Shikari (2016)
July 7, 2016Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Shikari is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Shakib Khan
Sultan
Srabanti Chatterjee
Chutki
Rahul Dev
Dev
Mahmudul Hasan Alpon
Raghav
Subrata Barua
Choto Kaku
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Rudro Chowdhury
Supriyo Dutta
Abbu
Zakir Hossain
Director
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Shikari (transl. Hunter) is a 2016 Bangladesh-India joint venture Action thriller film directed by Joydip Mukherjee and Zakir Hossain Simanto. Produced by Abdul Aziz and Himanshu Dhanuka under the Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies banners and it stars Bangladeshi superstar Shakib Khan, Srabanti Chatterjee, Rahul Dev and Sabyasachi Chakrabarty in pivotal roles and centers around Khan, a disguised professional assassin with mysterious past, tasked with assassinating a top government official. The film also features Amit Hasan, Kharaj Mukherjee, and Shupriyo Dutta in supporting roles. The soundtrack album and background score of the film was composed by Indraadip Dasgupta.A collaborative Jaaz-Eskay project involving Khan was first reported during mid 2014. However, the project was later shelved due to unavailability of actor. Due to numerous media reports, the film was originally planned to be a multi-starrer film. Eskay Movies & Jaaz Multimedia intended to begin production of the film again after revisions in the script of the film. The production was officially announced by Eskay Movies & Jaaz Multimedia in January 2016, and Zakir Hossain Simanto and Joydip Mukherjee was hired as directors. The film is produced by Abdul Aziz and Ashok Dhanuka, under the production of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies. A few percent of the film and songs were shot in London, UK. The film was released in Bangladesh on 7 July 2016. It became 2nd highest-grossing Bangladeshi film of 2016. For the film Khan won his eighth Meril-Prothom Alo Awards for Best Actor and nominated in critics choice Best Actor category.It is an official remake of the 2009 Tamil film Aadhavan which was itself inspired from the 1990 Malayalam film His Highness Abdullah.