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Synopsis

Crime comedy based on the lives of immigrants in London. Four immigrants who lose their regular jobs during the great recession in London are lured in to crime. No jobs offered, they join a gang of criminals and start to con people. Things get out of hand when they are not able to finish a swindling task and they decide to quit the world of crime, but not before they pay off the gangs what they owed. They resort to more crime to pay off their debt and get dangerously involved with two international gangs operating in London. With the gangs on one hand and the Scotland Yard on the other, the gang of four team up to a solid plan that can settle all things. Things turnaround when this petty gang turn into vigilantes and help the police nail the dangerous gangs in the end bringing about the intrinsic theme of the movie that Crime never pays.
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Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
120 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Kiran Valipa Venkat 1st Feature
Producer
Sairam Kopparapu
Executive Producer
Venkateshwar Reddy, Anil Vegulla
Screenwriter
Kiran Valipa Venkat
Director of Photography
Suresh Bhargav
Production Designer
Vijay Arora, Digpal Singh
Principal cast
Vinay Pathak, Faye Sewell, Benjamin Adams, Adi Chugh, Solvi Fannor
Line Producer
Digpal Singh, Patron Production

Genre

Action Asian Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Wordsmith Entertainment

Kiran Valipa Venkat
Sairam Kopparapu

Sales Company

Wordsmith Entertainment

Kiran Valipa Venkat
Sairam Kopparapu
Digpal Singh

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