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''Shabri'' is a 2011 Indian
Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
-language
action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...
directed by Lalit Marathe and produced by
Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada language ...
. It is about a woman, played by
Ishaa Koppikar Isha Koppikar (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian actress, model and politician who has mostly appeared in Hindi cinema. She has also acted in several Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi films. Background Koppikar was born in Mahim, Bombay ( ...
, who becomes the first female crime lady in
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. The film was completed in 2005 and was showcased as the opening film at the
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, and was also premiered at the
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. The film was officially released worldwide on 26 August 2011.


Plot

The film starts with accidental death of ''Kisnya'' (younger brother of the villain), who insists that Shabri be handed over to Police for the murder of Inspector Khare, which Murad ( a friendly neighbor of Shabri family who is a bookie) forcefully opposes. Shabri is guilty of murder of a wicked police inspector (Khare) who tried to rape her in police station in front of her younger brother who has already been tortured by Khare. After killing Kisnya, Murad and Shabri (now both murderers) run away from Mumbai to a farmhouse uptown, but are nevertheless traced by Rajdar bhau's gang (who is even helped by a corrupt officer named Inspector Kadam). There is a shoot out. Murad gets shot and is captured by the gang (he is later put to death with two dozen bullets by an angry Rajdhar Bhau, who wants to avenge Kisnya's death). Shabri is taken to Kadam's flat where the drunk officer tries to rape her but Shabri again somehow manages to run away after shooting Kadam in foot and breaking a bottle of beer on his head. Now another friend of the late Murad namely Vilas helps her. Here an interesting character, Irfan Kazi (played by Zakir Hussain) enters the story, interesting because it is not possible to make out if he is good or evil. Nevertheless, he is an encounter cop who is fed up with killing criminals and wishes to do something more creative for his own entertainment. He does this by giving Shabri inside knowhow of Rajdar Bhau's gang where unknown to the egotist Rajdar almost every one, by now fed up with selfishness of their boss, is standing on brink of rebellion. In the climax, Shabri at last comes face to face with Rajdar bhau and he is shocked to learn that Shabri is not there to beg for mercy but to kill him. Each gangster standing around them are now friends of Shabri and ready to kill Rajdar at her signal - their guns are pointed at Rajdar bhau (using her leadership qualities and Kazi's contacts she has convinced all of them that their future and well being is now in getting rid of Rajdar bhau and reorganizing under Shabri's being their chief under whom they will all work as equal partners ). Rajdar Bhau, with Shabri's approval shoots himself.


Cast

* Isha Kopikar as Shabri * Manish Wadhwa as Vilas * Pradeep Rawat as Rajdhar Bhau *
Raj Arjun Raj Arjun is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi cinema. He has also worked in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu cinema. He is the recipient of Zee Cine Awards for Best Actor In A Negative Role and Indian Television Academy Awards for Best A ...
as Murad *
Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain ( ur, , link=no) is the name of: * Zakir Husain (politician), an Indian politician and former president of India * Zakir Hussain (actor), Bollywood actor * Zakir Hussain (field hockey) (1934–2019), Pakistani field hockey player * ...
as Inspector Irfan Qazi * Vijay Kadechkar as Bandya * Sanjay Kulkarni as Inspector Kadam * Datta Sonawane as Inspector Khare * Niraj Kumar as Kisnya Bhau * Parvez Khan as Rahuu * Mohit Dwivedi as Arjun * Anshul Joshi as Ram * Vimal Mhatre as Shabri's mother * Kishore Nandlaskar as Shabri's father *
Ragesh Asthana Ragesh Asthana (17 May 1962 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian actor who acted in several Hindi television serials such as ''Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo'' and ''Palampur Express'', Katputli and was last seen in ''Gumraah'' on Channel V. Perso ...
as Shardool Seth * Chandan Pethkar as Nana * Archana Thavre as Mrs. Khare *
Pravisht Mishra Pravisht Mishra is an Indian television actor best known for his portrayal of Anirudh Roy Choudhary in ''Barrister Babu'' and Yuvan Singh Rathod in ''Banni Chow Home Delivery''. Personal life Pravisht Mishra was born in Prayagraj, Uttar Prade ...
as Khare's son *
Urmila Matondkar Urmila Matondkar (born 4 February 1974) is an Indian actress and politician. Known for her work primarily in Hindi films, in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil films, she has received numerous accolades, including the Filmfare A ...
in a cameo appearance


Trivia

*
Ishaa Koppikar Isha Koppikar (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian actress, model and politician who has mostly appeared in Hindi cinema. She has also acted in several Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi films. Background Koppikar was born in Mahim, Bombay ( ...
's make-up was so convincing that security and producers wouldn't let her enter the set, as they didn't recognize her.When Isha Koppikar was unrecognizable
, ApunkaChoice, 25 April 2006


References


External links

* {{Ram Gopal Varma 2010s Hindi-language films 2011 action films Indian action films 2011 films Reliance Entertainment films Hindi-language action films