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	'''''Vodka Diaries''''' is a 2018 Indian [[Thriller film\|thriller]] film co-produced and directed by [[Kushal Srivastava]]. Set in contemporary [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh\|Manali]], the story revolves around a club called Vodka Diaries, where a few murders occur and their investigation is undertaken by the protagonist, ACP Ashwini Dixit. The film was produced under the banner of K'Scope Entertainment Pvt.Ltd. and Vishalraj Films & Production Pvt. Ltd. and released on 19 January 2018.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vodka-diaries-kay-kay-menon-raima-sen-sherlock-herry-tangri-960588-2017-02-14\|title=Get ready for Vodka Diaries where Kay Kay Menon turns desi Sherlock\|work=India Today\|date=14 February 2017\|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/vodka-diaries-movie-review-kay-kay-menon-trips-so-do-we/story-5ILxsyVGCGiWY6CW9sVWSM.html\|title=Vodka Diaries movie review: Kay Kay Menon trips, so do we\|last=Vats\|first=Rohit\|work=Hindustan Times\|date=19 January 2018\|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>		'''''Vodka Diaries''''' is a 2018 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film\|thriller]] film co-produced and directed by [[Kushal Srivastava]]. Set in contemporary [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh\|Manali]], the story revolves around a club called Vodka Diaries, where a few murders occur and their investigation is undertaken by the protagonist, ACP Ashwini Dixit. The film was produced under the banner of K'Scope Entertainment Pvt.Ltd. and Vishalraj Films & Production Pvt. Ltd. and released on 19 January 2018.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vodka-diaries-kay-kay-menon-raima-sen-sherlock-herry-tangri-960588-2017-02-14\|title=Get ready for Vodka Diaries where Kay Kay Menon turns desi Sherlock\|work=India Today\|date=14 February 2017\|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/vodka-diaries-movie-review-kay-kay-menon-trips-so-do-we/story-5ILxsyVGCGiWY6CW9sVWSM.html\|title=Vodka Diaries movie review: Kay Kay Menon trips, so do we\|last=Vats\|first=Rohit\|work=Hindustan Times\|date=19 January 2018\|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	A series of murders brings ACP Ashwini Dixit([[Kay Kay Menon]]) and his junior colleague, Sub-Inspector Ankit Dayal([[Sharib Hashmi]]) to the club Vodka Diaries in Manali. Three carefree and flirtatious young men are murdered on the same night in the presence of three mysterious women. Vodka Diaries seems to be the centre of the mystery. As the investigation deepens, his wife Shikha([[Mandira Bedi]]), a poet, goes missing. Ashwini tries to unravel the reason behind her disappearance.		A series of murders brings ACP Ashwini Dixit([[Kay Kay Menon]]) and his junior colleague, Sub-Inspector Ankit Dayal([[Sharib Hashmi]]) to the club Vodka Diaries in Manali. Three carefree and flirtatious young men are murdered on the same night in the presence of three mysterious women. Vodka Diaries seems to be the centre of the mystery. As the investigation deepens, his wife Shikha([[Mandira Bedi]]), a poet, goes missing. Ashwini tries to unravel the reason behind her disappearance.

	However, it is later shown that the victims are alive and well, and no one whom Ashwini had met is now able to recognise him. This puts the detective on a chase, with everyone he knows failing to recognise him or anything that he talks about, and a pursuit of his wife and the killer with anonymous calls and apparent clues appearing to him time and again. Towards the end, it is revealed that Ashwini's real name is Rishi Gautam, a famous writer. On the day of release of his new book, "Redemption of the Murderer", Gautam had quarreled with his wife Shikha, when he saw her with another man named Mayuk ([[Vikram Sakhalkar]]). In a fit of rage over her allegations of not spending quality time with her and wrongly suspecting her of infidelity, Gautam had accidentally killed Shikha by throwing a glass bottle at her. He was traumatised and was diagnosed with intensive obsessive identification disorder by psychiatrist Roshni ([[Raima Sen]]). Gautam began to hallucinate, believing he was the main protagonist detective of his book, Ashwini Dixit and thinking that Shikha is alive and with him. To treat him effectively, Roshni recreated the entire plot of his novel "Redemption of the Murderer", with the intention of getting Gautam to play the role of Ashwini in his book, with actors around him playing along with him and pretending to be characters of his book, but ultimately leading 'Ashwini' to discover the identity of Gautam Rishi for himself. Eventually Gautam is acquitted by court as Mayuk testifies that the former's act was accidental and not intentional.		However, it is later shown that the victims are alive and well, and no one whom Ashwini had met is now able to recognise him. This puts the detective on a chase, with everyone he knows failing to recognise him or anything that he talks about, and a pursuit of his wife and the killer with anonymous calls and apparent clues appearing to him time and again. Towards the end, it is revealed that Ashwini's real name is Rishi Gautam, a famous writer. On the day of release of his new book, "Redemption of the Murderer", Gautam had quarreled with his wife Shikha, when he saw her with another man named Mayuk ([[Vikram Sakhalkar]]). In a fit of rage over her allegations of not spending quality time with her and wrongly suspecting her of infidelity, Gautam had accidentally killed Shikha by throwing a glass bottle at her. He was traumatised and was diagnosed with intensive obsessive identification disorder by psychiatrist Roshni ([[Raima Sen]]). Gautam began to hallucinate, believing he was the main protagonist detective of his book, Ashwini Dixit and thinking that Shikha is alive and with him. To treat him effectively, Roshni recreated the entire plot of his novel "Redemption of the Murderer", with the intention of getting Gautam to play the role of Ashwini in his book, with actors around him playing along with him and pretending to be characters of his book, but ultimately leading 'Ashwini' to discover the identity of Gautam Rishi for himself. Eventually Gautam is acquitted by court as Mayuk testifies that the former's act was accidental and not intentional.

	In the end, Gautam alias Ashwini continues to live and work as a writer in a secluded cottage, with hallucinations of Shikha.		In the end, Gautam alias Ashwini continues to live and work as a writer in a secluded cottage, with hallucinations of Shikha.
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	# It was selected as Official selection in 9th Jagaran Film festival. [[Mayank Shekhar]] was the festival director for the festival who selected the film.[http://www.freepressjournal.in/featured-blog/jagran-film-festival-2018-10-movies-to-watch-out-for/1363325]		# It was selected as Official selection in 9th Jagaran Film festival. [[Mayank Shekhar]] was the festival director for the festival who selected the film.[http://www.freepressjournal.in/featured-blog/jagran-film-festival-2018-10-movies-to-watch-out-for/1363325]
			#It was selected as Official Selection in 11th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, Noida in 2021.
	# It was nominated at Next Big Thing Film Festival 2018 USA as Best Feature Film category. [https://nbtiff.com/films/2018/vodka-diaries/]		# It was nominated at Next Big Thing Film Festival 2018 USA as Best Feature Film category. [https://nbtiff.com/films/2018/vodka-diaries/]

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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{IMDb title\|tt6275262}}		* {{IMDb title\|tt6275262}}
			*https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Vodka-Diaries/0OWMGWGHN33DG7UAGFFWQ53W5B
			*https://www.jiocinema.com/movies/vodka-diaries?type=0&id=27d04e101b3d11eb80f4f1dfa3b5e50d
			*https://www.netflix.com/title/81213874
			*https://www.shemaroome.com/movies/vodka-diaries
			*https://www.airtelxstream.in/movies/vodka-diaries/SHEMAROOME_MOVIE_5ba8d48ac1df413dae0002c9

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{{Infobox film
| name = Vodka Diaries
| image = Vodka Diaries - Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Kushal Srivastava]]
| producer = {{Plain list|
* Vishal Karkera
* Vishal Raj
* [[Kushal Srivastava]]
* Atul Pupneja
* Vivek Sudhindra Kulshrestha
}}
| writer = {{Plain list|
*Vaibhav Bajpai
*[[Sachin Vinod Modi]]
}}
| starring = {{Plain list|
* [[Kay Kay Menon]]
* [[Raima Sen]]
* [[Mandira Bedi]]
}}
| music = '''Songs''' [[Sandesh Shandilya]] Harry Anand Parvaaz '''Background Music''' Sanjoy Chowdhury
| cinematography = Maneesh Chandra Bhatt
| editing = Aalaap Majgavkar
| studio = K'Scope Entertainment Pvt Ltd Vishalraj Films & Production Pvt.Ltd
| distributor = AA FILMS
| released = 19 January 2018
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| gross = {{INR}} 1.26 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/vodka-diaries/box-office/#bh-movie-box-office |title=Box Office |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Vodka Diaries''''' is a 2018 Indian [[Thriller film|thriller]] film co-produced and directed by [[Kushal Srivastava]]. Set in contemporary [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh|Manali]], the story revolves around a club called Vodka Diaries, where a few murders occur and their investigation is undertaken by the protagonist, ACP Ashwini Dixit. The film was produced under the banner of K'Scope Entertainment Pvt.Ltd. and Vishalraj Films & Production Pvt. Ltd. and released on 19 January 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vodka-diaries-kay-kay-menon-raima-sen-sherlock-herry-tangri-960588-2017-02-14|title=Get ready for Vodka Diaries where Kay Kay Menon turns desi Sherlock|work=India Today|date=14 February 2017|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/vodka-diaries-movie-review-kay-kay-menon-trips-so-do-we/story-5ILxsyVGCGiWY6CW9sVWSM.html|title=Vodka Diaries movie review: Kay Kay Menon trips, so do we|last=Vats|first=Rohit|work=Hindustan Times|date=19 January 2018|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
A series of murders brings ACP Ashwini Dixit([[Kay Kay Menon]]) and his junior colleague, Sub-Inspector Ankit Dayal([[Sharib Hashmi]]) to the club Vodka Diaries in Manali. Three carefree and flirtatious young men are murdered on the same night in the presence of three mysterious women. Vodka Diaries seems to be the centre of the mystery. As the investigation deepens, his wife Shikha([[Mandira Bedi]]), a poet, goes missing. Ashwini tries to unravel the reason behind her disappearance.

However, it is later shown that the victims are alive and well, and no one whom Ashwini had met is now able to recognise him. This puts the detective on a chase, with everyone he knows failing to recognise him or anything that he talks about, and a pursuit of his wife and the killer with anonymous calls and apparent clues appearing to him time and again. Towards the end, it is revealed that Ashwini's real name is Rishi Gautam, a famous writer. On the day of release of his new book, "Redemption of the Murderer", Gautam had quarreled with his wife Shikha, when he saw her with another man named Mayuk ([[Vikram Sakhalkar]]). In a fit of rage over her allegations of not spending quality time with her and wrongly suspecting her of infidelity, Gautam had accidentally killed Shikha by throwing a glass bottle at her. He was traumatised and was diagnosed with intensive obsessive identification disorder by psychiatrist Roshni ([[Raima Sen]]). Gautam began to hallucinate, believing he was the main protagonist detective of his book, Ashwini Dixit and thinking that Shikha is alive and with him. To treat him effectively, Roshni recreated the entire plot of his novel "Redemption of the Murderer", with the intention of getting Gautam to play the role of Ashwini in his book, with actors around him playing along with him and pretending to be characters of his book, but ultimately leading 'Ashwini' to discover the identity of Gautam Rishi for himself. Eventually Gautam is acquitted by court as Mayuk testifies that the former's act was accidental and not intentional.

In the end, Gautam alias Ashwini continues to live and work as a writer in a secluded cottage, with hallucinations of Shikha.

==Cast==
* [[Kay Kay Menon]] as ACP Ashwini Dixit/Rishi Gautam
* [[Raima Sen]] as Roshni Banerjee<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Raima-Sen-to-star-opposite-Kay-Kay-Menon-in-thriller/articleshow/52742566.cms|title=Raima Sen to star opposite Kay Kay Menon in thriller|author=Ruman Ganguly|work=The Times of India|date=12 January 2017|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[Mandira Bedi]] as Shikha Dixit<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/mandira-bedi-adds-poetic-charm-to-vodka-diaries/articleshow/60044788.cms|title=Mandira Bedi adds poetic charm to 'Vodka Diaries'|work=The Times of India|date=13 August 2017|access-date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[Sharib Hashmi]] as Sr inspector Ankit Dayal
* [[Rishi Bhutani]] as Vivek Rajput
* Herry Tangri as Ronny
* [[Swati Rajput]] as Sera<ref>{{cite web|title=Vodka Diaries movie: Review, Cast, Story and Director|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/vodka-diaries-movie-review-cast-story-and-director/1206738|publisher=Free Press Journal|date=19 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Swati Rajput: Never thought I will work with Kay Kay Menon in my debut film!|url=http://www.glamsham.com/en/swati-rajput-never-thought-i-will-work-with-kay-kay-menon-in-my-debut-film|publisher=glamsham.com|date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[Vaishnavi Dhanraj]] As Ananya
* [[Mohommed Ali Shah]] as Sam
* [[Sooraj Thapar]] as Hotel Manager
* Dipoo Srivastava as Hotel Receptionist
* Rahul Kapoor as Nikhil
* Antara Srivastava as Kavya
*[[Vikram Sakhalkar]] as Mayuk

== Soundtrack ==
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| type = soundtrack
| artist = Parvaaz Band, Sandesh Shandilya & Harry Anand
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The soundtrack of ''Vodka Diaries'' has been composed by Parvaaz Band, Sandesh Shandilya and Harry Anand.

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| extra_column = Singer(s)
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| title1 = Beparwah
| extra1 = Khalid Ahamed
| lyrics1 = Khalid Ahamed and Kashif Iqbal
| music1 = Parvaaz
| length1 = 05:44
| title2 = Sakhi Ri
| extra2 = [[Ustad Rashid Khan]] & [[Rekha Bhardwaj]]
| lyrics2 = Aalok Shrivastav
| music2 = Sandesh Shandilya
| length2 = 03:59
| title3 = Heeriye
| extra3 = [[Labh Janjua]] & [[Shalmali Kholgade]]
| lyrics3 = Harry Anand
| music3 = Harry Anand
| length3 = 03:06
| title4 = Angoor
| extra4 = Harry Anand
| lyrics4 = Harry Anand
| music4 = Harry Anand
| length4 = 03:25
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==Reception==

===Critical response===

[[Rajeev Masand]] criticized the film saying that, "The gorgeous snow laden landscape of Manali is the setting for Vodka Diaries, which starts out as a whodunit, quickly turns into a psychological thriller, before it finally reveals itself to be a waste of time." and gave the film a rating of 1.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rajeevmasand.com/reviews/our-films/murder-mayhem-manali/ |title=Murder, mayhem, Manali! |publisher=Rajeev Masand}}</ref> Lasyapriya Sundaram of [[The Times of India]] appreciated the performances of the actors but criticized the poor writing saying that, "What works for the film are the performances by its lead actors. Kay Kay Menon, does the best he can with the material at hand. But even an accomplished performer like him cannot save a film that sounds conceptually good, but is derailed by its poor execution. The film's dialogue writing also leaves much to be desired. While the mystery should be intriguing in a suspense thriller, what remains a mystery is the lack of anything intriguing." and gave the film a rating of 2 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/vodka-diaries/movie-review/62556340.cms |title=Vodka Diaries Movie Review |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave the film a rating of 1.5 stars out of 5 and said that, "On paper, Vodka Diaries, starring Kay Kay Menon, Raima Sen, Mandira Bedi, Sharib Hashmi, may have sounded like an engaging whodunit. But what we see is clearly not."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/vodka-diaries-movie-review-kay-kay-menon-star-rating-5031111/ |title=Vodka Diaries movie review: Kay Kay Menon is wasted in this thriller |publisher=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> Rohit Vats of [[Hindustan Times]] gave the film a rating of 2 stars out of 5 and said that, "Vodka Diaries is about under-utilised actors and losing a promising opening. It probably needed a more thorough approach."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/vodka-diaries-movie-review-kay-kay-menon-trips-so-do-we/story-5ILxsyVGCGiWY6CW9sVWSM.html |title=Vodka Diaries movie review: Kay Kay Menon trips, so do we |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==

# It was selected as Official selection in 9th Jagaran Film festival. [[Mayank Shekhar]] was the festival director for the festival who selected the film.[http://www.freepressjournal.in/featured-blog/jagran-film-festival-2018-10-movies-to-watch-out-for/1363325]
# It was nominated at Next Big Thing Film Festival 2018 USA as Best Feature Film category. [https://nbtiff.com/films/2018/vodka-diaries/]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt6275262}}

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[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Manali, Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Films set in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:2018 thriller films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language thriller films]]

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