Sankat City

Sankat City (transl. City of Troubles) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Pankaj Advani starring Kay Kay Menon.^[1] The film was released in India on 10 July 2009.

Sankat City
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Pankaj Advani
Written by	Pankaj Advani
Produced by	MoserBaer Entertainment Ltd. and 7 Entertainment Ltd.
Starring	Kay Kay Menon Anupam Kher Rimi Sen Chunky Panday Dilip Prabhavalkar
Cinematography	Chirantan Das
Music by	Ranjit Barot
Release date	10 July 2009 (2009-07-10)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

Guru (Kay Kay Menon) and Ganpat (Dilip Prabhavalkar) are small-time car thieves. One night, they steal a Mercedes-Benz Rs. 10 million inside, unaware that the car belongs to a vicious gangster/loan shark called Faujdaar (Anupam Kher). They try to sell the stolen Mercedes to Suleman Supari (Rahul Dev), a hitman, who recognizes the car and notifies his friend Faujdaar. Faujdaar sends his henchman with Guru to get back the cash.

Meanwhile, Ganpat has hidden cash in a safe place. After an accident, he loses his memory. Angered by the chain of events, Faujdaar gives Guru three days to return the money.

Cast

• Kay Kay Menon - Guru
• Anupam Kher - Faujdar
• Rimi Sen - Mona
• Chunky Panday - Sikandar Khan and Sheshaiyya (Dual role)
• Dilip Prabhavalkar - Ganpat
• Rahul Dev - Suleman Supari
• Yashpal Sharma - Pachisia
• Hemant Pandey - Filip Fattu
• Veerendra Saxena - Godman
• Shrivallabh Vyas - Sharafat
• Manoj Pahwa - Gogi Kukreja
• Kurush Deboo - Bawajee
• Sanjay Mishra - Lingam

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ranjit Barot and released by Venus Worldwide Entertainment. All lyrics were written by Panchhi Jalonvi and Mehboob.

Sankat City
Soundtrack album by Ranjit Barot
Released	2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	22:58
Label	Venus Worldwide Entertainment
Producer	Ranjit Barot
Ranjit Barot chronology
'Mere Baap Pehle Aap' (2008) Sankat City (2009) 'Toss' (2009)

Track list

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mumbai One Way Nagri Hai"	Sukhwinder Singh, Ranjit Barot	3:50
2.	"Ghoom Ghoom"	Roop Kumar Rathod, June Banerjee, Ranjit Barot	3:49
3.	"Sha La La (She Is A Bad Girl)"	Ranjit Barot	4:17
4.	"Mister Hua Hai Aisa Hal Kyun"	June Banerjee	4:14
5.	"Mister Hua Hai Aisa Hal Kyon" (Remix)	June Banerjee	6:48
Total length:			22:58

Critical reception

Sankat City received generally negative reviews from film critics as a dark comedy.^[2][3][4]

Nominations in 2010

• Nominated for Most Promising Debut Director, 55th Filmfare Awards.
• Nominated for Best Director and Best Film; Searchlight Awards - Max Stardust Awards 2010.
• Nominated for Best Screenplay, Most Promising Debut Director, and Best Ensemble Cast; Nokia 16th Star Screen Award.