Kriti (film)
2016 Indian film
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Kriti is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language short film directed by Shirish Kunder and produced by Muvizz.com. Hosted on YouTube, the film is a psychological thriller that stars Manoj Bajpayee, Radhika Apte and Neha Sharma as the main characters and was released on 22 June 2016. It has been dubbed a "dark drama".[3][4][5][6][7]
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| Directed by | Shirish Kunder[1][2] |
| Produced by | Muvizz.com |
| Starring | Manoj Bajpayee Radhika Apte Neha Sharma Manu Rishi |
| Cinematography | Manush Nandan |
| Edited by | Shirish Kunder |
| Music by | Shirish Kunder[1][2] |
| Distributed by | muvizz.com |
Release date |
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Running time | 18 minutes and 50 seconds[3] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Cast
- Manoj Bajpayee as Sapan[1][2][8]
- Radhika Apte as Dr. Kalpana[1][2]
- Neha Sharma as Kriti[1][2]
- Manu Rishi as Srijan Rane
Controversy
Soon after the release of the filmvon YouTube, the movie ran into controversy after a young filmmaker from Nepal, Aneel Neupane claimed the movie was a copy of his short film Bob released on Vimeo in October 2015 privately among friend and family circle.[9][10][11][12][13][14] The incident developed into an ugly affair of claims and counterclaims with both the films being removed from YouTube.[15][16][17] Kriti is now back on YouTube[18] about three weeks after it was pulled down for violating said claim and Bob is back as well on YouTube.[19] Another short named DAZED also got into fight which had the similar storyline and was released on March 13, 2015, even before the both movies.[20]