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''Shoot on Sight'' is a 2007 British film directed by Jag Mundhra and produced by Aron Govil. The film was marketed and distributed globally by Aron Govil Productions Inc. The cast includes Brian Cox (actor), Brian Cox, Sadie Frost, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri.


Plot

Tariq Ali (played by Naseeruddin Shah), a Muslim police commander of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt down suspected Suicide attack, suicide-bombers against the backdrop of the 7 July bombings in London. Ali's task becomes more complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by armed police on the London Underground, Underground. Ali (Naseeruddin Shah), a Lahore-born British citizen married to an English woman with two children, is himself distrusted by his colleagues, despite his long service in the Metropolitan Police.


Cast


Production

''Shoot on Sight'' is a story based on Operation Kratos, the police "shoot-to-kill" policy applied to suspected suicide-bombers after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The shooting of the innocent Muslim in the Underground is based on an actual event, Death of Jean Charles de Menezes, the shooting of an innocent Brazilian on 22 July 2005 whom police thought to be a Muslim terrorist about to detonate a suicide bomb.


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* http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/5448/movie-preview-shoot-on-sight-2007.html * http://www.arongovil.com/2008/sos_news.php 2007 films Islamophobia in the United Kingdom Films about terrorism in Europe Films about Islam British police films 2000s English-language films Films directed by Jag Mundhra 2000s British films {{2000s-UK-film-stub