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Crook is a film of genre Drama directed by Mohit Suri with Emraan Hashmi
Crook (2010)
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Add to a movie listCrook is a 2010 Bollywood thriller film popularly known by the title of It's Good to be Bad!. The film stars Emraan Hashmi and Neha Sharma in the lead. It is directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. It was released on 8 October 2010. Before the release, the film was given an 'A' certificate from the Indian Censor Board. Mostly shot in Australia and South Africa, the film is based on the controversy regarding the allegedly racial attacks on Indian students in Australia between 2007 and 2010.
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When Sub-Inspector Joseph Pinto finds that his foster son, Jai Dixit (Emraan Hashmi), sired by a deceased, re-formed gangster, has taken to crime, he arranges for his re-location to Melbourne, and has his name changed to Suraj Bhardwaj (Emraan Hashmi). Jai does re-locate there, and gets hired as a taxi-driver. He gets attracted to Suhani (Neha Sharma), much to the of her brother, Samarth (Arjan Bajwa), who wants her to marry Gurdaspur-based Romi Latti (Kavin Dave), who is also in Melbourne on a university scholarship. With mounting racially-motivated attacks and profiling ('Curry Boy', 'Indian Curry') against Indian students, Samarth (Arjan Bajwa) actively protests - but Jai refrains from doing so - even after Romi (Kavin Dave) is badly beaten by Caucasian youth. The protest results in violence, and Samarth (Arjan Bajwa) is arrested. On the day of his discharge, Jai (Emraan Hashmi) is told by a stripper, Nicole (Shella Alan), that plans are afoot to kill Samarth (Arjan Bajwa), and he decides to intervene. He does succeed and even accompanies Suhani (Neha Sharma) to the Police Station to identify her brother's attackers.Actors
Emraan Hashmi
(Jai Dixit / Suraj Bhardwaj)
Neha Sharma
(Suhani)
Arjan Bajwa
(Samarth)
Gulshan Grover
(Joseph)
Mashhoor Amrohi
(Golde)
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