
Requiem for a Dream(2000)
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.


“Free Your Inner Shaitan”
Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.

Rajeev Khandelwal
Inspector Arvind Mathur

Kalki Koechlin
Amrita "Amy" Jayshankar

Shiv Panditt
Dushyant "Dash" Sahu

Neil Bhoopalam
Zubin Shroff

Gulshan Devaiah
Karan "K.C." Chaudhary

Kirti Kulhari
Tanya Sharma

Rajit Kapoor
Amy's Father

Rajat Barmecha
Shomu

Shivani Tanksale
Amy's Mother
Nikhil Chinapa
Inspector Sandeep
Shaitan is a action, crime, drama, thriller film released in 2011 exploring themes of drug abuse, drug addiction. Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, it stars Rajeev Khandelwal, Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Panditt. Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
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