta Sanjay Gupta ( Hindi: संजय गुप्ता born 23 October Sanjay Dutt ( Hindi: संजय दत्त born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor Sunil Shetty ( Tulu: ಸುನಿಲ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (born 11 August 1961) is an Indian Film actor and Film producer Mahesh Manjrekar is an Indian film director actor writer and producer Lucky Ali (लकी अली born September 19, 1958) born as Maqsood Mehmood Ali (मक़सूद महमूद अली is an Indian Kumar Gaurav (born July 11, 1960, India) is an Indian film actor and the son of the late actor Rajendra Kumar. Namrata Singh Gujral (born 26 February 1976) is an American actress. Rati Agnihotri ( Hindi: रति अग्निहोत्रि Urdu: رتِ اَگنِہوترِ was born on December 10 1960 to a Punjabi family in Bombay Malaika Arora Khan (born 23 August, 1973) is a model, Indian VJ and a Bollywood actress Ranjit Chowdhry (alternate spellings Ranjit Chowdhary / Ranjit Chowdhury is an Actor of Indian descent with around forty movies and television performances to his Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India Sanjay Gupta ( Hindi: संजय गुप्ता born 23 October Sanjay Dutt ( Hindi: संजय दत्त born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor Sunil Shetty ( Tulu: ಸುನಿಲ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (born 11 August 1961) is an Indian Film actor and Film producer Kumar Gaurav (born July 11, 1960, India) is an Indian film actor and the son of the late actor Rajendra Kumar. Namrata Singh Gujral (born 26 February 1976) is an American actress. Rati Agnihotri ( Hindi: रति अग्निहोत्रि Urdu: رتِ اَگنِہوترِ was born on December 10 1960 to a Punjabi family in Bombay Eesha Koppikhar (ईशा कोपिकर (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian actress and model Lucky Ali (लकी अली born September 19, 1958) born as Maqsood Mehmood Ali (मक़सूद महमूद अली is an Indian Mahesh Manjrekar is an Indian film director actor writer and producer Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is A " remake' " is a term used to described something that has been done again sometimes with better Quality, and usually with more features Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and Reservoir Dogs is the 1992 debut Film of director and writer Quentin Tarantino. Bryan Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American Film director and Film producer. The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American Neo-noir Film written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer. A sequel to Kaante is in the pipeline. The sequel is titled Saath.
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Plot
The movie is mostly inspired from Reservoir Dogs which in turn was inspired by Ringo Lam's City on Fire starring Chow Yun Fat. Reservoir Dogs is the 1992 debut Film of director and writer Quentin Tarantino. City on Fire ( is a gritty and stylish 1987 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Ringo Lam, and starring Chow Chow Yun-Fat SBS ( born May 18, 1955) is a Chinese Actor. He is one of the most famous actors in Asia and a
Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan: "Yashvardhan 'Major' Rampal" is the oldest of the group. Nobody knows why he came to be called 'Major'.
- Sanjay Dutt: "Jay 'Ajju' Rehan" is a club owner. Sanjay Dutt ( Hindi: संजय दत्त born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor He robs a truck full of laptops as a result of which all six people are detained for questioning. This is the starting point for the plot. He also feigns ignorance of the English language until the final part of the movie.
- Sunil Shetty: "'Marc' Issak" is a bouncer in a club. Sunil Shetty ( Tulu: ಸುನಿಲ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (born 11 August 1961) is an Indian Film actor and Film producer Is referred as 'Chingado' by Cyrus (Gulshan Grover), the club owner. Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian Actor. He graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce Delhi University.
- Lucky Ali: "Maqbool 'Mak' Haider" is an undercover policeman assigned to infiltrate the group, which he achieves by befriending 'Bali'. Lucky Ali (लकी अली born September 19, 1958) born as Maqsood Mehmood Ali (मक़सूद महमूद अली is an Indian
- Mahesh Manjrekar: "Raj 'Bali' Yadav" is a drug peddler and a motormouth. Mahesh Manjrekar is an Indian film director actor writer and producer He stutters badly while speaking.
- Kumar Gaurav: "Anand 'Andy' Mathur" is a software engineer. Kumar Gaurav (born July 11, 1960, India) is an Indian film actor and the son of the late actor Rajendra Kumar. He is the only survivor of the six at the end of the movie.
Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty alongside others are set to come back in the sequel. Hype is around of how these actors will resurrect their characters as they all died apart from Gaurav. Director Sanjay Gupta has stated the story will be original and the characters may have some supernatural doctoring in order to be resurrected. Sanjay Gupta ( Hindi: संजय गुप्ता born 23 October
Production
The film was to star Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kumar Gaurav, Shilpa Shetty and Lisa Ray initially. Sanjay Dutt ( Hindi: संजय दत्त born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor Sunil Shetty ( Tulu: ಸುನಿಲ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ (born 11 August 1961) is an Indian Film actor and Film producer Akshaye Khanna (born March 28, 1975) in Mumbai, India is an Indian Bollywood actor Mahesh Manjrekar is an Indian film director actor writer and producer Kumar Gaurav (born July 11, 1960, India) is an Indian film actor and the son of the late actor Rajendra Kumar. Shilpa Shetty ( Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ born 8 June 1975) is an Indian film actress and model. Lisa Ray (born April 4, 1972) is an Indian / Canadian Actress and former fashion model. But Akshaye Khanna opted out of the project subsequently, while Malaika Arora stepped in Shilpa Shetty's shoes and Namrata Singh Gujral was cast opposite Kumar Gaurav in lieu of Lisa Ray. Akshaye Khanna (born March 28, 1975) in Mumbai, India is an Indian Bollywood actor Malaika Arora Khan (born 23 August, 1973) is a model, Indian VJ and a Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty ( Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ born 8 June 1975) is an Indian film actress and model. Namrata Singh Gujral (born 26 February 1976) is an American actress. Kumar Gaurav (born July 11, 1960, India) is an Indian film actor and the son of the late actor Rajendra Kumar. The character of Renu Mathur (played by Namrata Singh Gujral) was the only role cast in Hollywood from the entire principal cast. Namrata Singh Gujral (born 26 February 1976) is an American actress. All other principals including Amitabh Bachchan were flown in from Mumbai for the Hollywood shoot. This was Amitabh Bachchan's 126th lead role. The film was the first Bollywood film to be completely shot in LA. The film's production team used Hollywood technicians. A technician is generally someone in a technological field who has a relatively practical understanding of the general theoretical principles of that field e Rohit Roy (Fattu Bhai from Shootout at Lokhandwala and popular television actor) makes an appearance in the Song "Ishq Samandar". Rohit Roy is an Indian television star known for his role in Hindi serials like Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand, Swabhimaan. Shootout at Lokhandwala is a 2007 Hindi feature film directed by Apoorva Lakhia.
Controversy
Kaante director Sanjay Gupta was involved in a long court case about this movie due to its being a copy of Reservoir Dogs.
References
- Kaante: All details on 'IMDB Kaante'.
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