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'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin' is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film stars Tara Deshpande and Nirmal Pandey, with the entire plot taking place over a single night. The film is based on a story written by Sudhir Mishra's brother, Sudhanshu Mishra, who died in 1995.

In 2011, Sudir Mishra launched a spiritual sequel to 'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin', titled 'Yeh Saali Zindagi', with Arunoday Singh, Irrfan Khan and Chitrangada Singh.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025030608/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-14/news-interviews/28107108_1_chitrangada-singh-ego-bollywood a sequel to Sudhir Mishra's Iss Raat ki Subah Nahin], 'The Times of India', 14 September 2009.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121025030618/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-23/news-interviews/28204314_1_sudhir-mishra-iss-raat-ki-arunoday-singh Sudhir Mishra back in Raat race] Subhash K Jha, TNN, 'The Times of India', 23 August 2009.

Plot



An advertising executive, Aditya (Nirmal Pandey) has a beautiful wife (Tara Deshpande) and a beautiful mistress (Smriti Mishra). This secret affair is the catalyst for much of the plot. Adi gets into a scuffle with a bunch of gangsters led by Ramanbhai, (Ashish Vidyarthi). To add to the tension, Ramanbhai is under duress because his colleague, Vilas Pandey (Saurabh Shukla) is after his life.

A small-scale gang war erupts in the city: A cop Inspector Patankar (Ganesh Yadav) is changing sides faster than a chameleon, a rival gang lord Prafulla Kalia (Virendra Saxena) is offering deals and  in the middle of all this  Aditya finds himself stuck. A fast-paced sequence of events happen in the span of one single night.

Cast



* Nirmal Pandey as Aditya

* Tara Deshpande as Pooja

* Smriti Mishra as Malvika

* Manoj Pahwa as Rajesh

* Saurabh Shukla as Vilas Pandey

* Ashish Vidyarthi as Ramanbhai

* Seema Bhargava as Ramanbhai's sister

* Johnny Lever in a guest role

* Deepak Qazir as Vilas's accomplice

* Virendra Saxena as Prafulla Kalia

* Sandeep Kulkarni as Shankar

* Kishore Kadam as Ganya

* Ganesh Yadav as Inspector Patankar

* Murad Ali as Chhotu, Ramanbhai's so-called younger brother

* R. Madhavan as the club singer in the song "Chup Tum Raho"

* Akhil Mishra as the Neighbour

Soundtrack



The soundtrack includes the following tracks and instrumentals, composed by M. M. Kreem, with lyrics by Nida Fazli, who received a Filmfare Best Lyricist Award Nomination for "Jeevan Kya Hai." Background music was by SalimSulaiman.

Critical reception



'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin' features in Avijit Ghosh's book, '40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed'. "Violent and sensuous, opaque and funny, the movie creates the Bollywood mafia stylebook," Ghosh writes.

Awards



* 1996: Star Screen Award: Best Editing: Renu Saluja

* 1996: Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards: Best Actor Award (Hindi): Ashish Vidyarthi

* 1997: Star Screen Award for Best Villain: Ashish Vidyarthi

References




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