Sankat City
# Sankat City

Sankat City (transl. City of Troubles) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Pankaj Advani starring Kay Kay Menon. The film was released in India on 10 July 2009.

## Plot

Guru (Kay Kay Menon) and Ganpat (Dilip Prabhavalkar) are small-time car thieves. One night, they steal a Mercedes Rs. 10 million inside, unaware that the car belongs to a vicious gangster/loan shark called Faujdaar (Anupam Kher). They try to sell the stolen Mercedes to Suleman Supari (Rahul Dev), a hitman, who recognizes the car and notifies his friend Faujdaar. Faujdaar sends his henchman with Guru to get back the cash.

Meanwhile, Ganpat has hidden cash in a safe place. After an accident, he loses his memory. Angered by the chain of events, Faujdaar gives Guru three days to return the money.

## Cast

* Kay Kay Menon - Guru
* Anupam Kher - Faujdar
* Rimi Sen - Mona
* Chunky Pandey - Sikandar Khan and Sheshaiyya (Dual role)
* Dilip Prabhawalkar - Ganpat
* Rahul Dev - Suleman Supari
* Yashpal Sharma - Pachisia
* Hemant Pandey - Filip Fattu
* Virendra Saxena - Godman
* Shrivallabh Vyas - Sharafat
* Manoj Pahwa - Gogi Kukreja
* Kurush Deboo - Bawajee
* Sanjay Mishra - Lingam

## Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ranjit Barot and released by Venus Worldwide Entertainment. All lyrics were written by Panchhi Jalonvi and Mehboob.

## Critical reception

Sankat City received generally negative reviews from film critics as a dark comedy.

## Nominations in 2010

* Nominated for Most Promising Debut Director, 55th Filmfare Awards.
* Nominated for Best Director and Best Film; Searchlight Awards - Max Stardust Awards 2010.
* Nominated for Best Screenplay, Most Promising Debut Director, and Best Ensemble Cast; Nokia 16th Star Screen Award.
