Murder at Monkey Hill explained

Murder at Monkey Hill
Starring:Anjali Paigankar
Dilip Dhawan
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Director:Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Producer:FTII
Cinematography:Nadeem Khan
Sharad Navle
Ali
Kanal
Editing:Renu Saluja
Runtime:20 min
Language:Hindi, English

Murder at Monkey Hill is 1976 Indian film written and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The short film in Black-and-white was made by Vidhu Vinod Chopra as his final project while doing his diploma at FTII.[1] Vinod Chopra, himself, played the lead role with Anjali Paigankar while Dilip Dhawan and Mehmood (not the famous Bollywood comedy actor) made short appearances in the film. Vidhu's 1981 movie Sazaye Maut is based on this movie.

Plot

A professional hitman Akhtar is hired by Seth to murder a girl Prabhi. But as Akhtar charms her to get near her to kill her he actually falls in love with her. At loss to honour his commitment to murder for which he has taken one lakh rupee and finding himself unable to kill her, he pays a woodcutter to do that. As the woodcutter chases Prabhi with an axe in his hand, the film comes to an abrupt end without showing if he succeeds or not.[2] [3] [4]

Cast

Accolades

The film won the National Film Award for Best Short Experimental Film and the Guru Dutt Memorial Award for Best Student Film.[5] It also won recognition at the Montreal and Leipzig film festivals.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bollywood's talent pool. 5 August 2007. The Tribune. 29 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Murder at Monkey Hill. 29 July 2015. Culture Unplugged.
  3. Web site: Synopsis. 29 July 2015. Vinod Chopra Films.
  4. Web site: Broken Hearts: that's what Parinda fans will nurse after watching this one!. https://web.archive.org/web/20150423125131/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150412/jsp/t2/story_14039.jsp#.VbilPc8VjmI. dead. 23 April 2015. 12 April 2015. 29 July 2015. The Telegraph.
  5. Web site: Vidhu Vinod Chppra. 29 July 2015. Chiloka.
  6. Web site: Murder at Monkey Hill. 29 July 2015. Oye Cinema. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070750/http://www.oyecinema.com/video/Mzg2Nw/murder-at-monkey-hill/. 4 March 2016. dead.