Crackers (2011 film)

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Crackers
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Directed byAnil Goyal
Written byPriyank Dubey
Produced byAnil Goyal
Music byDilip Sen
Production
company
FilmyBox
Distributed by RTM Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Release date
  • 20 May 2011 (2011-05-20)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Crackers is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language stereoscopic 3D animation film directed by Anil Goyal, and written by Priyank Dubey. It is produced under the 'RTM Technologies Pvt Ltd' banner. The film was released direct-to-video on 20 May 2011. [1]

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Plot

The Story of Crackers is about today's youth and how they can fight evil in life. The director has tried to create a role model from the zealous youngsters of today, that can and should stand up to evil.

The first half of the movie is full of fun, comedy and romance on a college campus, where a youth festival is in full swing. The second half deals with a terror attack on the campus and how the youth channelizes their energy to counter and foil the attack. The movie revolves around four characters - Roxy, (Anil Goyal), Gopu (Nikhil Dwivedi) and Kate (Smilie Suri) along with some comic character from the film industry (Siraj Khan) to create the fun in the movie.

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