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''Loot'' is a 2011
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-language
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film directed by Rajnish Raj Thakur, written by S.M. Sabir Firozabadi, and produced by Shabbir Boxwala and Anup Gandhi under the Popcorn Motion Pictures banner. The film stars
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,
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,
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,
Jaaved Jaaferi Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaffrey (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is the son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and cont ...
,
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, and
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. It was released on 4 November 2011, to mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial failure. The film is a loose remake of the 2003 film, '' Crime Spree''.


Plot

''Loot'' revolves around the misadventures of four criminals, comprising Builder (
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), Pandit (
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), Akbar (
Jaaved Jaaferi Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaffrey (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is the son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and cont ...
), and Wilson (
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), who work for one Batliwala (
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). The four rogues are sent on a mission to
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to rob a house filled with priceless valuables. However, the quartet soon discovers that the house they have been sent to rob belongs to a dreaded don named Lalla Bhatti (
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), an unpleasant sod who doesn't think twice about breaking his own brother's arm (
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) for an unpaid debt. If robbing a don's residence was not enough, the quarter also managed to get in the way of a 'poetic' spouting intelligence agent VP Singh (
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) keeping tabs on the don, an underworld patriarch Khan (
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), and an East Asian thug named Asif trying to trace his stolen car. Pretty soon, all the characters of the film are pulled into a cat-and-mouse game with each other, with some audio tapes containing some damning conversations being the prize of the game. In the climax, the quartet, with some help from a local hustler, Varinder (
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) and his moll Sharmili (
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), manage to set off the bad guys against each other. But soon enough, it is revealed that Batliwala was behind the whole thing and wanted to set the quartet up to get revenge on his brother, who is now in jail because of them. The quartet manages to save themselves and hires Khan to murder Batliwala.


Cast

*
Govinda Govinda (, ), also rendered Govind, Gobinda, and Gobind, is an epithet of Vishnu and his avatars, such as Krishna. The name appears as the 187th and the 539th name of Vishnu in the ''Vishnu Sahasranama''. The name is also popularly addressed to ...
as Pandit *
Suniel Shetty Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, and entrepreneur, primarily known for his work in Hindi cinema, with appearances in Tamil films. Nicknamed as Anna, Shetty has appeared in ...
as Builder *
Jaaved Jaaferi Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaffrey (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is the son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and cont ...
as Akbar Qureshi *
Mahaakshay Chakraborty Mahaakshay Chakraborty (born 30 July 1984), also known as Mimoh Chakraborty and Mimoh, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. He is the son of actors Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali. Early life Chakraborty was born on 30 July 1984 in ...
as Wilson *
Ravi Kishan Ravindra Kishan Shukla (born 17 July 1969), popularly known as Ravi Kishan, is an Indian actor, politician, film producer and television personality. He currently serves as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur. He received a ''Sansad ...
as V.P. Singh *
Shweta Bhardwaj Shweta Bhardwaj is an Indian actress and model who has acted in Hindi and Telugu language films. She made her acting debut in the 2008 action Hindi film '' Mission Istanbul'', starring Vivek Oberoi & Zayed Khan. She has been a Gladrags Model. ...
as Tanya Sharma *
Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, ...
as Lala Taufeeq Omar Bhatti *
Mika Singh Mika Singh (born 10 June 1977) is an Indian singer, rapper, musician and actor. His songs include "Bas Ek King" (''Singh Is Kinng''), "Mauja Hi Mauja" (''Jab We Met''), "Ibn-e-Batuta" (''Ishqiya''), "Dhanno" (''Housefull (2010 film), Housefull' ...
as Varinder Yuvraaj Singh (VYS) (extended cameo appearance) *
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as Sharmili Siqueira (SMS) *
Dalip Tahil Dalip Tahil (born Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian people, Indian film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his work in ''Baazigar'' (1993), ''Raja (1995 film), Raja'' (1995), ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke'' (1993) and ' ...
as Batliwala *
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as Khan *
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as Lala's brother *
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as Razak *
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in an
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"Jawani Bank Loot Le"


Production

The filming began in Summer 2008. It completed shooting in early 2010, and was expected to release in June 2010. The release date was then delayed, and postponed to Dussehra 2010. Though, due to financial problems, director Rajnish Thakur pushed back the release date. In September 2010, he announced that the film would be releasing in Diwali 2010. He revealed the official first look poster on 28 September 2011. The theatrical trailer was revealed on 10 October 2011, alongside '' Rascals'' in cinemas.


Soundtrack


Reception

Joginder Tuteja of
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give it 2 stars out of five and commented "As mentioned earlier, the music of Loot came with hardly any expectations due to which whatever little is offered does turn out to be a bonus element".


References


External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0847180, Loot 2010s Hindi-language films 2011 films 2010s heist films 2011 crime comedy films Indian crime comedy films Indian heist films Viacom18 Studios films Indian remakes of British films Indian action comedy films Indian comedy thriller films Films about organised crime in India Films set in Thailand Indian gangster films Films shot in Thailand Indian remakes of French films Remakes of Canadian films Hindi remakes of English films