Samrat & Co Hindi Movie Review

The first detective Hindi movie Samrat & Co released in theatres on Friday. Before we tell you reasons to watch or not watch the movie, let's take a look at the production crew.

Directed by: Kaushik Ghatak
Produced by: Kavita K. Barjatya, Rajshri Productions
Written by: Kaushik Ghatak, Manish Shrivastav
Starring: Rajeev Khandelwal, Madalasa Sharma, Gopal Datt
Music by: Ankit Tiwari, Mithoon
Cinematography: Sanjay Malwankar
Editing by: Nipun Gupta
Studio: Rajshri Productions
Distributed by: Rajshri Productions

Here are things you must know about the movie before you book your tickets

Movie plot: A young, beautiful and rich girl, Dimpy Singh (Madalsa Sharma), approaches Samrat Tilakdhari (Rajeev Khandelwal), a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden got ruined for reasons that appear natural but are not known; leading horticulturists have examined the fading plants but they have not been able to identify the probable reason. Further, her father's favorite horse died; once again the reason for the pre-mature death remains a mystery.That's not the end; Dimpy’s father Mahendra Pratap Singh (Girish Karnad), otherwise a very strong and balanced man, has been experiencing deteriorating health. All these aspects when combined makes the case sound weird and that grabs the attention of Samrat.

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Samrat along with his assistant friend, Chakradhar Pandey (Gopal Datt), visits the huge estate of Mahendra Pratap Singh. As he starts investigating, he discovers lots of mysterious facts. The story progresses when a murder takes place in the house, which leads to a series of events, complicating things for Samrat. Every character around seems to be hiding something. How will Samrat unfold the mysteries? Will there be more mysteries while he is investigating? Will the case be solved?

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Here's the Tequila waqila song from the movie



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Samrat & Co Movie Analysis:

Setting a new standard of wretched excess Rajshri Productions 'Samrat and Co' is a joyless charmless detective disaster helmed by Kaushik Ghatak (remember the tear jerker Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi) 'Samrat and Co' fails to revive the Barjatya's from their culture of family dramas the way it did in 1977 by Deepak Bahry's 'Agent Vinod' starring Mahendra Sandhu as the secret agent.

During the opening credits the makers remember Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes' for inspiration but alas the audience go through a misadventure that is almost devoid of thrill, style and character development for such genre. Agreed B-town has not shown much quality during the last few decades in churning their detective sagas Raj Khosla's 1956 classic 'CID' starring the ever green Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman (her bollywood debut) still remaining the only memorable amongst all.

Story Line:

If you are still reading this.. wish you hadn't asked for the plot that can be explained as something like a kids version of B-town routine mystery meeting a secret agent meeting an action hero that can be penned by anyone here the director Kaushik Ghatak himself and his co - writer Manish Shrivastav take the credit.

So we have a haunted Haveli where a respected actor like Girish Karnad playing the role of Mahendra Pratap Singh is reduced to some scares and a couple of quotes from Shakespeare his daughter Dimpy Singh (Madalsa Sharma), approaches Samrat Tilakdhari (Rajeev Khandelwal), a private investigator to find the reasons behind such supernatural activities in her house where the garden gets ruined, her father's favorite horse dies, Samrat along with his assistant friend, Chakradhar Pandey (Gopal Datt), visits the huge estate of Mahendra Pratap Singh. As he starts investigating, he discovers lots of mysterious facts. The story progresses when a murder takes place in the house, which leads to a series of events, complicating things for Samrat and for the audience also.

Our Rating : 3/5