Dassehra

Dassehra
Directed by	Manish Vatsalya
Screenplay by	Saurabh Choudhary
Produced by	Aparna Hoshing
Starring	Neil Nitin Mukesh Tina Desai
Cinematography	Sethu Sriram
Edited by	Nipun Ashok Gupta
Music by	Vijay Verma Siddhant Madhav
Production company	Rash Production Private Limited
Release date	26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Dassehra is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Manish Vatsalya and produced by Aparna Hoshing. It stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, Tina Desai, and Manish Vatsalya. The film was released on 26 October 2018. ^[1]

Plot

Honest IPS officer Aditi Singh (Tina Desai) and hard-boiled cop Rudra (Neil Nitin Mukesh) investigate a multiple suicide case. They stumble upon a darker truth revolving around the corrupt politicians Prasadi Lal, the Chief Minister (Govind Namdeo), and Shankar Yadav (Manish Vatsalya). The political nexus forces Rudra to become the angry-young-man and one-man-army all rolled into one.

Cast

• Neil Nitin Mukesh as DSP Rudra Pratap Singh Chauhan IPS ^[2]
• Tina Desai as SP Aditi Rudrapratap Singh IPS
• Govind Namdeo as Chief Minister Prasadi Lal
• Manish Vatsalya as Shankar Yadav ^[3]
• Sharat Saxena as DGP N.K.Sharma IPS
• Arya Babbar as Inspector Honey Singh
• Pragya Maheshwari as Inspector Anjana Singh
• Swati Bakshi as Sarika Kashyap ^[4]
• Murali Sharma as SI Dulare
• Yana Gupta as an item number in the song "Joganiya"
• Scarlett Mellish Wilson as an item number in the song "Maee Re"

Soundtrack

Dassehra
Soundtrack album by Vijay Verma and Siddhant Madhav
Released	18 October 2018 (2018-10-18)
Recorded	2016
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:03
Language	Hindi
Label	T-Series
Producer	Aparna Hoshing
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The soundtrack is composed by Vijay Verma and Siddhant Madhav, while the lyrics are written by Rajesh Mànthan.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Hua Shankhnaad"	Vijay Verma	Kailash Kher	4:12
2.	"Ae Ri Mai Re"	Vijay Verma	Ustad Rashid Khan	4:49
3.	"Silent Mode"	Vijay Verma	Mika Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Rahul Seth	3:23
4.	"Maee Re"	Vijay Verma	Rekha Bhardwaj, Madhushree	4:11
5.	"Joganiya"	Siddhant Madhav	Mamta Sharma, Chhaila Bihari, Siddhant Madhav	4:28
Total length:				21:03

Reception

Rachit Gupta of The Times of India gave the film 2/5 stars, calling it a "Jaded Action Movie with Over-The-Top Stunts. ^[5]

References

1. "नील नितिन मुकेश की फिल्म 'दशहरा' का ट्रेलर रिलीज". India TV. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
2. "Neil Nitin Mukesh an encounter specialist in Dussehra". Movies.ndtv.com. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
3. "Neil signs Manish Vatsalya's Dussehra". Indian Express. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
4. "Swati Bakshi".
5. "A jaded action movie with over-the-top stunts". The Times of India .

External links

• Dassehra at IMDb  
• Dussehra at Bollywood Hungama