''88 Antop Hill'' is a 2003

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mystery

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. The story, screenplay and direction are by Kushan Nandy; dialogues by Ashish Deo. The film is a murder mystery and is loosely based on

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's 1954 novel '' Tiger by The Tail'' and was released on 27 June 2003.

Plot

The film opens with the brutal murder of Neeraj Shah. His body is dumped in the trunk of a car. On the other side bank executive Pratyush Shelar gets home late on his anniversary because he had to console an old college classmate about her marital woes. His own marital woes are worsened when his wife Antara leaves their home with their daughter. Pratyush's colleague Aslam Durrani suggests an exotic dancer Teesta. Pratyush is not interested but Aslam calls Pratyush and pretends as though some thugs are about to kill him. He asks Pratyush to come immediately to 88 Antop Hill. Later Teesta is mysteriously murdered. Scared and confused, Pratyush leaves immediately and become chased by local police. Suspicion goes upon him. Pratyush contacts cops but a dimwitted cop sternly asks him to surrender, as the police have found the murder weapon and a blood stained shirt, with Pratyush's diary. Here detective inspector Arvind Khanvilkar takes the charge of investigation.

Cast

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as Inspector Arvind Khanvilkar *

Atul Kulkarni Atul Kulkarni (born 10 September 1965) is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, English, Odia and Telugu language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the Best Supporting A ...

as Pratyush Shelar * Shweta Menon as Teesta *

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as Prashant * Jasmine D'Souza as Sonali *

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as Antara * Harsh Khurana as Aslam Durrani * Shauket Baig as Murli Mansukhani * Sachin Dubey as Neeraj *

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as Police officer * Sanjay Singh as K. K. Memon

Reception

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gave the film 1 out of 5, ″On the whole, 88 ANTOP HILL is high on technique, but low on substance.″ Deepa Gumaste of Rediff.com wrote ″ilms like 88 Antop Hill don't exactly need a saving grace -- they are better off not being made at all. But if there is something worth a mention, it is a couple of scary moments and solid performances from Atul Kulkarni and Rahul Dev. Both actors rise above the frailties of the film (and the rest of the cast), but their heroic efforts aren't enough to salvage the situation.″

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* {{IMDb title, 0349058, 88 Antop Hill 2003 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2000s mystery thriller films Indian mystery thriller films Indian detective films Hindi-language mystery thriller films Films based on works by James Hadley Chase