Contract (2008 film): Difference between revisions

'''''Contract''''' is a 2008 Indian [[BollywoodHindi]]-language spy[[action thrillerdrama film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/contract-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc01mtewmzg|title=Contract|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref> written by [[Prashant Pandey]] and directed by [[Ram Gopal Varma]]. The film is setupset inagainst the backdrop of [[terrorism]], and the infiltration by [[Research and Analysis Wing|R.A.W.]] and the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau.]].<ref name="toi7">{{Cite news|work=Times of India |title=Movie Reviews: Contract |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Contract/movie-review/3251648.cms |first=Nikhat |last=Kazmi |date=2008-07-18}}</ref>

Starring Adhvik Mahajan, [[Upendra Limaye]], Prasad Purandare, and [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] in pivotal roles, the film received mixed reviews.<ref name="tt6">{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080719/jsp/entertainment/story_9568903.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728092050/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080719/jsp/entertainment/story_9568903.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 July 2008 |work=The Telegraph (Calcutta) |first=Priyanka |last=Roy |date=2008-07-19 |title=Don't sign it}}</ref><ref name="ht5">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/cinema-news/reviews/Review-Contract/Article1-324866.aspx |date=2008-07-18 |work=Hindustan Times |title=On Planet Kill Kill |first=Khalid |last=Mohamed |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231035037/http://www.hindustantimes.com/cinema-news/reviews/Review-Contract/Article1-324866.aspx |archivedate=31 December 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> The film was screened retrospectiveretrospectively at the 2010 [[Fribourg International Film Festival]].<ref name="India Today">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/edouard-waintrop-on-the-new-indian-cinema/1/189357.html |title=Edouard Waintrop on the New Indian Cinema : UP Front – India Today |work=India Today |date=18 May 2012 |accessdate=27 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="David">{{cite web|author=David |title=The Films of Ram Gopal Varma – An Overview |publisher=Cinema Strikes Back |date=16 June 2006 |url=http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=1202 |accessdate=22 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725153007/http://www.cinemastrikesback.com/?p=1202 |archivedate=25 July 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

The story revolves around an ex-[[Special Protection Group]] Commando, Amaan Malik, whose wife and daughter are killed in a Jihad inspired terrorist attack. Indian Agentsagents, working with the [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] of India, approach Amaan tofor collaborate with himcollaboration to hunt the mastermind Sultanbehind responsiblethe forserial these serialterrorist attacks in Mumbai, Sultan. Sultan, is executing another mission of serial blasts, including a Governmentgovernment Hospitalhospital in [[Mumbai]]. Supported withby the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)]], how [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] and Amaan isare able to infiltrate the underworld gangs to reach Sultan, the Chief Mentor forms the rest of the plot.

* [[Adhvik Mahajan]] as Amaan Malik

* [[Kishor Kadam]] as Dara Bajaj

* [[Amruta Khanvilkar]] as Divya Jalani

* [[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] as Sultan Jabbar Khan

[[Category:Films about Islamic terrorism in India]]

[[Category:IndianIntelligence filmsBureau (India) in fiction]]