88 Antop Hill is a 2003 mystery thriller Hindi film. The story, screenplay and direction are by Kushan Nandy; dialogues by Ashish Deo.[1] The film is a murder mystery and is loosely based on James Hadley Chase's 1954 novel Tiger by The Tail[2] and was released on 27 June 2003.[3]
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Directed by | Kushan Nandy |
Written by | Kushan Nandy Kiran Shroff |
Produced by | Kiran Shroff |
Starring | Rahul Dev Atul Kulkarni Shweta Menon Jasmine D'Souza |
Cinematography | Hari Nair |
Music by | Rajesh Roy |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
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.