Sector 36 is 2024 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Aditya Nimbalkar and written by Bodhayan Roychaudhury.[2] Produced by Maddock Films and Jio Studios, it stars Vikrant Massey, Deepak Dobriyal and Akash Khurana.[3][4] It is based on the 2006 Noida serial murders.
| Sector 36 | |
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 Official release poster | |
| Directed by | Aditya Nimbalkar |
| Written by | Bodhayan Roychaudhury |
| Produced by | Dinesh Vijan Jyoti Deshpande |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Saurabh Goswami |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | Songs: OAFF—Savera Dhunkey Gourov Dasgupta Kanishk Seth Score: Ketan Sodha |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
editThe film opens up with Prem Singh, maid of a wealthy and powerful businessman Balbir Bassi who is seen chopping a dead girl's corpse and the scene cuts to Sub Inspector Ram Charan Pandey who is a corrupt officer and is irritated with the daily cases of children missing from the nearby slum and stops registering FIR's as per the orders of his seniors.
One day a rotten skeleton of a human hand is found in the drains of the slum but SI Ram Charan dismisses it by calling it an animal's hand and providing some money to the boy who discovered the hand. Later Prem kidnaps the boy, and chops his body into pieces after killing him. He has a friend Chote Lal with whom he runs a business of organ trafficking and both of them share the money they get from the business.
In a flashback, a child Prem is seen abused by his uncle(who is a butcher), who raped him daily but one day Prem attacks him, chopping him into pieces.
Bassi residing in Karnal, visits his house in Delhi(which is guarded by Prem) and had informed Prem to bring Chumki to home. Chumki is reported missing after that night and SI Ram dismisses Chumki's father angrily after a conflict. That night Prem tries to kidnap Ram Charan's daughter but Ram Charan manages to save her daughter with him now realizing that the cases of missing children are real kidnappings and he promises to his wife that he will bring the truth out.
A wealthy household's child is kidnapped leading to a nation-wide manhunt and the child being found in only 2 days depicting how low-profile cases are not cared about but when it's a high-profile case, everybody comes to action exposing the dark reality of the system.
SI Ram Charan registers FIR of Chumki's disappearance and reaches Balbir, who brushes off Chumki's father saying he is the pimp of her daughter to which Ram Charan beats Chumki's father and asks him to get out. Ram Charan's senior officer warns him to not involve Balbir Bassi in anyway into the case. He finds Chumki's mobile phone with the auto-driver, who had dropped her at Balbir's residence. He comes to know that Prem had given the mobile to auto-driver to throw it off but auto-driver didn't and that Prem is directly involved in this case leading to his temporary suspension for not following the orders of his senior.
After getting back to duty, Ram Charan takes Chote Lal into custody and he confesses that Prem had made Chumki disappear. His senior officer Rastogi now under pressure that Ram is near to the truth, bribes off Ram's junior officer Shravan Kumar Pathak to hand over Chote Lal to assassins and when Ram Charan finds that Chote Lal is missing he thrashes Pathak as to his carelessness resulted in the disappearance of an important witness but is calmed down by his senior officer and with the testimony provided by auto-driver, Ram arrests Prem Singh and interrogates him and to his shock, Prem reveals everything as to how he kidnaps kids, rapes them, chops them off after killing them, eats some of the meat, throws some and does organ trafficking and earns money(which he sends to his family), regarding to Chumki, he admits raping her after killing her(because she refused his advances) and chopping her after that, leaving Ram Charan and his senior in shock but when asked about Bassi's involvement in all of these he denies to answer. Ram Charan beats him off and asks why he did all of these to which he answers that the kids he kidnaps are of no use to the society and their lives doesn't matter. Ram Charan arrests him and finally the truth is uncovered as to how 25 minors were kidnapped and brutally assaulted and killed in the residence of Balbir Bassi, leading to the arrest of Bassi too and public outrage and Bassi blaming it all on Prem. As a result, Bassi in not acquitted and Ram getting determined to bring Bassi's truth out as well.
Ram Charan visits Prem in jail who tells him that the money he sent to his family actually never reached them and that Bassi had blamed all the crimes upon Prem to which he panics and admits to Ram Charan about Bassi's involvement. He visits Prem's village and finds a CD, Prem couriered to his wife with the title 'SADA BAHAR TARANE' and plays it in his laptop and sees the MMS tapes of Bassi(and something more which is only seen on Ram's paranoid face) and leaves but gets assassinated brutally in his way back to Delhi by the same assassins who murdered and chopped off Chote Lal and the assassins destroy the CD.
Shravan Kumar Pathak succeeds Ram Charan as SI and now Ram Charan is also reported in the missing persons list. After 6 months, the assassins get arrested and a box is delivered at the residence of Ram's another junior officer, Bishnoi. He finds a CD inside, titled 'AUR BHI SADA BAHAR TARANE'.
Cast
edit- Vikrant Massey as Prem Singh
- Raghav Kalra as young Prem
- Deepak Dobriyal as Inspector Ram Charan Pandey
- Akash Khurana as Balbir Singh Bassi, Prem's boss and Jawahar's best friend
- Darshan Jariwala as DCP Jawahar Rastogi
- Baharul Islam as Bhupen Saikia
- Ihana Kaur as Vaidehi "Vedu" Pandey, Ram Charan's daughter
- Tanushree Das as Chumki Ghosh
- Subir Bisawas as Harisadhan Ghosh, Chumki’s father
- Kacho Ahmed as Compounder Chote Lal, Prem's friend and accomplice
- Ajit Palawat as Constable Shravan Kumar Pathak "Pathak"
- Mahadev Lakhawat as Constable Bishnoi
- Fareed Ahmad as Prem's uncle
- Trimala Adhikari as Jyoti Singh, Prem's wife
Production
editThe film was announced in June 2022.[5] The principal photography of the film commenced in June 2023.[6]
Release
editThe film had its world premiere at the 15th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne[7] on 18 August 2024.[8] It premiered on Netflix on 13 September 2024.[9]
Music
edit| Sector 36 | |
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| Soundtrack album by OAFF—Savera, Dhunkey, Gourov Dasgupta and Kanishk Seth | |
| Released | 12 September 2024 |
| Recorded | 2023 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 14:44 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Sony Music India |
| Official audio | |
| Sector 36 (Audio Jukebox) on YouTube | |
The music of the film is composed by OAFF—Savera, Dhunkey, Gourov Dasgupta and Kanishk Seth while the background score is composed by Ketan Sodha. Lyrics are written by Dhunkey, Yashwardhan Goswami, Farhan Memon and Sameer Rahat.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Damroo" | Dhunkey | Dhunkey | Mohit Chauhan, Anupam Amod | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Saaya" | Yashwardhan Goswami | Kanishk Seth | Kanishk Seth | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Maan Kafira" | Farhan Memon | Gourov Dasgupta | Amit Mishra | 4:35 |
| 4. | "Ruan" | Sameer Rahat | OAFF—Savera | Kamakshi Khanna | 2:35 |
| Total length: | 14:44 | ||||
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 47% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10.[10]
A critic from Bollywood Hungama gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Sector 36 is not for the faint-hearted and works due to its theme, dramatic moments and brilliant performances by Vikrant Massey and Deepak Dobiryal."[11] Vineeta Kumar of India Today gave 3 stars out of 5 and said "A crime thriller like Sector 36 is not for all. It is gory, cold and sends shivers down your spine".[12] Deepa Gahlot of Rediff.com gave the film 2.5/5 stars and warns "Sector 36 goes for gruesomeness and shock; watching it needs a tough heart or a quick averting of the eyes."[13] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated 2 stars out of 5 and said that "A portrait of a psychopath is never easy to pull off. Sector 36, inspired by the 2005-2006 Nithari killings, attempts the task without achieving much success".[14] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and stated that "Vikrant Massey, in a 360-degree turnaround from the sincere student of 12th Fail, works at making his Prem believable, his unctuous smile and creepy banter hiding his real self: this is not a man you would want waiting for you on a dark street."[15]
Shilajit Mitra of The Hindu stated in his review that "At once vague, violent and exploitative, this Netflix crime thriller based on true events, though impressively shot, inspires no confidence".[16] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in says in her review that "As a barely disguised dramatisation of a gory crime, Sector 36 doesn’t disappoint. Brutalised bodies, scattered guts, trails of blood – Aditya Nimbalkar’s movie based on the Nithari serial murders of 2006 is designed to shock."[17]
Rishabh Suri of Hindustan Times writes in his review that "It’s the typical, done-to-death montage of news articles. I strongly feel it hampers the film's flow, and doesn't go with the overall mood, but to each his own."[18]
References
edit- ^ "Sector 36 (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 12 September 2024. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ The Hindu Bureau (12 August 2024). "Netflix announces new crime thriller 'Sector 36' starring Vikrant Massey and Deepak Dobriyal". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ Web, Statesman (12 August 2024). "Vikrant Massey, Deepak Dobriyal star in gripping crime thriller 'Sector 36'". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Sector 36 trailer: Vikrant Massey unleashes terror as a serial killer; cop Deepak Dobriyal tries to hunt him down". Indian express. 5 September 2024. Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ The Hindu Bureau (20 June 2023). "Maddock Films developing movie series based on 'Arabian Nights', shares 15-film slate". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Sector 36: Shoot for Vikrant Massey-Deepak Dobiryal Starrer Crime-Thriller Starts Today". News18. 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Vikrant Massey's Sector 36 premiers at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne". Cinema Express. 23 August 2024. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne". iffm.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Sector 36: Vikrant Massey And Deepak Dobriyal's Crime Thriller Set For September Release, Deets Inside". News18. 12 August 2024. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Sector 36". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Bollywood Hungama News Network (13 September 2024). "The Sector 36 Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Kumar, Vineeta (13 September 2024). "Sector 36 review: A tough watch where Vikrant Massey and Deepak Dobriyal excel". India Today. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Gahlot, Deepa. "Sector 36 Review: Nightmarish". Rediff. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Chatterjee, Saibal (13 September 2024). "Sector 36 Review: Vikrant Massey's Film Is Too Haywire To Be A Hard-Hitting Chronicle". NDTV. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Gupta, Shubhra (13 September 2024). "Sector 36 movie review: Vikrant Massey, Deepak Dobriyal shine in Netflix film". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Mitra, Shilajit (13 September 2024). "'Sector 36' movie review: Vikrant Massey, Deepak Dobriyal throw down in rancid thriller". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (13 September 2024). "'Sector 36' review: The serial killer hogs the show in slickly packaged sordid thriller". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Suri, Rishabh (13 September 2024). "Sector 36 movie review: Vikrant Massey and Deepak Dobriyal revisit real-life horror with intense performances". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
