Nuclear bomb. High-fi gadgetry. Satellites. Radio transmitters. Button
cameras. And a lot more of such modern day artifacts formed the part of
first time filmmaker Mani Shankar's 16 December that had
released way back in 2002. The Danny Denzongpa, Gulshan Grover, Milind
Soman, Sushant Singh and Dipanita Sharma starrer espionage thriller
with a salt of patriotism was a decent success and it seemed that
Bollywood had found a new age director who could bring an international
touch to Indian cinema.
However, in years to come, duds like Rudraksh (2004) and Tango Charlie
(2005) followed and it seemed that Mani Shankar was back to square one.
Both the films were panned in a major way and in spite of actors like
Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Bobby Deol, Suneil Shetty and Bipasha Basu
giving their nod to these projects, there were no takers.
This was the time when Mani Shankar decided to make a film with a
newcomer called Sameer Dattani whose claim to fame till then was a
debut with Rajshri production's Uff Kyaa Jadoo Mohabbat Hai.
Even though his first ever film as a leading man bit the dust, Sameer
was finding some decent projects coming his way with Mani Shankar's Mukhbiir being one of them.
A thriller which deals with the stressed life of a young informer (played by Dattani), Mukhbiir
boasts of an impressive supporting cast which comprises of the likes of
Suneil Shetty, Om Puri and Jackie Shroff along with Rahul Dev, Sushant
Singh and Kelly Dorjee. Raima Sen is the film's leading lady.
As per the film's promotional material, Mukhbiir is a
story where espionage meets the underworld. The world that is all
around us, yet beyond our grasp. Ever present, yet never seen. True and
credible in every detail. Fascinating, compelling, unforgettable!
Incidentally, the film was recently in news since Pritish Nandy
Communications had sent Mani Shankar a letter-of-objection claiming
that he owned the production company Rs. 12 lakhs.
Now we wait to see how fascinating, compelling and unforgettable does
the film eventually turn out to be once it sees a release this July.
-Joginder Tuteja
Copyright Sampurn
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