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Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) poster

1996 · thriller · crime · drama

Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin

Directed by Sudhir Mishra2h 15m1996

An advertising executive, Aditya (Nirmal Pandey) has a beautiful wife (Tara Deshpande) and a beautiful mistress (Smriti Mishra). This secret affair is the catalyst for much of the plot. Adi gets into a scuffle with a bunch of gangsters led by Ramanbhai, (Ashish Vidyarthi)

Our read: Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.9382TMDB4.56
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • intense
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Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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