Paanch
2003 · Movie · 130 min. · India
4 friends (Luke, Murgi, Joy and Pondy) wasted by youth and self destruction play together in a band along with a fifth female member (Shiuli). Luke the lead singer and self-imposed leader of the pack ensures his dominance in the group by providing accommodation, drugs and food for his wasted and broke friends. Pondy is fascinated by Shiuli who sleeps with rich guys for money. The movie revolves around a kidnapping plot gone wrong, in which the 4 male band members plan to kidnap another friend Nikhil. Nikhil is part of the plot and agrees to get himself kidnapped to extract money out of his rich but miser father. In the process excess of drugs and uncontrolled anger leads to the murder of Nikhil by Luke. Luke blackmails all others and ensures that nobody leaves or confides into the cops. Meanwhile Shiuli also gets entangled into the plot. The money hungry youngsters then go on to kill the father of Nikhil and a cop (Sharat Saxena) investigating the murder. The plot thickens with a set ...
Direction Anurag Kashyap
Cast Kay Kay Menon · Aditya Srivastava · Joy Fernandes · Vijay Maurya · Tejaswini Kolhapure · Sharat Saxena · Anand Mishra · Mukesh Bhatt · Siddhu · Loveleen Mishra · Suresh Singh · Suhas Joshi · Anurag Kashyap · Nimit · Praveen Patel · Vijay Raj
Soundtrack Vishal Bhardwaj
Screenplay Anurag Kashyap
Cinematography Nataraja Subramanian
Original title Paanch
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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