Kaante
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| Kaante | |
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| Directed by | Sanjay Gupta |
| Produced by | Raju Patel |
| Written by | Sanjay Gupta, Milap Zaveri |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lucky Ali, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh GujralRati Agnihotri Malaika Arora, Jeff Davis, Ranjit Chowdhary |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand |
| Release date(s) | December 20, 2002 |
| Running time | 150 min |
| Language | Hindi/English |
| IMDb profile | |
Kaante (Hindi: कांटे, Urdu: کانٹے English: Thorns) is a 2002 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Gupta and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh Gujral, Rati Agnihotri, Isha Koppikar, Lucky Ali and Mahesh Manjrekar in the lead roles The film is a Hindi remake of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and also has similarities to Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects.
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[edit] Plot
The movie is mostly inspired from Reservoir Dogs which in turn was inspired by Ringo Lam's City on Fire starring Chow Yun Fat. The plot isn't changed at all from the original movie, though the scenes have been altered to the liking of Indian viewers. It also lifts a scene from Usual Suspects and a few "inspirations" due to a few alterations (such as character backgrounds, Bollywood song and dance).
[edit] Trivia
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- The film was to star Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kumar Gaurav, Shilpa Shetty and Lisa Ray initially. But Akshaye Khanna opted out of the project subsequently, while Malaika Arora stepped in Shilpa Shetty's shoes and Namrata Singh Gujral was cast opposite Kumar Gaurav in lieu of Lisa Ray.[citation needed]
- The character of Renu Mathur (played by Namrata Singh Gujral) was the only role cast in Hollywood from the entire principal cast. All other principals including Amitabh Bachchan were flown in from Mumbai for the Hollywood shoot.[citation needed]
- This was Amitabh Bachchan's 126th lead role.[citation needed]
- The film was the first Bollywood film to be completely shot in LA.[citation needed]
- The film's production team used Hollywood technicians.[citation needed]
- Rohit Roy (Fattu Bhai from Shootout at Lokhandwala and popular television actor) makes an appearance in the Song "Ishq Samandar".[citation needed]
[edit] Controversy
- Kaante director Sanjay Gupta was involved in a long court case about this movie due to its being a copy of Reservoir Dogs[citation needed].
[edit] Nicknames
- Marc or Sunil Shetty is referred as Chingado in the movie.
- Amitabh Bachchan is referred as Major in the movie.
- Sanjay Dutt as Ajju
- Lucky Ali as Mac
- Mahesh Manjrekar as Baali
- Kumar Gaurav as Andy
[edit] References
- Kaante: All details on 'IMDB Kaante'.
