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Paanch

Paanch

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Paanch

"Avoid Life. It Kills You In The End."

2003

2h 38m

6.7(20 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Overview

Members of a desperate, drug-fueled rock band hatch a fake kidnapping scheme to extort money from a wealthy patriarch. But when a flash of volatile violence crosses an irreversible line, the group spirals into a claustrophobic nightmare of murder, paranoia, and betrayal.

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6 featured cast members

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Kay Kay Menon

Kay Kay Menon

Luke Morrison

Aditya Srivastava

Aditya Srivastava

Murgi

Vijay Maurya

Vijay Maurya

Pondy

Tejaswini Kolhapure

Tejaswini Kolhapure

Shiuli

Sharat Saxena

Sharat Saxena

Inspector Deshpande

Abhinav Kashyap

Abhinav Kashyap

Police Salam

Creative team

Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Written by: Anurag Kashyap
Produced by: Tutu Sharma

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