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The Pickup Artist (2020 film)

The Pickup Artist is an Indian Hindi-language thriller film, directed by Rohit Arora. The film stars Dev Chauhan, Vijay Kumar Dogra, Pankaj Uniyal and Anahita Bhooshan as lead characters.[1][2][3] The music of the film is done by Bonnie Chakraborty and it is produced by Rohit Arora and Pankaj Uniyal, under the Banner of Roar Picture Company.[4]

The Pickup Artist
File:The Pickup Artist Poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed byRohit Arora
Produced byRohit Arora
Pankaj Uniyal
Written byRohit Arora
Screenplay byRohit Arora
Pankaj Uniyal
StarringDev Chauhan
Vijay Kumar Dogra
Pankaj Uniyal
Anahita Bhooshan
Music byAndrew Sloman
Bonnie Chakraborty
CinematographyRohit Arora
Production
company
Roar Picture Company
Distributed byPVR Cinemas
MX Player
Release date
  • 16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) (Theatrical release)
Running time
1 Hour 51 Minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The film was released in theatres on October 16, 2020.[5] The film was released on MX Player on January 28, 2021.[6]

PlotEdit

The film revolves around the perception of a Psycho Killer. It is based on the sequence of a crime that occurs in the metro city of Delhi. A girl goes missing and many links are attached to each other. The case is handed over to a maniac policeman named Tiger Tiwari (Dev Chauhan). Its story revolves around a matter of missing girls in Delhi and a passionate policeman.[2]

CastEdit

  • Siddharth Bhardwaj as Siddharth Bharadwaj
  • Anahita Bhooshan as Chahat
  • Aanchal Chauhan as Mukti
  • Dev Chauhan as Tiger Tiwari
  • Gandharv Dewan as Shyam
  • Vijay Kumar Dogra as Sharmaji
  • Dhruv Khurana as Sid
  • Jasneet Kooner as Elena
  • Vaibhav Kumar as Kanhaiya
  • Saurabh Madaan
  • Lokesh Mittal as Lalaram
  • Samapti Patra as Aastha
  • Smriti Sahni as Sapna
  • Vivek Sinha as Crazy Baba
  • Akanksha Tyagi
  • Saasha Aery
  • Pankaj Uniyal as Pankaj

Marketing and releaseEdit

The film's official trailer was launched on March 25, 2019, on YouTube.[7] The Pickup Artist was released in theatres on 16 October 2020. It is one of the first films to release in Indian cinemas, as theatres reopened after seven months of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[1] The film was released on the OTT platform MX Player on January 28, 2021.[6]

ReceptionEdit

The Times of India mentions a 4.4 out of 5 ratings.[8] Mayur Lookhar from BeyondBollywood.com gave two-and-a-half of five, saying, "This neo-noir was proving too hot for our taste buds."[9] The Newspost.live reports that the film received great reviews online with the audience calling it "Awesome new age cinema, breaking barriers," while others call it "out of the box! Picture Perfect."[10]

Awards and recognitionEdit

The film was selected to be a part of WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, the world's oldest independent film festival, in March 2019.[11] The Pickup Artist won two Gold Remi Awards at the 2019 WorldFest-Houston.[12]

In February 2019, the film was selected to be a part of the East x Northeast International Film Festival in New York. It was nominated for Best Feature Film at the East X Northeast.[13] It was the first Indian film to be selected in the Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil.[14]

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "'The Pickup Artist' Releases As Theatres Open". News18. October 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tiwari, Renu (October 21, 2020). "सिनेमाघर में रिलीज होने वाली पहली फिल्म 'द पिकअप आर्टिस्ट' का रिव्यू पढ़ें" (in Hindi). Prabhasakshi.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ "लखनऊ के सिनेमाघर में दिखायी जाएगी 'द पिकअप आर्टिस्ट'" (in Hindi). Navbharat Times. November 3, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ↑ Akanksha (October 23, 2020). "I Don't Consider Myself An Outsider But I Roped In All Outsiders In My Movie, Claims The Remi Winner Debutant Director Rohit Arora". BollywoodCouch.
  5. ↑ Vivek, Arundhati (November 2, 2020). "'The Pick Up Artist' Releases In Dehradun Theatres As They Reopen After 7-month Lockdown". Republic World.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "The Pickup Artist". MX Player. 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Pickup Artist - Official Trailer". The Times of India. October 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ "The Pickup Artist". The Times of India.
  9. ↑ Lookhar, Mayur (November 21, 2020). "The Pickup Artist review: A non-cheesy, unghastly noir that falls short of its promise". Beyond Bollywood.
  10. ↑ Bakshi, Tania Saili (October 29, 2020). "'The Pickup Artist' wows audience nation-wide". Newspost.Live.
  11. ↑ Venkatesh, Jyothi (15 March 2021). "Indian Filmmaker Rohit Arora Enters The League Of Steven Spielberg And George Lucas After This Debut Feature "The Pickup Artist"". Bollyy.
  12. ↑ "डायरेक्टर रोहित अरोड़ा की पहली फिल्म 'द पिकअप आर्टिस्ट' इंटरनेशनल फिल्म फेस्टिवल के लिए चुनी गई" (in Hindi). Dainik Bhaskar. April 16, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  13. ↑ "अभिनेता देव चौहान की फिल्म द पिकअप आर्टिस्ट को न्यूयॉर्क में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय फिल्म समारोह में चुना गया" (in Hindi). Bollywoodhungama.com. February 12, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  14. ↑ "Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival". Cinefantasy. July 2019.

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