Paanch
- 2003
- 2h 10m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
2.5K
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Kidnapping plot gone wrong when four friends plans to kidnap their own friend who accidentally got killed.Kidnapping plot gone wrong when four friends plans to kidnap their own friend who accidentally got killed.Kidnapping plot gone wrong when four friends plans to kidnap their own friend who accidentally got killed.
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Mukesh S. Bhatt
- Drug Seller
- (as Mukesh Bhatt)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film has never been officially released in any form. A copy of the film was leaked online in 2010. The film might be heading for an OTT release in near future.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Creative Indians: Anurag Kashyap (2018)
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There are hardly any films that stand the test of a year these days, let alone 8 years. Paanch was shot in 2000, but has yet to see a mainstream release in India due to strange business problems (which continue complicating the world rather than simplifying it). There may be cinematic moments in Paanch that have been replicated in later (and far lesser) films, but the whole here is far greater than the sum of its parts. And that whole is driven by a tone of seething intensity that is too individual, too real, to not be the author's personal voice. Films with personal voices are rare in these times, and that is what makes the film special. Whether Paanch is seen now, or 10 years later, it is this tone that will always give it a distinctive voice.
Despite not having a remarkable plot or even a thought-provoking narrative thrust, and despite a few (no doubt, forced) nods to commercial viability, the film's visceral energy still gives it a very compelling quality. The performances are almost uniformly excellent, and the "realness" of atmosphere can make you smell and taste the time and place qualities Hindi cinema badly needs to incorporate in its thought process.
This is not a film about music or musicians, but about dark mindsets in people who happen to be musicians. The music (with very distinctive Indian rock songs Vishal Bharadwaj and Abbas Tyrewala at their best) is just a backdrop but it has a force that makes you forget that it is just a small plot point in the overall scheme of things.
The director of Paanch Anurag Kashyap, has moved on with a highly accomplished film (Black Friday) and a very personal one (No Smoking), but Paanch will always be special for the new voice that emerged in 2000. Whenever the film is seen.
Despite not having a remarkable plot or even a thought-provoking narrative thrust, and despite a few (no doubt, forced) nods to commercial viability, the film's visceral energy still gives it a very compelling quality. The performances are almost uniformly excellent, and the "realness" of atmosphere can make you smell and taste the time and place qualities Hindi cinema badly needs to incorporate in its thought process.
This is not a film about music or musicians, but about dark mindsets in people who happen to be musicians. The music (with very distinctive Indian rock songs Vishal Bharadwaj and Abbas Tyrewala at their best) is just a backdrop but it has a force that makes you forget that it is just a small plot point in the overall scheme of things.
The director of Paanch Anurag Kashyap, has moved on with a highly accomplished film (Black Friday) and a very personal one (No Smoking), but Paanch will always be special for the new voice that emerged in 2000. Whenever the film is seen.
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- Also known as
- Five
- Filming locations
- Elphinstone Technical High School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India(as Elphinstone Technical School)
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- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
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