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Paanch is a film of genre Thriller directed by Anurag Kashyap released in USA on 1 january 2003 with Kay Kay Menon
Paanch (2003)
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Add to a movie listPaanch (Hindi: पाँच; English:Five) is an unreleased Indian crime thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap and starring Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Vijay Maurya, Joy Fernandes and Tejaswini Kolhapure. The film is "loosely" based on the 1976-77 Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders in Pune.
The film never got a theatrical or home-video release. The Central Board of Film Certification objected to the film's violence, the depiction of drug abuse and bad language. After some cuts, the film was cleared in 2001. However, it could not be released as the producer faced some problems. A preview copy of the film was leaked online in 2010.
The film is considered by many to be way ahead of its times and has achieved a cult status, mainly due to the charismatic and monstrous performance by Kay Kay Menon, master screenplay by Anurag Kashyap, realistic dialogues and storyline.
Synopsis
The story is about 5 members of a rock band with a female and male vocalist who are involved in drugs, sex, smoke and the like. The lead man is crazy and addicted and goes to any extent to achieve what he wants. Soon all band members get involved in robbery and murder, with the cops at their heels. The rest of the film tells what happens to them.Actors
Kay Kay Menon
(Luke Morrison)
Aditya Srivastava
(Murgi)
Tejaswini Kolhapure
(Shiuli)
Sharat Saxena
(Inspector Deshpande)
Suhas Joshi
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