Loot

Loot (2012)

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Loot is the story for five guys who find quick ways of success and accomplishment in life. It is a quest for quick money and better life. In a place where the crime rates are ascending day by day, Loot draws a reality check on the present security system of the city. Loot is about relationships: it's about friendship and betrayal. Loot is the real picture of Kathmandu; the city of crime and lawlessness like never explored before.

Date of release
2012-01-13
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Action, Crime
Director
Nischal Basnet
Collection
Loot Nepali Movie Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Loot is a 2012 Nepali crime thriller film that was directed and written by Nischal Basnet as his debut. The film received critical acclaim with praise directed towards the performances of the cast, the screenplay, twists, climax and the direction of Nischal Basnet. The film, and especially Saugat Malla's character Haku Kale, developed a cult following in Nepali cinema. With an estimated budget of 5,000,000 to 7,000,000 Nepalese rupees (NPR), Loot grossed 52 million NPR at the box office and went on to become the highest grossing Nepali movie of all time, breaking several records at the box office.

Production

Before making Loot, Nischal Basnet said; "I wanted to make a film that I would want to watch, a film that I would enjoy. Not a film that audiences at large automatically expect from Nepali filmmakers." Basnet also said he never thought of a future for the film and he just wanted to make "a film about bank robbery".

Initially, Loot was written as a short film and was only intended to be 40 minutes long. When Basnet and his colleagues collected 5 to 700,000 of Nepali rupees for a short feature, he said; "We basically knew that we weren't getting anything back if we made a short movie so we started asking ourselves why not develop it into a feature length?" The team decided to turn the film into a feature film.

While writing the script for Loot, Nischal Basnet based lead character Haku Kale on himself. He asked himself: "What would I do if I was in a situation like this?" In an interview, Basnet said Saugat Malla "brought the extra flavor and turned Kale into a Newari character plus added the name Haku (in production known as 'Kale')".

In an interview, the film director Nischal Basnet said lead actor Dayahang Rai was not on his checklist and but that Rai had already heard about his film, so Basnet decided to approach him. Basnet did not know he "was supposed to talk about remuneration". Dayahang Rai told Basnet; "Give me rupee[s] for working in the film, anything more than that will be a bonus"; that day, Basnet was "truly ready to make a film".

Later, Saugat Malla was chosen to star in the film. Malla improvised the character and changed his name from "Kale" to "Haku Kale" but it took a while for Basnet to approve the name change. Bijaya Adhikari of the Living wrote; "a nickname that today generates an imagery of one of the most memorable characters in modern Nepali cinema".

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