EMI (film)

E.M.I

Film Poster
Directed by Saurabh Kabra
Produced by Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Sunil Shetty
Shabbir Boxwala
Written by Story & Screenplay
Saurabh Kabra
Dialogues
Nitin Raikwar
T Govinda Rajan
Khalid Azmi
Starring Sanjay Dutt
Urmila Matondkar
Malaika Arora
Arjun Rampal
Music by Songs:
Chirantan Bhatt
Background Score:
Sanjoy Chowdhury
Cinematography Paramvir Singh
Edited by Anand Subaya
Distributed by Balaji Motion Pictures
Popcorn Motion Pictues
Release dates
 7 November 2008
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget Rs 17 Cr
Box office Rs 2.2 Cr

EMI (Extension: Easy Monthly Installment - Liya Hai Toh Chukana Padega!) is a 2008 Bollywood social film directed by Saurabh Kabra and starring Malaika Arora, Sanjay Dutt, Urmila Matondkar and lots more. The film released on November 7, 2008.

Synopsis

Sattar (Sanjay Dutt), owner of Good Luck Recovery Agency, is the saviour and the solution for all those caught in the debt trap. From Bhaigiri to business to politics to social work—that's how Sattar wants to progress in life. He has already graduated from Bhaigiri to business and is now eager to jump into politics.

Most sought after by banks, telecom companies and various multinationals, today his Good Luck Recovery Agency is a leading recovery agency. Sattar follows a simple rule when it comes to his business—Loan liya hai to chukana padega.

But will Sattar succeed in using this simple principle when dealing with disparate characters and cases like Anil-Shilpa (Aashish Chaudhary-Neha Oberoi), Chandrakant-Arjun (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), Ryan-Nancy (Arjun Rampal-Malaika Arora Khan) and Prerna (Urmila Matondkar)?

Money crunch? Need a house? Looking at a car? Wanna travel abroad? Pick up a loan for just about everything today. The pesky calls at odd hours, the sweet talk and rosy picture painted by financial institutions, before you pick up a loan—EMI picks up stories/incidents from real life. Interesting!

Cast

Box office

EMI was a box office failure. It received mostly negative reviews.

Review

The 'loan culture' has caught on in a big way. A majority of people have availed of assorted loans, at some point or other. That makes EMI relevant, identifiable. Debutant director Saurabh Kabra picks up incidents from real life and depicts the pros and cons of availing loans. In this film, four different stories run parallel, plus there's a 'Bhai', who not only recovers outstanding dues from defaulters, but also sorts out their personal lives. Sadly, the story doesn't do justice to its title. It starts on an interesting note, but transforms into a typical masala film, where the 'Bhai' plays the good Samaritan and even solves personal problems. Wait, the recovery agent too falls head over heels in love with one of the defaulting members and much of the second hour is devoted to it. Clearly, the story starts off on a different note and ends up being something else altogether!

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