By Taran Adarsh, November 19, 2002 - 17:29 IST
Kiran Shroff and Kushan Nandy formed Sarvodaya Visuals in June 2000. After producing several programmes for television, they now present their maiden film 88 ANTOP HILL. The film stars Atul Kulkarni, Rahul Dev, Suchitra Pillai, Shweta Menon and new-find Jasmine.
As the name suggests, 88 ANTOP HILL is about an address. An edge of the seat murder mystery, filled with an element of fear, it is the first of its kind film in more ways than one.
Three murders, six suspects, one address.
Atul Kulkarni plays Pratyush Shellar, a common man working in a bank. He has a beautiful wife and a little daughter. And a secret.
It had all started on that stormy, Wednesday night, when Pratyush had been woken up by a phone call. That phone call changed his life.
He landed up at an address. Uninvited, unaware and unprepared for the danger that awaited him. The board outside read 88 Antop Hill.
But Pratyush was not the only one who had been there that night. There was someone or something waiting for him.
A common man, a cop, a prostitute, a millionaire, a pub-dancer and a balckmailer. And the deadliest of them all… The address.
The character sketch
* Atul Kulkarni plays Pratyush Shelar, a common man working in a bank. One night a phone call changes his life. He lands up at 88 Antop Hill.
* Jasmine plays Sonali, the fianc?f a millionaire. Sonali knows that the only way to get rich is by using her sex appeal and body. But Sonali has a past that she has hidden from her fianc?And that takes her to 88 Antop Hill.
* Rahul Dev plays Arvind Khanvilkar, an honest cop. Arvind never gives up till he solves a case. But this time when a case takes him to 88 Antop Hill, he realizes that he could just be wrong.
* Suchitra Pillai plays Antara, an independent woman who believes that her dignity is more important than her love for her husband, Pratyush. But does she really know him?
* Shweta Menon plays Teesta, a prostitute who takes great pride in her profession. But when one of her customers wants
something more than just a one night stand, Teesta takes him to 88 Antop
Hill.
88 ANTOP HILL has been shot in a span of 40 days only, at 27 different locales. Kushan Nandy has directed the film.
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