Kill the Rapist?
Kill the Rapist? is a Bollywood drama-thriller film directed by Sanjay Chhel and produced by iRock Media Pvt. Ltd with financial contributions by female private equity investors.[1][2] The film starring Anjali Patil attempts to amplify the burning issue of Rape in India.[3] The official theatrical trailer of the film was released on December 16, 2013, exactly one year after 2012 Delhi gang rape.[4][5][6]
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Directed by | Sanjay Chhel |
Produced by | Sidharth M Jain |
Screenplay by | Sanjay Chhel |
Starring | Anjali Patil Sunny Hinduja Sadiya Siddiqui Isheta Sarckar |
Distributed by | iRock Media Pvt. Ltd |
Release date | 2018-19 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹75 million (US$1.1 million) |
Plot
The film is about a woman (Anjali Patil) who tracks down a serial rapist (Sunny Hinduja) who attempts to make her his latest target. The woman lives with her two female housemates (Sadiya Siddiqui and Isheta Sarckar).
Cast
- Anjali Patil
- Sunny Hinduja
- Sadiya Siddiqui
- Isheta Sarckar
Production
The film doesn't advocate the death penalty for convicted rapists.[7][8] Instead, the movie is trying to channel widespread outrage at a perceived increase in sexual crimes against women.[9] The film is set in Delhi. Private equity investors Charu Goel from Delhi and a woman identified as Ms Kothari from Mumbai put money into the film.[10] Some scenes of the film have been shot in Madh Island in northern Mumbai. As many as 400 men auditioned to play the part of the rapist, a role that eventually went to Sunny Hinduja.[11]
The production company released a trailer on YouTube giving two telephone numbers to call in, stating that whether the callers voted to kill the rapist or not would determine how the film would end.
References
- Kill the Rapist? Provocative Bollywood thriller aims to deter Indian attacks
- When cops came calling Anjali Patil
- 'Kill The Rapist' makers to launch a campaign for Delhi gangrape victim
- Kill The Rapist? Theatrical Trailer
- http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kill-the-rapist-trailer-out-hard-hitting-and-disturbing-promo-calls-for-some-soul-searching-1936507
- http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kill-the-rapist-trailer-makers-ask-viewers-to-suggest-climax/440042-8-159.html
- Trailer: Kill The Rapist - The Times of India
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/kill-the-rapist-is-quite-the-horror-film/article1-1163211.aspx
- The brutal rape of Nirbhaya jolted India - Siddhartha Jain | Bollywood News | Hindi Movies News | News - BollywoodHungama.com
- New movie aims at channelling rage about rape - Livemint
- "'Kill the Rapist?' movie aims to empower India women". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.