Samrat & Co.

Samrat amp Co. is a 2014 Hindi detective thriller film directed by Kaushik Ghatak and produced by Kavita K. Barjatya under the Rajshri Productions banner. It features Rajeev Khandelwal in the title role of Samrat. The film was initially scheduled for release onMay 2014 release but was released ahead of schedule onApril 2014.

Samrat along with his assistant friend, Chakradhar Pandey Gopal Datt, visits the huge estate of Mahendra Pratap Singh. As he starts investigating, he discovers lots of mysterious facts. The story progresses when a murder takes place in the house, which leads to a series of events, complicating things for Samrat. Every character around seems to be hiding something.Official theatrical trailer was released onMarch 2014 at a suburban multiplex in Mumbai. The trailer received mixed reviews. One review said Rajeev Khandelwal the main protagonist for Samrat amp Co. very happily copies Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor portraying the character of Sherlock Holmes in the hit series by the same name. Rajeev is desperately trying to be cool and stylish, something that does not come naturally to him and does not look good on him. Another review said The industry and fans by large, have found the trailer gripping and true to its claims of the film being dilchasp and intriguing. Known for his strong acting histrionics and intelligence, Rajeev Khandelwals suave and new look as Samrat and his dialogue delivery is also being immensely appreciated, bringing the actor into a new avatar in Bollywood. Strangely, when the director of the film narrated Rajeev Khandelwal the script, he did not narrate the entire script, but did it only till the climax scene. The director Kaushik Ghatak told Rajeev that he would tell him the climax only if he came on board. Once Rajeev agreed to do the film, Kaushik kept his promise of narrating the climax to him, but, to his surprise, Rajeev did not want to hear it and requested him not to. Telling us his reasons for doing that, Rajeev said, The script had been so gripping that I decided to play Samrat in my head, trying to actually solve the case while shooting the film.. Samrat and Co. received mostly negative reviews. Shubhra Gupta from the Indian Express rated the moviestar out ofand said The script allows for lo

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