Samrat & Co.

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Samrat & Co.
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kaushik Ghatak
Written byKaushik Ghatak
Manish Srivastav
Produced by Kavita K. Barjatya
Rajshri Productions
Starring Rajeev Khandelwal
Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty
Gopal Datt
Cinematography Sanjay Malwankar
Edited by Nipun Gupta
Music by Ankit Tiwari
Mithoon
GAP
Production
company
Distributed byRajshri Productions
Release date
  • 25 April 2014 (2014-04-25)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Samrat & Co. is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language detective thriller film directed by Kaushik Ghatak and produced by Kavita K. Barjatya under the banner of Rajshri Productions. It features Rajeev Khandelwal [1] in the title role of Samrat. [2] [3] The film was initially scheduled for release on 1 May 2014 release [3] [4] but was released ahead of schedule on 25 April 2014. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Plot

Dimpy Singh (Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty), approaches Samrat Tilakdhari (Rajeev Khandelwal), a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden was ruined for unknown, but apparently natural reasons; leading horticulturists have examined the fading plants but they have not been able to identify the probable reason. Further, her father's favorite horse died prematurely; once again the cause is unknown. [9] Furthermore, the health of Dimpy's father Mahendra Pratap Singh (Girish Karnad), otherwise a strong and balanced man, has deteriorated. [10] These possibly related problems prompt Samrat's curiosity.

Samrat along with his assistant friend, Chakradhar Pandey (Gopal Datt), visits the huge estate of Mahendra Pratap Singh. As he starts investigating, he discovers many mysterious facts. The story progresses when a murder takes place in the house, which leads to a series of events, complicating things for Samrat. Every character around seems to be hiding something. Then Anuj is found killed.

Dimpy is stuck in a brakeless car when Samrat saves her life. Doubt hovers around Mrs. Dave as Samrat learns she is a college friend of Mahendra Pratap. But she is innocent as she played pranks on Mahendra just as a sweet revenge for his college days. She reveals a college secret to Samrat: She had broken her legs due to a small prank played by Mahendra in their college days. And she proves her innocence.

Samrat then focuses on other characters. Sanjay is the killer. He is son of Mahendra Pratap's first wife and wanted to revenge his father as he holds his father responsible for his mother's death. [11]

Cast

Soundtrack

Samrat & Co.
Soundtrack album by
Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari & GAP (Gopal, Anand, Pavan)
Released19 March 2014 (2014-March-19)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length23:05
LanguageHindi
Label Rajshri
External audio
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No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Shukr Tera"Mithoon Mithoon Chinmayi Sripada, Arijit Singh 5:57
2."Tequila Wakila" Sanjay Masoomm Ankit Tiwari Ankit Tiwari, Shreya Ghoshal 4:05
3."Samrat & Co"Gopal DuttGAP Benny Dayal 3:11
4."Sawaloon Mein" Sandeep Nath Ankit TiwariShreya Ghoshal4:47
5."O Hum Navaa"MithoonMithoon Gajendra Verma, Mithoon, Chinmayi Sripada4:55

Production

Known for his strong acting histrionics and intelligence, Rajeev Khandelwal's suave and new look as Samrat and his dialogue delivery is also being immensely appreciated, bringing the actor into a new avatar in Bollywood". [12] Strangely, when the director of the film narrated Rajeev Khandelwal the script, he did not narrate the entire script, but did it only till the climax scene. The director Kaushik Ghatak told Rajeev that he would tell him the climax only if he came on board. Once Rajeev agreed to do the film, Kaushik kept his promise of narrating the climax to him, but, to his surprise, Rajeev did not want to hear it and requested him not to. Telling us his reasons for doing that, Rajeev said, "The script had been so gripping that I decided to play Samrat in my head, trying to actually solve the case while shooting the film.". [13]

Reception

Official theatrical trailer was released on 18 March 2014 at a suburban multiplex in Mumbai. [14] The trailer received mixed reviews. One review said: Rajeev Khandelwal the main protagonist for Samrat & Co. very happily copies Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor portraying the character of Sherlock Holmes in the hit series by the same name. Rajeev is desperately trying to be cool and stylish, something that does not come naturally to him and does not look good on him. [15] [16] Another review said: "The industry and fans by large, have found the trailer gripping and true to its claims of the film being ‘dilchasp’ and intriguing. Samrat and Co. received mostly negative reviews. Shubhra Gupta from the Indian Express rated the movie 1 star out of 5 and said "The script allows for lots of silliness, and clueless characters, and sad clues." Rediff gave half star to the movie. Rahul Desai from Mumbai mirror gave 1.5 stars out of 5. Taran Adarsh rated the movie 2.5 out of 5. The movie was released in 566 theaters.

It had a Poor Box Office collection record merely collecting 20 million in its run.

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