The Interview: Night of 26/11

Psychological thriller

Film Overview

  • Language: Hindi
  • Official remake of the acclaimed Dutch film, THE INTERVIEW, of Theo Van Gogh, remade in Hollywood by veteran actor Steve Buscemi as INTERVIEW, starring himself along with Sienna Miller
  • Psychological thriller which pits two extremely different people, a journalist and an actress, against each other in a battle of unexpected wits where who is playing whom is the ultimate mind game
  • Producers: Pappee Sangtani, Sunitha Ram, Laurens Postma and Fourth Wall Entertainment
  • Director: Laurens C. Postma (Dutch director making his first ever Hindi film)
  • Cast: Jackie Shroff & Anjum Nayar
  • Stunts: Mahendra Verma
  • Dialogue: Prawal Raman
  • Music: Monty Sharma
  • Running time: 116 minutes

Synopsis

Jackie Shroff plays a veteran war correspondent of a leading media house, who finds himself changing tracks from his serious journalism to a sensational one on an eventful cover story assignment, when he has to interview the country’s leading actress at the peak of her film career, played by debutant Anjum Nayar. A concept-driven film, The Interview: Night of 26/11 takes place across an eventful night when a veteran journalist discovers there is more to the leading actress he is interviewing than meets the eye, and as the interview progresses, he finds himself drawn into the actress’ intriguing world.

As the dictaphone keeps recording, the interview derails, the characters collide and tension rises to a feverish level. Is this intimate interview of the actress - almost a confession (which for a different kind of reporter would be a publicity breakthrough), for real, or is she a better actress than he thinks she is? And does the reporter, with his approach, go a bit too far?

The confrontation evolves into a passionate duel, with one overriding question: who is going to win?