Shoot on Sight: Movies and Music Review

After receiving high appreciation in various film festivals across the globe, ‘Shoot On Sight’ finally hit the Indian Theaters on October 17, 2008. The film is directed by Jag (Jagmohan) Mundhra. It is produced by Arun Govil, who was popular in the early 90s for his role as Rama in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana. Shoot On Sight has been globally distributed and marketed by Aron Govil Productions Inc.

The movie, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri among others, has a fictional story and is based on the ‘Operation Kratos’. Operation Kratos was London police’s ’shoot-to-kill’ policy, which they applied on suspected suicide bombers, who they caught after July 7, 2005 bombings in London.

Tariq Ali (Naseeruddin Shah) is a Muslim police officer in the Scotland Yard. He is a Lahore born British citizen, who is married to an English woman and has 2 children. Ali constantly remains distrusted by his colleagues in the Scotland Yard, despite being associated to the Metropolitan Police for a long time. He is asked to hunt down suspected suicide bombers against July 7’s London bombings backdrop. Things get more complicated for Ali when he finds out that an innocent Muslim boy has been killed by an armed police officer on Underground.

Cast in ‘Shoot On Sight’ includes Sadie Frost, Gulshan Grover, Cloudia Swann and Brian Cox apart from Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri. This film is another issue-oriented project from Jag Mundhra, who has also directed Nanditas starrer ‘Bawander’ and Aishwarya Rai & Naveen Andrew starrer ‘Provoked’. The movie first premiered in 4th Dubai Film Festival on December 2007. It received great appreciation when it got screened in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival by American World Pictures on May 14, 2008.

The movie is not expected of grossing much from the Box Office this weekend for its slow and off-beat theme, but it is sure to be one of those eye-openers for the Indian audience.

Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Greta Scacchi, Om Puri, Stephen Greif

Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Greta Scacchi, Om Puri, Stephen Greif, Ralph Ineson, Gulshan Grover, Laila Rouass, Mikaal Zulfikaar, Sadie Frost, Brian Cox

Director: Jag Mundhra
Screenwriter: Carl Austin
Producer: Aron Govil
Composer: John Altman