The Devil's Star is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the fifth in the Harry Hole series. An English-translated version of the book named The Devil's Star was translated by Don Bartlett.
Sehar is a 2005 Indian crime drama film directed by Kabeer Kaushik, starring Arshad Warsi and Mahima Chaudhry in the lead roles with Sushant Singh and Pankaj Kapur in supporting roles. Based on real-life incidents and individuals, the film depicts organized crime in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, and how the State Police worked to tackle it. It shows the turbulent journey of Ajay Kumar, a newly appointed 31-year-old SSP of Lucknow, played by Arshad Warsi, instrumental in bringing together a group of committed police officers under the aegis of Special Task Force. The force, given with a single agenda, succeeds in challenging the might of organized crime in the Uttar Pradesh. In the process, what unfolds is the ever-changing dynamics of Uttar Pradesh's Siyaasat: railway contracts, Inter-Services Intelligence involvement, politician-Mafia-police-builder nexus, pro-activism of criminal gangs, sophisticated yet rigid red tape and criminalization of university students.
Khal Nayak (transl. Villain) is a 1993 Indian Hindi crime action thriller film produced and directed by Subhash Ghai. The story centres on the escape and attempted capture of terrorist criminal Ballu by inspector Ram and his girlfriend officer Ganga. The film was the second highest grossing Hindi film of 1993.
36 China Town is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller comedy film directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced by Subhash Ghai. It is an official adaption of the 1992 American film Once Upon a Crime.
Jaani Dushman is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language horror film produced and directed by Rajkumar Kohli under the Shankar Movies banner. It features an ensemble cast including Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Mehra, Rekha, Neetu Singh and Reena Roy and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film is recorded as a Super Hit at the box office. In 2002, Rajkumar Kohli directed another film with an identical name starring his son, Armaan.
Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav is a Bollywood comedy film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. starring Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar Johnny Lever ,Sharat Saxena and Gulshan Grover in important supporting roles. The title, which comprises the names of the four lead characters, is meant to be a pun on Lalu Prasad Yadav, an Indian politician. It is an unofficial remake of the 1988 Hollywood movie A Fish Called Wanda.
100 Days is a 1991 Indian Hindi psychological thriller film, starring Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Moon Moon Sen and Javed Jaffrey. The film is a mystery thriller that follows the events in the life of a woman with Extrasensory perception. It was a remake of the Tamil film 1984 Nooravathu Naal which itself was an unofficial adaptation of the 1977 Italian giallo film Sette note in nero and hollywood movie Eyes of Laura Mars.
Hathkadi is a 1995 Hindi-language action film directed by Rama Rao Tatineni starring Govinda, Shilpa Shetty and Shakti Kapoor.
Hamraaz (transl. Confidant) is a 1967 Indian suspense thriller film, produced and directed by B. R. Chopra and written by Akhtar ul Iman. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar, Mumtaz, Vimi, Sarika, Madan Puri, Iftekhar, Balraj Sahni, Jeevan and Helen. The film's music is by Ravi, while the lyrics were penned by Sahir Ludhianvi. The film was a super hit at box office. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
Utkarsha is a 1990 Indian Kannada psychological crime thriller film by Sunil Kumar Desai, starring Devraj, Ambareesh and Vanitha Vasu in the lead roles. The film was the second directorial venture of Sunil Kumar Desai after the 1989 film Tarka retaining much of the cast especially Devaraj and Vanitha Vasu. Just like Tarka, Utkarsha didn't have any songs and had a thriller theme. The background music of the film was scored by Guna Singh. The film received critical appraisal for Devaraj's portrayal of the psychopathic Rajesh.
Baaz: A Bird in Danger is 2003 Indian Hindi language psychological thriller film directed by Tinnu Verma, starring Karisma Kapoor, Sunil Shetty, Jackie Shroff, Dino Morea and Preeti Jhangiani.
Star is a 1982 Indian Bollywood movie, directed by Vinod Pande, starring Kumar Gaurav, Rati Agnihotri, Raj Kiran, Saeed Jaffrey, A.K. Hangal, Dina Pathak and Padmini Kolhapure.
"Payback" is the pilot episode of the police procedural television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the first spinoff of the original Law & Order series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on Monday, September 20, 1999. In the episode, the detectives of the Special Victims Unit investigate a taxi-cab driver's brutal murder and castration. Detective Olivia Benson becomes personally involved in the case after discovering that the taxi driver was a rapist and murderer himself.
Rainbow Eyes is a 2007 South Korean crime thriller film directed by Yang Yun-ho. The story follows a police inspector who discovers that his friend is now a serial killer. The movie was remade into a Thailand thriller named 'Cheun'.
Anaamika is a 2014 Indian drama thriller film directed by Sekhar Kammula, starring Nayanthara in the titular role, alongside Vaibhav Reddy, Pasupathy, and Harshvardhan Rane. A remake of the Hindi film Kahaani, the film was simultaneously shot in Telugu and Tamil, the latter titled Nee Enge En Anbe.
Arima Nambi is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by debutant Anand Shankar. The film stars Vikram Prabhu, Priya Anand, and J. D. Chakravarthy. Drummer Sivamani made his debut as a music director in the film, which was shot by R. D. Rajasekhar while the editing was done by Bhuvan Srinivasan. The shoot of Arima Nambi started on 3 June 2013 in Chennai. It was released theatrically on 4 July 2014 and opened to mostly positive reviews. It was commercially successful, completing 100 days run in Tamil Nadu. The film was remade in Telugu as Dynamite (2015) with Vishnu Manchu.
Nee-Na is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed and produced by Lal Jose. The title Nee-Na is an abbreviation of the central characters Neena and Nalini, played by Deepti Sati and Ann Augustine respectively and it also stars Vijay Babu as male lead. The music label was Muzik247.
The Great Father is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Haneef Adeni and jointly produced by Prithviraj Sukumaran, Arya, Santhosh Sivan, and Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema. It stars Mammootty and Arya with Sneha, Anikha, Malavika Mohanan, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Balaji Sharma and Kalabhavan Shajon in the supporting roles. The original release date of 25 December 2016 was postponed to 30 March 2017. A dubbed version in Hindi, titled Dashing Jigarwala, was also released.
Vinod Pande is an Indian film director, actor, producer and writer.
A Violent Tale is a Malayalam language feature film written and directed by Arunlal and the duration of the movie is 95 minutes which falls into the "Crime thriller" genre. The movie features 32 debutant talented actors. The film released on streaming platform Saina Play on 1 July 2022.
