Mukhbiir

Mukhbiir (2008)

After being orphaned at the age of 12 and living with incompatible relatives, Kailash ends up on the streets, is picked by police and lodged in a cell at the age of 18. It is here he will be interrogated by S.P. Rathod and given an option of either rotting in jail or spying for him. He undertakes to co-operate fully with Rathod, undergoes training, and infiltrates a gang of Andhra Pradesh Naxalites - successfully arranging the death of its' leader, Mahendra Thapa.

Date of release
2008-08-22
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Action, Crime
Director
Mani Shankar

Casting

Interesting facts

Mukhbiir (transl. Informer) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language spy action-thriller film directed by Mani Shankar. The film revolves around the life and events surrounding an Indian spy. The film stars Sameer Dattani, Suniel Shetty, Om Puri, Raima Sen, Sushant Singh, Rahul Dev, and Jackie Shroff, and Raima Sen.

Production

Director Mani Shankar had a story in mind in 1996 itself when he was shooting an anti-militancy music video for the Intelligence Bureau. It was during this time that he met a young Intelligence Bureau recruit who was badly tortured in militant captivity. The young man was left unaided by the Indian government thereafter as he offered them no utility.

Shankar felt that actor Sameer Dattani would not comprehend fear and hence not emote well while filming. To overcome this, Shankar insisted that Dattani spend a night in a prison. Only the local inspector knew him to be an actor. Besides conducting several training workshops for Dattani to prepare for his character, Mani Shankar also organized a visit to the underworld.

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