On the trail of an underworld contract killer, a dedicated police officer is thrust into a battle between good vs evil.
Acting
Bachchan's physical transformation — two performances in one body.
Direction
Mehra's ambitious, messy vision of spiritual horror in Mumbai.
Cinematography
Mirrors, shadows, and the color red weaponized throughout.
Director
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Amitabh Bachchan
Manu Verma
Manoj Bajpayee
Raghavan (as Manoj Bajpai)
Raveena Tandon
Neeta
Nandita Das
Supriya
K.K. Raina
Mahadevan
Kamal Chopra
ADDL. CP Pradhan
Tanvi Azmi
Madhu Pradhan
Pramod Moutho
Justice Chowdhury
Salim Ghouse
Blind Guru
Veerendra Saxena
Hanif Kasai
Vijay Raaz
Yeda Yakub
Vrajesh Hirjee
RAW Officer 1
Gajraj Rao
RAW Officer 2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mehra's directorial debut before Rang De Basanti; he fought producers who wanted a conventional ending.
The film bombed spectacularly in 2001 but has developed a cult following for its audacious fusion of noir, horror, and Hindu philosophical concepts of atma and karma.
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