Name: Crook
Director: Mohit Suri
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2010-10-08
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 4.6
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Neha Sharma, Arjan Bajwa, Gulshan Grover, Smiley Suri

Emraan Hashmi plays a crook who might be the least corrupt thing in Australia. Oof.

2000s Bollywood gritvisa drama with punchesantihero hours

Overview

Action Drama Thriller

Corrupt police and racially motivated attacks against Indian students complicate a re-located crook's life in Australia.

IN Hindi

Content warning

identity reinventionracial violence and belongingmoral compromiselove across conflict

Standout Aspects

Acting

Emraan commits to 'charming dirtbag' like it's his religion.

Best for:Streaming·Solo·Date Night

Heads up:Violence

Director

Mohit Suri

ReleasedOct 8, 2010

Runtime2h 1m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

Budget$2.5M·Revenue$1.8M

Top Cast

Emraan Hashmi

Jai Dixit / Suraj Bhardwaj

Neha Sharma

Suhani

Arjan Bajwa

Samarth

Gulshan Grover

Joseph

Smiley Suri

Sheena

Kavin Dave

Romi Latti

Francis Chouler

Russell

Shella Alan

Nicole 'Nikki'

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Released amid real 2009 attacks on Indian students in Australia, the film rode actual headlines for relevance. Mohit Suri basically made a thriller out of diaspora Twitter discourse.

Trivia

Smiley Suri, who plays Sheena, is Mohit Suri's sister and Emraan's ex-girlfriend. Nepotism? Messy? Both? Welcome to Bollywood.

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