It was the 2004 Nana Patekar-starrer "Ab Tak Chhappan" that set a benchmark in the genre. Many were made even before Gupta's film - like the Naseeruddin Shah-starrer "Encounter: The Killing" in 2002. There have been many other attempts in the genre, in the years in between. A majority of encounters have taken place in Mumbai, so definitely making a film about gangsters set in the '80s and '90s, encounter becomes an integral part," said Gupta, who promised there will be a third part of the Shootout series.
"That touches upon the whole history of Mumbai. He clearly isn't tired of the genre as he has another gangster drama coming up. It revolved around Mumbai police's first official encounter, in which gangster Manya Surve was shot down.
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Today, the term encounter sounds suspicious," Gupta told IANS, adding: "I was more fascinated with the fact that more than 385 policemen surrounded a household building with kids, families and (police) opened fire and killed people."Īfter the film's success, Gupta joined the "Shootout" series as a director and helmed "Shootout At Wadala", an adaptation of Hussain Zaidi's "Dongri To Dubai". Who made them (police) the judge, jury and executioner. "What I was really fascinated by was when and who had decided that 'let's not catch, let's kill'. So yes, with time it has changed but that is for good."īack in 2007, when Gupta contributed as a screenwriter to "Shootout At Lokhandwala", which was based on the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout between gangsters and Mumbai Police, the whole idea of cops chasing gangsters to kill and not catch was still shocking for the public. "We interact with encounter specialists before writing a story on a police encounter, though we do fictionalise things, they are inspired by reality. These days, before writing a script, we do our research work so that we can bring in real elements in our story. And it is bound to be, because not all police encounters are false, as they were once projected in films. The way cinema has evolved, the cop is more realistic now.
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Between the two films, the encounter cop has come a full circle.Īsked about the evolution of encounter films in Bollywood, Advani, director of "Batla House", told IANS: "It has changed, rather evolved. Like Gupta's film, Advani's latest is also based on a real-life incident. It is set for Independence Day release this year.
"Shootout At Lokhandwala" released in May 2007, over 12 years before Nikkhil Advani's "Batla House", which dwells upon the subject of encounter cop once again.
A third part in the "Shootout" series is in the pipeline, but before that he has a gangster drama which will again touch upon police encounters - a genre that is one of the hottest trends in Bollywood right now. New Delhi: When and who decided to not catch, but to kill? With this question on mind, screenwriter and filmmaker Sanjay Gupta began working on encounter-based movies "Shootout At Lokhandwala" and "Shootout At Wadala" years ago.
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