Dial 100 is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film directed by Rensil D'Silva and produced by Sony Pictures Films India, Siddharth P. Malhotra and Sapna Malhotra.[2] The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta and Sakshi Tanwar in the lead roles.[3][4] The film premiered on 6 August 2021 on ZEE5.[1] it was loosely inspired from the Danish film The Guilty.
| Dial 100 | |
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 Release poster | |
| Directed by | Rensil D'Silva |
| Written by | Rensil D’Silva |
| Screenplay by | Rensil D’Silva |
| Produced by | Sony Pictures Films India Siddharth P. Malhotra Sapna Malhotra |
| Starring | Manoj Bajpayee Neena Gupta Sakshi Tanwar |
| Cinematography | Anuj Rakesh Dhawan |
| Edited by | Asif Ali Shaikh |
| Music by | Raju Singh |
Production companies | Sony Pictures Films India Alchemy Films |
| Distributed by | ZEE5 |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
editNikhil Sood is an overworked and underpaid police officer who gets a call on the emergency helpline number,100, one night. It is from a woman who is threatening to commit suicide. Nikhil says he needs her information in order to help her, but the woman refuses, saying she is going to die anyway.
Nikhil's wife Prerna calls to alert him that she thinks their son Dhruv could be back to his old habits of being a drug peddler. Dhruv leaves home late at night, at the same time Nikhil leaves for his late night shift. Nikhil rings his son and makes him return home. But before that, the mysterious woman threatening suicide reaches his house and holds Prerna captive. She forces Prerna to sit in her car and calls Nikhil, who realizes that she is Seema Palav. Seema's son died in a hit-and-run case; a rich spoilt brat Yash Mehra's car was the one that hit him. The case got shut down due to pressure from the city's hotshots and Seema thinks Dhruv had a hand in it. Her motive is revenge by killing Yash. She wants Dhruv to get Yash to her. Dhruv brings Yash for Seema; Nikhil also arrives.
Seema shoots both Yash and Dhruv, while Nikhil shoots Seema. Yash survives, but Dhruv is dead. In the end, similarly, Yash's parents are seen offering money to Nikhil to close the case. Nikhil returns to his control room to report the entire case, not falling for the money and the story ends.
Cast
edit- Manoj Bajpayee as Senior Inspector Nikhil Sood
- Neena Gupta as Seema Paalav
- Sakshi Tanwar as Prerna Sood, Nikhil's wife
- Nandu Madhav as Chandrakant Paalav aka Chandu, Seema's husband
- Abhijeet Chavan as Inspector Gharat
- Urmila Mahanta as Gayatri
- Vikram Bham as Najeeb
- Madhur Arora as Suresh Nayak
- Deepanshu Titoriya as Avi
- Girish Dixit as Ashish Deshmukh
- Virandra Giri as Sangha
- Svar Kamble as Dhruv Sood, Nikhil's son
- Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues as Gautam Mehra
- Nilesh Mamgain as Gulam Ahmed
- Aman Gandotra as Yash Mehra, Gautam's son
Production
editThe Principal photography commenced on 1 December 2020 in Mumbai.[5][6][7]
Reception
editRahul Desai of Film Companion wrote, "Even though Dial 100 gets its nihilistic messaging on point, the gimmicky execution ensures the film is about as surprising as a traffic jam in Andheri East."[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Dial 100 trailer out. Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta's thriller to premiere on Zee5 on August 6". India Today. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta and Sakshi Tanwar to star in Dial 100". The Indian Express. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta, Sakshi Tanwar come together for thriller Dial 100". India Today. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta, and Sakshi Tanwar to star in Rensil D'Silva's thriller Dial 100". Bollywood Hungama. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Neena Gupta, Manoj Bajpayee, Sakshi Tanwar team up for thriller 'Dial 100'". Daily News & Analysis. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Manoj Bajpayee, Neena Gupta, Sakshi Tanwar begin filming director Rensil D'Silva's thriller Dial 100". Firstpost. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Dial 100 goes on floors". The New Indian Express. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Desai, Rahul (6 August 2021). "Dial 100, On ZEE5, Dials Up The Dated Melodrama Of Middle-Class Rage". Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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