Manorama Six Feet Under

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Manorama Six Feet Under

Movie poster for Manorama Six Feet Under
Directed by Navdeep Singh
Produced by Ketan Maroo
Written by Devika Bhagat, Navdeep Singh
Starring Abhay Deol, Raima Sen, Gul Panag
Music by Jayesh Gandhi, Raiomond Mirza
Cinematography Arvind Kannabiran
Editing by Jabeen Merchant
Distributed by Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date(s) September 21, 2007
Running time 138 min
Country India
Language Hindi
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Manorama Six Feet Under is a 2007 Indian thriller film directed and co-written by Navdeep Singh. The film features Abhay Deol, Raima Sen, Gul Panag in the lead roles. was released on September 21, 2007.

The movie is a film noir with an amateur detective in a small sleepy town from Rajasthan who finds himself caught in a web of lies, deceit and murder. This movie is based on Chinatown (1974) by Roman Polanski, with the basic premise being similar to the original, despite changes in the representation of characters and some key plot points. In a cinema-noir style, the filmmakers of "Manorama Six Feet Under" acknowledge the inspiration from the original by playing the sequence where Jack Nicholson's character gets his nose slashed on the main character's (Satyaveer) television.

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Satyaveer (Abhay Deol) is a junior engineer by profession. He is suspended from work for taking a bribe. He tries getting back to his real passion - writing. His maiden attempt, a detective novel, Manorama, sinks without a trace. He has to settle down with writing for cheap pulp magazines. Adding to his frustration, he has a nagging wife Nimmi (Gul Panag) and an overactive son at home.

At this juncture, Manorama (Sarika) comes into his life and introduces herself as the wife of an influential local politician, P. P. Rathore (Kulbhushan Kharbanda). She comes up with a lucrative offer by making him an advance payment for spying on her husband. Charmed by this offer where he gets an opportunity to redeem himself, he accepts her assignment.

Upon completion of his assignment, the plot gets twisted when Satyaveer discovers that the Manorama is not who she claims herself to be. The plot thicknes when she gets killed in an accident surrounded by mysterious circumstances. Sensing someone's wrong-doing, he begins investigating her death. The rest of the plot is how he solves the mystery. The movie starts with Manorama (Sarika) giving satyaveer an assignment of keeping an eye on her husband, who is also the irrigation minister, and she suspects that he is having extra marital affairs, Satyaveer gets Rs. 20,000 for the work, he manages to get pictures of the minister with one girl and gives it to Manorama, One night when Satyaveer is heavily drunk and returning home he is intercepted by Manorama, who tell her that some guys want to kill her and tell's him to remember her name Manorama and her age(32 years). The next day there is a news in Local paper about death of Manorama, The plot takes lot of changes, when the detective goes deeper into the issue and it comes out that everyone has some motive. Satyaveer is helped by his best friend and brother-in-law, the sub-inspector (Vinay Pathak).

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Actor Role
Abhay Deol Satyaveer
Raima Sen Sheetal
Gul Panag Nimmi
Kulbhushan Kharbanda Minister P.P Rathore
Sarika Manorama
Vinay Pathak Brijmohan
Brijendra Kale Bihari Lal

[edit] Production

The director, Navdeep Singh's love for murder mysteries was the reason to debut with this film. The choice of Gul Panag was based on her performance in the critically acclaimed Dor (2006). The selection of Raima Sen was because of her versatality and suitability for most roles. Navdeep not only wanted a good script, but also great actors to work with. The character of Manorama went to Sarika because she was convinced of the role.

Since most of the movie was shot in Rajasthan during the winter season, the crew encountered trouble with the prevailing extreme cold conditions. The ensuing fog and rain also gave them trouble during the shoot.

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  1. Dhokha (4:12) - Richa Sharma
  2. Dhundla Jo Sama Bandh (5:04) - Kailash Kher
  3. Tere Sawalon Ke (5:43) - Roop Kumar Rathod, Mahalakshmi Iyer
  4. Woh Bheege Pal (6:49) - Jayesh Gandhi
  5. Woh Bheege Pal (6:48) - Zubeen Garg
  6. Woh Bheege Pal (Remixed by Akbar Sami) (6:18) - Jayesh Gandhi

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