Loot (2011 film)

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Loot
LootVersion2.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRajnish Raj Thakur
Produced by Sunil Shetty
Shabbir Boxwala
Anup Gandhi
Starring Govinda
Suniel Shetty
Mahaakshay Chakraborty
Jaaved Jaaferi
Ravi kishan
CinematographyT. Surendra Reddy
Edited byAshok Honda
Music by Mika Singh
Shravan Sinha
Shamir Tandon
Production
company
Popcorn Motion Pictures
Distributed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 4 November 2011 (2011-11-04)
Running time
110 mins
Country India
LanguageHindi

Loot is a 2011 Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Rajnish Raj Thakur and Cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy, starring Govinda, Suniel Shetty, Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Jaaved Jaaferi, Shweta Bhardwaj and Ravi Kissen . It released on 4 November 2011, to mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial failure. [1] The film is a loose remake of the 2003 film, Crime Spree .

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Plot

Loot revolves around the misadventures of four criminals comprising Builder (Suniel Shetty), Pandit (Govinda), Akbar (Jaaved Jaaferi) and Wilson (Mahaakshay Chakraborty) who work for one Batliwala (Dalip Tahil). The four rogues are sent on a mission to Pattaya to rob a house filled with priceless valuables. However, the quartet soon discover that the house they have been sent to rob belongs to a dreaded don named Lalla Bhatti (Mahesh Manjrekar), an unpleasant sod who doesn't think twice about breaking his own brother's arm (Shehzad Khan) for an unpaid debt. If robbing a don's residence was not enough, the quarter also manage to get in the way of a 'poetic' spouting Intelligence agent VP Singh (Ravi Kissen) keeping tabs on the don, an underworld patriarch Khan (Prem Chopra) and an East Asian thug named Asif trying to trace his stolen car. Pretty soon, all the characters of the film are pulled in a cat and mouse game with each other, with some audio tapes containing some damning conversations being the prize of the game. In the climax, the quartet, with some help by a local hustler Varinder (Mika Singh) and his moll Sharmili (Kim Sharma) manage to set off the bad guys against each other. But soon enough, it is revealed that Batliwala was behind the whole thing, and wanted to set the quartet up to get revenge on his brother who is now in jail because of them. The quartet manage to save themselves and hire Khan to murder Batliwala.

Cast

Production

The filming began in Summer 2008. It completed shooting in early 2010, and was expected to release in June 2010. The release date was then delayed, and postponed to Dussehra 2010. Though, due to financial problems, director Rajnish Thakur pushed back the release date. In September 2010, he announced that the film would be releasing in Diwali 2010. He revealed the official first look poster on 28 September 2011. The theatrical trailer was revealed on 10 October 2011, alongside Rascals in cinemas.

Soundtrack

Loot
Soundtrack album by
Released26 October 2011
Recordedyes
Genre Film soundtrack
Label T-Series
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Jawani Bank Loot Le" Mamta Sharma 4:33
2."Loot Loot"Shravan Sinha5:03
3."Saari Duniya Mere Ispe" Mika Singh 4:08
4."Ek Pata Ya Do Pata Ke" Kunal Ganjawala 4:56
5."Ajab Hulchul Si" Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan, KK, Vasundhara Das, Pinky Chinoy5:28

Reception

Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama give it 2 stars out of five and commented "As mentioned earlier, the music of Loot came with hardly any expectations due to which whatever little is offered does turn out to be a bonus element". [6] [7]

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