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{{short description|2014 film by Kaushik Ghatak}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox film
| name = Samrat & Co.
| image = Samrat & Co — poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Kaushik Ghatak]]
| producer = [[Kavita K. Barjatya]] [[Rajshri Productions]]
| writer = Kaushik Ghatak [[Manish Srivastav]]
| starring = [[Rajeev Khandelwal]] [[Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty]] [[Gopal Datt]]
| music = [[Ankit Tiwari]] [[Mithoon]] GAP
| cinematography = [[Sanjay Malwankar]]
| editing = [[Nipun Gupta]]
| studio = [[Rajshri Productions]]
| distributor = Rajshri Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|04|25}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Samrat & Co.''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Hindi]]-language detective thriller film directed by [[Kaushik Ghatak]] and produced by [[Kavita K. Barjatya]] under the banner of [[Rajshri Productions]]. It features [[Rajeev Khandelwal]]<ref>{{cite news |title='Samrat & Co' actor Rajeev Khandelwal hurt in a car accident |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/samrat--co-actor-rajeev-khandelwal-hurt-in-a-car-accident/15258072 |access-date=28 April 2014 |newspaper=Mid Day |date=28 April 2014 |archive-date=29 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429003220/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/samrat--co-actor-rajeev-khandelwal-hurt-in-a-car-accident/15258072 |url-status=live }}</ref> in the title role of Samrat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Madalasa To Debut in Kavita Barjatya's Detective thriller 'Samrat & Co' |date=21 September 2013 |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/madalasa-to-debut-in-kavita-barjatyas-detective-thriller-samrat--co-telugu-news-97794/ |publisher=India Glitz |access-date=13 March 2014 |archive-date=6 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406104043/http://www.indiaglitz.com/madalasa-to-debut-in-kavita-barjatyas-detective-thriller-samrat--co-telugu-news-97794 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="indiaboxoffice">{{cite web |title=Rajshri's Detective Saga Samrat And Co To Release |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/rajshris-detective-saga-samrat-and-co-to-release |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=13 March 2014 |archive-date=19 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019210604/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/rajshris-detective-saga-samrat-and-co-to-release/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was initially scheduled for release on 1 May 2014 release<ref name="indiaboxoffice" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Rajeev Khandelwal to play detective in thriller 'Samrat and Co' |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajeev-khandelwal-to-play-detective-in-thriller-samrat-and-co/436084-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125195821/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rajeev-khandelwal-to-play-detective-in-thriller-samrat-and-co/436084-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 November 2013 |publisher=[[IBN Live]] |access-date=13 March 2014}}</ref> but was released ahead of schedule on 25 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kangana Ranaut's REVOLVER RANI to take on Subhash Ghai's KAANCHI! |url=http://in.celebrity.yahoo.com/news/kangana-ranauts-revolver-rani-subhash-ghais-kaanchi-134144018.html |publisher=Yahoo India News |access-date=13 March 2014 |archive-date=13 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313082653/http://in.celebrity.yahoo.com/news/kangana-ranauts-revolver-rani-subhash-ghais-kaanchi-134144018.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rajshri Productions to break tradition with 'Samrat & Co.' |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Rajshri-Productions-to-break-tradition-with-Samrat-Co-/articleshow/32585817.cms |access-date=24 March 2014 |work=The Times of India |date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324232931/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Rajshri-Productions-to-break-tradition-with-Samrat-Co-/articleshow/32585817.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Every character in 'Samrat & Co' intriguing, says Kavita Barjatya |publisher=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/samrat-&-co-kavita-barjatya-rajeev-khandelwal/1/350394.html |date=20 March 2014 |access-date=24 March 2014 |archive-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324112850/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/samrat-%26-co-kavita-barjatya-rajeev-khandelwal/1/350394.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=There's an audience for my films: Rajeev Khandelwal on Samrat & Co |publisher=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/my-next-film-is-better-than-aamir-shaitaan-rajeev-khandelwal/article1-1197225.aspx |date=19 March 2014 |access-date=24 March 2014 | url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324123629/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/my-next-film-is-better-than-aamir-shaitaan-rajeev-khandelwal/article1-1197225.aspx |archive-date=24 March 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Plot==
Dimpy Singh ([[Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty]]), approaches Samrat Tilakdhari ([[Rajeev Khandelwal]]), a private investigator, with a strange case. Their garden was ruined for unknown, but apparently natural reasons; leading horticulturists have examined the fading plants but they have not been able to identify the probable reason. Further, her father's favorite horse died prematurely; once again the cause is unknown.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajeev Khandelwal in Samrat & Co.: Meet the first Detective of 2014 – In Pics |url=http://www.fuzionproductions.com/rajeev-khandelwal-samrat-co-meet-first-detective-2014/3/ |publisher=Fusion Productions |access-date=15 March 2014 |archive-date=16 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316215406/http://www.fuzionproductions.com/rajeev-khandelwal-samrat-co-meet-first-detective-2014/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Furthermore, the health of Dimpy's father Mahendra Pratap Singh ([[Girish Karnad]]), otherwise a strong and balanced man, has deteriorated.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajeev Khandelwal in Samrat & Co.: Meet the first Detective of 2014 – In Pics |url=http://www.fuzionproductions.com/rajeev-khandelwal-samrat-co-meet-first-detective-2014/2/ |publisher=Fusion Productions |access-date=15 March 2014 |archive-date=16 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316214307/http://www.fuzionproductions.com/rajeev-khandelwal-samrat-co-meet-first-detective-2014/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> These possibly related problems prompt Samrat's curiosity.

Samrat along with his assistant friend, Chakradhar Pandey ([[Gopal Datt]]), visits the huge estate of Mahendra Pratap Singh. As he starts investigating, he discovers many mysterious facts. The story progresses when a murder takes place in the house, which leads to a series of events, complicating things for Samrat. Every character around seems to be hiding something. Then Anuj is found killed.

Dimpy is stuck in a brakeless car when Samrat saves her life. Doubt hovers around Mrs. Dave as Samrat learns she is a college friend of Mahendra Pratap. But she is innocent as she played pranks on Mahendra just as a sweet revenge for his college days. She reveals a college secret to Samrat: She had broken her legs due to a small prank played by Mahendra in their college days. And she proves her innocence.

Samrat then focuses on other characters. Sanjay is the killer. He is son of Mahendra Pratap's first wife and wanted to revenge his father as he holds his father responsible for his mother's death.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajeev Khandelwal in Samrat & Co.: Meet the first Detective of 2014 – In Pics |url=http://www.fuzionproductions.com/rajeev-khandelwal-samrat-co-meet-first-detective-2014/4/ |publisher=Fusion Productions |access-date=15 March 2014 |archive-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317014826/http://www.fuzionproductions.com/rajeev-khandelwal-samrat-co-meet-first-detective-2014/4/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Cast==

* [[Rajeev Khandelwal]] as Samrat Tilakdhari
* [[Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty]] as Dimpy Singh
* [[Gopal Datt]] as Chakradhar Pandey
* [[Girish Karnad]] as Mahendra Pratap Singh
* [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]] as Sanjay Kumar Singh
* [[Sujata Sanghmitra]] as Sunita Singh
* [[Shreya Narayan]] as Divya Singh
* [[Indraneil Sengupta]] as Vijay Singh
* [[Barkha Sengupta]] as Revati Singh
* [[Ravi Jhankal]] as Puran Kaka
* [[Puja Gupta (actress)|Puja Gupta]] as Shanti
* [[Navin Prabhakar]] as Hari
* [[Rajneesh Duggal]] as Deepak Khurana
* [[Bhaumik Sampat]] as Inspector Khalid
* [[Pradeep Welankar]] as DGP Arjun
* [[Smita Jaykar]] as Narayani Dave
* [[Deepak Shroff]] as Kishor Dave
* [[Ramgopal Bajaj]] as Satyadev Baba
* [[Anurag Jha]] as Ghanshyam
* [[Ajay Bhandari]] as Anuj
* [[Gufi Paintal]] as Dinesh Das (DD)
* [[Kabir Chopra]] as Vikramjeet
* [[Shakti Mohan]] in a dance number-Tequila Wakila

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Samrat & Co.
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Mithoon]], [[Ankit Tiwari]] & GAP (Gopal, Anand, Pavan)
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|April|15}}
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 23:05
| language = Hindi
| label = [[Rajshri]]
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| misc = {{External media
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{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Shukr Tera
| extra1 = [[Arijit Singh]], [[Chinmayi]]
| music1 = [[Mithoon]]
| lyrics1 = Mithoon
| length1 = 5:57

| title2 = Tequila Wakila
| extra2 = [[Ankit Tiwari]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| music2 = Ankit Tiwari
| lyrics2 = [[Sanjay Masoomm]]
| length2 = 4:05

| title3 = Samrat & Co
| extra3 = [[Benny Dayal]]
| music3 = GAP
| lyrics3 = Gopal Dutt
| length3 = 3:11

| title4 = Sawaloon Mein
| extra4 = Shreya Ghoshal
| music4 = Ankit Tiwari
| lyrics4 = [[Sandeep Nath]]
| length4 = 4:47

| title5 = O Hum Navaa
| extra5 = [[Gajendra Verma]], Mithoon, Chinmayi
| music5 = Mithoon
| lyrics5 = Mithoon
| length5 = 4:55
}}

==Production==
Known for his strong acting histrionics and intelligence, Rajeev Khandelwal's suave and new look as Samrat and his dialogue delivery is also being immensely appreciated, bringing the actor into a new avatar in Bollywood".<ref>{{cite news |title=Samrat & Co trailer gets tremendous response from audience |url=http://bollyspice.com/78021/samrat-co-trailer-gets-tremendous-response-audience |publisher=Bollywood Spice |access-date=27 March 2014 |archive-date=30 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330063934/http://bollyspice.com/78021/samrat-co-trailer-gets-tremendous-response-audience |url-status=live }}</ref> Strangely, when the director of the film narrated Rajeev Khandelwal the script, he did not narrate the entire script, but did it only till the climax scene. The director Kaushik Ghatak told Rajeev that he would tell him the climax only if he came on board. Once Rajeev agreed to do the film, Kaushik kept his promise of narrating the climax to him, but, to his surprise, Rajeev did not want to hear it and requested him not to. Telling us his reasons for doing that, Rajeev said, "The script had been so gripping that I decided to play Samrat in my head, trying to actually solve the case while shooting the film.".<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajeev Khandelwal in Kolkata for his upcoming film Samrat & Co. |url=http://www.theinsightmag.com/rajeev-khandelwal-in-kolkata-for-his-upcoming-film-samrat-co/ |publisher=The Insight |access-date=16 April 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233841/http://www.theinsightmag.com/rajeev-khandelwal-in-kolkata-for-his-upcoming-film-samrat-co/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Reception ==
Official theatrical trailer was released on 18 March 2014 at a suburban multiplex in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trailer of Rajshri's Samrat & Co gets phenomenal response |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/news/view/id/2455025 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=27 March 2014 |archive-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328230024/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/news/view/id/2455025 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The trailer received mixed reviews. One review said: Rajeev Khandelwal the main protagonist for Samrat & Co. very happily copies [[Benedict Cumberbatch]], the British actor portraying the character of [[Sherlock Holmes]] in the hit series by the [[Sherlock (TV series)|same name]]. Rajeev is desperately trying to be cool and stylish, something that does not come naturally to him and does not look good on him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://businessofcinema.com/trailers-video-2/trailer-review-samrat-co-hollywood-rip/137431|title=Trailer Review: Samrat & Co. – A Hollywood Rip off|date=20 March 2014|access-date=21 March 2014|archive-date=23 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323012129/http://businessofcinema.com/trailers-video-2/trailer-review-samrat-co-hollywood-rip/137431|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/rajeev-khandelwals-samrat-co-looks-rip-off-of-sherlock-25326/|title=Rajeev Khandelwal's Samrat & Co. Looks rip-off of Sherlock: Watch trailer|date=20 March 2014|access-date=21 March 2014|archive-date=21 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321072016/http://www.india.com/showbiz/rajeev-khandelwals-samrat-co-looks-rip-off-of-sherlock-25326/|url-status=live}}</ref> Another review said: "The industry and fans by large, have found the trailer gripping and true to its claims of the film being ‘dilchasp’ and intriguing. Samrat and Co. received mostly negative reviews. Shubhra Gupta from the Indian Express rated the movie 1 star out of 5 and said "The script allows for lots of silliness, and clueless characters, and sad clues." Rediff gave half star to the movie. Rahul Desai from Mumbai mirror gave 1.5 stars out of 5. Taran Adarsh rated the movie 2.5 out of 5. The movie was released in 566 theaters.

It had a Poor Box Office collection record merely collecting 20 million in its run.

== References ==

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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=3636776}}
*[https://www.facebook.com/SamratAndCo ''Samrat & Co.''] on [[Facebook]]
*[https://www.twitter.com/SamratAndCo ''Samrat & Co.''] on [[Twitter]]
*[http://socialdhabba.com/movie-reviews/samrat-co-movie-review-35-stars/ Movie review at SocialDhabba.com]

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[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:2014 masala films]]
[[Category:Indian detective films]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:Rajshri Productions films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ankit Tiwari]]
[[Category:2014 thriller films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language thriller films]]

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