''Contract'' is a 2008 Indian

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-language

action drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...

written by

Prashant Pandey Prashant Pandey is a Mumbai-based writer director. He started his career writing Amitabh Bachchan's critically acclaimed ''Sarkar Raj'' (2008) featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Educated at Hansraj College Universi ...

and directed by

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada language ...

. The film is set up in the backdrop of

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

, and the infiltration by R.A.W. and Intelligence Bureau. Starring Adhvik Mahajan,

Upendra Limaye Upendra Limaye (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian actor, who won the National Film Award for his role in the Marathi film ''Jogwa''. On the centenary of Indian cinema in April 2013, ''Forbes'' included Limaye's performance in the film ''Jogwa' ...

, Prasad Purandare, and

Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain ( ur, , link=no) is the name of: * Zakir Husain (politician), an Indian politician and former president of India * Zakir Hussain (actor), Bollywood actor * Zakir Hussain (field hockey) (1934–2019), Pakistani field hockey player * ...

in pivotal roles, the film received mixed reviews. The film was screened retrospective at the 2010

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Plot

The story revolves around an ex-

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Commando, Amaan Malik, whose wife and daughter, are killed in a terrorist attack. Indian Agents, working with the

RAW Raw is an adjective usually describing: * Raw materials, basic materials from which products are manufactured or made * Raw food, uncooked food Raw or RAW may also refer to: Computing and electronics * .RAW, a proprietary mass spectrometry dat ...

of India, approach Amaan for collaboration, to hunt the mastermind behind the serial terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Sultan. Sultan, is executing another mission of serial blasts, including a government hospital in

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. Supported by the

Intelligence Bureau (India) The Intelligence Bureau (IB) (Hindi: आसूचना ब्यूरो; IAST: āsūcanā byūro) is India's domestic internal security and counter-intelligence agency under Ministry of Home Affairs. It was founded in 1887 as ''Central Sp ...

, how

and Amaan are able to infiltrate the underworld gangs, to reach Sultan, forms the rest of the plot.

Cast

* Adhvik Mahajan as Amaan Malik *

Sakshi Gulati Sakshi Gulati is an Indian model and actress. She was the Femina Miss India 2007 runner-up. She made her acting debut in Hindi cinema with Ram Gopal Varma's 2008 film ''Contract''. She then appeared in films such as ''The Film Emotional Atyach ...

as Iya *

Kishor Kadam Kishor Kadam (born 9 November 1967) is an Indian actor and poet who has acted prominently in Marathi and Hindi movies. He has also acted in Tamil movies and has appeared in some television serials as well. He is a veteran Marathi poet, writing ...

as Dara *

Sumeet Nijhawan Sumit Nijhawan (born 28 December 1978) is an Indian actor residing in Mumbai, India. Nijhawan has appeared in films such as ''Contract'', ''Sarkar Raj'' and ''Phas Gaye Re Obama''. He also played Sarfaraz, a prominent character in the movie ''Jan ...

as R.D. *

Amruta Khanvilkar Amruta Khanvilkar (born 23 November 1984) is an Indian film and television actress. She primarily works in Hindi and Marathi films. Khanvilkar aspired to be a film actress from an early age and began her career as a contestant on India's Best C ...

as Divya *

as Goonga *

Amruta Subhash Amruta Subhash is an Indian actress who works in Marathi and Hindi films, television, and theatre. She is a graduate of the National School of Drama, New Delhi. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the Marathi-langua ...

as Goonga's Wife * Vibha Cheebur as Commissioner * Prasad Purandare as Ahmad Hussain * Jaspaul Sandhu as Home Minister * Raaj Gopal as RAW Shridhar *

Vikas Shrivastav Vikas Shrivastav is an Indian actor who has appeared primarily in Hindi films. Career Vikas Shrivasatav was born in Bihar and grew up in Uttar Pradesh. He worked in theatre since he was young. He started his career as an actor with ''Gangaajal' ...

as RAW Lalji *

as Sultan * Brajesh Jha as Zahwari * Yasir Khan as Allwyn * Jai Tari as Bhansal

Soundtrack

* "Maula Khair Kare" –

Shilpa Rao Shilpa Rao (born Apeksha Rao; 11 April 1984) is an Indian singer born and raised in Jamshedpur. She completed her Post Graduation in Applied Statistics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, before working as a jingle singer for three years. During ...

Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He is famous internationally for singing " Jai Ho" from the film ''Slumdog Millionaire'' which won an Academy Awa ...

* "The Heart Of Contract" – Instrumental * "Jeene Ka" – Runa Rizvi, Ravi Shankar * "Badalon Pe" – Shaan * "Saathiya" –

Adnan Sami Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1971) is an Indian singer, musician, music composer and pianist. He performs Indian and Western music, including for Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil movies. He has been awarded with Padma Shri (India's fourth hi ...

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* "Har Kafan" – Abhishek Nailwal, Runa Rizvi * "Twinkle Twinkle" – Amitrajit Bhattacharee, Devika Verma, Rajana Verma, Trishe * "Khallas" –

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the ...

Sudesh Bhosle Sudesh Bhosale is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings for Bollywood films. Bhosale is known for his ability to mimic actor Amitabh Bachchan, having sung for him in various films. Career Bhosale was born on 1 July 1960 to Sumantai ...

Sapna Awasthi Sapna Awasthi Singh is a Bollywood playback singer best remembered for her "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from '' Dil Se..'' and "UP Bihar Lootne" from '' Shool'' (1999). Early life and career Sapna Awasthi started training in classical music at a young age ...

* "Hai Aag Yeh" –

Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan (pronounced ; born 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she began performing in local gatherings at the age of 5 and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film ''Shastra'' (1996). During the ye ...

* "Take Lite" –

Jiah Khan Nafisa Rizvi Khan (20 February 1988 – 3 June 2013), better known as Jiah Khan, was an English-American actress and singer who worked in Indian films. She appeared in three Hindi films from 2007 to 2010. Born in New York City to Indian parent ...

References

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